as a seatfiller for the
Teen Choice Awards 2008. Had this been four years ago, I would've let my guard down and screamed my lungs out for every celebrity that walked through thouse amphitheatre doors. This is why I cannot mock this generation's outrageous shrieks and thrills for the likes of the Jonas Brothers and that Miley Cyrus.
At first, I didn't understand, as I sat in that fifth row (which I must say was dangerously close enough to pat Chad Michael Murray's fuzzy head), the ridiculous jumping and screaming for who... a developing 15-year old teen boy seen periodically on the Disney Channel? Mitch Russo is the name, but that's not important. Not to me at least. I'm 18 and already I felt old.... just because that just wasn't for me anymore. In my time it was the Britneys and the Nsyncs and Reese Witherspoons. My excitment was far away with them.
But I must say, seeing Chad Michael Murray and Sophia Bush a few feet away from me did allow me some time to lose it a little bit. I've been a follower of One Tree Hill since its started so yes, finally. People I actually adored and admittingly felt a little (Okay a-lot) starstruck over! If I used to go nutso over Britney Spears and Nsync... I guess... I mean I GUESS, those ear-deafening, cringe-worthy shrieks are understandable. But hey, I think my Britney and my Nsync were much more pleasing to the eye than this JonasMiley stuff. Just my opinion.
Some highlights from the show.....
First "star" I saw and recognized was Olivia Wilde. The girl is gorgeous. In the beginning (before I moved 23 million times), I, being in the row next to hers, caught myself staring to no end... until finally she saw me looking at her, and feeling awkward, I directed my eyes towards another direction.. Until I landed on Selena Gomez (another young Disney star the teenys went crazy over) grooving to Ridin Dirty on the front couches. Yeah... keep looking. Oh, isn't that... RICO from Hannah Montana. The little dude? And man is he TINY! Someone else who was pretty small was the Elijah guy from Hairspray. I like him! There was an occasional uproar as people like Zac Efron, Ryan Sheckler, Gossip Girl cast, and others made their ways in. One uproar, I thought I saw David Beckham. THAT will bring out the nutso in me. The girl I met and I definitely thought it was him, because the lady he was holding hands with had that Victoria Becham bob cut. As they got closer, I realized it wasn't my David Beckham... Sadly. But then very quickly after that, of course I realized who it was. Chad Michael Murray and his underaged fiance. As much of a douche he is (the whole Sophia Bush ordeal), I just thought "Lucas" and my heart jumped out of my chest. Now THIS is what i'm talking about. Very cool. Then guess who I see a couple of couches next to Chad... Sophia Bush! As I expected. She is ridiculously pretty. You know who else completely caught me off guard with their stunning-ness? Blake Lively. I don't even watch Gossip Girl, and yet in that moment, I adored her. Rachel Bilson, who stood close to her, was also another eye-pleaser. Okay okay, I know. What about the men right? Men... ha, that's funny. Well they weren't all boys. Josh Duhammel, Jerry O-Connell, David Cook, Will Smith, BECKHAM....
Okay Mariah Carey. Even though it's been past times for hits such as Hero, Butterfly, etc... I was completely star-struck. This woman has been around ever since I could collect memories. I remember singing along to her songs in the backseat of my dad's car in my young years in Saudi Arabia. I won't get into what she was wearing. It'll just ruin that whole, oh my eff it's Mariah mood.
I caught Josh Duhammel kissing Fergie's shoulder from time to time. They're cute. Lil Mama walked by my aisle to say hi. I felt like I've seen her before. Odd. In the second half, I was back up front... sitting behind that ICarly girl.. the one who plays Carly. I almost whacked her in the head when I turned around to the girl I was talking to. Sorry. I saved that situtation by asking her to sign my ACDC (adamchudancecrew) shirt. As a seatfiller, autographs are highly forbidden. But I thought I was doing a good deed, by making her feel good, right? She did look lonely. Also, there was the Cheetah Girls. They sat in the row on my left. The tall one (Not Adrienne, and not the blonde one) and I made eye contact so I smiled and turned away. I catch a glimpse of her again... and wth, she's still looking at me. Do I have something on my face? Or maybe she was just trying to figure out if I was someone she's seen before... I was sitting in a better seat than she was. Hehe. Then.... Pretty much every girl (and some boys) in that room were throwing themselves at the Jonas Brothers. This girl beside kept screaming out NICK, NICK, NICK, as I tried to hide myself in my seat for the fear of association. And what do you know. Nick, a few feet in front us.. finally turns around. And looks at me. Damn it. He thinks i'm one of the crazies screaming his name for dear life. But what can I do except smile weakly and wave? Which is what I did. Eventually he did finally notice the actual girl screaming next to me. She was content finally. Until she found another star to pry on. Oh what am I doing, I'm not complaining. This shit was hilariously fun... and exciting.
