15 March 1985:  In the middle of the day someone my sister knew told her where Twisted Sister was staying while they were playing in Long Beach, and since it wasn't all that far from where we were we decided to head over to the hotel bar after work... just to see if maybe we'd run into any of the guys.  It couldn't hurt, after all... besides, wasn't Dee always talking about going after what you want?  Well dammit, I wanted to see them PLAY! So there we were, two yuppie-looking chicks in our Citigarb, off to a hotel bar for Happy Hour and if the gods were kind, some star-gazing :-)

We had a few drinks, or maybe several (it's been a long time, and I've killed a few brain cells 'tween then and now!), and just as we were leaving the hotel, I saw a hulk of a man with a brunette mane and I just knew I was looking at "The Animal." I  gathered my courage and said, "Excuse me, sir, are you Mark Mendoza?"  He looked a little surprised (what DOES this yuppie want?), and when I started telling him the story of my misadventures trying to see TS tear up the stage, he invited us upstairs.  He was kind enough to take a few pictures and took my name, saying he'd make sure I had passes to the show two days later. He was the first member of Twisted Sister to give me an autograph, and he unknowingly gave me the name I've used all over the Net: Rox1SMF!