A Rockstar Caught My Tongue (585 hits)
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Submitted by Beastie Girl (View user info) at 2004-04-05 20:55:32 EDT
The air was thick with a dense haze of smoke. The archways and walls appeared weathered and worn with their peeled texture, and glowed hauntingly with golden hues. A steamy fog filled the air, and I was nearing sensory overload with the scent of musky dust, tomb-like imagery, and the gritty crunch of dust beneath my heels. Foreboding, frightening, and at the very least, intimidating...but I smiled quietly to myself over a cappacino.
I was on the set of a rock n' roll music video.
Definitely unlike any I had worked on before, this production was grand in scale and ambitious in concept. It had to be... we were working with infamous rockstars from my youth. This was no rinky-dink boy band or freshly-signed pop artist. These guys were gods to some, legends to many. I played with my security-issued wristband and sipped my coffee while watching the action from a comfortable, front-row view. It was my attempt to feign a blase attitude, and maintain my professionalism. I was on set as a guest, observing, watching, and although I tried to hide it, admiring and swooning.
The AD called for a lunch break. "Back in 30...crew up the stairs to the left, extras to the right."
My mouth watered with the thought of steak and mashed potatoes as I made my way to the left. The crew filed past me and I found myself at the back of the line. My heels tattered along the dusty warehouse floor, and I came to the long hallway leading to the stairs when my vantage point suddenly shifted to painfully slow motion.
We were on opposite ends of the hall, alone since the rest of the crew had herded through well before me. The rock god sauntered towards me with that seasoned famous musician type of swagger, all the while pulling off his shirt. I could feel my face get flushed and my heart thump against my chest. Rock god wiped his brow with the shirt, now in his hand, and peeked through his infamous mass of long, black curls and over the lenses of those all-too-familiar sunglasses towards me with a blank look.
WHAT SHOULD I DO? WHAT DO I SAY? OH, GOD, DON'T SOUND STUPID. JUST KEEP WALKING, MAYBE HE'LL SAY HI FIRST. YOU IDIOT! YOU CLEARLY REPRESENT THE COMPANY, THAT'S ENOUGH OF AN EXCUSE TO AT LEAST ACKNOWLEDGE HIM WITH A HELLO!!! Thoughts raced through my mind as I simultaneously scolded and encouraged myself.
I took a breath and met his gaze. A slight smile crossed his lips and the unlit cigarette hanging from them shifted a little. Witnessing such a small act shouldn't paralyze a person, but it did just that to me. I fought the moment of hesitation and the suggestive power of the shifting cigarette, struggling to find the suddenly complicated physical reflex known as my voice. I'm about to find it... the simple word, "Hello!" is almost to my shuddering lips.
Then he looked away.
Tossing the sweaty, black shirt over his shoulder, he passed me so abruptly I could barely enjoy the slight contact of his leather pant leg against my wrist. The sweaty rockstar scent lasted for a millisecond, and I'm so disgusted with myself I feel teased rather than an appreciation for the momentary waft of rock n' roll famous man. And as quickly as he appeared, he was gone.
The lump of the inaudible "hello" still loomed in my throat as I dragged myself up the stairs. A heap of disappointment and a shattered schoolgirl crush, I stomped up the stairs to the catering area. For the rest of the day, I wasn't lucky enough to ever find myself in such an advantageous proximity with rockstar man again.
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Submitted by Luckystar (user info) at 2004-04-06 14:01:47 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
was it slash???
Submitted by MoonLover (user info) at 2004-04-06 01:03:22 EDT (#)
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Yes, "Beastie Girl" is derived from the once young punk band the "B.E.A.S.T.I.E. Boys".
And let's just say the mentioned rockstar man has been a strong influence for guitarists everywhere since my days as a "Sweet Child" and throughout my "Reckless Life".
Submitted by DraconianKing (user info) at 2004-04-06 00:07:31 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
I didn't read it but the Beastie Boys rule and your name is obviously from that so you must rule too.
Submitted by corn_nugget (user info) at 2004-04-05 22:21:11 EDT (#)
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Wait? I missed something or I'm a moron.
Who was it?
Submitted by MrCoffee (user info) at 2004-04-05 21:29:08 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
well written
Submitted by drink_DDT (user info) at 2004-04-05 21:25:56 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
Don't you know that Beastie stands for Boys Entering Anarchistic States Toward Inner Excellence?
Submitted by Unorthodox at 2004-04-05 21:15:33 EDT (#)
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Right, did that have a point? fill me in please...
Submitted by Donitsu2002 (user info) at 2004-04-05 21:08:52 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
For Shizzle Ma Nizzle! (which translated directly into english = I concur wholeheartedly my african american brother) *this was stolen from Urbandictionary.com because I... am unoriginal.