kotov Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 Oh and I also met the current Oregon governor and talked to him for a few minutes. Not sure if this counts as meeting but I saw the Beach Boys several years ago and the Eagles' live performance last year. This is completely irrelevant, but I love anhingas! They're one of my favorite waterbirds. Kleio_77 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoggyAnhinga Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 This is completely irrelevant, but I love anhingas! They're one of my favorite waterbirds. Haha thanks they're one of my favorite birds too (I especially love the way they swim). I wish I could meet some famous birders like Kenn Kaufman or David Sibley! Oh I forgot, I met Yo-Yo Ma a few years ago in the backstage after his concert. kotov, FoggyAnhinga and Kleio_77 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
museum_geek Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 I made Ted Danson a sandwich when I worked at a deli in Martha's Vineyard for a summer. So I guess that makes me a celebrity chef? educdoc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidwesternAloha Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 I've met a lot of musicians. I've met Josh Turner twice (he signed my guitar and even played a little tune on it) Blake Shelton a few times, Nickel Creek, oh and all the members of Reo Speedwagon. When I was a waitress at a five star restaurant, we had a lot of CEO's of multinational corporations as regulars. Most of them are complete jerks. My goal is to meet the current Pope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demeter Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 (edited) I've met a lot of musicians. I've met Josh Turner twice (he signed my guitar and even played a little tune on it) Blake Shelton a few times, Nickel Creek, oh and all the members of Reo Speedwagon. When I was a waitress at a five star restaurant, we had a lot of CEO's of multinational corporations as regulars. Most of them are complete jerks. My goal is to meet the current Pope. I love Nickel Creek! I heard Josh Turner was a really personable person. My aunt met Trisha Yearwood. My mom had her hair done regularly by Vanilla Ice's then-girlfriend in the 1990s. Anyway, I've met Sylvia Browne (long story on that one…), Jessica Valenti, three Govs. of my state, and was once in the same room as Sarah, Duchess of York. I have this list of people I really appreciate in the world that I never ever want to meet. I know that I would go knock-kneed and clammy-palmed. Margaret Atwood is on that list, as are a few other authors and academics, and famous people. God help me if I ever have to string two words together for anyone on that list. I suppose I'm the opposite to most people, in that sense. I turned down the shot to potentially meet Meg Cabot, and I do regret that, though. Although I am sad that I've not met many notable people. Famous people are scare around here. I do also have this problem where I think that random scholars or speakers are famous, and they're not and people laugh at me. Edited March 2, 2015 by Demeter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidwesternAloha Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 I love Nickel Creek! I heard Josh Turner was a really personable person. My aunt met Trisha Yearwood. My mom had her hair done regularly by Vanilla Ice's then-girlfriend in the 1990s. Anyway, I've met Sylvia Browne (long story on that one…), Jessica Valenti, three Govs. of my state, and was once in the same room as Sarah, Duchess of York. I have this list of people I really appreciate in the world that I never ever want to meet. I know that I would go knock-kneed and clammy-palmed. Margaret Atwood is on that list, as are a few other authors and academics, and famous people. God help me if I ever have to string two words together for anyone on that list. I suppose I'm the opposite to most people, in that sense. I turned down the shot to potentially meet Meg Cabot, and I do regret that, though. Although I am sad that I've not met many notable people. Famous people are scare around here. I do also have this problem where I think that random scholars or speakers are famous, and they're not and people laugh at me. Josh was great. He's kind of dorky, but in a charming way. Glad to see another NC fan!!! Also, you turned down...the author of Princess Diaries? What is wrong with you? Just kidding And- for what it's worth, I omitted "Mary Dell Chilton" from my first post after realizing most people probably wouldn't know/care who she is, unless they followed agricultural/microbiological science for the last thirty years LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BiochemMom Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 Fighting Temptations was filmed in my hometown and in high school I waited tables at the only restaurant. The cast came in several times. I have a menu with autographs from Cuba Gooding Jr., Beyoncé, and Rue McLanahan from one night I was their waitress. I randomly met Andy Dick in a mall. My brother in law details Usher's car and I met him several times as a kid--he was such a sweet person. That's all I've got. CFBrown 