I managed to finish HRD on the way to the show. I was filling in his hair with?the Sharpie in the car. B actually did the face and tattoos for me so I could change real quickly before we headed out. Nothing like waiting to the last minute to really get your adrenaline pumping.
The show was awesome, he entertained us for 3 solid hours and it was all fantastic. I completely understand why he has the fan base he does. He’s good at what he does. But you guys didn’t come here to read about that. You want to know what happened after the show.
Well, after the show we headed back to the car (I’M GETTING THERE, DON’T RUSH ME) so B could grab his stack of vinyl and the book he wanted to ask Henry to sign. Because he had so much stuff, we hung back and waited until the crowd had really thinned out before approaching him. I was glad for this because 1) I was nervous as hell and had butterflies in my stomach and 2) HE STILL TERRIFIES ME and 3) I WAS FREAKING OUT BECAUSE HE TERRIFIES ME.
Ahem.
We finally get our turn and B asks very politely if Henry wouldn’t mind signing all his stuff and he would understand if he didn’t want to and Henry was really cool about it and signed everything. I think it was something like 6 records and a book. There might have been more records than that. Maybe eight. Yes, I know I’m dithering over unimportant details. Anyway, this is the part where he turns to me and I am PRAYING that I don’t pee myself.
Me: Um, I don’t have anything for you to sign. I just have something to give you.? [Hand him the doll.]
Him: [Taking the doll.] A voodoo doll?
Me: No? [Totally dying on the inside, yet somewhat relieved that he recognizes that it's a doll of himself.]
Him: [Rolling his eyes which totally equals: YOU ARE A FREAK!] I’ll be sure to sleep with it every night. (At this point he’s stuffing HRD in his pocket and turning away.)
Me: Wait! I need a picture.
Him: With the doll?
Me: Yeah.
Him:
And I didn’t pee myself, so win-win! I’m printing this picture and framing it. Maybe if we go see him again, I’ll get him to sign it.
That’s AWESOME!!!!! What a great picture! And I bet he totally DOES sleep with it.
woo hoo! And he’s HAWT!
GREAT picture and Kudos to you!!!!!!!
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA, That’s awesome!
Hee!
Ira? Ira? are you reading this?
fan-frickin’tastic!!!!! and you totally should put this pic up on your myspace page on the “about me” section and say something like “I knit for rockstars.” Maybe you could create yourself a niche market…oh oh, do Stephen Tyler next.
Congratulations! Particularly on the not peeing yourself part. And now he has a great story, too. Granted, you’re the crazy stalker girl in Alabama who made a voodoo doll of him, but he’s definitely talking about you! All press is good press.
I’d like to have been a fly in the car when he and his posse left …
Okay, you are *officially* my hero.
You rock, he terrifies me, too. Especially the way he bites the heads off of small knitted dolls.
You knit a rock star a voo-doo doll (that part cracks me up), but you lived to tell the tale. You are awesome
I think you at least need a t-shirt that says I knit for rock stars 
Be sure to tell the grandchildren this story over and over again.
I’m so proud of you.
Glad it all worked out in the end! He kind of scares me, too………
I’m so proud of you for following through with it! I so would have chickened out. He is a little scary looking though. I think it’s the eyes. (my smiley impression of HR) 8-[
ZOMG. I was just looking through your Ravelry projects thinking, “Um. I think that’s actual Henry Rollins.” (No, I’m not a stalker, honest. I just go through friends’ projects every once in a while when I’m in a rut. Which I’m in. Dammit.)
AWESOME!!! I wish I was going to the Asheville show tonight…I would totally ask him about the doll.
OMIGOD! You actually did it!!!! You rock!
OMG…On that same night in Birmingham my partner knitted him a washcloth during the show and gave it to him at the meet-and-greet. That means he got TWO black-and-white knitted projects on the same night. I have a pic of him with the washcloth hanging out of his pocket.
He must think Alabama is just a bunch of freaks. BTW, if you are on ravelry.com, I moderate a Henry Rollins group.
that is so adorable!! I make dolls too…not only knitted but painted as well. I took a Zombie Doll I made to a Danzig show and the singer from Disturbed wanted to steal it. I got to take it back stage and hang out and stuff….but no cool pics to remember it by….
Henry is awesome sweet from what I hear! No need to be nervous…the man still gets star struck himself and that is so totally cool!!
great blog!!
LMAO.
I have Henry a felted doll back in October. At first he tried to convince me to have him sign it and me keep it because he had nothing better to do than to stick pins in it, but I insisted.
Before he shoved it in his pocket he gave it a good look-over and laughed a bit before saying:
"Grey hair…Thanks.."
I nearly died inside.