well, i was a fan since the first time i heard her..
umm i'd say ...
hmmm...
febuary or march of 2002? im not sure when the first time i heard her was..
i remember..
one day my sister was picking me up from school, and she was talking to me and was all like,
"you know that song with the girl who looks like michelle branch, and she goes around on her piano?, do you know what her name is?"
i was like.. uhhh what?
then a few days later or whatever, my sister heard it on the radio and made me listen to it.. yay...then still didnt know her name.. and like a week later my sister found out her name.. and so i searched for it on the computer, and found her website..
at first i just looked at the website and totally ignored the message board.
..then after i heard it on the radio a couple more times, i rEALLY liked it and i wanted to hear more of her songs! ...so when i found out that she was just about to release a cd, i was like WOO! i am SO getting this!
and so the day the cd came out, i went to Best Buy and bought it!
i spent like ALL DAY listening to it..
and blah blah a couple days of lurking on the board, i got interested in it,and joined it on 5/5/02
so thats ruffly my story..
(no, i didnt see the ATM video before i got the CD., but i saw it shortly after)