All weekend long there have been reports that Bono was in town doing some environmental video or something. I thought it would be cool if we randomly ran into him somewhere... but since I don't live in a super cool (read touristy) area... chances were slim that I would get to see him. That it until I decided to SEIZE.THE.DAY!!!!
So I'm driving to work yesterday and the radio announcer again reports that there have been Bono sightings all weekend long (not unusual since I live in Cali and stars are around here all.of.the.time.) and that he is currently, as in RIGHT NOW, at Mission Bay shooting more of this video he's working on. It's 7 a.m. and I'm about to turn off on my exit to go to work -boo and I decide to turn around and head to Mission Bay. I figured my chances were 50/50 as to how many people would be there and those are some decent chances. It turns out that there were only about 20 people already there (with the same idea) and here we were staring right at Bono as he is strumming his acoustic, strolling along the bay (which clearly needed an environmental re-fresh, since there was much washing up on shore lapping at Bono's feet). Security is having us stay a short distance away from him and we're all in awe. I've been close to Bono before, having gone to plenty of concerts and waiting in line for many, many, MANY hours to ensure a front row position, but it was never in such an intimate setting. OMG!
It gets better.
He takes a break from his strolling and strumming to come and greet us and shake some hands, etc. OMG again! Hello? I get to TOUCH him???
It gets better.
He goes back to strolling and strumming and I continue snapping picture after picture. The camera guy asks for volunteers to be IN.THE.VIDEO (yes, today just had to be the day that I had no make-up on and looked like a blue version of Waldo, but WHO CARES? I'm going to be in a Bono video!) and YES I was chosen among others for what appeared to be a panoramic shot of a crowd, etc... cool.
It gets better.
After another round of strolling and strumming (we are getting a private little concert here), it seems that it was "a wrap" and the crew et. al. is about to pack it up, Bono comes over to meet and greet and allow us the opportunity for photo ops. OMG, AGAIN!
It gets better.
I hand my camera over to some homeless looking dude and jump up next to Bono and he says "come over here darlin'," puts his arm around me and KISSES ME. OMG!
It does not, I repeat, NOT get better than this!
p.s. he smells good too.
3 comments:
mmm sounds like fun
Holy crap dude... I'm so jealous! I laughed my ass off that you looked like a blue waldo on the day that you got to meet Bono! Bet it was totally worth being a little late to work!!
Holy shit! How freakin' surreal was that???
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