Today I got to see my Miggs show of the summer. It's crazy that ever since I saw them for the first time over six years ago, I've seen them at least once every summer. I think there was one summer where I missed them completely. It was a sad one, but it was made up for because we had seen them ten times that first summer. Crazy times, for sure. They opened for Matt Nathanson today, which was fun because I downloaded his album on Amazon about a month ago and liked it. I also got to be backstage again, which was kind of legit.

Another reason I was happy about this show? It was Music in the Park, which meant I only had to walk a few blocks to see them. I got there a little after five. I entered on one side of the stage and saw that Don was on the other, so I hopped over several people who seemed like they were otherwise comfortably seated on the grass to say hi to him. We talked for a few minutes, and he told me to go to the other side of the stage and he'd get me in backstage.

Got backstage a little after their sound check. It was so much nicer to be there than out in the crowd. For one, I didn't have to deal with the smell of pot smoke on my suits. I also wasn't out in the crowd. I was also backstage, which is kind of legit.

They had some performances first from some people in some singing contest. They were okay. I can't complain because they all sang circles around anything I can do.

Miggs was up next. They put on a great show. They played a lot of songs that I knew and a lot of songs that I had only heard once or twice before. I don't think I'd heard the second one they played, actually. It was super catchy. I meant to ask Don what the name of the song was, but I forgot to.

The one song they didn't play that I wanted them to play was To Be Wrong. Actually, I wanted them to do Taste too. Oh well. It was a lot of fun. They went through SO MANY covers for Options though. Including Journey. Hella cool.

Between sets, I saw members of the San Jose Earthquakes hang around backstage. Seeing as I'm trying to start getting into soccer, I wanted to go say hi. However, seeing as I have never once seen the Earthquakes play and know nothing of the team, I didn't. Too bad, too. I wanted one of the beach balls they were giving away to everyone in the audience. Actually, scratch my last comment. I think I vaguely remember the Earthquakes coming to SFC once. Maybe I dreamt this. I don't remember.

Matt Nathanson was up next. I sat by the side of the stage for his performance. It was kind of cool because he walked right behind me to get on the stage. I guess he'd have to seeing as that was the entrance of the stage, but whatever.

I was actually very much impressed by his performance. He had some hilarious banter between sets, including making fun of Kevin Richardson of the Backstreet Boys, giving us a rundown of the Hannah Montana movie, and playing part of Lose Yourself by Eminem. He also covered Blister in the Sun, which was kind of legit.

All in all, it was a good show. The train ride back was kind of crazy, though. Most crowded I've ever seen the lightrail and most people had no idea how to actually ride the light rail correctly as most of them realized halfway through that they were on the wrong train. Fail.

Oh, by the way. You know the obnoxious person you see texting backstage during shows? I was totally that person today. I was texting people during Matt Nathanson's performance. I wasn't bored or anything, mostly texting people things about the show or consoling my boyfriend about not being able to go to Blizcon anymore. Wait--why am I defending my actions? Backstage texters are too good for that. I wonder if the crazy Matt Nathanson fans were talking about how evil I am. Like they really cared.

Tomorrow's Friday. Casual day. I also fly to SoCal for the weekend. Will write about my fun exploits there. We're thinking of crashing a Comic Con party. Speaking of which, I need to pack still.