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I Have Been Chosen

PJay — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 21:04:44 +0000

Randy from A Quiet Place In My Mind has graciously, albeit randomly, tagged me for what I can only assume is a Blog365 meme. Fortunately for me he changed it up a bit and instead of 7 weird facts about myself, I have to talk about the 7 most famous/infamous people that I have met. Here are the rules:

Link to the person who tagged you.

Leave a comment on their blog so that their readers can visit yours.

Post the rules on your blog.

Share the seven (7) most famous or infamous people you have met. Or go with the original 7 wierd things about yourself.

Tag 7 random people at the end of your post.

Include links to their blogs.

Let each person know that they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their blog.

“Met” shall be defined as EITHER touching or having a conversation with the “famous” individual. There is no requirement on the length or nature of the conversation. It could simply consist of “us” the un-famous saying, “Hey can I get your autograph?” and the “Famous” saying, “Not on your best day.” Any two way conversation will do….

So without further adieu:

When she first burst onto the scene for Guess, Anna Nicole Smith was one of a kind. She helped usher in the full figured model if not started the revolution. When you heard the term real woman, you couldn’t help but think of her.
She was doing promotions for Guess at the time and appeared at the Macys flagship store in Herald Square, NYC. My buddy who at the time was a buyer for Macys, let me tag along with him as we skipped the line to get our picture taken with her. She said howdy in her Texas accent and I said something to the effect of, Hi, nice to be here, nice to meet you. She put her arms around me, we posed for the Polaroid, and quicker than you can say dead guy with lots of money, she was welcoming the next guy from the line. What I took from that moment that has stayed with me to this day was – she towered over most of us that day, she had a big smile, her boobs really were huge, and she really enjoyed being in front of the camera.

If there was an Internet during my ~~Deborah~~ Debbie Gibson days, I surely would have been creepy Internet stalker guy. There wasn’t a magazine or newpaper article/cover of hers that I didn’t have. I requested her songs constantly on Z-100, and had numerous mixtapes of hers.
When she ‘hit it big’ one of the definite stops of her would be the Nassau Coliseum – right smack dab in the middle of Long Island NY. I knew this and camped out at a TicketMaster for 10 hours way back when TM had actual ticket counters. So I was able to snag 3rd row tickets roughly 3 minutes after they went on sale. Needless to say, the night of the concert was deemed Debbie Gibson day which meant spending it at the mall and then heading over 3 hours before the concert started. While we were there we heard some people talking that DG had performed her mic checks and gone back home but was now on the way back for the concert. So we immediately ran to the performer’s entrance and waited. A limo pulled up and out popped her dance team, backup singer and some other people. Another limo came and sure ebough she was in it. She took the time to sign as many autographs as she could and as she picked my picture of her out of my hands, I was smiling like a fool and said that I really enjoyed her music. She looked at me, said thanks and signed a dozen or two more pictures before being whisked in.

Back when Steffi Graf ruled the tennis courts, my buddies and I were fixtures at the US Open. We’d get general admissions tickets and then spend the day trying to sneak into the main draw courts. Fun times indeed.
We knew where all the players came through and would usually hang out by the barricades to get a glimpse of them. One year I found myself a mere 2 feet from the entrance door which was prime position to “chat” with the players as they walked by. A big roar came over everyone and I saw that it was SG. She was kind of in her playing/training outfit which consisted of a t-shirt and shorts. I don’t know if they were short-shorts or what, but her legs seemed to go on for days. And you could see each and every muscle fiber twitching as she walked. I wasn’t about to offer her my [tennis] ball to sign, so I put out a program I had and asked if she had time to for an autograph. She kinda grimaced and said in pretty decent English, Come back after my match. I thought that was pretty cool as she could have easily dismissed me, but as it turned out, we left early that day to go for gyros and fries over in Astoria.

Other than sleep, meat is probably one of my most favorite things. And there’s no better place then here to get your fill of it. It’s great for group outings since the place is pretty big and most nights there is music, so get as loud as you want.
So about two years ago I’m there with some friends and along the wall is a table of about 15, with one person on the end who’s got everyone’s attention. They were pretty much finishing up as we were seated and I caught a glimpse of the guy who everyone was listening to, but couldn’t place his face. So I turned back to my group and we started talking and catching up. As soon as the topic of money/finance came up, it hit me like a ton of bricks – that’s the guy I watch every night on CNN. We place our drink order and I go to the bathroom and on the way down the stairs, I see he’s about to head up. He notices me and I wave him up since it’s a somewhat narrow staircase. He gives me a nod as he passes by and I just blurt out, So what’s good tonight? He ponders a bit and says The sausage, definitely the sausage. I said Okay, thanks, and headed down to go and wash my hands.

