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Feb. 9th, 2005 02:55 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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lawgeekgurl's journal, I hereby decree Wednesday, February 9th to be Marginal Brushes with Fame Day. Had an insignificant encounter with a celebrity? Sold a chocolate bar to Britney Spears and been wondering who you could tell? Your mother went to kindergarten with Elizabeth Taylor but you thought nobody would care? Well, I care! Boast about your brushes with fame, here or in your own journal! The more marginal, insignificant and meaningless, the better! (Official Celebrity Appearances probably don't count, which is why I won't count getting Lauren Bacall's autograph at the stage door... although that was cool.)
I'll get the party started:
I interviewed Neil Gaiman for a magazine. I still cringe at the recollection, because I did a truly horrible job.
My grandfather worked for Leonard Cohen's family's garment factory and used to hang out with him in the lunchroom when he (Leonard) was working there in the summer.
One of my cousins ran around naked (OK, at the age of 3) in front of Prince Andrew.
lawgeekgurl's journal, I hereby decree Wednesday, February 9th to be Marginal Brushes with Fame Day. Had an insignificant encounter with a celebrity? Sold a chocolate bar to Britney Spears and been wondering who you could tell? Your mother went to kindergarten with Elizabeth Taylor but you thought nobody would care? Well, I care! Boast about your brushes with fame, here or in your own journal! The more marginal, insignificant and meaningless, the better! (Official Celebrity Appearances probably don't count, which is why I won't count getting Lauren Bacall's autograph at the stage door... although that was cool.)I'll get the party started:
I interviewed Neil Gaiman for a magazine. I still cringe at the recollection, because I did a truly horrible job.
My grandfather worked for Leonard Cohen's family's garment factory and used to hang out with him in the lunchroom when he (Leonard) was working there in the summer.
One of my cousins ran around naked (OK, at the age of 3) in front of Prince Andrew.
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Date: 2005-02-09 09:05 pm (UTC)Anna Paquin and I got free promo baseball caps on the same day at Little Bear (pet shop, 2 minutes from my place!).
Youppi recognized me at a baseball game a couple of years ago. One of the Hospital's mascot-guys was in the orange suit. Scared the pee outta me to have Youppi hiss out my name!
My friend Sioban's mother once met Patrick Stewart in an airport in Ireland.
When Planet Hollywood had its opening parade, I was on the receiving end of a classic Bruce Willis smirk.
And the list goes on...
I'm loving the responses you're getting for this post!
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Date: 2005-02-10 03:31 pm (UTC)...I think the Youppi encounter is definitely one of the more bizarre ones here...