Thursday, November 10, 2011

Take a trip to the Letterman Show

Hey everybody.  I know I haven't been posting a lot lately, but don't worry.  I have been a little busy but I am still working hard on trying to meet celebrities.  Which leads me to this post being about at the letterman show.  I think this was last week.  I forgot the exact day.

I didn't have tickets to the Letterman show but I did know where the guests would enter into the studio.  So I decided to go an hour before the guests would show up.  This day was going to have Bill Cosby, Mark Harmon and Mike Judge.  Bill Cosby was filming the second show since on thursday they film two episodes.  I had promised my dad that I would try and get an autograph from Mark Harmon because he liked to watch the show NCIS.

David Arquette and Me
I sat by the area that was gated off for fans to wait.  I was really hoping to meet Mark Harmon.  Well as more and more people start to show up there was an unexpected guest who walks by us.  Who could it be other than David Arquette.  It was really cool to meet him.  He came over after one person started yelling for him to come over.  For him to do that was really cool especially since all he was doing was walking by.  I even got to take a picture with him.

Probably about 40 minutes later Mike Judge arrived.  I really didn't know much about him except that he created the show Beavis and Butthead.  He turned and waved to us and then went into the studio.  Then not to long after Mark Harmon arrived and also went straight into the studio.

I knew they would be coming out with an hour so I decided to wait.  So fast forward time and then we see a car getting ready for someone to be leaving.  Who is it but none other than Mark Harmon.  I guess he had to go somewhere because he jumped into the car and just left.  Of course some people ran after his car when he stopped at a red light.  And of course I was one of those people.  Sadly he didn't open his window to sign autographs.

Mike Judge
I ran back to maybe meet Mike Judge.  Even if I didn't know much about him it would still be cool to meet him and get an autograph.  What was really cool is when he came out no expected him to come over, but he did.  It was really cool, he was taking pictures with people and autographing pictures for people.   I got his autograph and was completely shocked.  He actually printed his name out and I have never met a person who prints their name.  Most just scribble lines or some weird marks as a signature.  He was really a nice guy.  I was glad that I waited for him.  Well of course I could have left that moment but I decided not to.  I thought it would be cool to actually meet Bill Cosby.  I was told he will autograph for people but he has security collect the stuff and he signs inside.  I must say that is kind of smart.  He's getting to a bit older and he probably doesn't like standing outside long.  My wait wasn't that long.  He came about 40 minutes later.  I got to see him in person which was cool.  I'm not upset that I didn't get a picture.  Just seeing him in person and getting an autograph was enough for me.

It was a good day for meeting celebrities.  I think I might go back to the Letterman show to meet some of their guests.

Wednesday, October 19, 2011

CRAZY FOR COMIC CON

Captain America 
Have you heard about comic con?  If you answer is no, then let me tell you what comic con is.  Once a year in different places a convention occurs.  This one is all about comics.  If you love comic books and have never gone before you must.  I'm not a comic book fan but I love to meet celebrities.  Even if your not a comic book fan this is still an experience you must have.  People who are dedicated to this convention dress up in amazing costumes.  This year in NYC they had the comic con on October 13-16.  When I found out that Rose McGowan was going, I knew I had to go because I always wanted to meet and actor and actress from the show Charmed.  Also I am a fan of Rose McGowan.  I thought I should just add that part.

Big Bird

On saturday October 15, 2011 I got up very early in the morning and headed to the city for the convention.  I knew this place can get very crowded.  I'm very glad that I bought tickets before the convention instead of there. I recommend if you ever go to Comic Con you should always buy tickets ahead of time.  If you decide to just buy tickets there it's a bit more expensive and limited.  I arrived to comic con around 9am.  Even by arriving at 9am there were probably over 8 hundred people there and possibly more.  The place filled up very fast.  At 10am they were finally letting people in because they wanted to get organized first.  When you go to the comic book section your jaw drops.  Trust me it will.  If you don't believe me then you should go to comic con and prove me wrong.  There were just so many comic books and memorabilia.  It was quite amazing to see.  I didn't really have an interest in this part of comic con so I headed toward the side where they were having the signings.  This area also had a stage for people and acts to perform.  There was even a kid section.  Also what was really cool is they had some cars from some movies. I think most people would recognize the cars.  If not start watching more television and movies.  You could take pictures in each of the cars for just $10.  It seemed like a pretty good price and  it attracted a very large crowd.  I walked toward the Rose McGowan book signing and went on line.  I had brought my 4th season charmed dvd because I thought it would be awesome for her to sign it.  When I got on line I was told I needed to have a ticket.  They told me to buy a ticket at a booth about a few feet away.  No one knew we had to buy tickets and trust me I asked a few people on line.  Still I knew this was worth it.  Charmed was a big part of me and I knew that I wanted to meet Rose McGowan.  So I got my ticket and went back on line.  When she arrived I was clueless.  I didn't even see her walk by anyone and no body made any noise.  Finally someone did say she was here.  I saw her and I was like OMG.  I couldn't wait to go see her.  She was just one of three people I have wanted to meet for several years.  I couldn't believe I was just moments away from meeting her.  I think the wait was about 25 minutes.  Not long at all or at least it didn't seem to me.  I finally got up to her and something I have never experienced happened.  I was shaking and I could barely speak.  I didn't even get this star struck with Betty White and I'm a big fan of Betty White.  While she was signing my dvd box I told her something that I have barely have told anyone.  Very few people know this.  I told her " I have a severe anxiety disorder and high school was a nightmare for me.  When ever I felt like life wasn't worth living any more I would think or watch Charmed and it felt as if everything would be okay". She grabbed my hand and said "I'm glad that Charmed helped you".  I was still shaking and a nervous wreck.  I almost started crying because I was so happy.  I always wanted to thank one of the actresses for making Charmed so amazing.  I couldn't believe I got that experience, and I really wanted to talk to her more.  So I did something that I knew would be expensive but I knew I wouldn't regret it.  I bought a VIP meet and greet pass.  And I'm glad I did.

