Meeting Him August 17/18
by HoNoRiNa DaViS
the first time i ever met jonathan davis was on
August 17/18(it was 1:51am) at the Follow the
leader signing in los angeles, california. I had
been
waiting in line outside of the Tower Records on the
infamous Sunset Strip, for almost 8 hours. Me and my
bud had arrived ther about 7. I had so much fun
mingling with the coolest Korn people i have ever
met(of course because everyone there was not a
trendy). it was funny how when the MTV and Kroq vans
pulled up, every single person in the crowd of over
about 2500 people(the line stretched for about 2
blocks) started booing them. MTV and Kroq had always
ignored Korn's exsistence....and our requests.
Korn arrived in a black car...not a limo(i don't
know what type of car) at 11:53pm.
the guards there were sooo mean. they had told us no
cameras no this no that. and we weren't allowed to
talk to them for more than 20 seconds. it pissed us
off but it was ok.
when I finally went in....it was almost two and
my friend and i
were greeted with the loud blasting of B.B.K. while
on
all the tv monitors CLOWN was playing. Let me just
tell you that being in there felt greater than any
kind of drug i had ever taken. It was sooo amazing.
when i was about to go to their table, I stared
crying
from the utter disbelief that i was only a few feet away from THEM. them who saved me from my personal
hell. them who i had adored for 3 years
before....them
who save me from myself.
the first person that signed my cd was the
oh-so-incredible MUNKY. he greeted me with a huge
genuine smile and asked me where i wanted him to
sign.
I told him to sign where ever he wanted. he did...on
my
cover. he said thanx and i moved along to FIELDY who
was drunk and stoned beyond belief. (he gave my bud
his beer bottle). he signed and then....I saw him.
My
saviour. My secret best friend. My Jonathan Davis. I
didn't know what to say. i was overwhelmed by his
beauty and i just stared at him. he said something
to
me and his spittle flew in my face and he
apologized(of course it was ok!)
he signed my cover right on top of the place in the
cd booklet where he had spray-painted his name on
the
wall of their studio. he found that incredibly funny
and i enjoyed hearing his beautiful laughter. he
was
very sweet. they all were. david didn't really say
much except when he asked me where he wanted me to
sign and
head actually thanked ME for coming out to see
THEM!!!
imagine that.....i found that cool and i thanked all
of them for making the music that saved me from
self destruction. they all smiled and waved to me
as
i left. i walked through the doors that led me
to that cruel world i had abandoned for a few
minutes to be in heaven. i was overwhelmed by a huge
wave of
emotion. I cried, let me tell you, because never in
my life had i ever felt so...... satisfied. It was
the best feeling that i had never felt before....
It was happiness.