Back in 1996 at the NBA AllStar game in San Antonio, I was the proverbial kid in a candy store. My buddy scored 2 press passes for the entire weekend which included locker room access. You know that commercial with the guy trying to steal the player’s practice jerseys and equipment? Yeah, I wasn’t too far from that except I was allowed to be there!!
I picked Gary Payton out of them all – Jordan, Ewing, Pippen, Malone, Stockton – because of a conversation that he was having which should never have included me, but somehow did. Basically he and another person were jawing back and forth about something, and were getting really into it. So I guess GP thought he’d end it by saying, I’ll bet ya 15 thousand dollars. At which point it all went quiet. I was roughly 4 feet away from him and just said out loud, I hope he doesn’t take it. And GP says, Oh he’ll take it. I’m like, No… He goes, Oh yeah… Then you hear, You’re on!! And then it’s back and forth yelling and screaming, before I got a chance to ask GP what he was betting on.

Jimmy Smits is a Brooklyn kind of guy. I think it was his grandmother that still lived in BK whom he would be visiting, whenever he stopped by Kings Plaza mall.
I was working in the GAP as a supervisor when he came in one day. Looked and acted just like a normal guy, wasn’t expecting the royal treatment, just out to do some shopping that day. As he was at the cashwrap making his purchase, he asked for some boxes which I just happened to be stacking – ahh the good life of a supervisor… – so I said, How many do you need? Just 2. I looked at the big pile he had and suggested he take extra since all that stuff might not fit in 2 boxes. He said, Yeah you’re probably right. And then he was off and on his merry way.

Now anyone who knows me should not be surprsed JLH is on this list. What should be surprising is that I’ve only met her once and that I don’t watch her tv show at all.
It was the year that she made I Still Know What You Did Last Summer with Brandy. They did a photoshoot for Entertainment Weekly and were on the cover and she was doing a promotion over at Tower Records near Rockefeller Center in NYC. So I called in sick of course and waited in line with about 600 other guys. At the time I didn’t have a buddy working for the store so I actually had to wait on the line. I thought for sure she would have left before my turn came but she was either a quick signer or had nowhere else to go. The article about her and the movie had a quote to something of the effect of, her being on cloud 9 and no one pushing her off of said cloud, so I wanted her to sign that page. Bigtime cheese-ots!! So I get up to the table where she’s sitting with her bottled water and pile of Sharpie’s, turn to the page and tell her how much I really enjoy that quote. She leans forward to look at the magazine and quote, and gives it ‘The Look’ – the intense gaze/stare that she does that’s meant to convey seriousness/despair. She does this for about 5 seconds and then looks up at me and said, Yeah that rocks . And I swear I heard harps playing in the background, birds chirping and a chorus of Alleluia being sung. She looked absoutely gorgeous with a capital gor. I got my picture taken with her, unfortunately we were on opposite sides of the table and those type of pictures never come out good at all.

You would think that I kept that autograph and picture but since then, 1999, it’s bounced around until I think it got accidentally thrown out. I say accidentally because while I didn’t throw it out on purpose, I didn’t really do much to prevent it from being past of some landfill.

The Anna Nicole pics though, I know I still have in a shoe box somewhere…

Random Blog365 taggage:

I Run With Scissors
Cupcakes and Icing
Champru.net
Chelsea Talks Smack
Bee in Bondi
Romeo’s Rant
Musings of A Housewife

Now to leave comments notifying them off their being tagged… Hopefully they won’t mind playing along!!

The first of many to come, I’m sure…

PJay — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 17:13:03 +0000

1. how many kids do you have or want? 1 for now. We’ll let you know about the second.
2. what is your reason? I am for having multiple kids, but don’t know if we can quite afford it.
3. private or public school? Living on Long Island means high taxes which means excellent public schools.
4. which languages will you raise them with? English, the little bit of Tagalog that I know, and Brooklynese
5. pay for college, yes or no? Hopefully they inherit my wife’s smarts and get scholarships everywhere. Otherwise help them out.
6. buy them a car when they are of age? Not sure – we’re currenltly a 1 car family and living on LI, you *need* a car to do anything. Whatever they end up with, will definitely be a used one that’s for sure.
7. how much is reasonable to spend for xmas/~~hanukkah/winter holidays if~~ you celebrate? Are you kidding? I already know I’m going to spoil our little girl. I have accepted this as fact.
8. will you buy designer clothes? Not until she stops growing. But definitely nothing at all with wording on the butt.
9. sah or daycare/ nanny? Grandma-care at our house/in Brooklyn.
10. what religion for your kids? Catholic
11. fave boy and girl name? I don’t really have any favorites, what I like changes from day to day. Right now we’re looking at Gabrielle, Hailey, Kasey, Sydney & Kelsey.
12. extracurriculars you want your kids to do, before they can choose their own? Anything sports related, though starting off by running around the cul de sac with the other neighborhood kids is definitely a good start.
13. Will all children have their own room or will they share? We have room for each kid to have their own room. Provided we stop at 2.

Time Flies

PJay — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 03:35:22 +0000

Jacked from Dylan over at Coffee House Banter:

Go to popculturemadness.com, click on the decade you turned 18, find the actual year you turned 18 and copy the top songs for that year and paste.

Then bold the ones you liked, strikeout the ones you hated and italicize the ones about which you were neutral. The ones you’ve never heard will stay unformatted.

