AAAAIIIEEEEEEE!!!!!! How can I go to sleep when I've just had the most amazing night! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ First of all, shoutout to JET!!! We were sitting right by each other for a while and didn't even realize it...too funny! We are sooooo getting together soon, and here's something some of you will find amusing...*I* am going to show her how to do some stuff on her computer! (go ahead...laugh...a little more...okay, that's enough!)
And BRENDA!!! (although I don't think she's ever lurked here...she's more of a TTC and CA.com person...she knew of our BEVRs, so maybe she'll venture beyond the mainpage with my encouragement)
Where to begin? OMG, the room we were in with the 12X12 screen...so perfect for watching old video from 1999 (doot doodoo dooooo...it's VEST BOY! I would soooo rip that vest right offa him! I think I might have made Brenda a little nervous when I kept making comments like "I could just eat him up with a spoon!" and "If he'd gone to my high school, I would have *totally* stalked him!" And I loved every goofball second of his stage-patter and dancing...do ya think somewhere there exists footage of young Clayton doing the robot? Something tells me he's attempted it...teehee) and assorted AI stuff to kill time before Leno. GLENDALE CLIP ALERT...I'm effing *dying* here, people! Nobody else in the room seemed to be as overwhelmed as I when this clip of oh-so-nummy singing Glendale Clayton appeared on the screen, so is it possible that somehow we were treated to a tasty morsel of Glendale Clayton during that phase of the show and I somehow didn't remember? (*must* review the tapes ASAP!)
Panty-throwing contest for prizes and drawings for goodies...me won a vinyl 45 of TITN/BOTW!! (no, I did NOT do very well in the panty toss, thankyouverymuch! Funny side note...when the woman who won second place was picking her prize, someone yelled out "We all know that second place is the REAL WINNER!" and everyone cheered)...and giftie baggies for everyone with mini boxes of Cimmin Toast Crunch and little cimmin candies...I had to 'splain it all to Mr Julie, but that's okay! Three Clay cakes (two vanilla, one chocolate, each with pictures printed on them...one was the yummy Texas flag shirt from the Houston show), lots of food and a really cute waiter who was nice enough to take our many many group pictures at the end of the night.
Oh, and before I forget...as we walked into the place, we weren't quite sure where to go, because Mr Julie and I had never been there before...and a very attractive skinny goofy redheaded boy with chewable ears and long sideburns (I EFFING KID YOU NOT!!) named Tim showed us how to get to our lil party room. If Mr Julie hadn't been there, I might have had to give Tim a Very Special Thank You, ifyouknowwhatimean, because he was SERIOUSLY YUMMY. I may just have to adopt him and keep him as a pet.
Tonight Show was kinda overwhelming...it was SO BIG on that screen, and in a roomful of people...well, anyone who went to a party probably had the same experience. I won't go too much int the show, cuz y'all saw the dang thing, but I must say this...when I saw him with a mic-stand my first thought was "Oh no, he's trapped! This is a moving around song, what will he do??" Oh, I shouldn't have worried. At one point, Brenda said "This is the guy Simon told not to DANCE??" My god, he's a little spitfire, isn't he? Could he be any cuter? I think not. (and then suddenly he *is* cuter, and I'm aMAzed again!) And I especially loved the way he kept talking to Wanda...ya think he was trying to get her to 'fess up to that sex sex sex thing? Wheeeee!!
Nelle, Louise...was that y'all hollering about that Sherry girl? There was just something about that moment that make me think a Broad was giving the assist! Can't wait to hear the stories!!
Quick note on the CD-buying extravaganza...Encore (the store where we went...Mr Julie and I used to shop there all the time back when they carried laser discs, cuz he was very into those) had a little raffle for us! And we didn't know the prize until they drew the number...and I was ONE DIGIT OFF!! It was the woman who came in right after me! She won a three-dimensional cardboard display thingy! OMG it was so beautiful, y'all...if I wasn't such a nice person, I'd have beat her up in the parking lot for it. But, lucky for her, I'm a very nice person!
MOST IMPORTANT...I'm not sure if this was Gwennie's idea or if this was common to all the parties, but we had nice little papers for writing notes to Clayton that would be put together in a book for him. It took me a long time to decide what I wanted to say, and I'm sure you can imagine the kind of stuff I wrote, but I wanted to let y'all know about this part...I told him that I know he doesn't "get it", and I hope he never will, because he could lose that part of him that makes him so special...and then I added "in other words, if you turn into Justin Guarini, I will personally smack the crap outta you!" and a little smileyface. It just couldn't be from His Julie if there wasn't at least a tiny threat of a crap-smacking! ;o) Of course, I also told him that His Broads love him dearly and are very proud of him...snif snif ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Okay...who recorded Jojo? Where did Baby place? Have the Whores been sent packing to Skank City where they belong? I must know... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tonight...before I FINALLY get some sleep...a special message for the Cutest Most Wonderful Guy Who Ever Sang A Song...
MY DEAREST DARLING CLAYTON...I AM SO DANG PROUD OF YOU! WE'RE ALL EXCITED AND THRILLED AND...WELL, *EVERYTHING*...WE ARE OVER THE MOON WITH HAPPINESS THAT YOU, OUR PRIDE AND JOY, ARE FULFILLING YOUR DREAMS, AND WE WILL DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO MAKE THOSE DREAMS HAPPEN FOR YOU! THERE HAS NEVER BEEN ANYONE MORE DESERVING OF THIS KIND OF SUCCESS AND ADORATION...YOU ARE AN ABSOLUTE WONDER OF GOD'S CREATION, BLESSED WITH SO MUCH MORE THAN MERE TALENT...YOU HAVE CREATED COMMUNITY AND CONNECTION AND LOVE THAT HAS NEVER EXISTED BEFORE, AND THIS IS ONLY THE BEGINNING. WE ARE FORTUNATE TO HAVE LOVED YOU FIRST, AND WE ARE NOW HAVING TO SHARE YOU WITH THE WORLD. THIS WILL BE DIFFICULT FOR US, BUT WE KNOW WE MUST...YOU WERE NOT PUT HERE MERELY FOR US TO ENJOY (AND OGLE...LET'S BE HONEST HERE!), BUT TO BRING ABOUT THAT REVOLUTION YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT...AND YET I DOUBT YOU REALIZE JUST HOW RIGHT YOU WERE IN CHOOSING THAT WORD! HOLD ON TIGHT, BABY...THE RIDE IS ABOUT TO BEGIN...AND WE'RE ALL HERE TO CATCH YOU IF YOU FALL, ALTHOUGH WE DOUBT YOU WILL, BECAUSE YOU HAVEN'T TRIPPED UP YET! WE LOVE YOU, DARLIN'...AMERICA'S IDOL, FOREVER AND EVER, AMEN.
from Julie -- still reeling from my first MoaM experience...gaaaah
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4:08 am - Tuesday,October 14, 2003