~ Review of an Idol Party ~

By Sweet Jolanda

Fri morning 5.00 the alarm set´s and we jump out of bed and take a quick shower ,the reserved Taxi wil arrive at 5.45. We take a train to Schiedam , wich will take us to the Hoek off holland harbor. when we stop over at a little trainstation during the trip suddenly the train doors wont shut anymore ..so we keep an eye on the watch and one on the door of the train . Luckilly it closes after some fiddling about by the Driver of the train ......just in time to check in we arrive in Hoek off holland ..pffw! The Hss stena line is humongues .....it is the largest high speed ship in the world . The trip from Holland to England only takes 3 hours and fourty minutes . The arrival in Harwich . Then boarding to the train wich will bring us to London Liverpoolstation , We had to wait a whole hour before moving ..? We saw a lot of the country ...and after a trip off an hour and a half we arrived in Liverpool station . We needed to buy us tickets for the Tube (subway) and to get a lot of info about the further trip . We found out that it would take another hour and a half to get to Southwick and that we first needed to go to Victoria station , so we took a tube and arrived there , its a huge station and we saw a whole bunch of the famous red doubledecker busses. Finally the train we needed drove in to the Station and we hopped on board , it was a brand new one and we had a nice seat . Also the view outside became sunnier and sunnier , we had to stop over in Brighton and so we did ..in to one of the oldest trains we had ever been in ..lol..specially compared to the one we had been in before ..lol. Then we arrived at southwick ..it was such a small station.. there was no map hanging anywhere and also no taxi´s ..so we walked a little in search for either one of them ..(map or taxi)....and when we walked back to the station there was one waiting ....lol we asked if he could bring us and so he did ...it was really near the station ..(but since we didnt had a map we didnt knew wich way to go) . when we arrived at the House rosewood it said on the door .we thought the cabdriver might had dropped us off by mistake ..so we checked the Pub nearby and Yes They told us we where at the correct adress,and that Carole and Dave did live there. When we walked back to the house ..a car had just parked ..and i looked closely and saw it was Carole ..who had just picked Hanley up from school . We looked at each other and smiled .. and then hugged and said hi .... John introduced himself and , then we went inside ,Hanley was verry shy ofcourse it must be odd to meet so many strange people . I had brought along a few gifts for carole and so i gave them to her ,belguim chocolates and a bottle of perfumed Body lotion . We went to see if her neighbour Neal was home already ..and since he wasn´t we went in to the Pub to the party room where Pohlk was already working hard on the decoration , we kissed and hugged and started talking ..we took a look at a whole range of Idol objects ,and we got a tour along the many items ....some wellknown some never seen before .. Sixteenlove arived ,and was enthousiast to meet us ,so we started to talk with pohlk and sixteenlove and then we agreed to see if neal was in the house already so we could freshen up a little and put our bag away . Carole told us what a good looking and nice man he was ..and she was right ..lol... He was ever so kind ... he had givven up his bed specially for us and we where allowed to take what ever we wanted from the fridge ....such a welcome feeling , we had also brought him a box of the famous belguim chocolates . John layed himself for a little rest and i started to freshen myself up when i came back in to the room John was dozing off and two black and white cats where near him on the bed ...one actually was laying on his chest purring and giving john little affectioned pushes with its own little cat head . i couldnt help but laugh out loud ..and so one of the cats ran off but the one who was on his chest stayed there . I told John to open his eyes and when he saw the cat he also had to laugh . When john also was fresh and fruity again ..lmao .. we took my idol stuff along with me in went to the pub , to see if we could help in anyway and also ..to show my American Idol concert photo´s . Dave was working on the set up off the stereo and telly.and i saw some footage of the vh1 behind the music show , we where offered a drink and we listened to some Idol music... Then Carole and the children and pohlk and sixtenlove came in the room followed by Neal and his daughter..and soon others showed up ....Our Guy =idolater so it did became also a little bit of a CyberRebel party as well ...lol it was a kakafonie of voices Laughter and idol music , People read idol books , looked at idol photo´´s , looked at the Video where idol documantary´s where played , listened to idol music ..etc etc everybody had such a good time . Then Carole had a surprise for us, she had found a copy of the Intro music wich always played right before they started to play came on ..we crowded right before the screen as if we where in a mosh pit ..lmao and the anticipation began..the building of an intense athmosphere took place just as if we where really at a concert and then it happened .. the video tape started , if you look at the photo´s Carole posted at the site ..you can see me and Sixteenlove holding each other thight ..wel it was that intense !! i am normally a dancing kind of person ..but i just wanted to sit down and let it all be ingraved in to my mind again .... but tthe girls started to dance ..wild and on the tables ,,they cheered and whoohoo´d and had the best time ..i did too but i was completly in the screen . i sang along ...and was back in the States again ... remenising The last Aug concerts . We took a short pause to have an Excelent chicken curry and we cut the idol cake after our meal ..it was the best desert ,specially after such a spicey Curry, and we opened up (well Guy popped the cork ) the huge bottle of Champagne Pohlk had brought us , to an Idol 2003 we toasted with each other hoping for a record deal soon to be signed and a new cd /album in the stores even sooner ! John was nearly falling alseep and was so tired i asked if i would mind him going to bed ...and i said ofcourse not ..come let me take you there ..and so he said bye bye and i took him .. he almost imediatly fell asleep . i returned to the party and we Saw the last bit of the show ...and then carole had another surprise for us .. she asked if we would see the real sweet sixteen..and ofcourse we cheered we would ..and there it was she is such a wonderfull person we where all allowed to hold it ourselves ..and when you look at the first photo where i am holding the guitar together with Sixteenlove and Polhk you can see a bit of a strange sparkle in my left eye ...i dont mind sharing with you that was a tear ...of joy and exitement that right there i was holding Billy´s guitar ...i had chills going up and down my spine and this warm glowing feeling in my stomach ..and no it wasnt the curry .....rotflmfao !!! Diane Everybody loved your topping ..and my little bit altered design on the napkins as well . at a certain moment the Man from the Pub came in and asked if we could turn down the music and also told us it would soon be time to end the party ..so we started to clean up the most mess ..the dishes !!! and we started to pack already a few things and headed to Carole and dave´s home , where we drank another fruitjuice ..lol (actually we did !!) and where Carole also gave us the opportunity to listen to  more Billy i sat down and listened ..and it was like a sense of Home ..... I had to go to bed ..my eyes where closing ..i had been awake for almost 20 hours at that time and so i said goodbye to everybody and went to Neals house , i cleaned my face ..brushed my teeth and went to bed . T. B. C.* Big hug and a kiss Sweet jolanda ...dutch fan