[caption id="attachment_6618" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="The pose that I have requested to reenact with Def Leppard"]<a href="http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/P7120034.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-6618" title="P7120034.JPG" src="http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/P7120034-300x225.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="225" /></a>[/caption]

A couple readers (I remember Melody, for one) suggested that I write someone famous as one of my blog activities.  I couldn't think of anyone whom I felt compelled to write.

&nbsp;

After I purchased Def Leppard tickets a few weeks ago, I realized that the only thing cooler than seeing Def Leppard (my very first concert ever!) would be to meet Def Leppard.  When I shared my idea with my friend who is going to the concert with me, she started screaming and jumping up and down like a 14 year-old.  It was all very Beatles Shea Stadium-esque.

&nbsp;

Here's what I wrote on Day 319:

&nbsp;

&nbsp;
<div>
<div style="padding-left: 30px;"><strong>From: </strong>Michelle</div>
<div style="padding-left: 30px;"><strong>Date: </strong>August 11, 2011 5:52:17 PM MST</div>
<div style="padding-left: 30px;"><strong>To: </strong><a href="mailto:info@primarywavemusic.com">info@primarywavemusic.com</a></div>
<div style="padding-left: 30px;"><strong>Subject: </strong><strong>Go ahead and make my day! (Blogger with a dream dating back to 1983)</strong></div>
<div style="padding-left: 30px;">Hi!  Def Leppard was my first concert ever back in 1983 in Houston.  I wore parachute pants, pink and black checkered Vans, and a sleeveless Union Jack shirt that I purchased at the concert.  Oh, yeah.  I was <em>that cool. </em></div>
<div style="padding-left: 30px;">&nbsp;
<div>28 years later, I am returning to see Def Leppard for the 2nd time on September 3rd in Phoenix.  I've always been the type to dream big (luckily age hasn't pounded that out of me), so I'm just going to throw it out there:  I would like to meet the band.</div>
<div>&nbsp;
<div>Specifically, I would like to reenact this photo with fake KISS with the real Def Leppard:  <a href="http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/07/18/day-28-70s-and-chicago-slideshow/">http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/07/18/day-28-70s-and-chicago-slideshow/</a>  (I didn't want to scare you off with an attachment.  The link is totally safe to click.  No naughty pop-ups here!  Although I'm sure that the band wouldn't mind those.)</div>&nbsp;
<div>What do you say?  Are you going to go ahead and make my day?  :-D</div>&nbsp;
<div>Thanks for the past and future memories.</div>&nbsp;
<div>Cheers,</div>
<div>Michelle</div>
</div>
</div>&nbsp;
<div>I haven't heard anything back.  Yet.  When I do, you'll be the first to know!</div>
</div>
&nbsp;