Philadelphia, PA - First Union Center
March 7, 2003

From: Krystyn

We left around 5:15 or 5:30 and stopped by mcdonalds....must i remind you all that the FU Center is like a half hour away from me....we didn't get on the expressway till about 6:15....i spent about 15 minutes on this one street...which is 5 minutes from my house...it was horroble...of course i thought i would never was gonna make it to goo as there were 3 accidents ....traffic was crazy in the lane next to us as we slowly moved forward...at about 7:00 i thought i would call Ashley (Robbygoopunk) to make sure she wasn't looking for me...well not only was she not there yet...but her traffic was moving 4 miles and hour....they closed the state line from deleware to Pa...it was horrible...she was upset and said that she would be lucky to make it for jovi.... ...so i get in....find my seat...next to a really nice couple of folks w/their son....the father asked what the goo goo dolls played ..i immediatly turn and told him that i could tell them everything that they were playing tonight....i named him the ones he "should" know.....lol...they were very nice...7:30 ...here they come...thats what the man said next to me...as i stand up ...the only one in my section...which was ok..i was fine w/that...felt alittle stupid but whatever...ic alled ashley to let her listen....right after slide i see my sister waving me over....i run out and meat w/her....she hands me her friends ticket and tells me that there are 2 opens seats next to her...so i quickly ran over.....i went up to Amy (my sisters friend)...she was like...YAY now i can stand....she felt like an idiot as we were once again the only ones standing....i forget what song...but me and amy arte dancing away..it was great johnny comes over to our section (robby's side) and looks at us and just waves.....we notice the wave (alittle late of course..shocked that he noticed us) and we waved back...then he waved to us again...it was great...the wave was w/2 hands.....i felt so special...ROBBY ROCKED!!...my sister was even moving her body to him (in her chair of course...god forbid her to stand up looking that good)....and the lady sitting next to her told her that robby wasn't wearing shoes just socks...of course...i knew that already....and the show just kept rocking...amy stood up for songs she knew...then...the ladies came for their seats...i had to sit down and have amy sit in my lap...YES I DID SIT FOR GOO....only half..i felt bad...but it's alright...amy was bounding in my lap as i bounced my knee...it was great....Someone in the audiance had that big hand...and johnny made the reference that big hands need big gloves and big feet need big shoes...and how the little girl is a bratty little thing who did a number on him...it was great....i absolutly think that they did better this time around then last...i mean..i've nevr seen them so pumped.....when johnny put on his bandana...so did i.....at the end of Iris...this girl in the front row threw johnny a bouquet of flowers and a crown....he started waving like he was miss america and pretended to cry and say tahnx you like the miss america would in the mic...absolutly great....Jason was drinking a beer....yea jay..is saw that....MIKE WAS ON A ROLL...AND GREG ...i'm sorry but he was on FI-YA I go to the souvenir shop to find that there were no sympathy shirts...but on the back of the babydoll from the summer tour...it said new years eve on the back of it...but the prices of all shirts are 40 bucks...and under is 15 to let ya'll know.....so i go back to my sectioin and i'm tlaking to the guy next to me...and i pick up my phone...what the hell..it's ringing...i pick it up and it's ashley.... we met out by section 108...let me tell you...this girl is so fucking cool...and her mom rocks too...ASH I LOVE YOUR MOM!!! we chatted...they said that they got there at slide...Ash ran in...it was so cool....her mom took our picture together....and bon jovi started when we were still talking...it was so funny to see them all running so i was yelling "RUN RUN RUN!!!" "HURRY UP!!"..it was fun.... BON JOVI...wasn't bad...they were good...but i'm sorry i was so disracted by those lazer lights....and i was literlayy falling asleep standing up...i just wasn't into it...maybe if someone i knew was standing w/me i would have...but oh well...BON JOVI DOES WELL...and they are right about SAMBORA...those sex faces...HAHAHAHAHAHAHHA...PHILLY...SOLD OUT (yet they had tickets at the box office they were sellign?)