Me and Michael B. Jordan
While I waited until some of the VIP events including a picture with the cast of the movie Conana and the meet and greet afterwards I decided to waste some time.  Honestly I just walked back and forth from booth to booth and getting really bored.  Out of no where I recognize someone from a tv show.  I didn't know his name but I did know his lips.  I would know those lips anywhere.  Strange I know but he has distinct lips.  Otherwise known as big lips.  I must say he was looking fine in person.  His name is Michael B. Jordan and he plays Alex on the show Parenthood.  I went up to him and I asked are you from Parenthood?  And he said he was.  We were standing in front of a ride and he just gone on the ride.  I don't remember exactly how this came up but he was telling me he had just gotten on this ride and he was still adjusting getting out of the ride.  I have been on these rides before and it isn't so bad.  So of course I had to bug him about it.  I told him are you crazy that ride is nothing.  So one of the people he was with said are you calling him a softy and I said yea.  He told me to go on the ride but I said I didn't have anyone to go with.  So of course he joked about that I was alone.  I want to let everyone know we were just joking around.  It was all in good fun and humor.  He was a very cool guy.  I enjoyed getting the chance to meet him.


I then went on my way to waste some more time.  I really didn't have anything to do so I decided to watch the people who were on stage.  There was one guy who was singing and i just decided to sit and listen.  I really have no idea who was performing, but he did have a good voice.


Me, Jason Momoa, Stephen Lang and Rose McGowan
There was still about 45 minutes left until the pictures would start.  I decided to head towards where I would have to line up anyway.  There were actually a few people there who were on line already.  So I went on line and waited.  I talked to a few people on line.  It was a decent wait.  I had some fun by trying to be funny.  Of course I wasn't that funny but I tried.  Eventually it was my turn to get my picture taken with the cast.  So I walked in doing this really bad dance move in a high pitch voice "everybody dance now".  It was pathetic but so much fun.  I then waited for my picture to come out.  I then I headed straight to the meet and greet.  




When the meet and greet started I was so excited.  I didn't know what was going to happen but I couldn't wait to meet Rose McGowan again.  I had so much fun at this meet and greet.  I got to ask some questions and she told us some stories.  It was AMAZING.  I really did love every moment of it.  I even learned a few things about film.


Me and Rose McGowan.
The next day I went back to comic con.  I wanted a picture to remember meeting Rose McGowan.  I was very happy when I got to take a picture with her and I wanted to do something else instead of just stand there.  So of course this is what I decided to do.

This weekend was the best weekend EVER.  I loved every moment and I will never forget it.

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Lizzie McGuire All GROWN UP

Hilary Duff had a book signing in Tribeca on October 10, 2011.  Even though I hadn't read any of her books I didn't care.  I had watched Lizzie McGuire when I was growing up and I thought it would be cool to meet Hilary Duff.  

Hilary Duff

Hilary Duff
I was running late to this book signing, but I still got there around 2pm.  I might not of have been the first in line but I had a decent spot on line.  I was pretty excited to meet Hilary Duff.  I hadn't planned anything ahead of time of what I would say, but I'm usually good at winging it even if what I say sounds lame.  I try to be entertaining and funny all the time but sometimes its not always entertaining and especially not funny.  I have to say the wait wasn't so bad.  I got some food and spoke with some people on line.  What I really enjoyed was reading with people on line from a book that told us how to say dirty words in German.  I'm not going to lie it was fun and HILARIOUS.  The book was so strange, but it really did help pass the time away.  It's always fun to pick up a random book and start reading it because you never know what you're going to read about.

Finally the time had come for the book signing to start.  Hilary Duff was in a traffic so it didn't start exactly on time.  NYC always has traffic and especially more traffic with the wall street protest going on.  No one was upset about it because we all knew she was coming.  I know I didn't care because it's NYC everyone gets stuck in traffic here at least once in their life.  Well, let's skip to the part when she did arrive.  It was pretty cool and as she was getting ready to meet the first person of course I had to yell things out.  Here are some of the things I yelled out "You go girl" "You go sign those books"  "You can do it".  What was really funny is when I got to meet her and she said I was entertaining her.  So of course when she signed my book I had to do bad dance moves and say "Go hilary go hilary".  I have to say I thought that was pretty cool.  At least I got recognized in a line of A LOT of people.  I didn't count so a lot will have to be my number.  If I had to guess there were probably  a few hundred people there.  It was a big turn out.

Hilary Duff
So now you are probably thinking that this was the end of my adventure.  Let me tell you it was NOT.  Of course I had to stay and ask for a picture.  I knew I had to try and a few other people were going to try it also.  The waiting for the signing to end wasn't so bad.  It seemed pretty quick to me.  When the last few people who were on line to get their books signed there was now a small crowd waiting to see if Hilary Duff would take a picture with them.  We all kept yelling "can we have a picture please".  At this time Barnes and Nobles was telling her she had to leave.  But what was really nice is Hilary Duff made the person with the camera take a group picture of all of us and it would be posted on her website.  The picture isn't up yet but when it is I will post it right here.  I have to say it was a fun and entertaining day.

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Mr. Chocolate Man

On September 28, 2011 I had no idea what I would be doing that night.  Alright I lied I figured I would have class, but my night class got canceled and my first class ended early.  Wait it gets even better the book store where Taye diggs would be at was only 2 BLOCKS AWAY!!!  I felt like I had luck on my side.  It seemed like it would be an easy adventure.  Well I had a few surprises on the way.

The book signing started at 5pm and I was running late.  It was 5:30pm and I was worried that I wouldn't be able to make the book signing.  So as soon as class ended I called the bookstore and I was so thankful that the book signing had not even started.  When I got outside I ran.  Turns out I am not a great runner.  I gave it about half a block and gave up.  I just started to speed walk.  I finally arrived at the book store after about 20 minutes.  I did get a little lost but it was only when I was less then half a block away.

