Once Upon A Time
- I made James art.
- I brought 3 portraits to James in 2011 when he came to my city.
- He saw me and asked to buy them.
- We talked for a little bit in front of an audience cause he was getting interviewed. I asked him about his cats.
- He laughed.
- I made James Franco laugh.
- I gave him the art.
- He asked for my info.
- I got interviewed by some reporters and then Huffington Post, Yahoo, CTV, the New Yorker, etc wrote articles on our encounter.
- A couple months later a “best fan art contest was announced”
- I made 16 new portraits and submitted them.
- I won the contest.
- James wrote on twitter that I was the winner and that he’d met me in toronto and i was really cool.
- James Franco called me really cool.
- Also the prize was a portrait of yourself painted by James.
- A few more months passed and I made more art.
- James came back to my city in 2012 and I brought them.
- He remembered me and said he still owed me a portrait.
- Again, we talked and he asked to take photos so we did.
- The paparazzi also took photos of us. It was fun.
- As he was leaving, he kissed me on the cheek and said talk to you soon.
- he kissed me on the cheek
- james franco kissed me on the cheek
- james posted me on his instagram a few times
- months passed and i went on a trip to nyc
- james happen to be filming a movie there
- i made friends with the set people and they told me how to see james
- i waited and ta da james was there
- i didn’t have any art
- but guess what
- he remembered me
- he asked us what I doing there and how the movie was that I saw
- he told me he still owed me a portrait
- he asked to take photos
- he grabbed my waist when we took the photos
- really tightly
- james franco grabbed my waist really tightly
- i could feel his fingers
- like individually
- a couple days later james had a movie premiere
- i brought art and was there
- he said hi macy how are you
- he knew my name
- i don’t know how cause i never told him
- but he knew my name
- then he wrote on my portrait of him that he loved me
- ah
- and after the premiere i asked for a photo and he asked if i could hand in his ballot (for the movie rating)
- like we’re friends you know cause we do favours for each other like handing in ballots
- cause james franco and i are friends
Darker over here.
[Eli stands for a moment on the shoddy red carpet, the lobby just behind him through the half open doors. He knows he should get back, but his attention is drawn down the darkened hall, and every moment that passes the shadows seem thicker to him, the faint hum in his ears a little bit louder.]
