11 August, 2009

Movies, part 2

In teenage movies the outcast geek gets his ass kicked till the end and then a short line says He pursued his dream and made a multimillion dollar software company by the age of 30. In fact, chances are he's still living with his mom and downloading porn. I'm all in for downloading porn, but this is not the point.

This summer I went with some friends to a festival in a small town.
We got there to find out our reservations were nowhere to be found (just like Indians). We looked one up in local guide and managed to find one. Rooms were cheaper than in our nonexistent reservation, so everything seemed to work out fine. However... (what, were you expecting something bad?), it did, as we found out the bands were staying in the very same hotel. We were just heading to see NIN, when someone recognized the vocalist from Primal Scream in front of the hotel. And next morning we noticed Robin Finck leaving his room, which was 3 rooms away from from my mine. We met him again a bit later in front of the elevator. As I'm a polite person, I approached him and asked if it was ok to harass him. He smiled, I said I didn't want to bother him with autographs on my tits, I congratulated him for the show (one of the best concerts I've been to), then I said I also liked him in GnR and left outside where someone in our group was smoking.
A few minutes later we also noticed Trent, but he was with his wife (or girlfriend, I have no idea) so we kept the distance. I imagine on the way to the airport Robin said to Trent "I have 2 fans here. That's 2 more than you have".
The next morning, the same situation, but a bit different, with The Prodigy. Keith didn't want to hold the elevator for me (although there was plenty of room), which is probably the norm for chavs. I saw them again at the reception, we were checking out at the same time. I'm sorry I didn't have the inspiration to ask them for an autograph on a roll of t.p. I had with me to clean something at the engine.

What can I say, just like in the movies...