Shane West and Taye Diggs

Taye Diggs
Let me tell you I had no idea what kind of a book Taye diggs had written.  I thought it was an autobiography of his career.  Can you believe how shocked I was when I walked into a children's book store.  I got on line and waited to buy the book Chocolate Me by Taye Diggs.  When I did I found out not many people were going to get their book personalized.  All the books were signed previously and Taye Diggs was just going to personalize it.  Another surprise that I got was when I saw another person with Taye Diggs.  Turns out there was another writer, Shane West.  I honestly had no idea who Shane West was but he seemed very cool.  Since I had come late I had expected to be waiting for a while.  I was very wrong.  Most of the people there were under the age of 5 years old.  Those kids were so happy when they got to meet Taye diggs that after they met him they started to cry.  That would of been really cute if that did happened but instead the kids cried before and after they met him.

Taye Diggs and Me
I was number 36 in line. I was holding my Chocolate Me book waiting to get it signed.  I did meet some other people who were waiting to meet Taye diggs and had no children with them.  I have to say I think the children out numbered the adults.  The kids were in complete control of the book store.  Well  at least I thought so.  Finally it was my turn to get my book signed.  I asked Taye Diggs if I could get a picture with him and luckily I did.  It was pretty cool.  I even told him he should play a lawyer in glee for his wife's character since it looked like she would be needing one.  He said you should write about it. I responded with I did for Julie Andrews and then I tried to continue with his character story line of then marrying his wife's character.  By the way if you read my blog I will ask all people to be on Glee.  What can I say I'm a GLEEK.  Then I met Shane West and I got him to sign my book.  He found the name I chose to get personalized very interesting.  I asked for the book to be personalized as ABBA.  I know first thought is to the music group ABBA.  But no this was actually My sister Brooke's and my initials. I decided I would share a signed book with her from Taye Diggs.  I explained it to Shane West and he just thought it was a cool way to get a book personalized that way.

I have to say even thought it was a bit crazy in the beginning it was a lot of fun going to this book signing.  Even if there were a lot of screaming kids.

Sunday, September 25, 2011

JANE LYNCH IS IN THE HOUSE

Jane Lynch

Jane Lynch
Jane Lynch is an amazing person.  She is the only one who can pull off being Sue Sylvester in Glee.  And also she does have some of the best lines.  Gleeks you know I'm right.  Since Jane Lynch wrote a book called Happy Accidents this meant she would be doing book signings. And guess what she came to NYC.  Just my luck.  I really wanted to meet her and I couldn't wait to go to the book signing on 9/20/11.  I even prepared my outfit weeks in advanced.  Corny yes but who cares.  I wanted to be prepared to look my best.

Since the book signing was at 7pm and I knew there would be a lot of people there because this is Jane Lynch from GLEE.   Also I wanted to be in the front row because that is always the best place to be at these events.  Don't you agree?  So I arrived at the book store around 11:30am.  I brought some homework so I would have something extra to do.  And of course I did read part of Jane Lynch's book.  Which I must say is a very good read.  I didn't get to finish reading the book but it such an interesting book.  Jane Lynch goes through a lot in her life.  So as I wasted several hours of being lazy, homework, reading and eating my friend John showed up around 3pm.

We just started wandering around the store doing really nothing until he got a smoothie.  Then we got to do nothing in the cafe while he drank his smoothie. YUM!  As usual and my lame detective self I could not stop looking at my phone for the time.  What can I say I like to be first.  So around 4pm I left John to go upstairs to check out if there was a line.  John didn't think there was but I know my stuff.  And what do you know I was right.  YAY.  Even though I wasn't first in line that didn't matter.  I was 4th but I was still the first one at the book store.  Even though that counts for nothing that still got John and I in the front row.

It gets even better than me being right.  Luckily barnes and nobles opened the seating area a bit earlier it gave me the chance to sit and think.  What could I be thinking about?  I think a lot people who know me ask that question all the time.  Well my sister Brooke who is at school really wanted to meet Jane Lynch. In all honesty I really didn't want to waste my phone battery on Brooke.  It was already low, so I thought of another solution.  How about use the video chat on facebook.  This way she can listen and watch the entire book signing.  Genius right?  Okay probably not but it made Brooke love me even more.  What I would do for her.  Well it was an even better idea since I had my computer.  YAY me.  It would suck if I didn't and I had that thought.

While there was still a few hours to go before the arrival of Jane Lynch I was in a bit of a bad mood.  I think it was because I really didn't eat much.  I didn't really socialize as much as I normally would.  I just read the book, annoyed John and sat in my chair.  It was actually entertaining.

Jane Lynch

Jane Lynch
Finally 7pm comes around and Jane Lynch has not arrived.  This is NYC no one is ever on time.  Someone in my row actually said that Jane Lynch tweeted she was in traffic.  Of course I had to retweet her saying everyone here was very excited and would wait.  Around 7pm I started to get ready for Jane Lynch's arrival.  I wrote a sign saying "Jane Lynch is MVA (Most Valued Actor)".  I then started to get Brooke on video chat.  I even told her to think of a question so she could ask Jane Lynch.  She was doing a Q and A.  So I thought how cool would it be for someone to video chat with a question.  Corny, yes I know.  It was around 7:30pm and Jane Lynch had arrived.  YAY!!!  She might of been late but no one cared. Everyone started applauding and cheering.  I even held up my sign which she read.  Totally awesome.  I even held up my computer so she could she my sister.  Ironically when Jane Lynch was saying hello she mentioned my sister by saying hi to all those who came out and who are skyping.  This was the moment when my sister left her chair to be some where else.  It was kind of funny.  Then Jane Lynch started taking questions.  I kept raising my hand every time so I could ask her a question.  Well really ask my sister's question  but at least I would get to speak.

