More About Me

Aside from hubby, I have a few "die-hard music" friends that I go to a lot of concerts with.

For many years, my concert partner-in-crime was my very good friend Charlene. I can't even count the number of shows we've been to together. We actually met via the internet because of our mutual interest in Motley Crue. We both had gone to the same two Crue shows after we started talking via AOL. Afterwards I found out she video taped one of the shows and I wanted to view it before owning it. She lived 20 minutes from me so we met, I ended up with the video and the rest is history.

We have been very good friends since November 1997. Charlene and her boyfriend Flynn were also my Road Trip partners on many, many occasions. These trips were ALWAYS an adventure and they will never be forgotten. "Thanks for all the memories!"

Aside from concerts, our kids have grown up together and we've shared many more experiences and have a ton of memories. Too many to try and list here.

Another good friend of mine, Kim, I met on the day I met Metallica in 2000. (She was standing in line next to me.) Since I had a camera and she didn't, I offered to take pictures of her with the guys and then mail them to her. She was very appreciative. While standing in line, the more we talked the more we found out we had in common with each other. We were even at the same concert the night before!

We kept in touch with each other and became good friends. She even went with me to CA for Universal Studio's Halloween Horror Night. Rob Zombie had designed a maze based on a movie he wrote/directed called House of 1000 Corpses. Since Halloween is my second fave holiday (next to Christmas) I thought it would be a lot of fun. You can view that story and see all kinds of pictures from our weekend here.

Since then, Kim and I have been to more than a few concerts together and we've flown out to CA to see Metallica three times now. ;)

In May 2004, I met Jess. (the 3rd "Metalli-musketeer" hehe) A little back history: Prior to the May 2004 Metallica show in Madison, WI I had communicated briefly with someone on the Metallica Club message board. I didnt know anything about this person other than her screen name, that she was going to the show and that we had the same birthday. Well, fast-forward to the day of the show. Kim and I arrived early and stood in line at one of many doors to the venue on the backside of the bldg.

Not long after we had been in line, a group of girls got in line behind us. Eventually we started talking and realized we were all Club members. Everyone asked each others PPM screen names and BOY WAS I SURPRISED to find that the person I shared a birthday with just so happened to be in line behind me. WTH? What are the odds of THAT happening, ya know? I mean, any of us could have lined up at any door but nope, we all ended up in the same line.

Kim, Jess and I made it to the rail that night. Aside from the the chaos of the crowd all freakin' night and feeling the effects of that for a few days afterwards, we saw an amazing show. It was the first of many the three of us would attend together.

After that Metallica show Jess and I kept in contact and got together on a few occasions. The more we talked the more we found we had a lot of similar interests. But there were also freakier coincidences other than sharing a b-day. She and her husband's wedding annv is the same day as my husband's b-day. Also, the first three letters of her standard issued liscense plate (TAJ) is how Ive been signing Christmas gifts for years. In a short amount of time Jess has really become a great friend!