Comments | thrihyrne: OMGOMGOMG. I was just half a foot away from Philip Glass. We had a short conversation.

thrihyrne

OMGOMGOMG. I was just half a foot away from Philip Glass. We had a short conversation.

Nov 02, 2009 15:01

I've just had a short conversation with Philip Glass, who was practicing in the music studio next door. I was lurking in the hallway as he started and stopped, then after a while the door opened. He didn't look super startled to find me there. I told him how to find the men's restrooms (he asked) and I told him how much I was looking forward to his ( Read more... )

music, rl, major squee

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euclase November 2 2009, 23:19:03 UTC

HOLY SHIT! THAT IS AWESOME!

I'll bet you were grinning and blushing. I would have been! :D

thrihyrne November 3 2009, 05:31:09 UTC

I KNOW! IT IS!!!

I was actually surprisingly composed when we talked- he was another human, being, y'know? And shorter than I was! Which surprised me. I had my crazy grinning/blushing/crazy gesticulations once I was back in the Patron Services office. :)

emeraldsedai November 2 2009, 23:33:46 UTC

OMG that is incredible! I had no idea he was here, or doing an opera, but I'm a fan of his music, and I'm very excited for you.

thrihyrne November 3 2009, 05:32:30 UTC

Oh no! Our director of Marketing would be heartbroken that you didn't know at least that we were doing the west coast premiere of his opera, opening Friday! (hint! hint!) Oh man, if only I'd known you were a fan, I probably could have arranged for some tickets. ::cries::

emeraldsedai November 3 2009, 05:43:22 UTC

I'm almost impossible to market to--I hope your marketing director won't take it personally. :D

My culture quotient is pretty well filled these days with Portland Center Stage, but I'll have to see if there's a seat I can afford for Orphée.

heartofoshun November 2 2009, 23:34:41 UTC

Good for you! Those are the moments that make life worth living, aren't they?

That's way better than me interrupting an IM chat with IgnobleBard to run to the deli and buy milk for my morning coffee and came back to tell him that I had met my Fingon the Elf on the way to the corner and he asked me for directions to the F train. (OK. OK. So mine was only my image of a fictional character, but the guy asking directions was real, tall and lithe, dark and handsome, Noldorin-looking, had Fingon's dark blue eyes and I talked with him for two minutes.)

thrihyrne November 3 2009, 05:33:35 UTC

Oooooh! Running across a Fingon look-alike is no small thing! But yeah, this was a highlight of my life. My family will get a kick out of that, lol.

mrsquizzical November 3 2009, 00:11:23 UTC

\o/

thrihyrne November 3 2009, 05:36:33 UTC

Indeed! :D
\O/

sophiamaria03 November 3 2009, 00:27:13 UTC

Wow, I'm jealous! That's like seeing Sting or Jack Nicholson for classical music-lovers! Back in the 70's, a friend gave Robert Redford directions to the Kennedy Center restaurant when she was lurking in the lobby waiting to be part of the audience for a scene in All the President's Men.

thrihyrne November 3 2009, 05:38:35 UTC

It really is! He was delightfully unassuming and I'm glad that I didn't stumble over my words or act too much like a crazy fangirl. But this was an absolutely amazing day. He was right in front of me!!!