When Jane Lynch chose me to ask a question I won't lie I totally felt like I was kick ass.  I never asked a question during a book signing that a lot of people would hear.  It was really cool.  So what did my sister want me to ask Jane Lynch.  It was pretty simple.  "Will you come to Ball State college in Indiana"?  Jane Lynch responds "I will never step foot in Indiana".  For those who don't know this was a joke.  She then went onto say that since she was booked up, she wouldn't be able to go, but she was going to Chicago.  My sister really wanted her to come to Indiana so when the Q and A was finished she planned on trying to convince Jane Lynch to come to Indiana.

The Q and A lasted about 30 minutes.  Now it was time for the book signing. I think I was the only person who put a computer in front of Jane Lynch.  Brooke was very excited.  Brooke tried very hard to convince Jane Lynch to come to her school, but sadly failed.  Which was expected because Jane Lynch was booked up. When I went to pick up the computer I almost spilled Jane Lynch's drink.  Thank god I didn't.  But before I was kicked out I was able to give Jane Lynch the gifts I had for her.  I crocheted a scarf for her and got her some fake wooden flowers.  So after when I was done I called Brooke back up to make sure she was happy.  What do you know she was. YAY!!!!  I think it was a great end to a long day.

Thursday, September 15, 2011

Don't you wish you can have Kristen Chenowith's Voice?

I would totally want to have Kristen Chenowith's voice.  Come on who wouldn't.  She has one powerful voice.  So I bet your thinking this is a strange way to start a blog.  Well don't worry I will explain.  On 9/13/11 Kristen Chenowith had a CD signing for her new CD Lessons Learned.  For those who haven't bought it yet.  GO GET IT.  She kick butt on this CD.  I love listening to it.

Now to the journey of the signing.  I had originally planned on getting there a few hours before the signing started.  That Plan had failed and miserably might I add.  I had woken up but then my dog came into my bed and next thing I know I fell asleep again.  For those who don't have dogs some of them especially old ones like to sleep a lot.  Just looking at them sleep makes you fall asleep.  Well I woke up an hour later than I had planned.  But obviously since I'm writing this I didn't let this stop me and I didn't.  I rushed to get ready so I could get to the signing.  To update you on the dog he fell back asleep.

Kristen Chenowith
Kristen Chenowith
By the time I got to the signing it was 12:30pm and 12:30pm was also when the cd signing was starting.  It really didn't start until 1pm because Kristen Chenowith was doing a few interviews and taking some pictures.  I was totally fine with it.  I have waited for long periods of time so this was  a piece of cake.  I even met one of my friends on line.  He has been lucky enough to see Kristen Chenowith a few times. So jealous, but probably not as jealous as my sister Brooke is.  We waited for a bout 45 minutes or so until we got to the front of the line.  Since we couldn't take pictures with her I did try to take a few from the sides. I would of taken more but I called my sister Brooke on the phone.  Originally I had called to play a prank telling her that I couldn't get into the signing but that failed.  Turns out I didn't realize how much of a fan Brooke really was.  When I got to meet Kristen Chenoweth I barely got a word in.  I asked her if she could say hi to my sister. (I put the phone on speaker).  And let me tell you this it was HILARIOUS.  My sister was freaking out on the phone.  Kristen Chenowith said "She sounds like she crying happy tears".  She kept trying to say hi but Brooke kept freaking out.  Then Brooke walked by construction site and next you hear is some sort of banging.  Almost like a loud wood pecker.  Kristen asked "Is that an animal"?  I honestly had no idea what to say.  I didn't even know what it was.  Then I hung up on my sister because she was acting a bit to crazy.  I thought she needed a minute to regroup.  Then before I knew it I was already done talking with Kristen Chenowith.  I barely had a word in and my sister made a funny fool of herself on the phone.  It was just amazing.  I even called Brooke back to make sure everything was alright. Turns out she had been acting as if she met her.  It was just the best two phone calls I have ever had.  Even though I didn't get to say much it was a great and funny adventure.

Saturday, September 10, 2011

LAW AND ORDER SVU can get it get any better?

Hello.  Long time no write.  Well everybody don't you worry because there are a lot more events I plan on going to.

Ice T and Me
This week I found out that Law and Order SVU was filming in the city.  The best part is that they weren't filming in their studio.  YAY.  I learned they would be filming on Friday 9, 2011 from 2pm-1am.  I had class until 5pm which was perfect because I still could catch the filming.   When I arrived around 5:30pm I saw all the trailers were there.  At this point I wasn't sure where they were filming.  But I do know when ever you see trailers the location is very close.  So just like the show I became a detective.  I checked every trailer to see what the doors had written on them.  It's pretty easy to figure out what trailers are just for costumes and hair and makeup.  It's even easier to figure this out when there is someone sitting outside of the trailer and you ask them.  I made sure to keep my eyes out for any of the actors just walking around the streets.  I had heard from some people that Ice T had been walking around by himself.  Ironically when I kept walking back from trailer to trailer I spotted Ice T walking my way.  I was thinking to myself OMG that's Ice T.  So of course I ran up to him and asked for an autograph and picture.  I kept complimenting him on his book and dog.  If you haven't watched his reality show then you wouldn't know who the dog is.  Ice T was very calm and relaxed.  It was pretty cool.  When I took a picture of us I told him I would be bad so the first one came out real bad.  I got his face and half of my head.  He asked to see it and I said "Yes I got half of my head in it".  He said to redo it to get a better picture and guess what.  It came out to be a better picture.

