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the nikolai story

ok so im pretty sure it was february 2, 2009. it might’ve been the 11th. i cant remember and im too lazy to check ok. i barely remember this day but whatever. Ok so after school, i think it was a wednesday, my dad took me to The Independent in sf, because Mr. Fraiture was doing a nickel eye show there. The Independent is 21 and over so i was just going to see if i could catch him before/after the show. I was wearing my strokes shirt and i was super excited. There was another band soundchecking when we got there, and i looked through this curtain that was halfway open to see who it was, it wasnt nickel eye. Than this guy came up and closed the curtain and said i couldnt watch. so that was nice of him. than he noticed my strokes shirt and said “oh, youre a strokes fan” in that rude little tone. than i zipped up my jacket all the way because i was embarrassed lol. than he basically told me that i couldnt meet him and that he was doing an interview at a radio station down the street and it would be awhile. than this other guy told me he would be back in like 15 minutes. so than i started freaking out. i was really really nervous. then after a bit of waiting my dad iss like “IS THAT HIM” than i turn and i see the outline of this guy getting out of this van, and i know its nikolai because of that fucking haircut. so than i had a panic attack. As he started walking over I walked over to him and immediately asked for his picture. all he said was “sure” and it was awkward lololol. my dad had to take two because the first one was blurry.

omg i look so little and excited hAH

as you can see we are actually touching in the 2nd one, instead of a foot apart like in the 1st one (how awkward)

than i start asking all these questions about the strokes, and he just basically says “something will happen soon” and stuff like that. and i tell him how cool his solo stuff his and he said i was adorable thanked me and we hugged and that was it. this all happened in like a minute because he had to go waaaah. when we all parted i started tearing up and i almost cried. I never thought i would get teary eyed meeting nikolai. (But in late 2008/early 2009 i was probably at the peak of my strokes obsession so if i had met Julian at that time I wouldve literally been sobbing) and yeah. its good that i didnt meet jules until 2010.