I was at work today, just hanging out with the other interns, maybe writing something up, when all of a sudden an unfamiliar MALE face appeared at the door of the office. We truly have no men at work, all women, so the sight was a little alarming. I looked at him and I noticed that his hat said "COEXIST" in the funny symbols that make it recognizable as a peace kind of message. I know what it is because I have it as a bumper sticker, which is what I told him when I complimented on his cool hat. He goes, "Oh you have the bumper sticker, you should get the hat." I replied, "Yeah, I probably should." Then he asked me if I voted and I assured him that my absentee ballot for Obama (who was pictured on my shirt) had be sent in weeks ago. It was a sweet banter, the kind of thing that is so casual, you don't really pay to much attention to it unless your conversation partner turns to leave and you realize that he played "Cheese" in "Gone Baby Gone"!!!!!!
He left and I said, "Wait a minute here. Did anyone else recognize him." Of course, no one did, but I'm not only avidly obsessed with movie people, but I have seen that movie only 100 times, mostly because it's good but also because it's on HBO all the time. I know Cheese. I could pick him out of a crowd anywhere. I was fucking thrilled. This was big time stuff. I mean, it was a bit part, and he's not very famous, but it was amazing and incredible anyway. I was kicking myself for not having the guts to be like "Hey, I know you from somewhere..." which is what I wanted to say all along, but what can you do? Moment passed.
Well to make matters worse, I further checked into his acting stats when I got home later this evening, and I saw that he's got yet another bit part in another HUGE FUCKING MOVIE. The following information has yet to be blogged about for a number of reasons, but, as it turns out, I'm an enormous "Twilight" fan. It's a book series about vampires, and it has become like crack in my life. I'm tearing through the books with passion, trying to finish them by the time the MOVIE comes out on the 21st of this month. Well guess the fuck what? This guy I met--Edi Gathegi--is in the fucking movie! So basically, I've been obsessing over this movie/this book/this cast for the last 2 weeks and I had my brush with it this afternoon and didn't even get to communicate the obsession. Now, everyone might say that this was for the best, and that I'll have another opportunity to convey obsession to an actor/actress in the future, but for now, this was a Big Fucking Deal and I feel like I barely capitalized on it.
Then again, I am forcing fellow workers to celebrate Leonardo DiCaprio's birthday with me next week... so I could be on the right track to reproducing such a fanfare moment.
Anyway, that's all that's been going on over here. Congratulations Barack Obama. We have hope. It's been a long time since that emotion has crept up.
