Celebrity Sighting #5-6

A thousand apologies as these happened a while ago. I have no excuses. I just am a procrastinator. On May 5th, I had my first experience going to a live taping of a TV show. I was in the audience of The Tonight Show. So a blur of my head or possibly my jacket was on TV. YES! That means I have roughly fourteen minutes, fifty-nine and a half seconds of fame left. The guests included Denis Leary, Bob Uecker (which was awesome) and Dem Franchize Boys. For musical people (I wouldn't call them musicians or singers so much as a bunch of guys with microphones) they weren't terrible. But I only had to listen to them for a few minutes. Too damn loud though. I also got to see how they warm up the crowd before they tape. My boyfriend's sister got to go up to the stage and take a picture with Jay Leno so that was kind of cool.

The major thing I learned during this experience: as fun as it is to watch the show at home, there are so many people behind the scenes that put the show together. Too bad the glory is isolated to the guy who hosts. I tried to make small talk with the people ushering us in. I saw the ties they were wearing and asked if they were for sale. (Sadly it's not, but I got a shot of it.)

And on one of my frequent trips to the bathroom, I made a joke with two of the security people. I told them to remember my face and made a mime like gesture around my head to help them remember. The guard I walked out with said it would be hard to forget it and he did the same gesture. I made him smile so I think I did good.

Now for my 6th sighting I was with my mom, aunt, uncle, and cousin at John Ascuaga's Nugget. (For frequent visitors, it's just called the Nugget.) This was Sunday, May 28th. In an effort to not go to the ATM and lose more money playing the slots, my aunt got us (comped) tickets to see Delbert McClinton. Yeah, I had never heard of the man. But I have to say that it was a good thing. He was great. Don't know his music but I get the feeling that if I had, it would have bothered me because I enjoy hearing music as it was recorded. It was a sold out show and we got great seats, though t was a tight squeeze for the five of us. Good music but again, really loud. There was an encore and all that stuff. My experience with concerts is very limited. My dad took me and my sister to see New Kids on the Block when I was like eight. (It's surprising how humiliating it was to admit that right now.) Good concert and when I get my hearing back it will be an overall good time. Here's the kicker though. After the show room cleared out I saw the guitar player walking through the casino. I ran to catch up with him, effectively freaking out my cousin who was panicked because she thought I was running for her. I caught up to him near the slot machines and told him I really enjoyed the show and he did a great job. He smiled and thanked me. I know it's weird, but I live for moments like that.

So that was me catching up my experiences two months later. Hopefully I will get with the program sometime soon. For now, if I post once a month, I'll be happy.