tuesday, july 05, 2005
mark jones and james hetfield
i’m plundering my sleeping wiki for a post because i can’t think of anything interesting to write.
mark jones is not the lead singer of metallica, but he was for a while. when i was eleven or so, sarah (my older sister) went through a rock music phase. i had to join in with the coolest thing i could think of, so i decided i liked metallica. naturally, lizzy (our younger sister) grew curious about this metallica thing, and we made up stories for her.
over the years, lizzy has discovered that more and more of what she knows about the world is stuff i invented on the spot.
story #1: the toothpick
the spike in the chin of metallica’s guitarist (drummer? i don’t remember) is actually a petrified toothpick he acquired in a car accident. the sudden expansion of his air bag jammed the toothpick in his hand into his chin and he decided to leave it there.
story #2: the wolf head
the little metal wolf head necklace that james hetfield sometimes wore is actually a real, shrunken, petrified wolf head. he had it silver-plated.
story #3: mark jones
this was our greatest story: metallica’s lead singer is named mark jones. lizzy almost wouldn’t believe us because we kept laughing.
one day in sixth grade, my friends and i were talking about metallica and i mentioned “mark jones”. i couldn’t remember his real name.
comments (3)
When I was younger, we had all the kids (who were younger than me) convinced that a troll lived in the woods by the lake my grandparents lived on. We invented a "troll call" sound and once had my cousin dress in military camo and a bright orange hunting coat to play the part from far off (like a bigfoot video).
This went on for many years. It wouldn't surprise me if the more dimwitted amongst the kids still believes it.
– phil on 7/7/2005 10:43:48
i don't remember the pertrified wolf head, but i do remember believing that there is a bridge from california to hawaii and that the eiffel tower fell down
– lizzy on 8/12/2005 16:26:39
Always capitalize the first person singular "I". You are to have self esteem and think of Yourself as having value.
I had to write it a hundred times when I was in third grade.
Dean
– Dean on 12/5/2005 23:01:39
