Brush With Celebrity in a Bookstore

Okay folks, I know I haven't been blogging much the last couple weeks, and there's a very good reason for that: the Yankees are in the playoffs. Yeah, I know I could blog about the Yankee games, but frankly, a lot of people already do that better than I. So, if you want to read about the ALCS, I would heartily recommend Alex Belth's Bronx Banter, Larry Mahnken's Replacement Level Yankee Weblog, and Clifford's Big Red Blog among others. You'll find some good links there to some excellent Red Sox and neutral sites.

Beyond the baseball, not much is new - still pounding the pavement looking for work. Oh, I had an interesting occurence yesterday in the Union Square Barnes & Noble. First, while in the CD/DVD section, I realized I was standing next to Amanda Peet and another actress I kinda recognized. I then realized she'd co-starred with Peet on that Jack & Jill WB show. In fact, I remember thinking she was quite good on it, too. However, I did have to look up her name: Sarah Paulson. Anyway, nothing remarkable happened, I just always find it intriguing to be standing next to a movie actress whose naked boobs you've admired on the silver screen. Heck, let's be honest, it's interesting to be standing next to an actress whose naked boobs you've admired on your friggin' PC thanks to vidcaps and nude celebrity sites and usenet groups. They're always shorter than you expect (except John Cusack). Also, she knows Jack Nicholson and Diane Keaton - people I've wanted to have dinner with since I was about 11. So, I walk out of the music & movies area and I'm walking around the new books and then I realize I'm about to walk into Todd Solondz, the movie director (Storytelling, Welcome to the Dollhouse, et al). Then I proceeded to run into him again a couple minutes later. In retrospect, I should have spoken to him - how often do indie filmmakers get stopped by people? I could have asked him when his new one, Palindromes, is hitting the theatres. I once introduced myself to Hal Hartley at a Yo La Tengo show and he couldn't have been nicer. (Well, okay, he could have bought me a drink, hired me a limo, done my taxes, given me cash - I guess he could have been nicer. Still, he was cool.) He probably would have been happy to have me say hello. Of course, I think if I'd tried to talk to Amanda Peet, she'd have pepper-sprayed me. Man, I had no idea what an "in" place Barnes & Noble is.

Oh, I should add that I've never admired John Cusack's boobs in any medium...he's just taller than you realize.