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Jul. 7th, 2010 11:28 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bonnie_rocksNow that I actually have time to, I'm going to tell you all a story.
My story begins on Friday morning. It's a gorgeous day out and I'm trying to figure out what to wear. NO SHORTS!! Steve texted me to inform me that the wearing of shorts would not be permitted. So, at this point, I know I'm not allowed to wear White, Beige, Light Blue, anything with Elaborate patterns, or Logos. And now, no shorts. Well shit! So, I found a solid Lavendar colored short sleeved shirt and threw on a pair of jeans. Wandering around Manhattan in 90° heat wearing jeans really really blows, btw!
So, Steve came to pick me up around 1pm and we took the train from Port Jefferson, because why the fuck not?? So we get there and the alarm on the building is going off announcing that the cops will be there soon. Oh boy... Thankfully the alarm eventually turned itself off and the train came for us to board and travel to Penn Station.
While we were on the train, Steve was on the pohone with one of his friends and he was talking about stuff going on at home and said, "My dad isn't bi-polar, he's Gay polar. He's *flaming* polar!!" I was dying. The train trip was, thankfully, uneventful and we made our way through Penn. However, we did seranade the conductor when we transferred at Huntington. LOL! There was a really awesome band with brass in it playing in front of McDonald's and a guy was fanning their CDs. Unfortunately, there was no sign indicating the name of their band. Oh well. It's too bad too because they really were great. There was a lot of News crew video cameras (not taping the band) and every time we walked past, I made sure to smile and wave. Who knows, maybe I ended up on the 5 o'clock news on Channel 7, but I'll never know. LOL!!
We decided to walk from Penn to Rockefeller Center, where the LeAnn Rimes pretaping for the MACY's 4th of July Fireworks Spectacular was going to be. On our way there, we saw Elmo and Steve suggested I get a picture with him. Elmo was very mean and demanded a tip before getting a picture with him. We decided against the picture. We were walking through the Plaza by Times Square and there was an Improv performance going on. We had no idea and almost walked through it! Thankfully I realized what was going on and rerouted us. At one point, we were crossing the street and I almost got hit by a car who came careening down the street through the red light. HOLY SHIT that was scary. And then he had the nerve to scream obscenities at me. So, I gave him the finger and moved on. Steve told me that if I was about to get hit, he would have shoved me to prevent it from happening.
The ticket said that we were supposed to go over by 30 Rock to wait on line. Luckily, we asked one of the security people setting up where to stand. If we followed what the ticket said, we'd likely still be standing there waiting. LOL! So we get to where we're supposed to be and there are 3 women waiting already. It was 6pm at this point. Steve and I decided to go find something to eat. We decided that since we are in the City that we should have Dirty Water Dogs. $4 EACH! Holy crap! But we did it anyway. They were delicious :) But Sooooo not worth $4 each. After food, we headed back to our spot on the line. No one new came by, so we were in the same exact spot :)
Around 6:30, a man walked up with a bag containing the flag to tell people that this is the spot where we check in as audience members. As he was placing the bag down, it grazed this woman's leg. Oh boy...she completely overreacted, acting like she was in OMG pain. I saw it happen, it barely touched her. I tried my hardest not to laugh.
It was around this time that these two really hot girls came on the line behind us. Kianna is from Vermont and Jacqueline is from British Columbia. It ended up that they were big flag holders, but they had no idea where they were supposed to go. So, we talked to them for about a half hour before one of the organizers came by to scoop them up. We were sad to see them go. They were really nice :)
Most of the people standing with us were fascinated about the fact that Steve came from Utah. This made for hilarious exchanges. We were talking to this one guy who had never been to a show in his life and he lived in Manhattan for all 69 years of his existence. And we noticed that there was a woman ahead of us that looked like someone famous. We couldn't place our finger on it until Steve decided to just go up to her and ask. Turns out, she occassionally does Today Show segments involving Fashion, and back when Al Roker was on, she did some segments with him as well!! I'm blanking on her name right now, but Steve got a picture of her (still waiting for all the pictures to be sent to me) and it was awesome! This other guy who was talking with us used to be a trucker and drove things from Texas to Utah and back, so Steve and that guy talked about different things out in Utah. Seriously, never thought so many conversations would spark from Steve being from Utah. He got a phone call from two of his friends that got married on Friday, they called him in between the ceremony and reception time. So, Steve's talking to them on the phone and says, "Oh my G-d! You're married!! CONDOMS!! Wait...we're Mormons. Do we believe in condoms??" Everyone within ear shot was rolling!
