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Apr 05, 2007 23:28

so today, i was really excited.
i was about to see giada de laurentiis at barnes and noble.



see, when i was like ten, i began my love affair with the food network. i was a huge fan of good eats, this show that gives a nerdy look to food, and that host, alton brown, came to barnes and noble that same year i think, and had a question and answer session. little old me asked him a question.
i still remember it.
he answered nicely, and signed my book.
i was so excited.

now, i still love the food network.
love it.
it takes my mind off of things, or provides me with entertainment in a different medium. feeds me when i'm not hungry, in all things food.

but as we got to barnes and noble, we saw the parking lot full. people had parked in spots that weren't allotted for parking. the parking for the chili's was full. the parking for the raceway was empty because i think they had a rule.
me and my mom drove to the neighborhood behinds the barnes and noble. the streets were lined with cars of all sizes. we got a spot in the backed, and braved the winds to get to the store.
it was packed. there was a rule that you had to buy a book, get a wristband, then get in line to have her sign it.
what a rip-off. she wasn't even going to talk.

so me and my mom skipped out.
we were not buying a $29.95 book just to stand in line for two hours to get a lousy, illegible signature. even if she was pretty and pronounced things all authentically italian.
so while my mom went to take a look at her, and see if she was real and not like, a cyborg (my term, not hers)
i went back in the boondocks, the forbidden section that i visit and don't tell anyone.

i navigated my way through the working of people snaking through the aisles, shooting me dirty looks as i sweetly said excuse me! sorry! thinking no! i'm not trying to cut you i promise!

and so i took this one book and wanted to buy it and held it close to me and then took out another large book, like my history textbook in thickness and twice its size in length. and i flipped through the pages and was quietly astounded while i listened to others alternately complain about how they had to stand so long to see her and extol giada's virtues.

i love annie leibovitz's photos.
astounding.
maybe that's why the essay on photography was the one i loved the most on my english midterm.

i saw in the apple store while they diagnosed my ipod that olympic photographer vincent laforet uses a mac to edit his photos//upload them.

i wish i could do that for a living.
getting paid to shoot apolo anton ohno.
or shoot anything, for that matter.

i wish what i wanted to do with my life paid a little.

omgz gina glocksen was voted off american idol.
damn sanjaya.
ruining it for all us indians.
though he's got a sweet demeanor.
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