Day 22: Celeb Sunday

Today is Sunday. Rob, Matt and I woke up early to go to a church called "The Meeting House" located in downtown Toronto. We at least thought we were early, but after buying tickets and waiting for a bus that doesn't run on Sundays, and then looking for a subway worker who wasn't working, we realized that we had to just buy a new set of tokens. We ended up getting there an hour late, like last time, but it was still good and we're going to try and make it on time next Sunday. After church we walked pretty much across the street for something that was going on downtown known as the "Much Music Video Awards." Yep, right out on the street. Since we were there in the afternoon we even got to the see a couple of sound checks. Mainly - Fergi! Yeah I know...Fergi...to be honest I wasn't a fan before. But now? Wow. I was impressed. And the dancers? Maaaan it was choice. Sometimes people think that these pop stars aren't really that talented. Well Fergi - not the case. She was awesome. We even got to hear her and the band jamming/freestyling a bit - very impressive. We even got some pretty choice pics. She was really close too. Rob thought she was going to come over and talk to him and he started getting nervous because he didn't know what to say. Well in the end she didn't come over, but if she did I know Rob would have said something really smooth like "Hi Fergi. I'm Robbie. I play guitar-ie". (No it woud've been even smoother than that.) We also got to see Billy Talent, Maroon 5, Alexisonfirethe Used, and Hilary Duff. Pretty amazing I know. We stuck around all afternoon until the Red Carpet was rolled out. After lots of screaming girls and shoving over getting closer to the railing, the celebs started showing up. I recognized a few...Sam Roberts, Avril Lavigne, Tara Reid, Sum 41...not many else though. It was a bit crazy too...just seeing how everyone reacts to these people who - if you stop and think about it - aren't that much different from the average guy on the street. It gets a bit sickening after watching it for a while...you start wondering why you're even there in the first place. (Besides to see Rihanna - who ended up not even showing.) I think in the end it was kind of good because it just reminds got to remind me of how rediculous all that stuff was, and how I should be seeing other people as celebs instead...like family and close friends and people who actually give their lives to more important things for God's kingdom. So I guess the whole experience was good in that way.
We stayed for a bit of the show, but decided on leaving since we'd been standing all day in the sun and our faces were all as red as...well, Chris' hair I guess. Our buddy Paul - who has lots of energy and who always feels great to be around - came over too. Chris was at his place during the day and apparently had some greaaat burgers that we missed out on. Paul's halarious, so there were lots of late night laughs...then sleep...then getting up in 5 hours to work on songs all day...which you'll hear about tomorow. So stay tuned!
Goodnight,
Jordan