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weaver
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Aug 16 2011, 8:25pm
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I dated a guy once who was thoroughly in awe of a particular music group whose name escapes me. So he took me to a concert of theirs one time. Now I'm tone deaf and really unaware about music, so throughout the whole show, I am sure he was regretting inviting me along.
Through a weird series of events, we ended up going to a deli someone owned, after hours, with the bass player, who was really hungry! I have no idea how we even got included in that. Anyway, everyone else was really intimidated by this guy, and afraid to talk to him, but since I had no clue, I had this great conversation with him -- turned out he was like 19 years old, really missed his family, and that life with the band and on the road was really not a lot of fun for him. He wanted to know all about what our lives were like, and seemed to appreciate the fact that he could just be a normal guy, eating a sandwich, for once.
I imagine if you are famous, the best people to talk to are people who don't know you are...it must get old being treated differently, after awhile, even if there are a lot of perks in other ways...
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weaver
Half-elven
Aug 16 2011, 8:28pm
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scientists vs. movie/tv people....
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When I met people "in power" they had sort of a power glow thing going for them, if I can put it that way. In my few encounters with celebs, they were very adept at taking charge and working with their fans -- probably as a way to control your behavior, I suppose, as some fans cross the line or are just so shy they need to be rescued!
Never met a scientist though -- did he/she act like a normal person, so to speak, or is there a "scientist-way" of handling fame?
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Aug 16 2011, 8:31pm
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It's been interesting seeing how our little community here intersects with people of fame and fortune... so far, you win the famous dating competition. I know someone here who had a chance to date Viggo in high school, but turned him down (!)
Hawaii is so beautiful...you are fortunate to call it home!
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Aug 16 2011, 8:36pm
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I'd love to meet Sir Ian, too...
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..or to just be in a room hearing him talk!
And yes, there are different degrees of fame, aren't there -- and I suppose different qualities of famous folk too...like the rest of us, some are decent, some are difficult, etc.
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weaver
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Aug 16 2011, 8:38pm
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Reading that, I thought, that would make one heck of a dinner party guest list.
You lead an interesting life, Kangi, to have crossed paths with all of those names!
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Aug 16 2011, 8:40pm
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ha, maybe we can start a club!
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Pope-Wavers Anonymous!
So, if I read your reply right, all I have to do is be connected to you in some way, and I'll meet someone famous...does hanging out with you on TORn count?
(goes off to make list of famous people to meet, just in case...)
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weaver
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Aug 16 2011, 8:42pm
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are you one of the two people who picked that answer?
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or, are you too famous for that -- ha!
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weaver
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Aug 16 2011, 8:46pm
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athletes, that's another category...
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In checking the responses, the folks who have responded have mentioned LOTR-related folks, actors, musicians, scientists, political figures and if someone mentioned athletes before I missed it!
Did you find athletes had a different "aura" than your average person? I'm not much of a sports fan, so have no frame of reference there. Reading these responses here has made me curious about how we all see and react to famous folk, I guess!
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Aug 16 2011, 8:47pm
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well, if you only met one or two...
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that's a pretty good one or two to meet. How'd you meet Louis Leakey?
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Aug 16 2011, 8:54pm
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those would all be inspiring speakers to hear, to me...
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...our little town is too far away for many national speakers of any kind. I forgot to mention that I did meet Hillary Clinton, once, since she was our Senator back then. She came to town to try to stop a dairy plant from being shut down, and was frustrated a bit because a lot of the people who showed up just wanted her autograph or a photo, and the cause got lost in the whole celebrity angle for her. She was very cool and much better at listening to people than the other political figures I've seen in action like this.
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Aug 16 2011, 8:57pm
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family members of famous folks...
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..that's a whole other category! Glad to know that these two kids were down to earth -- too bad you couldn't get them to be pirates, though!
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Aug 16 2011, 9:00pm
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I got a glimpse of that at UVM a few years ago...
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NEB was nice enough to take me under his wing, and we ended up being asked to join the table at an after lunch conversation among the presenters. It was fascinating.
Over lunch, one scholar sat with us, and I was very politically correct, IIRC, when I spoke about the LOTR films. I suppose that was like bringing up foreign cars at a US auto dealer convention!
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Aug 16 2011, 9:09pm
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They really are very down-to-earth.
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And I know a hilarious story about their brother Lucas. They go to the same camp I go to, and a long time ago they put a snake in Lucas's pillowcase - which snake he did not discover until the middle of the night! (Lucas is terrified of snakes)
And Harrison B. taught everyone a cool table-slamming game at camp (the kind where everyone bangs in rhythm and it sounds really cool). Of course he also won the award for counselors who get written up by their campers (he got written up for saying his mullet was cool  )
They're really nice kids, and super fun.