Me and Kelli Giddish
For about 45 minutes I kept wandering around walking by the trailers.  I then walked by where they were filming the scene.  It looked like an interesting scene.  I did get to see Ice T working with Kelli Giddish and Danny Pino.  It was pretty cool.  I was only able to see a rehearsal and then I had to leave because it was a closed set.  So I figured I would stay around by their trailers because I knew they would end up back there.  As I kept wandering I met these people who wanted to see some of the actors from the show.  They were on vacation and it turns out they were firemen.  So I decided to show them where the scene was taking place.  Ironically while we were walking I noticed Ice T on the sidewalk we were on.  I told them look ahead and they had no idea why I said that.  I eventually said its Ice T.  It was kind of funny because they seemed to be caught off guard.  Then when we crossed the street I noticed Kelli Giddish run right passed us to cross the street.  So of course I yelled out "Kelli Giddish can I have an autograph"?  She said yes but we had to walk with her so all of us ran across the street as fast as we could to keep up.  I got to tell her that I saw her doing the photo shoot while I was in a cab.  Best part there was a red light so I got to watch a bit.  I also said I would of said something but I didn't want to get arrested.  She thought it was a bit funny.  I then got to take a picture with her and it was awesome.

By this time I was getting the feeling that the scene was over.  I still took the group to see where they shot the scene.  Sadly we didn't see much, but they were all pretty happy that they got to meet some people.

Me and Mariska Hargitay
Danny Pino and Me
So after they left I decided to just hang around the trailers some more.  About 25 minutes later I got the shock of my life.  I heard one of the production assistants say Mariska Hargitay will be here in a minute. In my mind I was freaking out.  Mariska Hargitay is awesome and I couldn't believe I would get the chance to see her in person.  I see the car pull up and Mariska Hargitay is talking outside of the window of the car.  I'm guessing I looked star struck because I couldn't stop looking.  When she got out of the car you could tell she was in costume.  Mostly what tipped me off was the gun in the holster on  her belt.  Not going to lie I thought that was AWESOME and very COOL.  She went right into the hair and makeup trailer.  Luckily I was standing right in front of the hair and makeup trailer.  The production assistant said right after she gets out I can ask for a picture and autograph. She didn't stay in their that long.  It was probably about 10 minutes she was in there and came right out.  I asked her for a picture and autograph and she said yes.  It was totally awesome.  And while someone else went up to Mariska Hargitay I realized that Danny Pino was standing right there.  So out of no where I say in this very high pitched voice "Oh my god it's Danny Pino".  He turned around and then Mariska Hargitay says "Danny Pino" in a high pitched voice.  I found it really funny and I told her "come on I had to do that".  I was still laughing while I said that.  I then asked for a picture and autograph.  He said we had to walk with him so he wouldn't be late on scene.  I was so happy.  I was so happy that I followed them onto the set.

Me and Mehad Brooks
Luckily they didn't kick me out just yet.  I got to watch some of the rehearsals.  It looked like a cool scene.  And guess what interesting thing I saw on set.  Another actor who goes by the name Mehcad Brooks.  He stars in the show Necessary Roughness.  Some people may know him by Terrence King (character name).  When rehearsals let out so the stars could get into their costumes for the scene of course I waited to meet Mehcad Brooks.  Luckily I got to take a picture with him and I also got an autograph while he was in costume.  I know the picture is a bit blurry but who cares.  It's still awesome.

By this time it was 9pm and I was exhausted.  I was there for about 4 hours and I had a ton of fun.  I am mostly likely going to another one of their filming locations because it was just so much fun.

Thursday, July 21, 2011

The Fonz is in the Building!!!!!!

July 13th, 2011 was the day that the Fonz would be in NEW YORK CITY having a book signing for his new book I've Never Met an Idiot on the River.  For those who don't know who the Fonz is his real name is Henry Winkler.  He played the Fonz in the show Happy Days.

Henry Winkler was going to the Barnes and Nobles in Union Square in the city.  The event was going to start at 7pm, but as always I went in hours before it started.  What can I say I just love sitting for hours at a time.  Alright that was a lie.  I just like to get a good seat and besides sometimes I get to meet people who are really big fans of Henry Winkler.  I arrived at the Barnes and Nobles it was 1:30pm.  I know at this Barnes and Nobles they don't let people line up until 4-5pm.  Still I know other people will arrive early too.  Well when I got there I went to go buy the book at the register.  Let me tell you this was the first time this ever happened, but they said they didn't have it and sent me to customer service.  It gets even better.  I went to customer service and they told me they didn't get the book yet.  I was thinking how do you not have the book.  There is an event meant for this one book and its author and they tell me its not in the store.  Customer service told me to go up to the 4th floor and to see if the biography section had it.  Luckily they did but only 2 or 3 copies left.  I didn't care I was just glad I got a copy.  There was no way I was going back in the heat to search for the book.  I found a few hours later that the book had been in boxes on the 4th floor and was going to be sold while everyone was lining up.

As I was waiting I started to read the book.  I really enjoyed his book because it was very inspirational.  It was almost like a biography but he spoke through his adventures of fly fishing.  I have to say I have never read a book like that.  It was just very interesting.  I do recommend this book to anyone because in the book you learn some of the difficulties Henry Winkler had to overcome in his life.  I finished the book with in an hour and a half.  While I was waiting I ran into someone I had met at a previous book signing.  At first I didn't know who she was but then she said I met her at La Toya Jackson's book signing and then I remembered who she was.  We started to talk for a little bit and then we went back to reading what we were reading.

Finally it was 4pm and I didn't see many people show up.  I was also wondering why we weren't lining up so I went up and asked someone.  They said they weren't going to start lining people up until 5pm.  I was like ughh.  My butt had been sore from sitting on the floor for hours.  The floor is not a comfortable place to sit.  I started to get a little bit bored because I really had nothing else to do.  I just when on my lap top and went on facebook to play games.  It was still pretty much boring.  I was thanking god when it was 5pm.  FINALLY they were letting us line up and we could then sit on chairs.  I was really happy about that as you could probably tell from reading this.

I still noticed that not many people were here for the event.  I was a bit shocked but then I remembered the advertising for this book signing was very limited.  It wasn't even on the Barnes and Nobles website that he was coming.  I really felt bad for Henry Winkler because if barely anyone showed up it doesn't look good.  At 6pm it started to look like more people were coming.  I was actually glad because Henry Winkler is a really great actor and his book is just great and people should read his book.

