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JacksMom wrote:
Pumpkin, what kind of camera did you use to record with.
Delusion wrote:
and Mark’s guitar skillz are CRAZY good.!!
Knope4Prez wrote:
PUMPKIN! You are FAMOUS!!!
AdamAdamAdam wrote:
On the internet.
Chapter Twenty-Seven
When I got to the forum, someone had already started a thread with the link. I blew a raspberry. Why did I bother updating my blog?
As I expected, they immediately honed in on who’d posted the article rather than the actual content. I was tickled at how happy they were that the forum itself got name dropped, like it made them famous, but I wasn’t surprised when one of the more cantankerous posters said I was a hypocrite for moving in on Adam in that way. Another poster who balked at commercial influence suggested that maybe I’d been friends with them all along.What if she set this site up for them?He was met with a chorus ofSo, what?Even if the label had set it up, there’d been no interference. It had always been a welcoming environment.
That didn’t stop them from speculating.
RetiredNurse wrote:Pumpkin’s always quick to stop conversations that get too invasive. Like she’s got a personal stake.
Shy Guy wrote:Don’t forget she did the Theater of the Absurd thing too. Maybe she’s been an insider all along.
Ouch. Nobody could claim they held back on their opinions. I’d be lying if I said it didn’t sting a little to hear them question my integrity so openly.
Thankfully, CanadaFan was the voice of reason.Why would she just now make herself public then? You all are grasping at straws. Let’s wait and hear from her.
Sounded like a call to make my entrance.
I cracked my knuckles and started writing a post on the thread.
Hi, guys. To answer your questions, no I haven’t been working for the label all this time. The truth is, I got a job at theRock Paper.The whole rehearsal idea came about organically, and I feel super fortunate to have been able to participate.
Also, you guys should be making plans to be online later today, because in addition to some more exclusive video, Adam has agreed to come by the forum and do a Q&A around five. Start posting questions here now. I’ll pick out a few and post them in a new thread. And check out the blog for an exclusive video of “Hurricane Warning.”
That should get them off my case. I’d be a hero for all this content
I took a break to steal a bottle of San Pellegrino from Jo’s fridge. I missed Shane’s pretentious water. I missed him. I’d written the entire article with him riding on my shoulder. I could picture him grousing at all the gushing I had to do.
I didn’t regret anything I’d written though.
First because it was honest. My admiration for the band was legitimate, but Shane’s jealousy was misplaced. I had no interest in any of those guys romantically, and my comments about Adam’s sexiness didn’t change that.
Second because, truthfully, I wanted Shane to hurt. Shitty of me, I know. He clearly had issues that went beyond me, but if I was going to be accused of something, I might as well get the enjoyment of the crime. I laid it all out there. If he was ever going to come to terms with me, he’d have to take me with all of my wide-eyed fascination with rock musicians.
As if he wouldn’t have jumped at the chance to sit in a room while Keith Moon had rehearsed with The Who. I made a mental note to ask him exactly that.
If I ever had a chance to.
As questions rolled in, I called Eden. She passed the phone to Adam so I could walk him through the registration. I made his account unavailable to private messages, because come on.
“Can you get Eden to record you sitting at the computer with the fan site up? Some idiot’s going to think you’re an impostor.”
As I’d expected, someone called bullshit on the authenticity of Adam’s participation, so as soon as I got the video from Eden, I posted it at the top of the answer thread. That ought to shut up the majority of them. There’d always be some spoil sport.
