FANatic-FIVE
BACK DURING THE SUMMER WE CALLED FANatic AND WE NEVER THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO BE PICKED…WELL WE WERE! IT ALL BEGAN WHEN I WAS DOING LAUNDRY ABOUT 3:30PM ON WED. OCTOBER 21,1998. I WAS WAITNG FOR TRACI TO COME AND HELP ME AND I WAS SITTING THERE WAITING FOR THE LAUNDRY TO WASH.WELL ABOUT 4ISH TRACI COMES IN WITH A CAMEERA CREW, SOUND EVERYTHING! I WAS LIKE OMG! OMG! OMG! TRACI SAID THAT I WAS CHOSEN AS THE #1 FAN OF FIVE AND WE HAD TO LEAVE RIGHT AWAY! I WAS STILL IN SHOCK AND I WAS SHAKING SOO MUCH! SHE FINALLY GRABBED ME AND WE WENT INTO AN AWAITNG LIMO!I LEFT THE CLOTHES AND FOUND OUT THAT MY DAD TOOK CARE OF THEM WHEN I LEFT!
WE WENT INTO THE LIMO AND WE WERE SREAMING! TRACI HAD FOUND OUT LIKE A HALF-HOUR B4 IT ALL CUZ THEY THOUGHT SHE WOULD HAVE TOLD ME!SO WE WERE BOTH GOING CRAZY! THE LIMO DROVE AROUND THE BLOCK AND WE HAD TO PULL UP AGAIN TO ALLOW THE CREW TO GET IN THE LIMO AND THE VAN. WE WERE THEN MIKED AND WENT INSIDE THE LIMO AGAIN! I WASN’T SURE WHERE WE WERE GOING CUZ I SEEN THE SHOW B4 SO I KNEW I WAS GOING TO BE TAKEN SOMEWHERE! I WAS SO NERVOUS AND I DIDN’T KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT! THEN THEY ASKED ME ENDLESS QUESTIONS AND IT TOOK LIKE 3HRS TO GET TO WHERE WE WERE GOING! WE DIDN’T FLY ANYWHERE, WE WERE TAKEN TO A HOTEL IN MAHATTAN(NYC) AND LATER ON I FOUND OUT WE WERE ORIGINALLY GONNA STAY AT THE SAME HOTEL AS THE LADS BUT THEY KNEW HOW WE ARE AND WE WOULD HAVE FOUND THEM! HAH!
WE WENT INTO THE LOBBY OF OUR HOTEL AND WE SAW MARLON WAYANS AND WE DID A DOUBLE TAKE! IT WAS SOO FUNNY BECAUSE WE DIDN’T RECOGNIZE HIM AT FIRST! IT WAS A REALLY COOL TRENDY HOTEL AND I LOVED IT. THEY VIDEOTAPED US UNPACKING AND THEN WE THREW THEM OUT CUZ WE HAD A BIG DAY AHEAD OF US! I WAS STILL FREAKING OUT AND MY HANDS SMELLED LIKE DETERGENT AND WE BLEACHED STREAKS IN TRACI’S HAIR! IT WAS ALL TOO FUNNY! AFTER THEY LEFT WE WENT TO EAT AND I FELT SO GOOD BEING OFF MIKED AND CAMERA. IT FELT WEIRD THAT EVERYTHING U SAID AND DONE WAS BEING VIEWED BY MILLIONS! BUT I SOON GOT USED TO IT! THAT NIGHT WAS COOL CUZ MY FAVORITE TEAM IN THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD WON THE WORLD SERIES…THE YANKEES!!! SO I WAS SO HAPPY MY CHEEKS HURT FROM SMILING!
SINCE WE HAD A WAKE UP CALL WE EVENTUALLY FALL ASLEEP! THE NEXT MORNING WE WERE UP EARLY WATCHING TELETUBBIES AND EATTING MCDONALDS …LOL! THEY (PRODUCTION,CAMERA,SOUND CREW) CAME IN AND WOKE US UP AND GOT US GOING! I HAD NOO MAKE-UP ON AND I MUST’VE LOOKED HORRIBLE! TRACI THEN JUMPED IN THE SHOWER WHILE I SPOKE MORE ABOUT FIVE! WE DID A LOT OF TAKES OVER AND I MUST’VE IRONED MY SHIRT 15x.LOL.WELL THEN IT WAS MY TURN TO GO IN THE SHOWER WHILE THEY TALKED WITH TRACI. I WORE A BLACK CARDIGAN WITH A TANK TOP WITH FLOWERS AND FLARES. I HAD MY SHITTY SNEAKERS BUT OH WELL I COULDN’T HAVE PACKED FOR MYSELF MY MOM HAD TO!