1. Humpty Dance – Digital Underground
2.     Here and Now – Luthor Vandross
3.     I Wanna Be Rich – Calloway
4.     Ice Ice Baby – Vanilla Ice
5.     U Can’t Touch This – MC Hammer
6.     ~~Groove Is In The Heart~~ – Dee Lite
7.     ~~Vogue~~ – Madonna
8.     Pump Up The Jam – Technotronic
9.     Blaze Of Glory – Jon Bon Jovi
10. Step By Step – New Kids On The Block

I almost got my ass kicked by an entire dorm floor my freshman year in college due to over playing Ice Ice Baby. I had a boombox and just replayed the track over and over again. Between that and Momma Said Knock You Out in the spring semester, I don’t know how I made it through without a beat down!!

“Grown Up Questions”

PJay — Fri, 26 May 2006 17:38:57 +0000

“No more stupid survey’s made by high school kids.”

1. What bill do you hate paying the most?
Definitely the mortgage payment becuase it’s our highest bill!!

2. Favorite place to eat a romantic dinner?
We’re not relly the romantic dinner types. But if I had to say, I’d go with Filettos.

3. Last time you puked from drinking?
College years. Ages ago.

4. When is the last time you got drunk and woke up in a strange place?
See above.

5. Name of your first grade teacher?
Mrs Rayano

6. What do you really want to be doing right now?
Catching up on all my series finales!

7. What did you want to be when you were growing up?
A biomedical engineer

8. How many colleges did you attend before you settled on the one you graduated from?
1 – it was mainly so I could get out of my parent’s house.

9. Why did you wear the shirt that you have on right now?
Cause it’s Casual Friday

10. Gas prices! First thought?
Greedy bastids!

11. If you could move anywhere and take someone with you where would you go and who would you take?
San Francisco and I’d drag the Kiddo along

12. First thought when the alarm went off this morning?
I just went to sleep!!

13. Last thought before falling asleep last night?
zZzZzZzZzZ…

14. Favorite style of underwear?
Boxers

15. Favorite style of underwear for the opposite sex?
Thongs or boy cut

16. What errand/chore do you despise?
Laundry – we never seem to run out!

17. If you didn’t have to work would you?
Hells bells no.

18. Sex or sleep?
Depends on how tired I am.

19. Your favorite cartoon character?
JLA!!

20. Favorite non sexual thing to do at night with a girl/boy?
Walking around and taking in the sights and sounds of wherever we may be.

21. A secret that you wouldn’t mind everyone knowing?
010110101010010100101001011000110101001010010101010101001010010110101010011110010. But don’t tell anyone!!

22. What was your first car?
Cutlass Supreme station Wagon

23. Your best ‘your mamma’ joke?
Yo momma is so fat.

No really, that’s it.

24. Your favorite lunch meat?
Roast beef

25. What do you get every time you go into a WAWA (gas station)?
We don’t have WAWA’s here. But I imagine gas would be pretty high on the list.

26. Beach or shore?
Same difference.

27. Do you think marriage is an outdated ritual that was invented by people who died at 20?
No.

28. Who do you stalk?
JLH!!

29. Favorite guilty pleasure?
TCBY White Chocolate Mousse

30. Favorite movie you wouldn’t want anyone to find out about?
Bring It On!

31. What’s your drink?
Snapple Orangeade lately

32. Cowboys or indians?
NINJAS!!

33. Cops or robbers?
Cops.

34. Do you cheer for the bad guys?
Only if I am the bad guy

35. What Hollywood star do you think resembles you best?
That guy in that movie..

34. If you had to pick one which cast member of /Lost/, who would you be?
I’d rather be the person that got sucked out of the airplane just before it split up and crashed/.

37. What do you want when you are sick?
To sleep

38. Who from high school would you like to run into?
A bunch of people

39. What radio station is your car radio tuned to right now?
Z-100

For some reason there is not a 40.

41. Stifler or Oz?
Stifler. He’s got a hot mom yo!

42. Norm or Cliff?
I’d go to a different bar.

43. The Cosby Show or The Simpsons?
Cosby Show

44. Worst relationship mistake that you wish you could take back?
Running away from it all when I should have stayed.

45. Do you like the person who sits directly across from you at work?
Sometimes.

46. If you could get away with it who would you kill?
I have no desire to kill anyone, but I wouldn’t mind publicly humiliating a few…. dozen.

47. What famous person would you like to have dinner with?
Giada DeLaurentis – especially if she’s cooking!

48. What famous Person would you like to sleep with?
Pamela Anderson before her Hep days.

49. Have you ever had to use a fire extinguisher for its intended purpose?
Yes.

50. Last book you read?
Executive Orders. Again.

51. Do you have a teddy bear?
No but I’ve been called one.

52. How many times a day do you text?
3-5 depending on how bored I am.

53. At this point in your life would you rather start a new career or relationship?
Career.

54. Do you go to church?
Not as much as I would like.

55. Pencil or Pen?
Pencil extra sharp.

56. What do you think about the person who did this before you?
Joelle is swell!!