For Pete Wentz: One Chapter Made Especially For Pete Wentz.

March 20, 2009 20:00

Pete is at home sitting on the couch drinking beer when he has the idea of making a documentary about some developments in his life, he grabs a camera and positioned in front of him, then he starts telling about a memory not too old nor too recent:
"It was Sunday and I was sleeping ... Dreaming, I just bathing the stranger was water ... Green and slimy ... When I woke up with something cold touching my lips ... And I saw it was just my dog Hemingway trying to wake me up and take you for a walk ...My hair was worse than a lion's mane, but something was missing ...It seems I had forgotten something...I looked right and saw that clock oval clock 12:56... He is not useless, since he woke me up... Only Joe to take this creativity to give me a watch egg. I went straight to the bathroom, running I think I must have scared the Ashlee that I took a leap from the couch... Well the reason I was sleeping on the couch because I've been writing some songs and... That must have me left exhausted and ended up sleeping there. I brushed my teeth as soon as possible and meanwhile I packed my stuff but just missing something important ... My bass, a bass without a bass is not a great bassist ... When you leave the bathroom in the rush to demand stumbled down and my jaw hit the floor ... What the hell was what made me fall? It was my Fender! I was happy but at the same time with an angry, good but did not give much importance to it ... So I went for a farewell kiss on Ashlee running, kissed her and ran off when I hear her voice:
- "Pete, it takes you to the Hem it needs exercise."
Without thinking at all ... I got the current Hem and placed in the mouth, Hem I put on my lap and ran over to my car ... In the rush I forgot my watch, but not thought about leaving the car to handle it, started the car and get out as quickly as possible. I went out driving and wondering if my band mates were still expected me after all since they were ... were ... Ok I did not know what time it was so sped up even more, when I look at my rearview I see a police car and she begins to follow me. So I have to stop, the officer leaves his car and has been moving slowly to my car, I start getting tense with the slowness of the police I had an appointment. He finally comes to my car, takes off his sunglasses and stares at me for a few seconds and says:
- "You know the speed you were walking?".
I try not to insult the police and just say:
-No, sir.
He stays quiet, draws a slip sheet from his pocket and pulls out a pen and begins writing ear making me more impatient with the delay, he then says:
- "You were running at 200 km / h, and this gives me the right to fine you."
He then tears the paper and gives me, it was a penalty then he retreats back to his car and I go out driving again. I guess I was more than late, so I can get to where the band was waiting for me, a store CDs and DVDs .. Descend quickly from the car and caught my things, I almost forgot to Hemingway in the car then caught his chain on his neck and tie, I go into the shop where I meet with my band mates. Everyone seemed a little impatient at my delay, Joe then asks me:
- "Where were you Pete? We are waiting a long time. "
-I fell behind a bit this morning. That clock does not wake me as useless due.
Joe says nothing, and I wonder:
What time we'll play?
- "Soon.".
Patrick responds, we were going to play at the opening of the store. While waiting in the call to ring my Fender decided to check to see if was tune, shot her purse and start playing, it seemed that something was wrong did not know if it was me who was playing the wrong notes or if my bass was not well tuned I look at it and realize it is missing a string. I go into a panic because without a string bass is practically useless ... But as if that string broke? Must have been the morning while I was looking for and I stumbled on it. I had no rope to replace either low, ask if the store sells some of both Joe and I answered:
- "No, this is a store CDs and DVDs, not a musical instrument store."
I saw that I was literally f****d, which could worsen that day, I woke up late, my jaw hit the floor, was fined and my Fender broke a string while I stumbled around in the morning. The opening was about to start and I was with my Fender torn, not knowing what to do, then asked to wait a little longer because I was having problems with my instrument, opening delayed one hour and I had an hour to get a rope for my bass ... I thought about what to do at that moment and nothing I had my head ... People were getting impatient of waiting for the band so I had the idea to call Ashlee and ask her to bring my other Fender that I used in the video America's Suitehearts. I remembered that I forgot my phone at my watch ... I asked to borrow the phone that Patrick says:
- "The battery in my phone is over!".
I was lucky that day Andy lend me your mobile, quick call to Ash ... The phone calls ... Call ... But what this woman is doing while I'm away? Finally she meets and I tell her to bring me my bass as soon as possible ... I can only hope Ashlee. I was desperately waiting for Ashlee ... decided to go to the bathroom to straighten my appearance when I looked in the mirror I saw a huge purple ball on my chin, I was desperate and did not know what to do. Exit the bathroom and I ask Andy, I was reading one of his favorite comics:
-Andy is too flashy?
Andy looks at me quickly ... And he answers:
- "Pete, you are not yet accustomed to his eye liner? ... Damn!"
He never even looked at my face, I knew he would concentrate too much ... I ask Joe:
-Joe, look at me and say ... It's flashy?
Joe looks good to me and starts laughing ... laughing nonstop, stayed with a desire to punch him but I held ... I called Patrick:
-For God's sake, this is engaging bruise on my face?
Patrick was held not to laugh ... And I replied:
- "Well .. Despite the fact that you have a ball in the face ... It is engaging even hehehe."
I was mad, so I went and spent as much makeup as possible and was in the bathroom Hem I left there with the rest of the band leaves the bathroom ... When I saw that Hem was not there so I asked for everyone:
-Somebody saw Hemingway?
Nobody even noticed ... Now do not know what else to do, how I'd do the show without the bass that have not arrived and my dog was gone. It seemed that this was definitely not my day ... When the shopkeeper appears and says:
- "There is no way to wait, people no longer support, already has people walking away before opening the store!"
I was desperate and out of the store to get some air, not knowing where my dog was and if my wife would arrive bringing my bass, I sit on the curb of the sidewalk of the store and head down and start think if I was going to make the show to inaugurate that shop ... where would I start wondering if Ashlee and Hemingway would come ... When I hear her voice:
- "Pete ... What are you doing there?"
When I look I see Ashlee holding my Fender and on the other hand holding the chain Hemingway, that was the best vision I had in days:
-Ashlee, why it took so long?
- "I had come here, but did not know which store it was, Hem saw leaving the store running toward me and immediately knew it was here."
I am happy and thank Ashlee, back into the shop and say that we can start the show, Ashlee got to see the show ... Everything went very well and the fans love to see me doing the show with the Fender’s America’s Suitehearts. After the show me and the band gave some autographs and went away, then Ashlee says:
-This was the most tiring days I've had, if you had not arrived on time and the band I think we would get some good tomatoes.
- "Hehehe, good that I helped in their day."
I get home and lie down on the couch ... And the only thing I wish that moment is that days like this will never return to happen ... Or maybe that happen, yes, because those are the best memories I carry with me " .
And so ends the documentary Pete Wentz.