It was May 9. I was on an airplane, having finally gotten into the air after having to go through the line and take off my shoes. At least the Security did not single me out in any way. I had acquired 2 tickets, but no-one to share with. Alone.
Beside me on my left sat a beautiful red-head, asleep with her face on the window. On my right a Jamaican grandmother. She shared her fruits and nuts with me, I had not brought any food, she thought I was too skinny. Below us the clouds. We were headed for New York City!
I landed, I was underground, on a train, the red line, I think? A preacher was excercising his right to free speech on the train. "You know, you could become a homosexual?" he warned.
People in black, all up and down Madison Avenue, but hardly any conversation. I guess that we are not a very talkative group, at least off-line. I talked to the custodian, this was not my first MCR show, but the first time there were no other bands playing.
Tonight was all MCR. Helena was playing on the sound-system as I walked into the Garden, in the direction of the stairs, just a recording, which you could hear anytime, but this was not anytime!
The House was packed, all but the empty seat beside me. The tension was mounting until it became unbearable, until the moment of release, the reason we were all there, until they said "We are: My. Chemical. ROMANCE!!!"