| When the railing broke I just got up and walked to the side which led to backstage. And I stayed there to watch the rest of Incubus and Deftones. At the end of the show, I got some �tones pics from one of the crew guys. Deftones were awesome, but what happened to Jeremy had really shaken me up. I was bumbed that I didn�t get to talk to Chino at that show, although I did get to meet Chi and Steph so that was cool. However, I still had two more chances: November 28th and November 29th In Knoxville, TN and Fort Mill South Carolina. What an amazing road trip that was for Melina and I. I couldn�t have dreamed up those two days any better. You can read about the Knoxville show here and the Fort Mill show here. Basically at the end of the Fort Mill show, Melina and I got to go backstage and hang with Deftones, Incubus and Taproot. I�m sure I looked like crap from being up front for the whole show, but I didn�t really care. Also backstage were Jeremy and his friend Kendra. Deftones had totally hooked him up �cause they felt badly about what had happened to him at the Ballroom show. That night I finally got to really meet Chino. I was so nervous and actually don�t even remember what I said. I don�t even remember him siging adrenaline for me. A few days after the show, I was looked at the cover and saw that he had signed it and I wondered �Hmm, when did he do this.� I remember walking over to him when he wasn�t surrounded by anyone. It was all like in slow motion. And my mouth was moving and I probably said something really dumb. But all I wanted was a picture. It�s really hard to say all the things you�ve wanted to say to someone when they�re standing right there in front of you. This was freakin Chino Moreno! I has wanted to meet him for SOO long and there he was. It was so surreal, but it totally made me realize that people are people. He wasn�t completely untouchable. That was definitely one of the best days of my entire life |
