Part A:
I first saw the video for “Cupid’s Chokehold” in February of 2007 and, as a direct result, became a fan of both Gym Class Heroes and Travis McCoy (it is a well-known fact among my friends and I that Travis is as close to my perfect crush as anyone can be). I always liked the video because I thought that the third girlfriend, with whom Travis’ character says with, was really pretty and that the two of them made a cute couple (as in, I could be that girl and I could find someone like Travis). Wednesday I went to warped tour and say Gym Class Heroes perform for the first time. Before it so unfortunately started to fucking POUR, Travis mentioned “his girl” and blah blah blah - now I know he has a girlfriend and I need to stop lusting after him. I was on Wikipedia just now, and found out that Travis is dating Katy Perry. Not only was Katy Perry a part of warped tour, she was also present in the “Cupid’s Chokehold” video, as Travis’ character’s third girlfriend.
Part B:
I’ve always know about Johnny Cupcakes - first from my old friend Nora, whose brother is in a hardcore/metal band and knows Johnny, and second from his symbol that seems to be everywhere. So, I’m on Johnny Cupcakes tonight and am looking through the store and find this picture. This boy’s name is Travis Alexander, better known to the world as one of the guitarists for the band Therefore I Am. I know of Travis a different way, though. In March of 2006, my friends Meaghan and Nicole and I decided to participate in senior skip day and go into Boston. We ended up on Newbury Street and, before we went home, stopped in Urban Outfitters. This superbly gorgeous boy was working in the men’s department, folding shirts, and we decided to be cute seventeen-year-olds and giggle a lot as we seruptitiously fawned over him from afar. On the train ride home, we decided to name him and decided on Travis, because that was (and still is) our favorite male name.
Over the summer, she started to Myspace and Facebook stalk students from Suffolk University, because that is where she was going to school. She found this boy who was really, very attractive and he turned out to be Travis (I know!!! Really?!). His name was really Travis! He was going to attend Suffolk! He was still so hot! I used to (creepily) regularly check his Myspace, and figured out that he was working at Urban Outfitters in order to pay rent, and not really going to school as he pursued a career in music with Therefore I Am. So, one day in December, I’m walking down Newbury Street with my sutiemate and see Travis walking the other way. You know when you build something up in your brain and then it happens and you start to freak out because you’re so excited and nothing you’ve done could have every prepared you for it?
He was sort of like that (while looking like this). Not to blow something so small out of proportion, but I had built this boy I had never formally met up in my mind because he was so handsome and so much my type out of everyone I had met up to that point. It was like he was a celebrity in a way - but my suitemate didn’t understand why I was semi-freaking out (OMG Travis!) and, by that point, Nicole didn’t really care. I haven’t seen him since because he left Urban Outfitters to most likely persue music - which makes seeing him on the Johnny Cupcakes’ website so funny. He’s sort of famous because of Therefore I Am, he’s obviously friends with Johnny, and I feel so fucking special because I knew of Travis before now and both Johnny Cupcakes and Therefore I Am are local to Boston.
…except instead of being in the know, I’m still just some weird girl who likes to poke around on the web and thinks she knows, but doesn’t really know, anyone or anything.
