The Best Celebrity Meeting EVER
So Journal,
As I may have mentioned, I am a big fan of Radiolab and last night there was an event at the strand bookstore in Manhattan, that I heard about on the last podcast. I decided to go, but I got out of work late and by the time I got there the room was totally packed. It was hot, and I really couldn't hear anything, and I was about to give up and go grocery shopping when I passed these two guys standing way at the back and talking to each other. And as I pass them, one of the guys says something to the other and I hear his voice. I would know that voice anywhere: it was Jad Abumrad. My heart stopped my palms got sweaty and I started to feel like all giggly and stupid. But I summoned up all of my courage and made myself go up and say hi.
And then, like in every fantasy anyone has ever had about meeting a celebrity, I was totally eloquent and fantastic. We talked about living in New York, we had a discussion about spirit photography, he told me all sort of little things about working on the show, we laughed at how terrible the sound was for the event, he introduced me to Robert Crolwich's wife, we joked about Robert's adversity to everything. At the end of our half hour chat, I finally said that I had to go (I didn't really, I just felt like I should) and he asked me to e-mail him with some of the things I'd suggested for their upcoming show about chance and coincidence and to include my phone number in case they wanted to call me. I was shocked. And Really Really Really excited.
I wrote them a long e-mail today and we'll see what (if anything) happens now.
Overall, I was so impressed with how totally great Jad was. He was funny and nice and so totally genuine. I don't know too many people who are like that in my daily life, let alone people who do not know me and have no reason to even speak to me. It rewarded me for liking Radiolab since it was what I'm sure was one of the few times that reality was just as good I had imagined it to be.
As I may have mentioned, I am a big fan of Radiolab and last night there was an event at the strand bookstore in Manhattan, that I heard about on the last podcast. I decided to go, but I got out of work late and by the time I got there the room was totally packed. It was hot, and I really couldn't hear anything, and I was about to give up and go grocery shopping when I passed these two guys standing way at the back and talking to each other. And as I pass them, one of the guys says something to the other and I hear his voice. I would know that voice anywhere: it was Jad Abumrad. My heart stopped my palms got sweaty and I started to feel like all giggly and stupid. But I summoned up all of my courage and made myself go up and say hi.
And then, like in every fantasy anyone has ever had about meeting a celebrity, I was totally eloquent and fantastic. We talked about living in New York, we had a discussion about spirit photography, he told me all sort of little things about working on the show, we laughed at how terrible the sound was for the event, he introduced me to Robert Crolwich's wife, we joked about Robert's adversity to everything. At the end of our half hour chat, I finally said that I had to go (I didn't really, I just felt like I should) and he asked me to e-mail him with some of the things I'd suggested for their upcoming show about chance and coincidence and to include my phone number in case they wanted to call me. I was shocked. And Really Really Really excited.
I wrote them a long e-mail today and we'll see what (if anything) happens now.
Overall, I was so impressed with how totally great Jad was. He was funny and nice and so totally genuine. I don't know too many people who are like that in my daily life, let alone people who do not know me and have no reason to even speak to me. It rewarded me for liking Radiolab since it was what I'm sure was one of the few times that reality was just as good I had imagined it to be.