He asked me what to write on the SON mag, and I had no idea, and just said, "Whatever you want is fine." He really didn’t have any ideas either, so just drew a wing on both sides of his head. Then I told him to draw on Ali’s face, so he made some black marks under her eyes, and drew a slight mustache. And again he signed his usual - TO ELAYN, Love, unreadable signature, and a happy face.

The third item (hey, have you ever known me to tell a short story?) was a red bandanna they had given to him, which he wiped around his neck so his ‘essence’ would be on it. When he handed everything to me and said thank you, I just had to do one more thing. I took the bandanna and wiped more perspiration off his forehead. Actually, the others remember it better than I do because they saw it, while I was busy trying to believe I was actually doing it. So finally I got my butt off the stage. It was fun, and the audience applauded as people left the stage and it just made it nice.

After Cindy stripped Roark on stage and the auction was over, people lined up to come on stage for pictures and autographs with Roark. It was actually a small group, which turned out to be nice because Roark could spend time with people. They had 8x10 pictures you could have him sign, and/or they took a Polaroid picture of you with Roark if you wanted to purchase one. Our group waited until the end to go up and go through the process. I got a Polaroid shot which turned out nice, and Dazz also took a picture of me and Roark with MY camera.

When I walked up to Roark, you could tell he was getting tired, and he said, "Hi, how are you doing?"

I asked, "Okay - do you remember my name?" And he said ‘Elayn’ real quick. You see - he IS trainable! 8-D That was pretty good I thought as he started to write my name on the 8x10. E-L-A- Then he stopped. E-L-A-Y-N I told him once again. He let out a big exasperated noise, and slightly pounded his fist on the table. He just couldn’t remember the whole thing. Poor guy, he was trying so hard.

Then as I stood next to him for pictures, I said, "Okay, on the count of three, make a face," which of course Roark is always ready, willing and able to do. So we made faces for the picture with my camera, and it turned out rather interesting if I do say so myself!

(So are you bored yet??)

After that, since we would be seeing Roark the next day at Sears in Kenosha, I told Dazz that I must get a box of Saran Wrap for Roark to sign, which we went out and picked up. I also had Saran Wrap Vignette #5 that I just posted with me because I had printed it out for the others to read if they wanted to. I thought, hmmm… should I maybe give this to Roark, so he can see what I’m talking about? No, no, that would be absolutely ridiculous. Well, maybe he’d get a kick out of it. No, that’s silly; he’d just realize how strange I am. Back in the hotel, I then found I had the REST of the vignettes with me in my ‘stuff’ to do with this board that I keep in a binder. Gosh, it would make more sense if I gave him the whole set, wouldn’t it? Hmmm… Well, I better not...

I continued to hem and haw up until we got to Sears today, at which point I decided to go ahead and given Roark the whole kit and kaboodle. We got there earlier than we needed to really, but that’s okay because we were first in line. Actually, the others made ME go first, so I was THE first in line. And there I was with my folder of vignettes, and a box of Saran Wrap.

I put the box on the table in front of Roark, and asked him if he’d autograph it. He smiled while giving me a funny look, and then wrote on the box, Hmmmm…. Saran Wrap…, making the ‘hmmm’ noise while he was doing it, as if to say "I’m starting to wonder about this." He also wrote, "Thank you ELAYN!", followed by his happy face and unreadable signature.

Then I put the folder down in front of him, and said, "And these are the Saran Wrap Vignettes I told you about, in case you have any interest in reading them…"

He took the folder and said, "Oh good - I’ll have something to read on the plane."

I said, "Well, it’s up to you. You can also use them for toilet paper if you want - whatever works best for you."

He just smiled, and then signed an 8x10 for me as well. As I picked up the box and turned to leave, I glanced at the autograph. It suddenly hit me - not only did he remember my name, but he had spelled it correctly all by himself! Ahhhh… success. 8-}

So there you are you see, Roark now has the Saran Wrap Vignette Library. And that, Erika and Spirit includes ALL of them - yours too, and also the original comment from Erika that started it all. The only question now is - did Roark read them, or wipe his butt with them? Hmmm…

And now I have a box of Saran Wrap that I won’t open for the rest of my life. My, my… life is TOO good, yes?

8-D

Other comments Roark made:

There was a question and answer time before the auction actually started, and someone asked Roark if he laughed at the teddy outfit Ali wore for their night of passion. He said it wouldn’t have been appropriate to do something like that, because Lisa Linde was very nervous, and was shaking. It was the first time she’d done something like this - for six million people to see - and he wouldn’t want to do something like that. So he just tried to think about what Mike would do in that situation, and he decided to just sort of look her up and down. He did make a crack about the goofy nurse hat though.

Roark also talked about the strawberries and chocolate (which made me realize I had it wrong in the SW Vignette because I referred to whipped cream), and said that originally the script called for Ali to put the chocolate on Mike’s face, and then lick it off. But he said first of all, here was this person who was already so nervous she was shaking, and secondly, he had a thick layer of pancake makeup on his face, and it wouldn’t taste very good. So they said, no, this just isn’t going to work.

Someone asked if Mike is going to lose the chief of staff position, and he wouldn’t give an answer. He finally asked if people thought it was wrong for Mike to sleep with Ali if he didn’t love her, and everybody said, yeah. Then he said well, Mike is going to get what he deserves and is going to have to go through a lot. Roark also said there’s going to be a special episode over Christmas that’s really nice, and that will really define Mike and Carrie’s relationship. YIPPEE SKIPPEE!!

Of course someone asked about what’s going on with Carrie’s hair. Roark said that it’s darker again, and he thinks it looks okay now. Christie had been trying different things, and she’ll ask him if he thinks her hair looks alright. So now he’s decided to tell her what he thinks. He did make a crack about hair being stuck up in pins, etc. Someone asked if it’s Christie trying things, or the show, and Roark said there’s a lot of pressure on people to look good, or to have current styles, etc. So it sounds possibly like a combo of the two.

Roark’s glad that Mike is finally living in a house by himself instead of with his sister and/or mother. When someone asked how Frances Reid was doing, he hesitated, and then sort of laughed and said she’s a feisty old… He said she likes him because he swears with her, while everybody else treats her like a two year old. Apparently she’s a bit more wild than Alice. But he said she’s great, and she’s doing okay.

Roark also commented that Louise Sorel is a very nice person and a good actress, but he made wisecracks about the chip-in-the-tooth storyline. And he said Joe Mascolo starts talking like Stefano as soon as he gets on the lot (with the accent), and just talks to people like that. He added that he’s a great guy.

Other than that, he answered questions about acting on stage vs on television. I asked how Maria was feeling, and he said she’s big, and she’s ready for it to be over. I also asked if there is anymore news about his film efforts, and he didn’t really have anything. He did talk about how hard it is to sell the film with them not wanting to put guns and sex in it. So it’s frustrating. That’s most of what I remember at the moment. Dazz or Tracie may remember some other things he said. He was his comical, hammy self the whole time as usual, and the audience enjoyed it.

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