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Kangi Ska
Half-elven
Aug 16 2011, 11:15pm
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OH i forgot! I met Big Daddy Ed Roth, Inventer of the Rat Fink.
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He was a cool dude.
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Laerasėa
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Aug 16 2011, 11:16pm
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That's difficult. I've met a handful of people like Olympic medal winners (Michelle Kwan, Michael Phelps), the lead singers from Evanescence and 3 Doors Down. *tries to think of any movie people* Hmmm....oh, I met some random side character from Ferris Bueller's Day off one time. One of the policemen from the police station. He signed something for me, adding a note about staying in school.
Oh, and a slew of political people who spoke at my school's graduation various years, like Rick Perry and Rudi Jiuliani, and Barbara Bush (the Bush family was heavily involved in my high school-- George W. is famous at our school for dropping out due to low grades in the 9th grade, and there have been several other members of that family who went to my school).
I do have this story about a concert I went to once, where the opening band was some little group who won a local competition where the winners got to open the concert. My friend and I decided it would be cool if we stayed back afterwards and got their autographs; since nobody had ever heard of them, we could say that we knew them before they were famous (if they ever became famous). As it turned out, we didn't have anything for them to sign, or a pen, so we apologized to them for taking up their time, and they quickly came up with a McDonald's bandanna and a sharpie, and signed it. My friend and I didn't know how we would share it, so the singer ripped it apart and signed the other half. We thought it was kind of nice, but as we were the only person who stayed behind for autographs (as the real band was Jimmy Eat World and Breaking Benjamin, most people were probably a little more interested in them), he was probably happy to get potential "fans." That little storyalways makes me smile.
Anyway, the point of this post is that I have met a small handful of arguably-famous people.
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Menelwyn
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Aug 16 2011, 11:17pm
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I'll go with three famous people, and lots of one degree of separation people
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I have met popular scientist Michio Kaku, controversial Episocopal bishop John Shelby Spong, and Broadway star Jonathan Groff (who played Jesse on Glee more recently). I had dinner with Kaku at a school function, I met Spong at a book signing, and Groff is my cousin's former roommate and performed at her wedding.
I have lots of one-degree of separation people though. My father was a Washington lobbyist for much of his career, so he knows pretty much any significant politician from the 1990s and earlier, including Presidents Carter, Reagan, H.W. Bush, Clinton, and W. Bush. I'm also one degree from Bill Gates. I have another Bush connection of my own, as I taught one of the grandchildren of George H.W. Bush several years ago. I have work colleagues who know Rick Perry.
Beyond that there are a number of prominent scientists and writers who I have met in an academic context, but I'm not sure if they count as famous.
Thanks to the sib who directed me to this post! :)
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Laerasėa
Tol Eressea
Aug 16 2011, 11:22pm
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You're welcome, and glad to see you back :)
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Always jealous of that Groff connection...I wish I could see him sing!! 
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weaver
Half-elven
Aug 16 2011, 11:22pm
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well, if your mom is still booking trips with Harrison Ford...
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..I'd like a seat next to him, please!
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Half-elven
Aug 16 2011, 11:25pm
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Well, so far you are the only one who can make the famous poker player claim!
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And I am going to print out that list of famous athletes and tell my Canadian sports loving son I know someone who met those folks -- ha. Always fun to watch his head explode when he finds out "mom" has any connection at all to the things he follows...thanks!
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Aug 16 2011, 11:27pm
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...what famous people have met other famous people..
Or, a variation on that which I used to play with a good friend...what famous people would you invite to a dinner party and who would you seat next to whom?
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Half-elven
Aug 16 2011, 11:28pm
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Harrison Ford has made the list twice now...
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Not sure that means anything, but since I like Harrison Ford I thought I'd point that out...
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Half-elven
Aug 16 2011, 11:30pm
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Ok, you and Kangi need to go the Arena on this one...
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Between the two of you, you each have come up with the most interesting list of famous folks for any one person to have encountered.
Any anecdotes you want to share from meeting any of those folks? I'll tell you my "meeting Dan Quayle" story if you tell me yours...
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Aug 16 2011, 11:33pm
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And I bet the guy in your band story is telling stories about those two very nice fan girls to this day...hope they get famous!
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Half-elven
Aug 16 2011, 11:36pm
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A scientist, a bishop, and a Broadway star walk into a bar...
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...or rather, in this case, into Menelwyn's life...
I'd count the scientists as famous, even if they aren't the household names like Carl Sagan or Stephen Hawking.
So, who's more fun -- political famous people or scientist famous people?
And welcome back from me too -- good to see your name around here again!
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