While I was waiting and was still a bit bored I noticed there was a kid and his dad sitting next to me.  I saw how the kid was getting a bit restless and wanted to walk around but his dad wanted to wait since it was close to the event starting.  I figured I would entertain the kid so the waiting wouldn't seem so bad for him.  I asked him if he wanted to play a game on my phone and he seemed pretty eager about it.  I knew exactly what game to let him play.  It was the toilet paper game.  For those who don't know this game basically all you do is try to roll the toilet paper until there is no more paper.  The faster you do it the better the score.  The kid was really enjoying it.  Then he wanted to play another game so I let him, but I thought it would be fun if I annoyed him in all good fun like he did to his father.  I would say "are you done yet".  "oh my god come on I wanna play".  He was enjoying it the entire time.

7pm finally came and a few minutes later everyone started to get up and applaud.  We all know what that means there was free food being given out.  If you haven't realized now I was trying to write a joke and it probably wasn't funny.  It would be nice to get free food.  Henry Winkler had arrived and he had to go give 30 seconds to the paparazzi.  I wrote on a piece of paper "Welcome Fly Fisher Ahoy".  I'm not sure if he knew what I wrote but he did wave to me.  He then got up on stage and the minute he did he kept on saying jokes like there was no tomorrow.  The best part was they were really funny.  I never realized how funny he was.  He had a slide show prepared to show some pictures from his book that he had taken.  For someone who just randomly takes picture not knowing if they would be good or not.  He takes great pictures.

Me and Henry Winkler
He spoke about for 10 minutes about his book and the pictures he took and then he asked if anyone had questions.  Of course a lot people in the audience had questions.  Some of them were entertaining such as one guy asked him where he got his tie?  I forgot the place he said he got it from but it was a nice looking tie.  After he answered a lot of questions it was time for him to start signing books.  I was in the front of the line so I didn't have to wait long.  Henry Winkler signed a few books at a time and then took a few pictures at a time.  When it was my time to take a picture with him I was about to ask him a question but never got to.  What happened was the kid who was sitting next to me went right up to Henry Winkler and said something like this "I don't know who you are but I can't wait to find out".  It was just one of those moments where you had to be there and see it happen because it was so random and hilarious.  Henry Winkler told the kid to get in the picture with me and him.  I think he thought me and the kid were related.  I thought it was kind of funny.  I didn't mind that I didn't get to say anything to Henry Winkler.

That was the end of my adventure for that day and it was a great one.

Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Back To The 80's with Rick Springfield

July 9, 2011 was a day that can be described as very long.  You would think that description is strange because that day I got to meet Rick Springfield at his book signing.

My day started at 2:30 am when I was driving to the Barnes and Nobles in Carle Place to wait until the book store opened to get a wrist band.  I wasn't to familiar with Rick Springfield so I didn't know how many people would show up or how early they would be there.  I can tell you that at 3am no one was there except for me and my dad.  He thought I shouldn't be going by myself to a book signing at 3am by myself. Lame right?  Okay maybe if your a parent you would agree with him but still I figured I could handle it on my own.  I came to accept him following me in his car because when I parked I went into his car and tried to fall asleep.  I have an old car so it really isn't comfortable to sleep in.  To my surprise my dad was the first one to fall asleep.  What sucked is that I felt like I had to stay awake and wait to see if anyone else was coming that wasn't so bad, but the part that really sucked was my dad's snoring.  I'm not going to lie it was annoying and after reading this I may get a small talking from my dad about why I wrote about this.  Well dad my response to that is you told me to start a blog about my adventures and this was part of it.  I would even try to put the radio on louder but even in his sleep he would reach for the dial and lower it.  Not cool dad!

After about 3 hours passed I eventually fell asleep.  I was kind of in a daze because I was exhausted so I really didn't know what time it was.  All I know I fell asleep for an hour or less and it was now 7am.  I saw my dad outside of the car and in front of the Barnes and Nobles talking to some people standing outside in front of the door.  I had no idea what my dad was doing but after the people walked into the store my dad started waving for me to come over.  I asked him what was going on.  He told me he spoke to some people who worked there and told them we had been sleeping in our car for about 4 hours waiting for a wrist band.  Let me tell you this has never happened and I never expect this to happen again, but a young lady walked out and handed me a wrist band.  I was shocked.  Normally they make you wait until the book store opens.  Still I was glad because this meant I could go home and back to my comfy bed for a few more hours of sleep.  I will be honest I really enjoyed those few hours of sleep.

Around 12:30pm I figured I should get to the bookstore a little bit early because the signing was at 2pm. I didn't care what spot in line I was in as long as I was on line that's all that matter.  I didn't arrive until 1pm and as I got out of the car I put on my wrist band.  This is when I noticed there was a number on the band.  I couldn't tell what number it was because it looked like 1 and 4.  I really didn't care at the time because I knew I had a spot on line because there were limited spots.  So I bought the book and headed upstairs to where they were lining up everybody.  I was walking trying to figure out where I was going to be in line and luckily I was walking toward the young lady who gave me the wrist band.  She put me in front of the line telling me I was first.  I had been first on lines before but this seemed different.  I got to cut people in line to be first.  Technically I didn't cut in line because we were all given a number but when you walk in front of people it kind of feels like you cut them in line.

The time really flew by fast.  I think this was the shortest amount of time I ever had to wait at a book signing because I got to go back home and get some sleep.  I did try and start off some conversations.  I was talking to a young girl and her mother. They were really nice to talk to.  I asked them what time they got on line to get their wrist bands.  They told me the line started around 7:40am.  I told them that I had been there 40 minutes before them.  I had told them I was waiting since 3am.  I think they thought I was crazy.  I didn't really mind.  I then started to talk to two other people in line Maggie and Katie.  They were cool people to talk to.  Finally 2pm had arrived and then an announcement over the loud speakers let everyone know that Rick Springfield was running late. What a SHOCKER! Not really.  Not all book signings start on time.  No one in the line was really that upset.  We then heard from some of the workers that Rick Springfield had just gotten off of the plane and was headed to the store.  I felt bad for him because you get off a plane and now you have to sign books.  If I were him I would be exhausted and would find it impossible to stay awake for the event.  I didn't know how long his flight was or where he was coming from but I figured it was at least a few hours on his flight.

