Jeff Martin..............awwwwww

So i had the best weekend of my life thus far. Since i was about 13 i've been obsessed with the band The Tea Party. PP took me to my first TP concert at her highschool LOL about 15 years ago. Ever since then i've been head over heels in love with the lead singer Mr. Jeff Martin, as well as a huge fan of their music. My friend Dawn and i have been to countless concerts, if they play anywhere in our general vicinity we go and see them. It's actually quite ridiculous and even slightly embarassing when I tell people "i'm going to see the Tea Party." I get a lot of "again?" and "haven't you seen them enough?" and "my daughters a groupie" "you're a loser" and so on. Anyway much to our dismay, the band broke up recently and our worlds were shattered.

Until, Jeff Martin decided to move to Ireland and go it alone. Alas, my heart fluttered once more, my obsession could continue. We got wind of a show playing about an hour away from us, but much to my dismay i had an accident with my foot and was not very mobile. I then found out he was playing in our city a few days later, Dawn rushed out and secured our tickets.

So friday night after the gym i get home, turn on my msn and I find a wonderful surprise. My friends girlfriend works at a radio station and he tells me Jeff will be at a local bar drinking. I call Dawn and we're ready in no time. We walk in the door, order a beer and ahhhhh there he is, in the VIP area with a silly little rope and a few couches. We sit at a table close by and admire from afar. I am too embarassed to go and say anything. However, after a few beverages and watching a girl outside say hello and get a picture i figure "fuck it." I've been waiting years for this moment.

For some reason his bus driver decides to strike up a conversation with me outside and i ask him about a picture with Jeff. He says sure, calls Jeff over introduces me and the night begins. Dawn comes out and also meets him and the rest of the guys. We not only chatted with Jeff, but we chatted with Bud the bus driver and Ratesh the tabla player and Mike the drummer who apparently played for Page and Plant as well as the radio girls and the woman from the record label. Mike suggests it's getting cold and Dawn needs a beer, he invites us into the VIP area with them. So for the remainder of the evening we get to shmooze with the love of my life, drink for free and go behind the velvet rope. It was all so surreal.

I'm telling you it pays to be genuinley nice people. Noone else was invited back there, we didn't make asses of ourselves and tell him that we have practically been stalking him for 15 years, nor did we just talk to him. We were yapping with everyone, where as the other people going up to Jeff were only interested in talking to him and ingnoring everyone else. This one group of girls was relentless, constantly going up to him and dragging their friends over outside. Dawn asked one for a Marlborough, the girl refused. Dawn and I had a good giggle that those bitches never made it where we did :) So it was just us and about 8 industry people with him...good times!!!! We danced and drank and sang and talked and drank some more ( PP will be happy to know they ordered chocolate martini shots).

Anyway, so we were all horribly drunk, walked out together and got hugs and kisses at the end of the evening, we didn't shut up about it the whole drive home.

The next day i tell my family, mom tells me not to do drugs with the band at the concert, and my sister tells her that if he tried to rape me i'd probably let him and like it. My mother agreed and looked very nervous LOL.

The show on Saturday was amazing of course with a very strange and eclectic crowd that made "there's your boyfriend" far too easy to play. Dawn and I were leaving when we see Bud walking down the street. He tells us the band will be back inside shortly and we end up talking to him for quite some time. He then brings us on the tour bus to check it out while the band is inside signing autographs. PP asked if i stole anything....I did not. Though Bud did give us each a can of gingerale from the fridge :P

So we go inside, get one last picture and off we go. I was in such a state of *ahhhhhh* that i left my cellphone in the cab on the way home. My mom called it the next day and the woman from the cab company answered. I had to go retrieve it from the dispatch station while my mother gave me dirty looks. She mentioned that i must be so frazzled from all the drugs i did with the band........LOL.....for the record we did not.