A Modern Fan Girl in Training

[favoritebean]

What happens when you have a brush with fame? If you see a star walk down the street, do you applaud them? Ask for an autograph? Heckle them? Act like nothing is out of the ordinary? You’re supposed to act like nothing is out of the ordinary, but most people never do

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[adoptedwriter]

Last December I got to meet retired Cincinnati Reds baseball player, George Foster. He's delightful and very unassuming.
Reds Baseball players were my heroes growing up.

AW

[favoritebean]

Very cool! It's always sweet to hear when people meet their heroes, and they turn out to be legitimately nice people.

[halfshellvenus]

I got to interview Joshua Bell, during my radio days. He was a little more standoffish than I expected. The visiting bass-baritone singing the role of the Devil in Faust was a lot more fun, though I don't remember his name.

I didn't get to interview anyone I was already a huge fan of, though. Had Itzhak Perlman come around, I'm sure I would have plotzed. :O

[favoritebean]

While I didn't really enjoy the series much, I found his cameo in 'Mozart in the Jungle' be rather funny, if only because that standoffish vibe came across well.

My encounter with him was about fifteen years ago, but he was fairly nice, if not a tiny bit shy.

I've always wondered what Perlman would be like. I've never had the opportunity to see him in concert, and sadly, I don't think he performs as often now. I would have been right there with you though. He's amazing.

[rayaso]

I really enjoyed this, especially your descriptions of your fan girl lapses of cool. It would take a superhuman amount of coolness to be cool all the time, so a few episodes of uncool are to be expected.

[murielle]

Well, I had written the perfect comment, but my kindle ate it. (Shoots kindle

[sinnamongirl]

Stephen R Donaldson

squeeeeeeee!!!!! I'll fangirl for you on that one ;)

Honestly, I've always been a bit too shy to do that to people, and also at a certain point they just look exhausted in general, so I stick with the handshake and "thank you." I did, though, get all breathless and nervous when I asked Shannon Wheeler to autograph my program for his Too Much Coffee Man opera, because, well... come on. Which is weird because I'd already met him, as I'd volunteered to pass out and put up fliers for said opera, but he didn't remember me at the showing itself so there we go.

I think maybe more people should get that excited at classical music stuff? The Pox plays cello in a local symphony (symphonietta? I'm sorry, I'm not good with classical stuff actually), and when they put on The Planets with an accompanying planet-related slideshow, my friends and I made a point to squee and gush at the conductor and the astronomy professor who arranged it. Just to encourage them for the future, if not for the fact we were legit excited.