Well, I just got back from the 2007 Daytime Emmy Awards!!!! All I can say is WOW!!!!!! First it started out with Krista & Me standing near the end of the red carpet (just before the stars go up the stairs into the theater). Sue & Kathy were up above in balcony areas. Well, all sorts of stars went by from 4 o'clock onwards... (I'll use character names)... Scotty, Rick, Sonny's Lawyer & new girlfriend, Logan, Cooper, Robin, Patrick, & Spinelli! He was the best! He just looked SO happy to be there! He seemed alot like his character... kind of jumping all around saying hello to everyone & taking pictures. Well, it started to get later & later... and they said on the Emmy tickets that the doors were gonna close at 5:30... it was like 5:20 or something & still no Tony or Genie. Now... my Mom & Dad were at home watching the SoapNet show (they were trying to see if they could see me ... but I told them I'm not where the cameras are)... and my Dad said they hadn't shown Tony or Genie. So I hung up. Next minute he called saying they said on the screen "next up Luke & Laura" or something & that they showed them walking TOGETHER. Well, I was getting nervous about getting into the theater... and I KNEW there was no way they were gonna get to where I was standing before I wanted to leave to go into the theater... so I decided to be brave <>G... I decided that I was gonna go walk AGAINST traffic of the people coming into the Emmys alongside the red carpet (the so called "common folk" going into the theater). I TOTALLY expected to be told that I could not do that... but I just walked with a sense of purpose & they said NOTHING. I think the fact that I had a tuxedo on REALLY helped me. Well, anyway, I went towards the street & as I turned to follow the carpet to the left... THERE WERE TONY & GENIE TOGETHER!!!!!!!!!! I got to stand RIGHT infront... RIGHT next to where they were walking... and take tons of pics & even some video. I followed them along up to the Soapnet booth. I still can't believe no one told me to move. They just totally ignored me. Now... the funny thing is... my parents called to say T&G were being interviewed & I said I know... I'M STANDING RIGHT BEHIND THEM!!!!!! I said, can you see me? First my Dad said "no, there's just a light behind them"... but then he said THERE YOU ARE!!!!! You can see me standing behind them (under the "A" in the soapnet logo behind them) holding a cell phone (with a tux on)!!!!!!! I thought that was so funny!!!! So then I took pics as they came out of being interviewed... and then some of Genie as she made her way towards the theater (Tony stayed behind to talk to people... Including Stephen Nichols). So then I hurried into the theater & met up with Sue, Kirista, & Kathy. The theater made people check in their cameras (can you believe that?)... but they didn't know I had TWO ... so I gave one & kept the other. I took some pics inside as... GENIE WON!!!!!!!!!! We were so happy & yelling soooooooo loud!!!!!!! It's about time!!!!!!! And having them present together was fantastic too!!!!!!! The rest of the show was pretty boring... but it was sooooooo worth it to be there to see Genie FINALLY win!!!!!!! After the show we saw Tony, Kin, & Jackie Z & many others going up the escalators to the Dinners/parties!!! So, I have to say, I had THE Best time!!!! I'm still so happy I made the decision to move & go back towards the street!! I still can't believe getting to be THAT close to Tony AND Genie together. Genie's daughter was with them... and I think Tony's nephew. Anyway, I have put my video AND some of the pictures onto You Tube. Listen to the first part of the video closely... You can hear some guy say "who are Luke & Laura?" And then you can hear someone say "if you don't know Luke & Laura, you don't know much!" That was so funny. Anyway, This is the address... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyNYZ9lrcdg Lucas --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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