Dakota

I never actually wrote about _the day_ so let me get to that. Thursday was Dresden Day, and Dresden Days are usually about the best. Genevieve and Danielle picked me up at 2:30 for the Fuse TV "Daily Download" show, which the Dolls were appearing on. Having a very limited idea of what it is (having only heard Tori mp3's from it), I was expecting at least a song (maybe more) and an interview snuggled in a music topic show.

Turns out it's more like TRL... The Dolls were there to talk briefly and their shoo-in was that "Sing" was on the countdown. Apparently the idea is the charts reflect the most downloaded videos? Something like... Amanda and Brian were there, though, and that's what mattered. I got waves and smiles from them for my appearance. I schlepped in chunky heel boots, pleather pants, leather vest, white button-down shirt, bowler hat, and whiteface/lipstick and suffered most of the day because of it. But I was on TV, whoot!

No performance, alas. We knew that going in--no keyboards or drums, and unless they were going to do some hardcore a capella tribal dance... well, that would have been fine, too. Usual questions from the interviewers: how'd they meet, what's Yes, Virginia like, what's the deal with the fans that dress up like them. A bonus story about "Sing" where Brian said how his grandmother didn't understand why he was shirtless for the video: "he doesn't have the body for that!"

After the Dolls were done, we were stuck there for another 30 minutes because we couldn't just like leave 'cause they did. We went to Yoshinoya afterwards where I had a relatively unsatisfying snack of a chicken basket. The chicken was good, but the vegetables weren't really good.

I parted ways with Danielle and Genevieve and headed to the theatre. The Nokia Theatre didn't want the teamers to put up posters inside or outside, or hand shit out in front of or inside the venue. So we were kinda along for the show til Panic! left the stage and then we could go to the end of the street the theatre was on, and hand shit out. Despite the tepid-to-nasty reception the Dolls got, people gobbled the postcards and advance CD's up.

I was really fortunate, before the show, to meet Amanda and Brian again. I got hugs, and actually got to speak to them each and that's always very exciting and gratifying and a little sexy. They are awesome people. I want to be friends with them and have them come over my house and play for me. Yes, indeed I do.

Ok, Matt and I just made really hasty plans to go see a 12:45 showing of Superman Returns, so I am off.