While we were waiting, we'd occassionally be visited by one of the organizers who looked exactly like a younger version of Sandra Bullock. She was really nice :-D And her partner in crime was pretty awesome as well. We were given Purple wristbands and American flags to wave. We had to wait till 8:30 before finally being herded into the area where the performance was going to happen. We were all wanded and then made our way to a very good spot...before being told to move back and stand in some weird spot. Needless to say, we were no longer in the excellent spot we had. They did 5 takes. Three were focused on LeAnn and the other 2 were focused on the audience. After each focused on LeAnn take, we were instructed to go back to where we were standing before they rolled camers. Oh boy. That was really difficult. There were soooooo many people. In between takes, Steve had a conversation with LeAnn :-D He said he came all the way from Utah and she said, "Utah? Really?" :-D The song she performed was really awesome!!! It's called "Swingin'" I loved it!
After the taping, we decided to wait till the crowd died down before leaving ourselves. We met up with Kianna and Jaqueline again, which was a complete surprise to us :) Too bad we never exchanged information. Oh well. Maybe one day our paths will cross again.
Steve and I headed back o Penn Station. Our feet were really hurting. We got back to Penn and grabbed some water and I got a pastry from Hot & Crusty. :) Yum.
The board wasn't displaying connections, so I had to look on the schedule to see where we were changing. Change at Hicksville, so we hopped on the 10:44 to Ronk and changed at Hicksville for Port Jefferson. On the way to Hicksville, Steve noticed that the woman across the aisle was reading a Yaoi and it turned out that it's one that the company he works for distributes. HA! So, he gave her his card and then we were off to Port Jeff.
The train ride was, once again, thankfully uneventful and Steve's dad picked us up from the station. Steve had called him earlier to tell him to bring two CDs for me, and he did, so now I'm the owner of two They Might Be Elders CDs!!! And they are great! :) They dropped me off in front of Brian's place and went on their merry way.
That concludes my story :)
~*::Meow::*~
My story begins on Friday morning. It's a gorgeous day out and I'm trying to figure out what to wear. NO SHORTS!! Steve texted me to inform me that the wearing of shorts would not be permitted. So, at this point, I know I'm not allowed to wear White, Beige, Light Blue, anything with Elaborate patterns, or Logos. And now, no shorts. Well shit! So, I found a solid Lavendar colored short sleeved shirt and threw on a pair of jeans. Wandering around Manhattan in 90° heat wearing jeans really really blows, btw!
So, Steve came to pick me up around 1pm and we took the train from Port Jefferson, because why the fuck not?? So we get there and the alarm on the building is going off announcing that the cops will be there soon. Oh boy... Thankfully the alarm eventually turned itself off and the train came for us to board and travel to Penn Station.
While we were on the train, Steve was on the pohone with one of his friends and he was talking about stuff going on at home and said, "My dad isn't bi-polar, he's Gay polar. He's *flaming* polar!!" I was dying. The train trip was, thankfully, uneventful and we made our way through Penn. However, we did seranade the conductor when we transferred at Huntington. LOL! There was a really awesome band with brass in it playing in front of McDonald's and a guy was fanning their CDs. Unfortunately, there was no sign indicating the name of their band. Oh well. It's too bad too because they really were great. There was a lot of News crew video cameras (not taping the band) and every time we walked past, I made sure to smile and wave. Who knows, maybe I ended up on the 5 o'clock news on Channel 7, but I'll never know. LOL!!
We decided to walk from Penn to Rockefeller Center, where the LeAnn Rimes pretaping for the MACY's 4th of July Fireworks Spectacular was going to be. On our way there, we saw Elmo and Steve suggested I get a picture with him. Elmo was very mean and demanded a tip before getting a picture with him. We decided against the picture. We were walking through the Plaza by Times Square and there was an Improv performance going on. We had no idea and almost walked through it! Thankfully I realized what was going on and rerouted us. At one point, we were crossing the street and I almost got hit by a car who came careening down the street through the red light. HOLY SHIT that was scary. And then he had the nerve to scream obscenities at me. So, I gave him the finger and moved on. Steve told me that if I was about to get hit, he would have shoved me to prevent it from happening.
