ada (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} a_helena) wrote in ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif){kind=small} ohnotheydidnt,@ 2008-05-29 22:50:00 |
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| Current location: | rockwall, texas |
JASON CASTRO DAY IN ROCKWALL, TEXAS... play by play
yes, today was jason castro day in rockwall. all rejoice.
i just got home and i am tired and sunburned and still kinda drunk...
(i broke the screen on my digital camera earlier today by dropping it on our tiled floors. boo. so i hauled ass to walgreens and bought a disposable camera. but alas i will not get the pictures developed until tomorrow at which time i will post them on here. BUT I WILL POST THEM, I SWEAR.)
anyways, here is a quick recap of todays events:
- jason was paraded around the city (literally) in an open car. people threw candy and flowers and took pictures and cried.
- busloads of self-professed "dread-heads" complete with fake dreads and crazed looks in their eyes are shuttled around the city, following him diligently. honestly, they had buses. with signs.
- the main event took place at The Harbor, which is our city's lakeside boardwalk. he was propped up on a stage and important people came on the mic to talk about how awesome he is and why rockwall loves him so much. over and over and over again.
- jason was given a key to the city of rockwall by the mayor. TRUFAX: he had to hold open a US flag while planes flew overhead, flying huge signs saying "WELCOME HOME JASON CASTRO!" in the sky. no, i am not shitting you. at all.
- there were literally THOUSANDS and THOUSANDS of screaming, hysterical fans. it was insanity. i saw a girl burst into tears because she brushed his arm.
- jason looked mortified.
- there are bars and restaurants lining the boardwalk looking down over the lake and the stage, so me and my friends hung out there because there was literally no way to get near him. i couldnt even get a good pic of him playing. so we just had lots of margaritas.
- we actually hung out with jason's brother michael for a tiny bit (who i know from school) who was wandering around with all his friends laughing at people. it was pretty funny, no one there even looked at him twice. if they had known who he was, im pretty sure he would have been mobbed. hes a cool guy. he has red highlights - FIERCE.
- we get pretty drunk.
- jason is about to leave. people start mobbing the stage. me and my friends (thanks mostly to the tequila) decide we cant possibly let him leave without getting a close up picture.
- his security detail of like 38 gazillion cops and guards try to guide him through the crowd to the waiting SVU.
- me and my friends totally kick it in fangirl mode and plow through screaming fangirls like no ones business. i can honestly say i shoved more kids and screaming pre-pubescent teenyboppers today than is necessarily acceptable.
- we finally get about 3 feet away from him. he is being mobbed and people are pulling on anything they can get their hands on... his dreads, his clothes, his mom... seriously, he got mauled. everyone is screaming and crying in his face and i honestly felt kinda bad for him. but i still gleefully snapped pictures.
- jason castro looks terrified. also, it was about 95 degrees outside today and he was completely drenched in sweat. id say it wasnt a completely great day for him.
- he finally makes it into the suv and he opens the window to wave goodbye, at which point a woman tries to shove her puppy into his car (i dont know if she wanted him to have it?) which she has dressed in dreadlocks and a cap. jason closes his window.
- me and my friends return to the bar. heavy drinking ensues.
PICTURES ARE FORTHCOMING.
ps - i would like to add that his eyes, while wild with intense fear for his life, were still glorious.
these arent my pics, but itll give you an idea:
the crowd
sweats mcgee
my pics are way better bbs, just wait.
SOURCE: me
