Max: “i’m crying because I might never see him again.”

“Who?”

“Weird Al. At least your dreams came true. Mine didn’t. All I wanted to do was shake his hand.”

“He’ll do meet-and-greet again. Next time he comes to Denver.”

“What if he doesn’t? I just want to be alone and stop crying.”

We’ve had so many discussions like this. He is so upset about not talking to Weird Al or shaking his hand. And in the photos, he is standing far away from him.

It’s been very difficult for me. In the beginning, he blamed this on me because I did speak to Weird Al briefly and did shake his hand. I asked Weird Al what the coolest piece of memorabilia was that he’d seen that evening. He mentioned a magazine from 1983 in which he was interviewed as well as my “Another One Rides the Bus” 45 record (his first record). I thought it came out in 1979, but he corrected me and said, without hesitation, 1981.

I also told Weird Al that I first listened to him on Dr. Dimento, to which he didn’t say anything. He didn’t say much at all and the whole thing felt very rushed.