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I've had several brief brushes with famous people...
Gary Anderson- former kicker for the Philadelphia Eagles- when I was a senior in high school, I worked in a Reebok store. One day, He and his wife came in to do some shopping. I was unoccupied at the time, so my boss grabbed me and asked me to help them with whatever they needed. They were really nice.
(In the same store, I also met a player from the 49ers whose name I don't remember as well as- well, not celebrities, but I'll put them here anyway, the wives of Cal Ripken jr and Billy Ripken)
Dan Quayle- well, he was famous at the time, he was the republican party VP candidate when I was in fourth grade. Bush (daddy) and Quayle meandered on through Lancaster county one day. Quayle went to the high school, of the school distract that I attended at the time, Bush went to the high school from which I would eventually graduate. My elementary school was just down the street from the high school and some of the teachers took their classes out to watch as the motorcade passed by. I was in the front of the little gathered crowd, and Quayle and a bunch of campaign assistants or whoever they were got out and handed out a bunch of stickers and little signs and stuff, and shook the hands of the kids nearest him. I was one of them. Gee wasn't I lucky.
Joe Paterno- came to my high school in tenth grade. One of our football players was heavily courted by a bunch of different universities wanting him n their team, and he ended up going to Penn state. Paterno came and did a big assembly for the school. I don't remember much, except that he was really funny and afterwards, he was signing autographs...I stuck around to get one as a gift for my grandfather, who was semi-obsessed with Penn State football.
The drummer from Letters to Cleo- I was at a concert one night in Dallas, Letters to Eleo, Our Lady Peace and Everclear at Deep Ellum Live. After they left the stage, the members of Letters to Cleo were wandering around the crowd, just saying hi to people. The drummer was actually camcording the people that he talked to...I got to say hello, and a brief moment on camcorder.
I've also talked to Breckin Meyer and Chris Noth on the phone in one of my previous tech support jobs. Breckin Meyer seemed to be reasonably intelligent. Chris Noth....did not.
When I was in college, I had a bunch of missed chances working for the school radio and doing various other things. If it weren't for having to do something else, I would have had the chance to meet the band Bowling for Soup, Prince Rainier of Monaco, Lisa Loeb, Billy Bob Thornton and a few others who are escaping mind right now.
I've had several brief brushes with famous people...
Gary Anderson- former kicker for the Philadelphia Eagles- when I was a senior in high school, I worked in a Reebok store. One day, He and his wife came in to do some shopping. I was unoccupied at the time, so my boss grabbed me and asked me to help them with whatever they needed. They were really nice.
(In the same store, I also met a player from the 49ers whose name I don't remember as well as- well, not celebrities, but I'll put them here anyway, the wives of Cal Ripken jr and Billy Ripken)
Dan Quayle- well, he was famous at the time, he was the republican party VP candidate when I was in fourth grade. Bush (daddy) and Quayle meandered on through Lancaster county one day. Quayle went to the high school, of the school distract that I attended at the time, Bush went to the high school from which I would eventually graduate. My elementary school was just down the street from the high school and some of the teachers took their classes out to watch as the motorcade passed by. I was in the front of the little gathered crowd, and Quayle and a bunch of campaign assistants or whoever they were got out and handed out a bunch of stickers and little signs and stuff, and shook the hands of the kids nearest him. I was one of them. Gee wasn't I lucky.
Joe Paterno- came to my high school in tenth grade. One of our football players was heavily courted by a bunch of different universities wanting him n their team, and he ended up going to Penn state. Paterno came and did a big assembly for the school. I don't remember much, except that he was really funny and afterwards, he was signing autographs...I stuck around to get one as a gift for my grandfather, who was semi-obsessed with Penn State football.
The drummer from Letters to Cleo- I was at a concert one night in Dallas, Letters to Eleo, Our Lady Peace and Everclear at Deep Ellum Live. After they left the stage, the members of Letters to Cleo were wandering around the crowd, just saying hi to people. The drummer was actually camcording the people that he talked to...I got to say hello, and a brief moment on camcorder.
I've also talked to Breckin Meyer and Chris Noth on the phone in one of my previous tech support jobs. Breckin Meyer seemed to be reasonably intelligent. Chris Noth....did not.
When I was in college, I had a bunch of missed chances working for the school radio and doing various other things. If it weren't for having to do something else, I would have had the chance to meet the band Bowling for Soup, Prince Rainier of Monaco, Lisa Loeb, Billy Bob Thornton and a few others who are escaping mind right now.
