My David Archuleta experience (:

So the signing started at 4 pm, & we got there literally right at 4. I wanted to arrive earlier, but we just didn’t, so whatever haha. I got in line behind this Filipino guy (he’s significant to the story, I’m not just telling you this for kicks haha) & then he was behind these girls who happened to be in front of me last December at David’s book signing too haha. Small world, right? So anyway, for whatever reason I started singing “On My Own” from the musical Les Mis (I had Lea Michelle from Glee’s version in my head all day) & the guy turned around & was like, “I love that song! You have a beautiful voice!” & long story short, he told me he performed with “A Whole New World” with Lea Salonga a few months ago. If you don’t know, Lea is THE singing voice of Jasmine in the movie Aladdin. Like, the legit voice. & Mulan’s singing voice as well! She’s a legend. & she’s Filipino too! I had to add that because I love Filipinos. Seriously they’re all so talented. I know you’re not supposed to stereotype, but how many Filipinos do you know that DON’T have some sort of talent? None, probably.

ANYWAY. We decided to start a sing-a-long. This guy, me, & the two girls from last year’s signing. We start singing David’s song “Crush” & got a few other people into it, with the hope that David would hear us, but it ended up just being our own way of entertaining ourselves through the line haha. Anyway, we get through the line & some lady who was running the event was like, “I don’t think he’ll be able to sign your guitar.” & I’m like, “Do you mind if I ask him anyway?” & she’s like, “Yeah that’s fine but he probably won’t.” with a sort of rude tone & I’m just like, “Well I think he will, but thank you anyway.” so she rolls her eyes & it’s my turn to walk up to David & he’s like, “Oh hey! It’s been a while, how are you guys?” & the lady has this look of shock that David knows me haha. So I’m like, “I’m doing great, would you do me the awesome favor of signing my guitar?” & he’s like, “Sure!” & wrote ‘To Christina’ & signed his name. I didn’t even tell him to put my name. The fact that he remembered what it was, & how to spell it, & did that on his own made my day. Then we took a pic together as well. They were rushing people through but I did my best to have a normal moment haha.

He radiates sunshine & happiness, I’m telling you. He just glows. & I’m kinda lovin’ that the lady in the back posed for this too hahaha. & you guys have no idea how excited I was to get that signature on the guitar. I wanted it to be signed by musicians that are inspirational in my life, & so far I have Will Anderson, Andy Grammer, & now, probably the most inspirational of all, David Archuleta. I honestly don’t care if people think it’s lame to be a fan. You should’ve heard all the people talking about him today. Not only about how wonderful his voice is, but about how great a person he is. He’s always smiling, always optimistic. He’s got a good heart, & it shows. So my grandma walked over to him & told him in Spanish how awesome his performance with Julio Iglesias in Cuba was. Obviously there was never any performance, & David’s never even been to Cuba. The thing is, my grandma has dementia (David knows this & has handled it beautifully in the past & today was no exception). Instead of getting freaked out or thinking it’s weird, he just replied (in Spanish) that he’d love to perform with Julio one day. So after that, we were kind of told to keep moving, & as we left my grandma realized she never got a picture with him. I wasn’t about to leave with her feeling upset over that, so we went back around. The same rude lady from earlier was there, & I just asked her, “Can I please take a picture of my grandma with David? It’ll only take a second & it means a lot to her.” & the lady’s just like, “No. David’s done now.” & I just rolled my eyes haha. I walked over to where David was & just said, “David, can you please take a picture with my grandma really quick? We forgot to take it the first time around.” & he’s like, “Of course! Can someone please let her through?” & another guy opened a section of rope for her to walk over. David’s amazing, end of story.