I'm officially jealous, Ash! :D I'm glad you had fun though and thank you for writing about it like I asked. (You were probably going to anyways, but still.) You're really lucky when it comes to getting there and meeting the bands you love.
I love this kind of stuff. It's so sweet when you get to spend time with a band and it's personal. My friend Savannah is best friends with We the Kings because her cousin introduced them to her before they got famous, and so she's shown me stuff like videos of her on the tour bus when they were all drunk and they're fucking hilarious. I just love the intimacy. It's so sweet.
...plus Savannah has a thing going on with the guitarist guy xD She asked me for advice on it. I gave her advice about being romantically involved with the guitarist of WtK. To that day, it makes me laugh xD
But I'm also happy for you that you got to see Bird by Bird and I'm happy for Jon, that he's still playing and all. =]