The ticket said that we were supposed to go over by 30 Rock to wait on line. Luckily, we asked one of the security people setting up where to stand. If we followed what the ticket said, we'd likely still be standing there waiting. LOL! So we get to where we're supposed to be and there are 3 women waiting already. It was 6pm at this point. Steve and I decided to go find something to eat. We decided that since we are in the City that we should have Dirty Water Dogs. $4 EACH! Holy crap! But we did it anyway. They were delicious :) But Sooooo not worth $4 each. After food, we headed back to our spot on the line. No one new came by, so we were in the same exact spot :)
Around 6:30, a man walked up with a bag containing the flag to tell people that this is the spot where we check in as audience members. As he was placing the bag down, it grazed this woman's leg. Oh boy...she completely overreacted, acting like she was in OMG pain. I saw it happen, it barely touched her. I tried my hardest not to laugh.
It was around this time that these two really hot girls came on the line behind us. Kianna is from Vermont and Jacqueline is from British Columbia. It ended up that they were big flag holders, but they had no idea where they were supposed to go. So, we talked to them for about a half hour before one of the organizers came by to scoop them up. We were sad to see them go. They were really nice :)
Most of the people standing with us were fascinated about the fact that Steve came from Utah. This made for hilarious exchanges. We were talking to this one guy who had never been to a show in his life and he lived in Manhattan for all 69 years of his existence. And we noticed that there was a woman ahead of us that looked like someone famous. We couldn't place our finger on it until Steve decided to just go up to her and ask. Turns out, she occassionally does Today Show segments involving Fashion, and back when Al Roker was on, she did some segments with him as well!! I'm blanking on her name right now, but Steve got a picture of her (still waiting for all the pictures to be sent to me) and it was awesome! This other guy who was talking with us used to be a trucker and drove things from Texas to Utah and back, so Steve and that guy talked about different things out in Utah. Seriously, never thought so many conversations would spark from Steve being from Utah. He got a phone call from two of his friends that got married on Friday, they called him in between the ceremony and reception time. So, Steve's talking to them on the phone and says, "Oh my G-d! You're married!! CONDOMS!! Wait...we're Mormons. Do we believe in condoms??" Everyone within ear shot was rolling!
While we were waiting, we'd occassionally be visited by one of the organizers who looked exactly like a younger version of Sandra Bullock. She was really nice :-D And her partner in crime was pretty awesome as well. We were given Purple wristbands and American flags to wave. We had to wait till 8:30 before finally being herded into the area where the performance was going to happen. We were all wanded and then made our way to a very good spot...before being told to move back and stand in some weird spot. Needless to say, we were no longer in the excellent spot we had. They did 5 takes. Three were focused on LeAnn and the other 2 were focused on the audience. After each focused on LeAnn take, we were instructed to go back to where we were standing before they rolled camers. Oh boy. That was really difficult. There were soooooo many people. In between takes, Steve had a conversation with LeAnn :-D He said he came all the way from Utah and she said, "Utah? Really?" :-D The song she performed was really awesome!!! It's called "Swingin'" I loved it!
After the taping, we decided to wait till the crowd died down before leaving ourselves. We met up with Kianna and Jaqueline again, which was a complete surprise to us :) Too bad we never exchanged information. Oh well. Maybe one day our paths will cross again.
Steve and I headed back o Penn Station. Our feet were really hurting. We got back to Penn and grabbed some water and I got a pastry from Hot & Crusty. :) Yum.
The board wasn't displaying connections, so I had to look on the schedule to see where we were changing. Change at Hicksville, so we hopped on the 10:44 to Ronk and changed at Hicksville for Port Jefferson. On the way to Hicksville, Steve noticed that the woman across the aisle was reading a Yaoi and it turned out that it's one that the company he works for distributes. HA! So, he gave her his card and then we were off to Port Jeff.
The train ride was, once again, thankfully uneventful and Steve's dad picked us up from the station. Steve had called him earlier to tell him to bring two CDs for me, and he did, so now I'm the owner of two They Might Be Elders CDs!!! And they are great! :) They dropped me off in front of Brian's place and went on their merry way.
That concludes my story :)
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Date: 2010-07-14 12:46 pm (UTC)You can see them here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJh-hSPxJ-g
They are wearing white t-shirts and Light blue skirts and holding the huge flags. And then later on in the video, they are panned to in the audience.
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