Moline, Illinois
by Jessica Novak
Well, I have never had the honor to meet such an awesome guy... but I did get
close... It was this summer at the Moline show in Illinois... I sat in the
car for 6 hours waiting to get to the show. We finally arrived around three in
the afternoon. We checked in to the hotel, which was right next to the
arena... I got dressed, put my "fieldy for prez" shirt on, and went over by the
tour buses with my friend Liz. I saw Jon walking around but he was on his
cell phone. He looked so adorable. He had his hair up in a ponytail like
the one he used to in the "who then now" video. Well we somewhat just hung out
by the buses for a bit... then we went into the show. It was amazing, first
papa roach, then powerman. I was in the pit for proach then I decided to go
upstairs to try to get into the asylum. I found josh, the guy in charge of the
asylum and the kage... well, I asked him I was like "hey me and my friend got
these shirts made for fieldy on the back it said 'fieldy for prez' with the
logo and on the front it said you've got issues... he's your man." Well he was
like "how old are you" and I told him I am 15 then he said I will see what I
can do. Well hmm fuck that haha then I saw my girl betty and I was like hey
can you get me in josh didn't seem much help... and of course we walked right
up to the front of the line and I got my wrist band it was so awesome we
walked through the backstage then over to the asylum I was right against the
plastic side of the stage... it was so rad cause that was the first time I
have ever been that close to KoRn I have always been stuck in the seats and
finally after seeing them live 4 times this was my time to be closer then the
rest! The whole show was amazing. Jon kept coming by us and he would sing....
it was so amazing being so close to someone I have looked up to for a while
now. Speaking that I grew up listening to this music. Reggi kept spitting
his beer on us it was somewhat sick. I mean it was in his mouth and stuff.
Anyways haha Brian came over to me and handed me his guitar pick which
completely made my night because I have loved Brian for god knows how long. I
mean he is an amazing guitarist and I love James and Brians style. Then after
that Jon started singing "kill you" and the whole time I just sat there smiling
cause he went through the whole song and it just made me like oh my I just
wanted to give him a huge hug I mean he is so fucken awesome I am not going
to say he is a god I am not going to say he is anything else but a normal
person like you and me... he went through shit like you and me but I can say
this guy is amazing and I look up to him for having the courage to do what he
does. In addition, for that I love him! Jon if you see this I want you to
know that you have helped me when things went wrong I would turn on KoRn self
titled and lay there and it would make me realize things aren't so bad..
people have it worse then me... like you did and I am sorry for the things
you went through but it has helped me through my depression. It made me
realize not to slit my wrists and not to try and god.... your lyrics have
helped me and all I want to say is thank you for being who you are!