Celebrity Sighting # Awesome!

To be fair, this wasn't like the golf tournament where we followed them. This was a show and after party. I mentioned before that I bought tickets for Laughs for Bald Bryan. Well, I have returned and I come with more to add to my list.

First of all, this was an amazing show and I can't fully compliment all of the performers. It began with the silent auction in the garden an hour and a half before the show. Bald Byran himself was there and I had the chance to have my picture taken with him and my boyfriend. He asked if we had met before. Of course it was no, but I told him it was nice to meet him though I wished it was under different circumstances. Against my wishes, my boyfriend wore his Cal shirt, but it was the conversation starter he said it would be. The picture was the only one that I got that wasn't on my camera. I was told it'll be up on the website in a few days. They better not have been lying to me.

When we got to ten minutes before showtime, I had to have my ritualistic going to the bathroom so I don't have to go during the show. A line formed and I was afraid that we'd be late. In the line one of the volunteers said on the other side was shorter. I bolted and dragged my man with me, even though he was skeptical about trying to take a shortcut. Well, we found a line even longer and I was hurt. However, when we made it to the front, Teresa Strasser was there with Eric Stromer. I introduced myself and said hello even though she was blocking my way. Thinking I wouldn't get the chance again, I walked into the theater thinking I missed my photo opportunity. The second the usher showed us to our seats the lights went down.

What followed was an amazing show consisting of Adam thanking us for coming, Bald Bryan saying a few words to the audience, What Can't Adam Complain About? Loveline questions with Dr. Drew, Greg Fitsimmons, Dana Gould, The Dan Band, a live auction with Eric Stromer, comedy with Larry Miller, Joel McHale, and a mini Bad Religion concert. The whole time, Jimmy Kimmel found his way to the stage with beers and toasted a la The Man Show.

My videos were crappy. Thank you YouTube.

The evening was great until I injured my foot on the way to the after party. There was blood, hobbling, and cursing to my god, but there was no way in hell I was going to miss this party. I had spent six hours in the car, I would happily be carried the rest of the way.

There was a line to meet Adam on the way in. I said screw it and decided we could get in line later. We came into a quiet party. It was cool because the other performers where there and everyone else was waiting for Adam. We saw Dana Gould. I hate to interrupt, but I knew that I don't get these chances very often. I asked if I could have a few minutes to kiss his ass. Then I got a picture with him. Whooooo!

After that, I actually got into a conversation with Greg Fitsimmons. I mentioned Dr. Katz and how I watched it. After saying a little bit too much about my comedy obsession back when I was younger, he asked me if I was a comedy nerd. Turns out, yes I am. I even told him I wanted to get married in a comedy club. He said get some of the comedians to be the groomsmen. I would be all for it if he was offering (and my brothers wouldn't mind). 

From there I became afraid to approach Teresa Strasser. I guess it was I knew my 'I'm a cute girl and I love your work" schtick wouldn't work. Instead I went back to the Carolla line. I had practiced what I would say since I had bought the tickets. I asked for him to sign my copy of The Hammer, but he said it was already signed. He signed it again though. I told him about my boyfriend's comment on Click it or Ticket and it pretty much fell flat. I think he had had a lot to drink. I worried I insulted him at some point, but my boyfriend told me to not obsess. That's my ego out of control again. So I got my picture and it was cool.

Going back into the party, we started to look for Teresa again, but I saw Joel McHale. I felt bad because my man really wanted to meet Teresa and I was dragging him along to meet all the dudes. I HAD to get a picture with Joel McHale, though. And then I did. Then we went Teresa hunting again.

Again, my urge to not be rude held me back. The people hovering around her were doing the same thing and she was talking to the the Deaf Frat Guy(awesome, eventually shook his hand). So the people before us did the "we'll take a picture for you if you take one for us" thing. They got theirs, but as I was talking to Teresa, the girlfriend of one of the members of Bad Religion came to her with a present. They spoke for a while and the other couple was looking at me like, "hey, we got your camera, come on now!" So Teresa turns to me and says " Isn't this pretty?" I said yes and used the opening to keep talking. I got the picture and told her thank you and to never stop what she's doing. She was touched and gave me a hug. As I was in the hug, I added unless she wants to. I was caught off guard. But yeah! My second celebrity hug.

