OK... here's the details... sorry about the wait.
I went back to see if there were any people standing around waiting for the boys to come out after the Anaheim 4/23/01 concert. There were probably about 20 or so people waiting. Adam had already come and gone when I got there. Then, one of the town cars pulls out and stops. It's Larry. Woo HOO!
Larry starts signing autographs and the people around me start crushing forward. Larry stops what he's doing, puts up his hands and says, "Look, I'm night going to sign anything if you can't stay back." Sorta like this picture, only it was 1:00 in the morning.
Anyways, so then this drunk idiot next to me starts swaying back and forth and singing a very off-key rendition of One Tree Hill (someone in the crowd had mentioned that the real One Tree Hill was no more). The guy totally reeked of alcohol. As Larry's signing people's stuff, he looks at the guy and says, "what do you do for a living?" The man was so inebriated, all he could do was keep singing. Larry says again, "no, really. What do you do for a job?" More singing. Larry, looking exasperated, says "Well, don't quit your day-job." I think he was exasperated because the guy was too drunk to go along with Larry's humor. At that point, the drunk guy got all lovey dovey and lurched forward saying, "I love you, man," trying to give Larry a hug. Larry backed away, put his hand up, and said (very sharply, I might add) - "No. I'm through with you." The inebriated dork didn't even realize what was going on and teetered away. I was embarrassed because the guy was standing next to me. Larry signed my program and it was all I could do to mutter a "thankyouIenjoyedyourshow" as fast as I could.
I went to the back of the small crowd and noticed some of the people were holding their t-shirts for him to sign. I figured I could wait again and see if he'd sign my shirt, too. I get up to be one of the last people he's signing for, and I'm so nervous because I have my camera out and I'm holding my program, and I'm shaking, so I'm afraid I'm going to just drop everything in front of him. GAAA! So, I hold out my shirt for him to sign and he says, "pull it tight." Em, I kinda look at him and bite my lip, because I'm terrified I'll just drop my camera on his foot or something. I managed to "pull it tight" (LOL!) and when it's tight enough for him to sign, he says, "there, that's good." And signs away. While he's doing that, a couple of girls in the group ask him for permission to get a hug from him. I just thought it was weird. Only because, you know, Larry's just not the "huggy" type. While he was doing that, one girl had her camera out and asked if she could have her picture taken with him. He obliges and while he's doing that, I'm praying that my camera will work. I ask if I can have a picture, too, and he says yes. While he's standing NEXT TO ME (GAAAAA!!!!), and I'm waiting for the camera to go off, I realize I didn't turn it ON (OMG!!!!), so I said, "WAIT! I forgot to turn it on!" While I'm doing that, he turns away and takes a picture with someone else. I'm almost ready to cry at this point because I'm afraid he's going to walk away and I'm a blithering idiot. I get it fixed and he stands next to me to take a picture. Wow. I was the last person he took a picture with that night. After standing next to me, he turns and pulls me down into a deep ki--- WHOOPS... sorry, no that didn't happen.
He turns to the crowd and asks, "Is everyone happy?" We replied yes so he waved and walked away towards his waiting limo.
I was on freaking cloud nine for the next WEEK. My students didn't have a clue why I had such a shit-eating grin on my face the next day. Wow.
Here's the picture I took with Larry. The goofball on the left is me.
And, no, I'm not the same height as him... I had to bend my knees so that I wouldn't get my head cut off by the stranger aiming the camera at us.
MoonDAWGIE
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If you ask me, I think it's all about drums.
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Tonight the moon has drawn its curtains
It's a private show no one else going to know
I'm wanting
(If You Wear That Velvet Dress)
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Hit Gurl
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