Voting, Jimmy Kimmel, and Anberlin.

November 2nd was a big day for me.

I voted for the first time. So many people take this privilege for granted, but after nineteen years, I was thrilled to be able to vote in an election. I decided to register in California, so I voted right across the street from campus. After doing so, I was proud to display my sticker.

They really jazzed up the stickers this time.

A second cool thing happened that day. Anberlin was going to be performing at Jimmy Kimmel Live. I had found this out only a few days prior, but a friend of mine said she wanted to go, too. A friend of hers also wanted to go, so that would make three of us. We requested tickets online (free of charge!) and were able to print them off later that day. I was ecstatic.

You see,  Anberlin has been one of my favorite bands for a bit of time (four or five years), and despite the large number of concerts I’ve been to, I had never seen them live. I was finally going to get to see them perform.

That evening, we headed to Hollywood to the Jimmy Kimmel studio.

Leaving campus.

Jimmy Kimmel is located right across from the Kodak Theatre on Hollywood Blvd. After some confusion on where we were suppose to park, we found a spot in the correct parking garage and headed to Jimmy Kimmel.

A quick picture before we headed to the studio. Editing credit: Gabby.

The concert was at their outdoor stage. We waited in line a few minutes, because they had to check IDs and then everyone had to go through a metal detector. Once through the gate, we managed to edge our way toward the front of the crowd. And then the waiting game began. We chatted with a few guys standing next to us. They were definitely diehard Anberlin fans. During this time, everything that was taking place inside the studio was projected for us to see outside.

Finally, Jimmy Kimmel came out and we all cheered. We were instructed on how we were supposed to cheer when they announced Anberlin and stuff like that. And when they did finally come on stage, everyone went wild. It was so exciting.

The first song they performed was “Impossible” from their newest album, “Dark Is The Way, Light Is A Place.” In fact, here is the performance:

After that, they played “We Owe This To Ourselves,” also from their new album. For the first eleven seconds of this video, you can see me in the very left of the shot, jumping up and down. I’m standing next to the girl in the green jacket, who is one of the girls I was with.

Those were the only two songs that they recorded for the show. Anberlin also played “The Feel Good Drag,” though, for the crowd, and it was amazing.

The first 250 people to show up got Anberlin posters. Well, we weren’t there early enough, but all three of us ended up with a poster. A random girl asked us if we wanted two of them, which we took. We then asked a couple of people if they wanted theirs, and they both offered their poster to us.

Once we got back to the parking garage, we had trouble finding our car. That’s the trouble with parking garages being set up so uniformly: everything looks the same. We eventually found our car, though, and even snapped a few pictures with our new posters.

Our new Anberlin posters.

What do you know—another titanium Tuesday night.