On the way out, we say Larry Miller. Got a shot with him too. As he walked away, another guy asked him if he wanted Purell. Screw you guy. Oh well. We sat down and could hear Lynn and Alex, but I still don't know who is who. We debated if we should talk to them, but decided against it. It was time to call it a night. I limped back to the car and smiled. A good show for a great cause. I hope the best for Bald Bryan.

Guilty Observation

And all things lead back to Adam Carolla. Okay, in order to get the whole story, I have to start with today's Podcast. He has told this story before, but now I've connected the dots. Apparently his junior high school girlfriend grew up to be an actress. He finally said her name and some of the movies she had been in. We'll she's no Joyce Hyser, but she did play the chick in Teen Wolf Too.

First thing on my resume: Did it with Jason Bateman.

Hey, that was one of my guilty pleasures as a kid. I recorded off of TBS and watched it a thousand times. Of course I memorized the edited version. Same thing happened with Ferris Bueller ("It's not a piece of tin!") and Vacation ("Who do I look like? Christopher Colombo?"). Supernatural aspects aside, it was just one of those teen movies here you root for the geek to get the girl. But Teen Wolf Too was different. You want the geek geek boy to realize the hot chick isn't really for him, unlike the geek girl that's been in front of him the whole time. (Totally different. Much like the plot of this movie and it's predecessor. Boxing in college is not the same as basketball in high school.)

The point is this sent me on a internet voyage through pictures and reminiscing about other movies in the same vein. You know, My Best Friend is a Vampire, Zapped!, My Boyfriend's Back; movies I should have never wasted the original hour and a half to see, let alone countless that I used watching again and again (My dad would ask me if I though the ending would change.). The voyage ended with me spending more time than I would like to admit watching Just of the Guys on YouTube at work. Good lord, that movie is awful. It's not even in the top three of William Zabka being the bad guy movies. (That would be The Karate Kid, the first few minutes of The Karate Kid, Part II, and Back to School.)

I come home and waste even more time watching My Best Friend is Vampire. I had the biggest crush on Robert Sean Leonard. I love and (and for obvious reasons hate) Dead Poet's Society. And now he's Wilson on House. Granted my attracted as switched to a different doctor on that show, but I digress. So I'm watching this horrible excuse for a movie and see Kathy Bates in a small role. Holy crap. I guess Academy Award winning actors have to start somewhere. And that when I noticed it. My Boyfriend's Back had Phillip Seymour Hoffman. Buffy the Vampire Slayer had Hilary Swank (and Ben Affleck if you watch closely). There's probably more but I don't want to force connections by hunting for them. They should be organic.

I actually mentioned to my boyfriend that the whole Joyce Hyser fading into obscurity gives me hope for Megan Fox doing the same in twenty years. Lack of talent (and if you don't believe me, watch the movie without the scene with her boobs) will eventually result in fewer roles. And the background people will emerge to the top of the A list. Or at least that's my theory.

Get Mind Out of Gutter

Actually, put it back in for a second. On the same shopping trip but at Target, I wander through the board game area and see this.

The rocket vapor trail is not helping.

Okay, what do you read when you just glance at the box? Seriously, people. And the description says the game "will inspire you to use your creativity, wit and sense of humor in ways you've never imagined." I think I'll stop writing here.

Holiday Ducks

On a Cost Plus shopping trip I found my way to the front of the store and encountered a bucket of rubber duckies. I love ducks and am a sucker for non-traditional rubber ducks. I look down and the first one I see is one with a dradle and yarmulke. Awesome! Then I see a Santa duck. I could see where this theme was going. On the side was one where I couldn't see the front, but the back feathers were light brown. My mind immediately jumped to "Yes! Everyone in my family is getting one of these bad boys."

Come on, what would you assume?

But alas, I did not reach in the bucket and pull out a Kwanzaa duck. Instead I got a gingerbread duck with a chef hat. What the hell? First off, I had to convince myself that I wasn't racist by assuming the pattern goes Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa. Then I sadly, I moved away from the bucket without the greatest holiday gift of all. How dare you Cost Plus. World Market my ass!