TRACI WAS THEN TOLD TO LEAVE AND I WAS REALLY UPSET! SHE IS MY BEST FRIEND AND TO KNOW SHE WASN’T BY MY SIDE AND I DIDN’T KNOW WHERE SHE WAS GOING AND IF I WAS EVER TO SEE HER AGAIN LATER ON I WAS SAD! SO WE SAID GOODBYE AND SHE TOLD ME WHEN I SEE THEM NOT TO ATTACK THEM, I LAUGHED AND SHE LEFT. EVEN THOUGH THERE WERE PEOPLE THERE IN THE ROOM I NEVER FELT SO ALONE! I HAD TO BLOW DRY MY HAIR AND WE HAD NO TIME AND THEY VIDEOTAPED ME APPLYING MAKE-UP! I WAS SO NERVOUS AND I WAS SHAKING I WAS READY TO CRY!SO THEN WE HAD TO LEAVE SO I PACKED UP AND LEFT ! I HAD TO WAIT IN THE LOBBY FOR THEM TO GET READY BY MYSELF AND A NICE WOMAN SAID HI TO ME AND I WAS LIKE HI, HOW R U? AND SHE SAID FINE,U? I SAID OK. SHE FUMBLED WITH THE DOOR AND I WENT TO HELP HER AND SHE SAID THANX. THEN IT HIT ME AFTER SHE LEFT…OMG THAT WAS DIANA ROSS! HAH!
I WAS THEN IN THE LIMO…ALONE AND BY THIS TIME REALLY, REALLY NERVOUS! THEY WERE LIKE U R ABOUT 10 MINUTES FROM SEEING UR INSPIRATIONS! I WAS READY TO THROW UP I WAS SOO NERVOUS! I WAS THEN HANDED A CLIPBOARD THAT HAD THE QUESTIONS I WANTED TO ASK THEM AND REVIEWED THEM. WE THEN ARRIVED TO AN UNDISCLOSED SITE AND I COULD’VE SWORN THAT I SAW RITCHIE ON THE PHONE OUTSIDE OF IT AND I WAS LIKE FREAKING OUT! LATER ON I FOUND OUT IT REALLY WAS HIM AND THAT TRACI WAS IN THE EQUIPMENT VAN CRYING WHEN SHE SAW HIM, AWW! I WISH I WERE WITH HER! I WAS THEN DRIVEN AROUND THE BLOCK AND WAITED FOR LIKE ½ HR ALONE! I WAS SO SCARED AND NERVOUS MY STOMACH WAS TWISTING AND TURNING!
WE THEN WERE READY AND I WAS DRIVEN AROUND AND BY THIS TIME I WAS REALLY, REALLY, REALLY NERVOUS! I WAS THEN TOLD THAT TRACI WAS GOING UPSTAIRS B4 ME AND I WAS SO HAPPY THAT SHE WAS GOING TO SEE THEM B4 ME SO I KNEW A PART OF ME WAS WITH HER! SO THEN I WAS TOLD TO GO INTO THE BUILDING! I WENT IN AND TOOK A DEEP BREATHE! THEY WERE SO CLOSE YET SO FAR! I WAS TOLD THAT TRACI AND I WERE TO EXPERIENCE SOMETHING B4 THE INTERVIEW NO OTHER AMERICAN FAN HAS DONE! SO I GOT OFF ON THE FLOOR AND TRACI WAS RIGHT THERE! WE RAN AND HUGGED EACHOTHER AND SHE SAID THAT SHE DIDN’T SEE THEM YET AND THAT SHE WAS WAITING FOR ME! SO WE THEN WALKED TOGETHER INTO A ROOM …
IT WAS A PHOTO SHOOT!!! WE WERE IN SHOCK!!! THEY SAW US AND WE WERE TOLD TO SIT ON 2 STOOLS SO WE DID! AHHHHHH!!!! ALL OF A SUDDEN SCOTT CAME UP TO US AND HE HUGGED AND KISSED US HELLO!!! OMG!! I SHOULD’VE DIED AND WENT TO HEAVEN!! AND HE KNEW OUR NAMES!!!! THEN RITCHIE CAME OVER AND DID THE SAME, THEN SEAN CAME OVER AND INTRODUCED HIMSELF WHILE J AND ABS STOOD BEHIND! I WAS SCREAMING INSIDE!!! SO THEN TRACI WAS ONCE AGAIN TAKEN FROM ME AND SHE WENT TO THE SIDE AND TALKED WITH THERE MANAGEMENT AND WAS SIGNED UP INTO THE OFFICIAL FAN CLUB! I WAS PLACED IN A CHAIR NEXT TO A COUCH WHILE THEY DID THE PHOTO SHOOT! THEY LOOKED SOOO GOOD! MY MOM WAS LIKE WOW AND U WILL HATE HER CUZ SHE SAW SCOTT CHANGING BEHIND A CURTAIN AND SHE EVEN SAID HE HAD A HOT BODY!!!