Me and Rick Springfield

Me and Rick Springfield
At 2:30pm Rick Springfield had graced us with his presence.  What was really interesting is that instead of the paparazzi taking pictures first, he just sat on the table and started signing books on his lap.  In my book that is very cool.  I walked up to him and I said "You should be on Glee".  I don't think he heard me but I didn't mind.  Then I asked him for a picture and I got to take a picture with him.  He was a really nice guy.  After I took a picture with him I watched from the side lines for about a minute.  Then Katie and Maggie came up to meet and told me they had taken a picture while I was getting ready to take a picture on my phone with Rick Springfield.  I thought that was awesome.  They asked me if I wanted the picture and I said yes.  It is a really good picture too.  I'm glad they sent it to me.  Katie and Maggie if you are reading this thank you for the picture.

After that I decided that it was time to go.  After an early wake up and a good few hours rest it was a pretty good day.  I'm glad I didn't fall asleep while Rick Springfield signed my book.

Thursday, June 30, 2011

The Adam's Family on BROADWAY


The Adams Family has been on television starting in the 1960's and now in 2011 it is on Broadway.  I wasn't sure what to expect when I planned on going to the show.  Honestly I was more interested in seeing Bebe Neuwirth who played Morticia.  I have seen her on the show Cheers and I saw how she can play a dark character with humor.  I thought her to be Morticia in The Adam's Family was a great role to see her play.  The rest of the cast included Roger Rees as Adam Gomez, Adam Grupper as Mal Beinke, Heidi Blickenstaff as Alice Beinke, Jackie Hoffman as Grandma, Zachary James as Lurch, Rachel Potter as Wednesday, Adam Riegler as Pugsley, Jesse Swenson as Lucas Beinke and Uncle Fester was played by an understudy Jim Borstelmann.

When I go to the theatre I saw the gift shop and it was pretty cool stuff.  They had several shirts that had quotes the characters in the show say during the play.  Some of them were kind of funny or just plain old cool.  I got one because I thought the saying was pretty interesting it was a quote said by Wednesday.  When I went to my seat there was one thing on everybody's mind who was sitting down.  Why is it so cold here?  Well at least I think everyone was thinking about that.  It felt like it was 55 degrees in there.  I was glad I brought a sweater with me.  

About 30 minutes later the show started.  I have to say I was not all impressed with the show.  The Adam's Family on Broadway seemed to be more happy and cheerful than usual.  It seemed strange and then having a plot about Wednesday an 8 year old who wants to get married.  I know the Adam's Family is a strange family but I wouldn't expect them to let their 8 year old daughter get married.  Also Wednesday didn't have her pig tails.  In the cartoon picture for the Adam's family you can see they drew Wednesday with pig tails.  I guess this show was more for little kids than older ones.  

Jesse Swenson
Adam Riegler
Rachel Potter
Bebe Neuwirth and Me
Jim Borstelmann
Jim Borstelmann
Adam Grupper
Zachary James
Roger Rees and Me
Well after the show was over I got my stuff and headed out to the stage door.  I was glad I got a good spot up in front.  It wasn't long until some of the cast started to come out.  I have to say I was quite shocked about this cast.  I know it was late at night but I still have never seen a cast of people move so quickly in a line signing autographs trying to get out of there.  It really sucked because since they kept moving it was hard to get decent pictures.  Jesse Swenson was the first one to come out.  He seemed nice but tired at the same time.  Then Heidi Blickenstaff came out.  I don't think anyone realized who she was because she looked completely different out of costume.  Jackie Hoffman came out and she really wanted to get out of there because she signed playbills so fast like I have never seen before.  It was actually quite amazing to watch her go down the line so fast.  Then Adam Riegler came out and he seemed nice.  Rachel Potter was next to come out and she was pretty cool.  I thought she was pretty good on the show because her voice sounded amazing.  Then Bebe Neuwirth came out and before she came out we were told she wouldn't stop for pictures, but only just signing autographs.  Luckily someone next to me asked for a picture and got one so I did the same and I got to take a picture too. Jim Borstelmann came out next and he was very funny.  He actually kept coming out at random times to say hi to people.  He even came out in his make up and he was just so up beat.  Then Adam Grupper came out.  He seemed very nice and tired.  He signed everyone's playbills, took pictures and spoke to people in the crowd.  Zachary James came out and he was tall.  I wanted to ask Zachary James how tall he was but he moved by pretty quick.  About 10 minutes later the last cast member came out to greet the fans.  His name is Roger Rees and he was pretty cool.  He was very nice and calm after his performance on stage.  He did look a bit exhausted.  I was glad to get  a picture with him.

In the end it was a pretty long day, but I still enjoyed it.  I got to meet Adam Carolla and the cast of the Adam's Family all in one day.

Monday, June 27, 2011

In Fifty Years We'll All Be Chicks

June 23, 2011 Adam Carolla came to NYC to do a book signing for his new book In Fifty Years We'll All Be Chicks. I got to say after hearing that title it made me want to meet him.  I was curious about what his book was about.  So I decided to go to his book signing to see him in person and read his book.

I got to the store around 9am.  It was taking place at Books and Borders and it is right next to penn station.  I didn't know how many people would be there so I like to go early.  I figure if I'm going to a book signing I might as well be close to the front because who wants to wait in a long line.  Besides you also get better pictures of them in the front because there are less people in front of you.

