This was a magical moment. I love these moments. These MAE-filled moments, haha.I was at Starbucks on Sunday after class at studiochicago. I had on a MAE t-shirt on, the one I had just got in the mail with the design for the (a)fternoon EP. The barista at Starbucks was taking my order and he said "I actually designed some t-shirts for that band." And I was like.. "WHAAA? THIS BAND?! OMG." He responded, "Yeah, back in the day." And of course, I'm all like, "Which ones?! I have almost every t-shirt!". Turns out this guy designed my FAVORITE design ever. The t-shirt with the powerlines and the birds mapped out like music notes, I've loved this t-shirt since HIGH SCHOOL and have always thought this t-shirt design was one of the best designs I've ever seen and I loved it so much. I literally BANGED on the counter and said, "SHUT UP. THAT IS MY FAVORITE DESIGN EVAR." like an idiot, and started saying shit like "I can't believe I'm meeting you, I wish I had my t-shirt here, I would have you sign it..." blah blah blah like the giddy fan I am. He told me he was a freelancer designer for some record company and they hired him for some designs and said that he had the opportunity to design some stuff for the Everglow album (he called it the "Afterglow", haha) but at the last minute his designs weren't used. I just kept screaming "WHAT ARE THE ODDS?! WHAT ARE THE ODDS!" so loud in the Starbucks, it was kind of embarrassing, especially for my friend Zain who was with me at the moment, I'm pretty sure he just pretended not to know me, haha.
But seriously? So awesome. What are the odds that the designer of my favorite t-shirt of my favorite band would be in Chicago making me a tea latte. WHAT ARE THE ODDS?! It was a magical moment. :)
