This past Saturday I had lunch with my good friend Brian Street Team. We went to this Vegan restaurant called Follow your Heart cafe. I like going there with Brian because there is just no way in hell James Deen would ever go with me to a vegan restaurant. Some people (including myself severl years ago)like me used to protest eating meat- he would protest against tofu if given the opportunity.
Anyways when we sat down we noticed Travis Barker was there. We were both very excited. I was a big blink 182 fan even before they were played on the radio, and then even after they became cheesy I still enjoyed their music. I also have always considered Travis Barker as the best looking guy on the face of the earth ever since I was 14 years old (you are not allowed to think about what I looked like when I was 14, but you are allowed to acknowledge that I was 14 once). Whether you like Blink 182 or not (I am sure a lot of you reading this think that you are way too metal to admit that you like them) there is no doubt that Travis Barker is still an amazing drummer and a talented person all around.
I didn't want to bother him while he was eating- so I tried using the power of twitter to get his attention. I twittered to him- "yo- @trvsbrkr I am eating at the same restaurant as you are. When you are done eating could I please have a picture with you?" My oh so nice followers helped re-tweet the message for me. Unfortunately he did not answer. He did not seem to check his twitter as obsessively as most people I interact with.
My table was outside - in perfect view of where he was parked. I saw him exit the restaurant and was like... ok whatever fuck this, I'm going to follow him to his car. I tried to do it in the most un-stalkerish way possible, with a very "oh I just happened to be walking this way" sorta vibe to it. I was damn smooth!
I waited around until he was done buckling his kids into the back seat. Then as he was about to step into the drivers seat- I was like "HEY- EXCUSE ME!! CAN I PLEASE GET A PICTURE WITH YOU!!!" He turned around, smiled, and said "sure no problem!" It was actually very polite. Had someone chased me down to my car I don't know if I would have given them the same respect.
Well here was the outcome of my conquest.
I was going to attempt to photo-shop a red carpet in back of us but I was not exactly dressed appropriately for that kind of prank.
Then I took one of him and Brian Street Team.
Yeah. So the moral of the story is, when you chose to not eat carcass for lunch you get rewarded by getting your picture taken with someone attractive and famous.
xoxox
Joanna Angel
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