pattip2000 said:
*A collective 'Here we go again' is heard from the girls who've heard the story too many times
It was in September in Toronto - I'd gotten to briefly meet and shake hands with Bono (He kissed me on the cheek
) and Edge (Got his autograph
) the day before, but Larry and Adam had not stopped at the venue while I was there at all, and it was the day of the last TO concert, so I went for a walk over in the neighborhood of the hotel I suspected Adam was staying at. Normally, I wouldn't have done that, but I was really desperate to meet him, and with the film festival going on as well, there were tons of fans and autograph hounds around the city.
Still, when I saw his bodyguard I asked him politely if Adam had a moment, that I just wanted the chance to shake his hand, meet him in person, yadda yadda... his bodyguard sort of blew me off, so I was sitting on a bench down the block from the hotel wondering what I should do, when I turned to look and here is Adam and his bodyguard walking towards me!
I was like holy
Adam smiled at me, like he could just tell he was making me really happy. I got up and approached them, and I started rambling right away, trying not to take up too much of his time... and he sort of interrupted by saying 'Hello' and shaking my hand. He asked my name, getting the conversation back on track so I wasn't such a nervous wreck
I told him how long I'd been listening to their music and how much it meant to me and so many other people I knew and that I had admired him in particular, and he smacked his lips the way he does
and thanked me. He was dressed to go jogging
and he leaned against the light pole I was leaning against at one pint, we were just a couple feet apart and he asked me where I was from and about what I did and if I'd enjoyed the concerts I'd seen, yadda yadda...
and then he said they had to go, and he reached out and was going to hug me already before I realized what he was doing
I sort of jumped in shock and reached for him, then I was like 'Oh, may I?' and he laughed at me and said of course and hugged me