The book signing started at 1pm so I had a few hours to waste before actually getting on line.  I was exhausted because I had only gotten about 4 hours of sleep.  I remember I kept trying to read the book before closing my eyes.  Eventually I realized I needed to get up and start walking around to keep myself awake.  After that failed I went to Duane Read and bought some energy drinks.  Now that really helped A LOT.  I was able to stay awake and read Adam Carolla's book.  I know this sounds like I thought his book was lame but I'm not saying that at all.  I found it quite interesting what he had to write.  Do I agree with all of it? No, but it is his opinion and everyone has opinion.  I will say the book is very blunt.  He gets to the point and tells it the way he sees it.

Adam Carolla
Well after the few hours of reading his book I decided it was time to get on line.  I was the third person on line and I was okay with that. Since there was still some waiting time left I decided to continue to read.  It wasn't a very social line to be in.  Actually to be honest there was not a lot of people there.  I'm not completely surprised because it was at 1pm on a thursday.  I figure most of his fans are just working and had no way of going into the city or leaving their job to come.  I think that sucks because if you are a fan of someone and they come to your hometown and your at work and can't go really sucks.  Also I think book signings should be scheduled later in the day.  If Adam Carolla's signing was at 6pm I bet a lot more people would show up and a lot more books would be sold.

Cowgirl Lady
Me and Adam Carolla
Eventually 1pm came around and the event was starting.  Adam Carolla came and there was only one photographer there.  He took pictures of Adam Carolla sitting, signing books and holding his book.  It literally took a minute before the line started to move.  At that time I had some time to think about what I would say to him .  So I figured it might have to do something about his book.  The title is In Fifty Years We'll All Be Chicks so I showed him a picture of the cow girl lady in NYC.  I'm not really sure what to call her but all I know is that I was GROSSED out from this image when I took the picture.  It was a 60 year old something in small underwear, boots and a hat.  That is all she wore.  So when I got up to meet Adam Carolla I said while showing him the picture "I hope we don't end up like this in fifty years".  I think he was caught of guard because it was just so random.  He took it in all good humor and he and a few of the people with him started to make some jokes.  I don't mean to be rude to this lady but at her age she shouldn't be doing this.  No one should need to be parading the streets half naked to make money.  To me it's strange and weird.

Right after that I then asked for a picture with him.  He was cool about it and I got to take a picture with him.  That was the end of that experience but in my next blog I will talk about what happened later that day in another blog.  I'll give a hint THE ADAM'S FAMILY.

Saturday, June 25, 2011

La Toya Jackson

On June 22nd 3 days before the 2nd year anniversary of Michael Jackson's death.  La Toya Jackson came to NYC to do a book signing for her new book Starting Over.  This book is about La Toya Jackson and her brother Michael Jackson.

I went to the book signing because I thought it would be cool to meet someone from the Jackson family.  I thought about how cool it would be to meet her but I didn't think about how I would get to the book signing.  I went alone to the book signing and it was in Tribeca.  I haven't been in Tribeca that much so I had no idea where I was going.  I took the subway and then I walked to the Barnes and Nobles.  I thought I would be fine getting to the Barnes and Nobles because I had a GPS in my phone.  Well I was wrong because my phone decided it wanted to be a real pain.  For some reason it couldn't find a signal and I was shocked.  That had never happened before with me.  I was just glad that even though it couldn't find a signal.  My phone had shown the map of where I was and I tried to figure it out by looking at the map and street signs.  About 15 minutes later I finally arrived at the Barnes and Nobles.  It was around 10am and I had to wait until 6pm til the book signing.

Normally I don't mind the wait.  I'm just use to it because I been doing it for about a month and a half.  I actually like having the chance to be able to read the book and talk to others on line.  I find it fun and almost peaceful. Since  I been going to a lot of the book signings I started to see other people that I have met on other lines at different places around the city.  For most people who don't go to book signings let me tell you this.  People who go to a book signing usually have been to several more book signings before the one they are at now.  Some people make a job out of it.  If you are at a book signing and see someone getting about 3 to 10 books signed then that means they usually sell them online for money.  It seems like a nice job.  You get to meet famous people and get money for your time.

Majority of time I spent on the line I was just reading and talking with others.  It really helped make the time go faster.  I was actually shocked how fast the time past.  Before I knew it the time was already 5:30pm.  I'm not going to lie and I have said this before the closer it gets to the event it really sucks.  I say that because you start to get excited because it is just only minutes before you get to see the star of the event.  Still I tried to keep myself busy so time would pass by faster.  I'm not going to lie that plan really failed.  I was still excited for the event which made time go by slower.

La Toya Jackson
Finally it was 6pm and the paparazzi were getting ready to get their pictures of La Toya Jackson.  Usually the paparazzi only have about a minute or less to get their shot before they are kicked out.  What sucked about this and this does happen is when the star of the event is running a bit late.  La Toya Jackson came 20 minutes late.  I didn't really care I just started to get annoyed about the extra 20 minutes of waiting.  When it was 6pm people in the line were starting to watch every movement to see if she was coming.  Some people would get a bit excited a bit to early and start yelling she's here.  Usually the people to walk past were either security or workers at the Barnes and Nobles.

La Toya Jackson
Finally when she arrived everyone was clapping and cheering for her.  She then sat down at the desk and let the paparazzi go crazy with their cameras.  Their minute was up and then they were pushed to the side to let the rest of us get the chance to take pictures and get our books signed.  I didn't know what I was going to say when I got up to her.  I figured I would say something about her being on The Apprentice.  So that is exactly what I did.  When I met her I said hi and she said hi back to me.  She was really kind.  I then told her "you were great on the apprentice".  She said "Thank you very much".  I then said "Have a nice day".  And she said " Thank you and you also have a nice day".  Then I left with my book signed.  I thought it was pretty cool. La Toya Jackson was really nice and talked to everyone who came up to her.  She genuinely was happy to be there.  It was a pretty good day and I was glad I got the chance to meet her.