I’m used to getting these emails. There have been a few other contests like this in the past. “Spend the day with The Who!” is one I can recall. Sounds oh so wonderful, right? But then, at the bottom, once your hopes have been raised…
*TRAVEL & HOTEL ARE NOT INCLUDED
Umm yeah. I don’t have the money to be travelling to New York. So… yeah, but no. Nevertheless, I read on…
Ever dream of meeting Pete & Roger?
Quite literally, yes.
TheWhoTour.com wants to make your dreams a reality – with the new “Who Are You?” Fly Away Contest!
Pete & Roger are asking their fans – “Who Are You?” Tell The Who about yourself by uploading a photo, photo collage or personally-created artwork to TheWhoTour.com. Pete & Roger will personally select the grand-prize winning entry based on creativity, skill and the entry that best represents “Who Are You?”
The grand prize winner (plus one guest) will receive a flyaway and 3 nights’ hotel accommodation along with front row tickets to the band’s July 9th show in Helsinki, Finland! AND…The grand prize winner and guest will MEET PETE TOWNSHEND AND ROGER DALTREY!
Flights and hotel accommodations will be provided by lastminute.com.
First off, “Pete & Roger”? Who are you? Mork & Mindy? Laverne & Shirley? Come on. But anyway…
Umm…. hello!? Hotel and travel paid for? AWESOME. Get to go to Finland? Well, I’ve never really had a desire to, but AWESOME. And all I have to do is take a picture? HELLLLL YES!
Okay. So obviously, it needs to be something that stands out.
Admittedly, a “Roz Nathan”-esque photograph was the first thing that crossed my mind…
But NO. SO many things wrong with that. SO many things.
But… what the hell could I do really? I tend to think of myself as a person with lots of crazy ideas, though I tend to not follow up on them. I mean, honestly, I did only read this email a few minutes ago. I haven’t had any time to think about it. And I do have until June 15 to think of something.
And… Fuck. There it is. I must be 18 or over. Fuck fuck fuck. There’s always a catch. I knew it.
I mean, it’s disappointing, because I’m 17. I’m so close. I mean, it’s even worse for someone who is turning 18 on June 16 or summat. So I’m not that close, but I’m still close. It’s like those times when I was 12 and couldn’t sign up for cool websites like Neopets. But when I turned 13, I don’t think I really noticed. I didn’t realize that all these new things opened up for me.
It doesn’t seem all that long ago that all these places wouldn’t take me because I was 12. But by the end of this year, well, I can do pretty much anything. Well, some things come with 21, don’t they? But at 18, you’re an adult, right? And by the end of this week, three of my friends will have just turned 18.
…so they can enter the contest for me! OHH YEAH. I’ll be your guest, be your guest, put your service to the test! Ohhh yes!
Buuuut. Realistically… don’t think that’s happening.
I suppose I’ll just have to keep on dreaming…
Hey, wait! What the fuck, Pete! “Early morning dreams come true?” Well APPARENTLY only if I’m legal! Damn it!