IT WAS INTERVIEW TIME!!! THEY WERE TOLD TO SIT NEXT TO ME!!! SO THEY ACTED LIKE A RACE AND SCOTT RAN AND SAT NEXT TO ME!!!! THEN ABS,RITCHIE,SEAN AND J!!! SO I STARTED OUT WITH INTRODUCING MYSELF AND THE LADS AND THE QUESTIONS WERE ASKED!!! I THEN SAID HOW I GOT THERE AND I MENTIONED TRACI AND THEY ALL SAID HER NAME!!! SHE WAS LIKE OMG!!! SHE MUST’VE BEEN SMILING THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE THING!!! I’LL WRITE THE QUESTIONS SOME OTHER TIME. THERE WERE SOME HIGHLIGHTS THAT ARE UNFORGETABLE. WHEN I TOLD THEM HOW THEY WERE MY INSPIRATIONS, I ASKED THEM WHO WERE THERE INSPIRATIONS THEY ALL SAID “JASMINE AND TRACI”!!!!!! I WAS LIKE OMG!
WELL ANOTHER MOMENT WAS WHEN NEVILLE(THE DIRECTOR)TOLD THEM TO LOOK AT TRACI THEY WERE LIKE THAT’S TRACI(POINTING) THIS IS JASMINE! AND HE WAS LIKE SORRY I MEANT JASMINE. THEN HE TOLD ME TO STOP HOLDING THE CLIPBOARD UP AGAINST ME AND I AM LIKE OK OK AND ABS GOT ALL DEFENSIVE AND STOOD UP AND SAID HEY LEAVE JASMINE ALONE AND THE REST OF THEM WERE LIKE YEAH MESS WITH US FIRST!! AHH!! I WAS BLUSHING SOO MUCH! WELL BASICALLLY THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE THING THEY WERE JOKING AROUND AND HAD THERE OWN LITTLE PRIVATE JOKES IT WAS SO CUTE! ONE TIME WHEN I WAS SAYING HOW I WANT TO BE AN ACTRESS ABS SAID HE BELIEVED I WOULD MAKE IT AND SO DID THE REST OF THEM AND I FELT SOMEONES HAND ON MY LEG I WAS LIKE OMG AND IT WAS ABS’ HAND! OH YEAH WHEN U WATCH IT U WILL SEE MY KNEES AND SCOTT’S WERE TOUCHING!!WOOHOO!!
WELL I ENDED IT WITH THANX AND REINTRODUCED TRACI AND THEY MADE ROOM FOR HER ON THE COUCH AND SHE SAT IN BETWEEN SCOTT AND ABS AND J SOME HOW MADE HIS WAY TO THE FLOOR! HE WAS REALLY TIRED, POOR BABY! THERE WAS THIS TREE BEHIND US THAT HAD NO LEAVES ON IT, IT WAS MORE LIKE A WHOLE BUNCH OF TWIGS! WELL ABS PUT HIS ARM BACK THERE AND HE HURT HIMSELF ON A TWIG AND WAS HOLDING BACK THE PAIN! THEN SCOTT TOOK A TWIG OFF OF THE TREE AND WAS SHOWING IT TO ME AND I’M LIKE OK… I THOGUHT HE WAS GIVING IT TO ME BUT HE TRIED PUTTING BACK ON THE TREE..IT WAS FUNNY!! ABS SMELLED TRACI’S LEMONY CANDY AND THEY WANTED SOME! THEN I ASKED FOR THERE AUTOGRAPHS AND SCOTT WAS LIKE NO SORRY, I’M LIKE HUH AND HE SAID NOT ON THURSDAYS SO I SAID OH SO THEN TOMORROW (JOKING AROUND) HE WAS LIKE OK OK AND HE TOOK THEM! SO I NEEDED A SHARPE AND SOME GUY PULLED ONE OUT OF HIS POCKET AND I PASSED THE 8X10 GLOSSY DOWN THE LINE. SCOTT WAS TELLING TRACI ABOUT HOW HE HATES IT WHEN HE GETS MARKER ON HIS HAND AND AT THAT MOMENT THEY PASSED THE MARKER TO ME AND DID GOT IT ON MY HAND AND HE WAS LIKE THAT'S WHAT I WAS SAYING!
WELL THERE WAS TOO MANY DETAILS TO ADD AND WAY TOO MANY THINGS TO LIST BUT THE OVERALL EXPERIENCE WAS UNFORGETABLE! SO WE GOT UP AND SCOTT GOES TO ME WHAT NO CUDDLING AND I AM LIKE HUH OH SO I HUGGED ANd KISSED THEM ALL!!! WOOHOO!! THEN THE PHOTOGRAPHER GOT PICS OF US AND IT WAS TIME TO LEAVE =**( MTV MADE US LEAVE AND THE GUYS SEEMED LIKE THEY WANTED TO SPEND MORE TIME WITH US!!! WE HAD TO BE OUT OF THE ROOM WHEN THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT THE EXPERIENCE AND I AM DYING TO KNOW WHAT THEY THOUGHT OF US!!! WE LEFT THE BUILDING AND SCREAMED SOOO LOUD!!!! WHO KNEW WHAT THE NEXT DAY HAD INSTALLED FOR US!!! THEIR PERFORMANCE AT THE ROXY…THAT IS A WHOLE OTHER STORY!!!!!
JASMINE MARTINO