Two questions, huh? Hmmmmm....

Hello Stephen,

It's nearly 1 a.m. and I should be asleep. But my stomach growled (being diabetic sucks, you're hungry all the time), so I had to get a peanut butter sammich with sugar-free orange marmalade.  Mmmmm.

Anyway, so before I hit the hay, I wanted to send a little blurb your way.

Today I wrote to Lora, telling her of the concert on Saturday and how I'm going to meet the boys of the band, and show them my crazy idea of a Journey-opoly game, and I sent her a photo of it.  I added that if they didn't like it, maybe YOU might.

Now, unless she's out of town, she typically writes me back the same day that I send her an email.  She's really punctual with that kind of thing, at least, she always has been since I've known her.  But, instead, I was rather surprised to receive an official "Fan Asylum" email regarding some kind of Q&A thing.

Having read through it all, I sat there feeling rather puzzled by it.  I mean, was this from her?  Or not?  I don't remember ever getting anything from Fan Asylum before.  I've never been invited to any Q&A things like that before either.  In all my years of admiring you and your music, I've never once actually participated in anything like that.  This blog is the very first thing I've ever tried, kind of as a fluke just to give me something to do, in lieu of a diary like I used to have.

So, I can sit here and type 120+ words a minute, (I practiced all the time, listening to the radio and trying to beat the lyrics to songs before they sang them so I increased my typing speed that way)...and I can sit here for an hour or more and toss around all kinds of silly stuff that really doesn't amount to much in the grand scope of the universe.  But, to REALLY try to come up with two questions for you to REALLY answer?  Like, FOR REAL?  As in, you'd actually read my words and ANSWER THEM??  Hmmm.

Well, dammit, I am stumped.  Writer's block in the brain.  I can't seem to come up with anything profound, memorable, or even important, that would actually MATTER.

Here are some off the top of my head that I've tossed around so far.....maybe I should put 'em all in a hat and pick out 2 of 'em and just roll with it.....?

1. Have you ever toured the US Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington DC, and if not, would you like a personalized tour with ME sometime?

2. Have you ever read my blog, or surfed on Facebook reading stuff from me or other fans?  If so, why don't you call Lora and get my email address or phone number, and just talk to me in private?? I won't BITE---unless you ask me to. *GRIN*

3. Would you ever consider REALLY showing up at a Journey concert now, either "in-your-face" with the spotlight like an attention-whoring Sarah Palin, OR, inconspicuously and quietly with no hurrah at all?  If so, WHY would you go? Wouldn't it hurt too much.....?  (DRAT...that's 3 questions).  Sorry, my bad.  Something tells me you're not THAT much of a masochist anyway.

4. What are you wearing?! (No no no, I keed, I keed)!  Pete says to ask you what your favorite position is when receiving a BJ, but I think that is just none of my damned business, so we'll skip over that one. (He's a crazy perverted man like all the rest of ya, so what can you do)?!  MOVING ON....AHEM.....

5. How would you solve the economic problems we're all having right now, and who will you vote for on election day? (This one is lame, though, politics is never a fun subject....so we'll skip over it).

6. Where were you on 9/11, and what was your experience? (You may have had that one before).

7.  Would you ever consider another "We Are The World" type of project to help people in need during this recession we're all dealing with?  If so, who would you invite to join you in singing this time?

Yeah, I kinda like number 7......and number 2....but number 1 is an open invitation anytime. I don't think I'll ask number 3, though, it's just too soon to go there, and I respect your privacy and sensitivity about it. Number 4??? Wellllllll......lemme think about that one!!! *WINK*

Okay, so, number 5 sucks, number 6 is kinda moot, so maybe #2 and #7 are the ones I'll ask....but don't hold me to that, I'm still thinking.  I can think MUCH better with a keyboard under my fingers than on an instant email that feels to me quite pressured and finalized, no going back once it's sent, you know?  But here I can just ramble on and on and whatever pops into my head is what you get, and I can edit it later if I want to!  So, the pressure really isn't there to come up with the most outstanding question EVER, if I do it here first and work it all out.

I do have a question about this Q&A thing though......what's to prevent me from making up new email addresses using different computers (we have 3 in the house, I can go to Pete's office at Apple and use a bunch of 'em, and go to the libraries in our area and use different computers with different IP addresses), so that I can actually ask you SIX or EIGHT or MORE questions instead of only 2?!!  How would you know, if some crazy, greedy chick like me really DID that?!  Not that I WOULD, mind you, gimme a break I DO have a LITTLE bit of a life goin' on.....who's got time for that?!  But, you know me.....I'm one of those rabble rousers who think of things like that.  I'm a thinker more than a do-er when it comes to sneaky stuff though, so no worries my friend.

Maybe I should ask you this......we've met twice so far....I asked you politely if I could hug you, after watching you get mauled by a dozen other women, which really made me feel uncomfortable....and you gave me a funny look, but you DID give me a very warm hug which I will remember forever.  Would you give me another funny look if I asked you for ANOTHER hug?  Would you even consider giving me that hug at all?

Ah well.........I'll keep mulling it over until I come up with something earth-shattering and memorable. I know there is a deadline of September 1st, though, so I'll have to come up with something soon.

For now, though, I'm going to go read my book for awhile and fall asleep. (It's by Ted Gup, and it's entitled A Secret Gift....a very very awesome and true story).  Anyway, have a good night and I'll be rambling back atcha soon.

OH!!  I finally finished the cover of the Journey-opoly game....I'll send you a photo of it tomorrow.  I think it turned out pretty well!!  Hope you'll like it.

I'll just give you a BIG CYBER HUG this time......until we meet again.  I love ya, because you've always been my favorite troubadour....

Bye for now.

Love, Rebecca