I AM NOT VERY GOOD AT REMEMBERING EVERYTHING. AS PEOPLE ASK ME, THINGS THAT WERE SAID COME UP.
FIRST OF ALL, IT WAS SO NICE TO HAVE ANOTHER CLAYMANIAC THERE. ALL 6 OF US WERE NERVOUS WRECKS. JEROME LED US TO A ROOM BACKSTAGE WITH BLESSED AIR CONDITIONING. HE TOLD US TO TAKE WHAT WE WANTED FROM THE SNACK TABLE. WE ALL TOOK WATER. DRY MOUTH FROM NERVES, I GUESS. AND WE ALL BONDED. OTHER THAN THERESA AND ME, AND ONE OTHER WOMAN, NO ONE WAS A "REGULAR" POSTER AND 2 OF THE WOMEN DON'T EVER POST ANYWHERE. BUT THEY WERE SWEET AND VARYING IN AGE AND BACKGROUND.
JEROME CAME IN AND ASKED IF WE NEEDED FOR HIM TO TELL US THE RULES. WE LAUGHED. HE TOLD US WE SHOULD NOT HUG CLAY TIGHTLY AND THAT HE ALWAYS TELLS CLAY NOT TO HUG BUT HE DOES.
THEN THE MAN CAME IN AFTER WE HAD WAITED AND STRESSED FOR 30 MINUTES. IT WAS SURREAL. HIS HAIR WAS A MESS BUT I DIDN'T CARE. THE STUPID SHORTS AND A PURPLE HENLEY SHIRT. SANDALS. LOOKED LIKE HE HAD SOME KIND OF TAN. I IMAGINE SELF TAN OF SOME SORT. HE LOOKED FABULOUS.
AND WE CHATTED FOR HALF AN HOUR. INCREDIBLE. I CANNOT REMEMBER EVERYTHING, BUT HE WAS VERY REAL. QUIANA HAD GOTTEN A LETTER FROM A FAN TELLING HER THAT CLAY HAD NO RIGHT TO GET FAT. HE WAS MAJORLY PISSED ABOUT THAT.(HE CUSSED AGAIN BUT I AM NOT GONNA SAY HERE WHAT HE SAID.) HE SAID HE WAS GOING TO READ PART OF THAT LETTER AT THE CONCERT CAUSE THE WOMAN WAS GOING TO BE THERE. AND HE DID. HE SNARKED ABOUT BEING FAT ALL NIGHT. AND LADIES---HE AIN'T FAT. I TOLD HIM I THOUGHT HE LOOKED BETTER AND HE BRUSHED THAT RIGHT OFF. DOESN'T TAKE THAT KIND OF COMPLIMENT WELL. BUT HE LOOKS MANLY.
I ASKED HIM WHETHER HE WAS THINKING OF INCLUDING SOME KIND OF COUNTRY SONG ON THE NEXT CD SINCE COUNTRY HAS BECOME SO POPULAR AND HE SAID NO, BECAUSE COUNTRY CAN CROSS TO POP BUT NOT VICE VERSA. WE WANTED TO KNOW WHAT IS HIS FAVORITE SONG TO SING AND HE SAID THAT HE GETS SICK OF SINGING SOME SONGS, BUT NEVER INVISIBLE. RIGHT NOW HE LOVES These Open Arms AND SAID IT WAS SO DIFFICULT TO SING. TITN IS PROBABLY THE HARDEST TO SING.
THERESA ASKED ABOUT THE BAF WHICH I WILL LET HER TELL.
THE PASS IS SO CUTE. MAYBE THERESA CAN SCAN IT. IT IS CLAY SITTING ON HIS GRANDFATHER'S TRACTOR ON THE FARM. ADORABLE. THAT TRACTOR SONG JUST KEEPS COMING UP. WHO WOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT A SONG I HAVE MADE FUN OF FOR YEARS WOULD PLAY SUCH A PART IN THE SHOW.
