So, if you're super tired of hearing about Stephen King from me.....quit reading now! ;)
Last Thursday my sister and I took a trip to Dallas to meet up with our cousins, Carrie and Ashley. We, the Stephen King 'Constant Reader(s)', were lucky enough to get tickets to his book tour.
Being the fan that I am, I HAD to make a t-shirt, showing my love. <3
After visiting for a while, and playing with Carrie's little ones; Ava and Annabel, and her nanny's little boy, we hit the road.
We had a good lunch, talking about old times and laughing so hard....my stomach muscles seriously hurt. I haven't laughed like that in so long.
Even if I hadn't seen Stephen King, it would've been an ideal day. Growing up, we cousins were always so close.
BUT, I DID see Stephen King.
That was the icing on the cake!!
We got into THE room about 45 minutes early. I had to take a picture of THE CHAIR, that STEPHEN freakin' KING would be sitting in.
Oh, how that 45 minutes dragged by!!! We were so giddy!
Then, finally......he came out.
And I almost cried.
Some people may think I'm really stupid, but I am just such a huge fan.
I always HATED reading. Anytime I had books I had to read in school, my dad would rent the movies for me.d Because he knew I wouldn't read it.
Even if I did, I couldn't focus on the words I was reading. I would read the same paragraph five times and still not comprehend.
Then when Gage was about 2 or 3, I finally allowed his dad to take him for the weekend.
I never went out. I was a homebody.
So, I decided that I would try to read a Stephen King book. My whole life I saw his books in my mom and sister's hands and thought I'd give one a try.
The first book I read of his was 'The Stand'. Within the first few pages, I was hooked.
It took a few days to finish it. The last chapter took the longest, because I didn't want it to end.
And I've been reading his books nonstop since then.
His new book is about the JFK assassination. Kind of a "what if" it hadn't happened?
I haven't read it yet, but I'm super excited to.
Of course, since his book is obviously partly about politics, he voiced his opinion on the subject.
We agreed to disagree on that matter.
He also said he was agnostic.
We also agreed to disagree on that.
I guess it would be stupid for me to think that our views on everything would be the same.
But I just love his mind so much and couldn't wait to hear words coming out of his mouth!
I was a little disappointed in his beliefs.
But of course, when he wasn't talking about religion and politics, I was absorbing and loving every word!
He told a story about Michael Jackson.
He said one day he got a phone call and someone came to him and said, "Michael Jackson's on the phone."
He was like...."yeah right."
But he had to go check it out. So, he said he got to the phone and said "hello", then in his best high pitch Michael Jackson voice he said,"Stephen, this is Mike. I wanted to know if you would work with me on a short film, music video? I want it to be the scariest short film anyone has every seen. Will you do it?"
(maybe not in those EXACT words)
And Stephen said to Michael Jackson, in the same high pitch voice,"Why, yes, Michael. I can do that."
Then he said that one day Michael Jackson called his house. Tabitha (King's wife) answered and said that Steve wasn't home, but gave him a number to where he could be reached.
About 10 minutes later, SK said that the phone rang again, and Tabitha answered to hear MJ sobbing. He said that he was so sorry, but he didn't have a pen when she gave him the number, so he tried to write the number in his carpet and he couldn't see it anymore.
WOW!
So funny, but kinda sad too.
Something that surprised me about him is that he doesn't once a cell phone! He calls it a wrist-slave and refused to buy one.
How awesome is that?
I wish I could get rid of my cell phone. We are all slaves to them.
There was so much he talked about, I wish I could just type out every word, but obviously, I can't.
To sum it all up, he wasn't all I had made him out to be in my head (but can anyone live up to the expectations of someone they've never met?).
All in all, it was wonderful.
A once in a lifetime opportunity, and I'm so glad I got to go. Especially to be able to go with my fellow SK lovers/family!