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VulpesZerda Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 (edited) Jerry Remy, the Red Sox announcer. He is so short, that when I went to give him a high-five, I accidentally smacked him in the head somehow. I've met members of many of my favorite bands, but they're not famous enough, I don't think (unless anyone here likes Saves the Day, Motion City Soundtrack, Valencia, or Say Anything!) My hometown Walmart was once graced by the presence of Beyonce. I don't know why she came to my weird, small, random town, but she did! I wasn't there, though... Edited March 2, 2015 by VulpesZerda Kleio_77, Mr. Impatiently Waiting and museum_geek 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maelia8 Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 I've met Ursula K. Le Guin at an intimate reading and book signing with 30 people. It was amazing. She is one feisty and awesome old lady and I just can't get over how lovely she was. random_grad 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
museum_geek Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 (edited) Jerry Remy, the Red Sox announcer. He is so short, that when I went to give him a high-five, I accidentally smacked him in the head somehow. I love the Rem Dawg edit: Here's another Remy/Orsillo classic: Edited March 2, 2015 by museum_geek Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VulpesZerda Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 edit: Here's another Remy/Orsillo classic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufSQMXLO95w Seriously so hilarious! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Impatiently Waiting Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 Jerry Remy, the Red Sox announcer. He is so short, that when I went to give him a high-five, I accidentally smacked him in the head somehow. I've met members of many of my favorite bands, but they're not famous enough, I don't think (unless anyone here likes Saves the Day, Motion City Soundtrack, Valencia, or Say Anything!) My hometown Walmart was once graced by the presence of Beyonce. I don't know why she came to my weird, small, random town, but she did! I wasn't there, though... Saves the Day is great! Maybe I'm biased, but I would consider them celebrities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VulpesZerda Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 (edited) Saves the Day is great! Maybe I'm biased, but I would consider them celebrities. Wooo! They're my absolute favorite. I've met Chris Conley several times over the years and he is so cool. All you gotta do is wait by the tour bus after the show. Stalkerish? Maybe, but it works Edit: I forgot in my original post, that I had the chance to meet with Suzanne Corkin, the professor who studied patient H.M. (psych nerds, you know!!!) Edited March 2, 2015 by VulpesZerda Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidwesternAloha Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 Oh! I forgot that Pat Benatar and her mom always came into the ice cream shop where I worked whenever Pat was visiting her hometown. Also, I met Don Shula when he attended a function at my church lol also, his hometown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheshire_Cat Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 I've met Jimmy Carter and Mitt Romney, and probably some minor celebrities that I have no idea who they were. I go to a church with a "celebrity pastor" and honestly, that gets sooo annoying. We were great friends and neighbors with Danny Ford when their family lived in Clemson. His kids were a little older than me, but the only other kids in the neighborhood I think. My sister is on a first name basis with Tim Tebow and a lot of the football players at UGA. Also Joe Jonas bought her donuts once. She meets everyone famous. Just goes up to them and says hi. A good skill for someone who wants to be in Public Relations. I am a lot more aloof and not paticularly enamoured with celebrities. Why would I want to go up to a stranger and introduce myself if I don't have to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crucial BBQ Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 I too also met Kareem Abdul Jamal. An ex was good friends with the Def Tones. I also knew them from around town. Cake, too. I knew Nick and Rayzen from !!!, but I don't think they are too popular of a band to count. The same ex was also friends with Green Day. Mr. Bungle used to play around Sacramento quite often. I've met Mike Patton numerous times but it was not until years later when I realized he was the same Mike Patton from Faith No More. I met Del and most of the Hieroglyphics crew long before he was famous. I also knew Sean (Slug) of Atmosphere. Speaking of Minneapolis, I also know all of the Doom Tree guys (and gal). I have also met El P. I've met David Saderis and George Carlin when I worked at a theater in Boston. Name a professional skateboarder from Nor Cal and I most likely either skateboarded with them or partied with them. gk210, sociologo and CFBrown 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uselesstheory Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 I've met Ursula K. Le Guin at an intimate reading and book signing with 30 people. It was amazing. She is one feisty and awesome old lady and I just can't get over how lovely she was. Super jealous. I forgot to mention that I met Nancy Pelosi when she was Speaker of the House and have an awesome photo with her...I also met Boehner and he smoked cigarettes in his Capitol office, and my coworkers and I joked he probably has a personal tanning bed in his office. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CFBrown Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 I too also met Kareem Abdul Jamal. An ex was good friends with the Def Tones. I also knew them from around town. Cake, too. I knew Nick and Rayzen from !!!, but I don't think they are too popular of a band to count. The same ex was also friends with Green Day. Mr. Bungle used to play around Sacramento quite often. I've met Mike Patton numerous times but it was not until years later when I realized he was the same Mike Patton from Faith No More. I met Del and most of the Hieroglyphics crew long before he was famous. I also knew Sean (Slug) of Atmosphere. Speaking of Minneapolis, I also know all of the Doom Tree guys (and gal). I have also met El P. I've met David Saderis and George Carlin when I worked at a theater in Boston. Name a professional skateboarder from Nor Cal and I most likely either skateboarded with them or partied with them. Yep. You win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lxwllms Posted March 15, 2015 Share Posted March 15, 2015 I met Neil Patrick Harris a few months ago in Boston. That was pretty awesome. Kleio_77 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kleio_77 Posted March 15, 2015 Author Share Posted March 15, 2015 I guess I will add more... I went to Sasquatch music festival in 2011 and met Foster the People. At the festival I made friends with someone from Spokane who was a huge Bright Eyes fan like myself, so on my drive back to Canada I stopped in his city for a Bright Eyes show and Conor Oberst crowd surfed over top of me. I helped push him along, but if I could meet anyone it would be him. I met up with this friend a year or two later in Portland to watch Desaparecidos, one of Conor Oberst's side projects. There was an after party and I met Denver Dalley and Ian McElroy from the band. Denver Dalley and I made friends and we followed one another on instagram. Ian McElroy and I goofed off quite a bit and took lots of pictures, but he kept telling me he was Conor's cousin and I did not believe him. After my trip, my bf, who is also a Bright Eyes and Desaparecidos fan, told me that Ian is actually Conor's cousin. Needless to say, no one will care about this post unless they also are crazed Bright Eyes fans. sociologo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aberrant Posted March 15, 2015 Share Posted March 15, 2015 Lunch and chat with a Nobel laureate. Friend of a celebrity chef, who is/was on CBS fairly regularly. Met Shawne Merriman (with his then-SO) once when he was still playing for the Chargers. I guess it is not my time yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busybeinganxious Posted March 15, 2015 Share Posted March 15, 2015 I was in a post office line with Skeet Ulrich once when he was apparently still very well known for Scream. I had NO idea who he was (had to IMDB his name just now)...but was looking at him out the corner of my eye as he was wearing a very unusual hat that looked as though he had cut the sleeve off a t-shirt and popped in on as a cap. He was very chatty with the post office clerk who was babbling about a picture in her daughters room. It was eventually my turn, and when I walked up she said "DO YOU KNOW WHO THAT WAS???" I said "Your daughter's prom date?" I was corrected rather vigorously. That's my closest brush unless you count an almost phone call from Paul Buchanan who was having a drink at the same pub as my now husband. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crucial BBQ Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 Yep. You win. Unless you were being sarcastic, I don't know about that...I was just some kid with a skateboard into underground music. I felt like I was stretching it a bit with my list. A few years I came up with a list of more prominent celebraties, but for the life of me cannot recall any of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CFBrown Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 Unless you were being sarcastic, I don't know about that...I was just some kid with a skateboard into underground music. I felt like I was stretching it a bit with my list. A few years I came up with a list of more prominent celebraties, but for the life of me cannot recall any of them. No I was serious! El P and Slug are pretty decent MCs. I have Atmosphere's Southsiders in the car and both Run The Jewels albums on my laptop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Richard Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 Met Paul Krugman at an ESS conference and got his autograph. The stupid things you can get away with as an undergrad... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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