Talk about ADVENTURES!! THIS was a good one!! WOW!!!!
Amanda, me (Tara), and our guest star, LAURA, left school early, hopped on the train and fled to NYC. There we met NNMaddox and walked - nay, RAN - to the building where the Carson was to be taped. Excitement was setting in.
I found Nikki in the line and got hyped up with her and her Man Ho's about the fact that we were ABOUT TO SEE DAVID BOWIE!! (what else would we be so excited for? I mean, c'mon!)
The waiting in the line aspect was a long and torturous one. We couldn't help tiny yelps and squeals of joy emitting from our throats as we waited to enter the studio.
Hours went by.... days after that.... then weeks and we still weren't being let in to the studio. Oh wait... I think it was only about an hour that we had to wait... but it sure SEEMED like weeks.
Finally, the pearly gates of Heaven were swung open (meaning, our line of people was actually being SENT somewhere) and we were sent.... to ANOTHER line!! GRR!! After waiting in about 800 more lines, we were finally sent to another line. And after that... we were allowed in the studio!!
We didn't expect to get too close to the stage where David was to be, because we hadn't been too far ahead in the line when we arrived. Well, the employees directed us to our seats... which happened to be FRONT ROW CENTER!!!! I mean, closer to the stage than any other members in the audience! It was insane! We never expected to be so close.
Some people who had been ahead of us in the line and sat further behind us, eyed us in disgust (sorry to those people!). We didn't intend to be so close, but we didn't do anything to influence where we sat. I SWEAR we didn't flash the guards! Hey, but WE WEREN'T ABOUT TO COMPLAIN! We were happier than squirrels who were just released into the Land of Nuts. I mean, we were ECSTATIC!
The main security guard emerged and silenced the crowd to explain the rules. He stood right in front of Amanda and I as we squeezed each others hands and yelped in excitement. He then asked on his microphone if we were ok and if we needed a paramedic to be on hand just in case we passed out or something. We urged him to have a doctor standing by. He was joking about the whole thing. We WEREN'T.
Then, Carson came out and noticed my insane friend and I as well... he said he couldn't blame us for being so excited and laughed at our antics as well. More excitement was setting in as we realized who was to come out on the stage next. *GULP*
Thats right, minutes later DAVID himself (like we've never seen him before - HAHAHA) emerged from the depths of backstage. (depths? ok...)
Thats when we FREAKED! Me, Amanda, and Nikki went insane (much to the disgust of some people - lol). We screamed and ranted and raved, but it wasn't to be obnoxious... it was all from the heart... and excitement of seeing him again. And so close! I mean, suppose THIS is David and THAT is us, here's an example to show you guys how close we were:
THIS.... THAT
YEAH... THAT CLOSE!!! (haha, get it? THAT close??? HAR HAR!)
David sat down (again, he was very close) and closely began to give his interview. A few minutes into the show, he decided to scan the first row of the audience and took notice of Amanda and I freaking out over him. He laughed and said how much he loved "that" (us freaking out). Just to torture my poor friend and I (poor? i mean REALLY LUCKY), he scanned the front row AGAIN and AGAIN stopped at us freaking out and laughed at our craziness. We sat in our seats, squirming, shrieking, squeezing hands and nearly convulsing. When we thought he was done torturing us (and by torturing, I mean turning us on) he continued his interview. We began to calm down a notch. Then, when we least expected it (even though it was like, 3 seconds later), he quickly turned to us again, pointed at us and stared us in the face! He set us off again and for a third time, we began to squirm, shriek, squeeze hands and convulse. (well, we squirmed, shrieked, squeezed hands and convulsed practically the whole show, but it was the worst when David acknowledged us) He got a kick out of it, the bastard. And you know what? WE DID TOO! *HUGE goofy grin*
After his wonderful interview, the Daly people moved us from our seats to the stage where David was to perform his songs. We waited during the commerical break in antici....pation!
Again, David emerged from the depths, we gave our our best screams, and he did his songs. New Killer Star, Never Get Old, and Hang Onto Yourself were our treats and we spazzed as if it was our first time ever seeing David and the way to his heart was to scream the loudest screams possible. Well, if that were the case, we would have been to his heart and BEYOND *wink wink*
IT ROCKED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Laura expressed how much she enjoyed the show afterwords and we were very excited that she had just seen her first Bowie show, thus locking in the fandom. We parted with Nikki and her adorable Man Ho's and decided to get a bite to eat.
NNMaddoxs' wonderful idea was to go to Mars 2112 so we could eat the Ziggy Stardust pasta. For those of you who have never eaten there... WHOA! WE RECOMMEND IT, LIKE, SO MUCH! (I'm not kidding, this place was awesome!) We took a "spaceship" to "Mars" and were directed to our table. We were sad to find that they got rid of the Ziggy Stardust pasta, but the place was still great. As we waited for our food, aliens came and conversed with us. Man, they were HILLARIOUS!
We showed one alien, who was in a full alien costume and was named Captain Orion, our Bowie shirts and the poor guy was freaking out! We could tell that the man behind the costume wanted to relay to us just how much he loved Bowie, but he couldn't under his suit and mask and even if he was able to talk Bowie with us, he'd probably get in trouble for not "playing the part" and doing his job. He was jumping up and down at the mention of David, though, and did some air guitar for us and flailed his arms in happiness. What a cute little critter he was... gold thong and all (poor dude)
The other guy was hillarious too. We could actually talk to him since he was "half human and half martian". Boy was he a strange one... and strange, naturally, is a good thing. We loved him too.
The sad thing was, after that, it was time to leave.
*audience complains and whines*
Hey, hey... chin up people! Amanda and I will have another CRAZY adventure for you up here soon! Until then...
SO LONG SPACE CADETS!! HOME