IN THE MIDDLE, MY PHONE RANG. WE ALL LAUGHED AND HE MADE A FACE. I GOT RID OF THE CALL AND TURNED IT OFF. THEN JEROME'S RANG. CLAY SAID HE WOULD BE NEXT BUT NOONE EVER CALLS HIM. 5 MINUTES LATER, HIS RANG. IT WAS FUNNY.
HE ASKED US TO POST THAT ANYONE WITH A M & G IN SYRACUSE SHOULD WEAR PURPLE. I DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO DO THAT BUT THERESA DID. I TOLD HIM IF HE BLOGGED IT, IT WOULD HAPPEN BUT HE SAID, NO, HE WANTED US TO DO IT AND THEN HE WOULD ASK EACH GROUP TO POST ANOTHER COLOR. NOT SURE WHAT THAT WAS ALL ABOUT.
I ASKED HIM IF THE DOGS WERE WITH HIM AND HE SAID NO, THAT JESSE IS ALLERGIC. HE TOLD THE CUTEST STORY ABOUT HOW RALEIGH SAW THE SUITCASES AND KNEW HE WAS LEAVING AND JUMPED UP INTO THE SUITCASE AS IF BEGGING TO GO ALONG. HOW SAD SHE LOOKED AS HE WAS LEAVING. HOW UPSET HE FELT THAT HE WASN'T BRINGING HER. DURHAM HAD NO CLUE. TYPICAL MALE.
I TOLD HIM NOT EVERYONE WITH BINNOCULARS IN THE SECOND ROW WAS LOOKING UP HIS NOSE. I WAS TRYING TO TELL HIM THAT I HAD POOR VUSION AND THAT IS WHY,BUT HE WOULDN'T LISTEN. HE SAID, THIS IS A FAMILY SHOW AND I KNOW WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT. WHEN HE GETS SOMETHING IN HIS HEAD, THERE IS NO CHANGING HIS MIND. THAT IS FOR SURE.
ONE WOMAN ASKED HIM IF HE IS MORE CONFIDENT IN THE FANDOM AFTER ALL THIS TIME. HE SAID THAT HE IS ALWAYS COMPLETELY APPRECIATIVE AND NEVER TAKES US FOR GRANTED. HE SAID THAT YOU NEVER KNOW AND HE APPRECIATES EVERYTHING.
THEN IT WAS TIME TO GET THINGS SIGNED. I HAD A BEAUTIFUL LINDA HUBER PIX SIGNED AND IT IS NOW HANGING IN MY OFFICE AT HOME. I AM VERY THRILLED WITH THAT.
PICTURE TIME AND WE TOOK OUR "PROM PICTURE." CHEEK TO CHEEK AND JUST THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF STUBBLE. I HAVEN'T GOTTEN IT YET, BUT I AM SOOOOOOO THRILLED THAT HE HAD HIS ARM AROUND ME AND HELD MY HAND. A WONDERFULLY SMOOTH AND WARM HAND.
IT WAS TIME FOR HIM TO LEAVE AND HE SHOOK OUR HANDS. WHAT HUGE HANDS, GIRLS. I MEAN, WOW.
IF I REMEMBER ANYTHING ELSE, I WILL ADD. ALL I KNOW IS THAT I WAS BLESSED TO HAVE HAD THIS EXPERIENCE. CLAY IS A REAL PERSON. AND I THINK IT IS AMAZING THAT HE DOES THIS FOR US.
THE CONCERT WAS UNREAL. FABULOUS ACCOUSTICS WHICH I KNEW. WHAT MICKI SAID ON CRITICAL MASS IS VERY TRUE. I HAD AN AMAZING SEAT RIGHT IN BACK OF THE CATWALK AROUND THE PITT AREA. I THOUGHT SUSY WAS GONNA DROP DEAD.
WHAT AN EXPERIENCE.
GWENN
Users: 0
Author
