8-18-98 was indeed the first time that i had the pleasure to meet Mr. jonthan davis but not the only....hmmm......i next encountered him at the Issues record signing....which was 1 year 2 months and 3 days later.

A lot had happened between that time......and it saddened me that Korn became liked by the most hateful people ever known to me....TRENDIES. Yes, I am very Anti-trendy, but only because they literally offend me. To me, they are exploiting Korn. but that's actually a dfferent story.

So, issues came out on november 16th, 1999 and i hadn't gotten the album the day it came out cause i actually wasn't very satisfied with "falling away from me". Hmm...so, i'm at school and my friend presents me with a korn ad she had taken out from that day's newspaper, MUSIC section. I thanked her for the pic, and it was only until later that i realized(stupid me) that it was an advertizement for the record signing on NOv. 21st! i was sssoooo shocked that they were having another signing.! i, at that exact moment, decided that i wasn't missing this oppurtunity for the fucking world. so.......i started planning.

On the morning of NOV. 21st(6.00am) i started getting ready. i had NO idea how i was gonna get there. It was to be in northridge california and i lived in venice. About 1 hour away in a car, and about 4 hours away on the bus. I spent literally about half an hour crying, bawling, and sobbing like a baby to my mom....she was reluctant to drive all the way there at 7 o' clock in the freaking morning but being as cool as she is she finally agreed:) i love my mom!

so, me and my other friend and my mom are headed out to northridge and it took us 2 hours to get there cause stupid me didn't get the right directions but at exactly 9:34 am we arrived to the Tower records that i would be spending the next 10 hours at; cold, hungry, tired, and irritated.

i met a lot of really cool people there... i had temporary korn tatoos all over my face and i had a huge coat that kept me verywarm but also brought some more attention to me.

wristbands were supposed to be handed out at 11:00 but were handed out at 12:30. it pissed me off sooooooo much that they took so long but the line was finally moving....i was among the 1st 500 hundred people but my freind thought it would be cool if we cut. Apperantly it was not. I wassooooo mad at him for dragging me with him and i was sooooooooooo ashamed of myself that i took badly. i apologized to everyone i could but suprisingly enough they didn't seem to mind.(because they knew we were real korn fans and not trendies, who, almost got their asses kicked for cutting....).

well, i ended up waiting till 6:30 pm. it was fun. they blasted all korn albums for us....except for some fucked up reason they didn't play the whole 1st album(fucking trendies). i was among the 1st hundred people to go in. Korn had arrived at 2:30 and made a little speech to us on the stage they had set up...blah blah....

so, we were actually allowed to have cameras and that pleased me!! i had my camera with me and took tons of pics.

I was nostalgic while waiting for it to be my turn to go up to the table where the almighty KORN was sitting(!).

i didn't flip out like the last time....i was very much in control until i was about to approach the table.........

JOnthan Davis was sitting at the very end. the first one to sign my LIP cover. i looked into those deep brown eyes of his and i almost started crying. here i was again, in his presence.....and damned if i was gonna waste it like the first time. i pulled out a bouquet of white carnations that were dyed burgundy at the tips. I cleared my throat and spoke to him for the first time....."jonathan, theses are for you". he looked up and his eyes lt up and he flashed me one of the most beautiful smiles in the world. i was flooded with the urge to start crying again but i bit my lip.

he smelles them and i asked for a picture. he posed without reluctance and said "thank you so much, sweetie. i love them". i smiled feeling i could leave at that moment but moved on tp th rest of the band who i had purchased bid rainbow lollipops for, earlier. they were all soooo greatful....and i was very happy!

when we got to head....we had a little extra something for him.....we had saved a bad of lays b.b.q. chips just for him and he did exactly what i had pictured he would. he tore open the bag right there and poured the whole bag of chips into his mouth and started crunching down on them. he gave a huge mouthful of chips smile and thanked us by showering us with bits of chips flying eeverywhere. all the helpers who were there(security guards etc...) started cracking up abd clapped for him. Head once again yelled out more thanks to us as we left and we were once again brought back to reality by the feel of the cold, sharp wind on our sunburned faces. the past 5 mintues seemed worth the 10 hours i waited for. It was amazing...... and i loved every fucking minute of it.