i met one of my most favorite authors!
so monday i'm at work when i get a call from my boss. i pick up the phone and she says, "killian, Susan Jane Gilman is here-"
loud gasp from me, and i immediately slam down the phone and go running to Customer Service. i start to cry as i run, and when i get there i start to slow down because i realize i don't know what to say or how to say it, should i introduce myself or does she know i've been called over. apparently she heard my gasp because as soon as she saw me approach her, tears in my eyes, she threw her arms open for a hug. i hugged her. then came the word vomit. i spilled out all the things i loved about Hypocrite in a Pouffy White Dress, that i quote it all the time and my copy is filled with underlined and highlighted passages. i told her i took pictures of myself like the ones on the cover and that i when i was getting married i went to the same David's Bridal that she wrote about. except it all came out really fast and jumbled together. but she was so cool and friendly about it. she said she was so excited that i really loved it and that it was so cool to have a real fan, and not someone who loved her because they were a friend or family. She said she wanted proof of that so we should get a picture together. i went and got my camera phone and came back, and she also wanted a picture with me to have on her phone. her husband took one of us and then she said, "give me your number so i can send it to you!" i did, and i didn't even mind that i never received it. she probably realized it wasn't a good idea to let a stranger have her number, which i totally understand, even though i would never call her. i still have the picture we took with my phone!
tony went with me to see her do a reading at Politics & Prose that night, like she said i should. she was right about most of the people there already knowing her. but they probably thought i knew her too! as i got through the book signing line when she saw me she stood up from her chair, "killian!" and put her arms out for a hug, just like she did for all her old friends.
it was really, really exciting for me.
tomorrow morning we leave for las vegas. i just need to get through the gym today, and then i am going to get a manicure/pedicure. it'll be the 4th time in my life i've ever had one, because i look at it as only being something to do to pamper myself for a special occasion. and it is my (mini) honeymoon after all.
loud gasp from me, and i immediately slam down the phone and go running to Customer Service. i start to cry as i run, and when i get there i start to slow down because i realize i don't know what to say or how to say it, should i introduce myself or does she know i've been called over. apparently she heard my gasp because as soon as she saw me approach her, tears in my eyes, she threw her arms open for a hug. i hugged her. then came the word vomit. i spilled out all the things i loved about Hypocrite in a Pouffy White Dress, that i quote it all the time and my copy is filled with underlined and highlighted passages. i told her i took pictures of myself like the ones on the cover and that i when i was getting married i went to the same David's Bridal that she wrote about. except it all came out really fast and jumbled together. but she was so cool and friendly about it. she said she was so excited that i really loved it and that it was so cool to have a real fan, and not someone who loved her because they were a friend or family. She said she wanted proof of that so we should get a picture together. i went and got my camera phone and came back, and she also wanted a picture with me to have on her phone. her husband took one of us and then she said, "give me your number so i can send it to you!" i did, and i didn't even mind that i never received it. she probably realized it wasn't a good idea to let a stranger have her number, which i totally understand, even though i would never call her. i still have the picture we took with my phone!
tony went with me to see her do a reading at Politics & Prose that night, like she said i should. she was right about most of the people there already knowing her. but they probably thought i knew her too! as i got through the book signing line when she saw me she stood up from her chair, "killian!" and put her arms out for a hug, just like she did for all her old friends.
it was really, really exciting for me.
tomorrow morning we leave for las vegas. i just need to get through the gym today, and then i am going to get a manicure/pedicure. it'll be the 4th time in my life i've ever had one, because i look at it as only being something to do to pamper myself for a special occasion. and it is my (mini) honeymoon after all.