Imagine a keynote speech, with 15,000 people in a large conference center.
Now imagine 4, theatre sized screens broadcasting the keynote live to the rest of the audience (who couldn’t see the speakers).
Mix this with a Chloe from 24 (Mary Lynn Rajskub) and a whacky developer (myself) on stage.
And what do you get?
Jake’s face (and ass) in larger than life digital greatness.
(Pictures further down the post)
Here’s the story:
So we were sitting there during the keynote (in between the Microsoft “4” episodes (24 parody)) in the 5th row from the front. “Chloe” was rambling and asking for people in the crowd, who are developers, to speak up. Then she requested the help of 2 developers. Justin, being his normal instigating self, decided that it would be fun for Jake to go up on stage. I wasn’t exactly fighting the entire time…
She slides over to stage right and notices the twinkle in my eye…. Yeah that’s right. She calls me up on stage! Talk about exposure!
So I went up on stage… following closely behind her, as she is VERY attractive. Two other goons (developers) followed. As far as I was concerned, it was just her and I on stage. Cue Jake the goofball.
She had us form a circle and hold each other’s hands. Yeah, I held her hand. Of course my back was the ONLY back to the audience… so I asked her, “Is this my Good side?” (seriously, I did)… she responded with a “yes”. She then straightened us out explaining that “Your good side is quite the distraction”. I about melted. I quickly asked her if I was supposed to read off of the tele prompter, to which she replied “NO, those are my lines.” (Classic Pablo Francisco quote). I also put my arm around her… it was great. We made a great match! ;-)
Her attention was primarily focused on me… which was great! I even got my own hug from her out of the deal. Holding her hand twice made me nervous. It was great.
I wish the story wouldn’t have ended… that I would have gotten to talk to her or got a picture with her or… ahem, gone out with her tonight… but alas, it ended as quickly as it started.
One of the best experiences of my life. I’m a celebrity.
Here are some of the photos. They were taken by Wes
(Click on the images for larger versions)
She actually looks scared in that last picture Jake. ;-)
Maybe she’s just scared of that other developer…he looks a little too proud of himself.
Go man go!!!
It was an amazing experience! She was WAY hot up front… holy crap.
Total goofball act!
Raymond found the video: http://www.microsoft.com/events/teched2006/default.mspx
Its about 1 hour 32 mins into it.
You got to hug Chloe. Nice work. Bet ya wish it was Elisha Cuthbert from 24 up there too, haha.