i met frank iero!!

I DID!!!! saw LS DUNES last night and they were so wonderful! me and my friend were walking around outside and we saw Frank for a second because he was walking towards us.. i didn’t wanna say anything because i didn’t wanna disturb him but he asked us how we were and we said hey :]

people in line were so nice.. i got there at 10 am and stayed until 7 pm for my spot. it was really chilly but worth it for everything that happened. people made patches and stickers and i made a lot of new friends. i brought chairs and blankets and that made things easier. when doors opened i got barricade right on Frank’s side… though i did get a little strange handshake thing from Anthony at one point.

meeting Frank was awesome. i wasn’t freaking out at all and it was just very normal? like i was super excited but i feel like i acted really considerate and i think he reciprocated that. i gave him a little bag of gifts i got/made him (a letter, some green nail polish, two zines, some stickers and buttons of his dogs) and we just talked about things like the show and how he’s feeling about it and i congratulated him on the huge my chem tour and he thought my dog pins were really rad and i’m so glad i made them. i really hope he posts about it or something… i also got a pick! my second frank pick since mcr. i was the first in line to talk which i liked because it meant he wouldn’t be too tired near the end and i could give him a very neutral/positive/nonweird first interaction lol

but yeah…!!! he was so sweet.. he high fived me and everything. i hope he likes the stuff i made him. 

here’s me meeting him:

we’re both short dorks :] haha

after my gifts he signed my bullets cd:

and drew me a Boozey:

here’s a pic of the dog pins btw…

i’m glad he liked them!!!

that’s really all…

i feel very lucky but also it was really interesting how normal all of it was. i’ve met people i consider important before and they were a lot more nerve wracking to talk to than frank… at no point was i ever nervous or crying or super invasive or anything which i’m happy about.. not that the first two are terrible or anything. i just didn’t wanna be that person for once.. just this very strange weird cool etc interaction with someone who i consider special and in a way he made me feel kinda special too? hahaha. idk… maybe i’m just processing it.. maybe he just really liked my pins. but there was definitely this energy of like. understanding? like as soon as i started asking him what was okay with him to do instead of just doing it he also kinda just . very happy and relaxed about it all…. i dunno. just glad nothing bad happened is all. i really had a feeling i’d meet him all week so i was nervous in the sense of i didn’t want to make him feel uncomfortable in any way because i hate that stuff. and i succeeded…. so :)

i didn’t get a ‘proper’ picture because of a mix of not thinking about it really, talking a bit more, and automatic brain respect thing of oh yeah no this is just for talking! except then i saw others taking pictures and.. oh well maybe next time. i kinda like the back picture more. it’s like more real……

i don’t wanna keep rambling for no reason lol so i’ll end it here. i kinda keep laughing at our conversation because i was just like oh, how do you like it here? how’s the border for you? congrats on your tours! do you like zines? like just some.. kinda boring questions haha. he’s also just so incredibly chill in person and i can’t tell if it’s a Meeting People thing or he’s just like that. i guess time will tell. if any of you have met him pls tell me :)

ryan (floating through time and space)