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I know, I should have done this post 2 weeks ago for the Grammy’s, and then should be posting something about the Oscar’s tonight.

I apologize for the delayed posting of this.  But the Grammy’s happened before I started posting a blog a day!   So… how about this… I’ll do something special for you my blog readers… ready?

I’ll make this post a “2fer”.  You know, like in that one Dane Cook skit.  When he talks about people turning around in his driveway.  If you don’t know the skit, here’s the audio on youtube…

Yea… that’s the skit.  I think that’s actually pretty neat in that clip with the words and all animated to it.  Ultra creative!  My hat goes off to whoever made that clip.

The “2fer” part actually comes from earlier in that whole comedy routine where he talks about one time he wants to say something to someone and have him or her say back “Are you out of your mind”… and then he does something and they say “You REALLY ARE out of your mind!”

Any who so this, my blog reader friends, is a 2fer JUST for you!

So in honor of the Grammy’s two weeks ago and the Oscar’s tonight I’m going to talk musical artists and celebs.  Or mostly just 1 musical artist and 1 celeb.

I was thinking about these two award shows.  My first thought was I SOOOOOO want to be on these.  I think my biggest dreams in life are to be a real musical artist and as well I’d LOVE to be an actor on a TV show, preferably something comedic in nature.  Anywho my second thought was about meeting celebrities.

Quick side story:

One of my friends who resides in LA actually had a legit celeb spotting the other week…  guess who the celeb was?

Moby.  MOBY!  Ya know moby... he made that video with Gwen Stefani back in the day…

 

I think Moby is an interesting dude and I wonder what it’d be like to talk to him.

So this got me thinking, who would I want to chat with?  Let’s start with the celebs I have chatted with so far in life.  These are the celebrities I’ve crossed paths with so far:

Dr. J:  He’s a B-Ball player who used to play for the 76ers.  My sister went to camp with his daughter and so one year they had a reunion at his house.  It’s a pretty massive house and I got to go and hang out at his house and shake his hand and shoot some hoops with his kids on their very own court.  It was neat.  As well they had an arcade in the attic so all the kids went up there and played arcade games and since I was a kid, I went with all the other kids.

Kyle Massey:  He was on a show “that’s so raven”.  I met this dude cuz my next door neighbor is his personal acting coach.  So Kyle got invited to a party at their house and I got the invite too.  So I got to like stand next to him and eat chips and salsa and say “sup”, “not much, sup with you?”, “not much”, “that’s cool”.  But then again what else do you talk about?

Parker Posey: I was just an extra in a movie with her.  It was cool.  I’m working on the blog post about this.

Steven Spielberg:  Went to summer camp in maine with his kid.  I got to meet him at the end of the summer when he came to pick up his kid.  It was like… whoa… you’re Steven Spielberg!  He was like “hey”.  As you can tell my depth of conversation is lacking whenever I meet these people.

Kate Capshaw:  Kate was there at the beginning of the summer to drop off her kid.  Kate and Steven were married… so it was the same kid.  Mom drops off… dad picked up.  Here’s how I picture the convo going early that summer “Kate dear, ET and I have a lunch date the day our son is supposed to be at camp… would you mind dropping him off at summer camp and I’ll pick him up at the end?”

Chelsea Hertford:  She’s the littlest one in the show “Major Dad”.  I was in first grade with this girl.  Honestly… I remember very little of this.  I just know I have a class picture with us in it together.

The Gin Blossoms:  I got to talk with these guys because they came to play a free show at IUP.  The power blew and without any power they decided to come down into the crowd and hang out and talk.  There was free popcorn so we ate popcorn together.  When power was restored they finished their set.

So yea, I’ve met my fair share of famous peeps.  There’s more, but those were just the first few that came to mind.

Actually… how could I forget my awesome friend Brit!  We actually dated WAY back in summer of 2002 but decided we make way more awesome friends… she totally counts as a celeb too… My friend Brit was on season 8 or as they call it cycle 8 of America’s Next Top Model.  If you watch the show you probably saw her in 2007

(Brit there are a LOT of pictures of you on google images... just FYI... it's kinda freaky... i'm not gonna lie.)

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America's_Next_Top_Model,_Cycle_8

Actually look about half way down that page at the episode that aired april 4^th 2007 called

“The Girl Who Gets Thrown In The Pool”

You notice Brit’s personalities for that photo shoot were:

Innocent, Spacey, Secret Evil, Goofy

Now go over to my recordings page and look at the lyrics for song number 134 “Shape Me (You)”

“Spacey, goofy, you don’t know what you do to me

It’s secretly evil how you’re innocent and fooling”

Yep.  Can you tell where the chorus for that song came from?

 

Like I said there are other’s but maybe I’ll post about all my celebrity meet ups at another time…

It’s about a Grammy winner Oscar and a Winner I’d like to chat with

So who are my picks?  Both are ones you probably might never have guessed…  Let’s start with a Grammy winner:

Tracey Chapman

Yep.  I think she’s a fantastic songwriter.  Never have I seen a songwriter put what seems like their entire heart into their work.  I think she’s just an amazing woman and her biography is pretty interesting too.  She definitely overcame some very bleak times in her life to get where she is.  I think as well from what I’ve read and just the way she carries herself on stage, she would be a VERY personable and GENUINE human.  I don’t think there would be a fake bone in her body.  She just seems like a completely honest and awesome person!

I’ve liked her music for as long as I can remember discovering her.  I used to listen to “New Beginning” on repeat when I first got my hands on it.  But the songs on all of her CD’s are just raw emotion.  This woman is writing songs from maybe more than the heart… maybe somewhere deep within herself and her soul, no doubt.  She is writing songs from her soul’s inner core.  She writes as an outlet and not as a way to make a quick buck.  If you listen to the messages in the songs they are full of hope and inspiration and just raw passion!

There is just something different about her from any other musical artist that inspires me.  I’d love to have a conversation with her and listen to what she has to say on life.  Along with her passion for music, she has a passion for giving back… she performs often for charitable causes involving both poverty and AIDS.

Tracey Chapman, you inspire me as a person and a musician.  I’d love to meet you one day.

 

http://www.lyricsfreak.com/t/tracy+chapman/biography.html

 

Ok so the second part an Oscar winner…  Actually this one is a little less inspiration in nature and more someone that I think would just be fun to chat with!  Although don’t get me wrong, I think she’s a great hardworking inspirational person too!  But… well… let’s face it.  I had a crush on her since I first saw speed.

Sandra Bullock

I don’t know what it is about her… but she’s just magnetic!  I love her vibrant personality and her smile and her energy and let’s be honest.  I still have a crush on her.  She’s a fun actress to watch in any part she plays no matter the movie.

As well she’s a generous and giving person too!

This is from Wikipedia (I can just hear the librarians from work right “now never cite Wikipedia!!!”), but I’m sure it’s accurate

“Bullock has been a public supporter of the American Red Cross, twice donating $1 million, first to its Liberty Disaster Relief Fund and four years later in response to the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunamis.[54] In 2010, she donated $1 million to relief efforts in Haiti following the Haiti earthquake.”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandra_Bullock

 

Sandra Bullock.  I’d love to do lunch some time.

 

So there you have it.  Those are two famous peoples I’d like to hang out with and have a convo with and really get to know on a personal level.

What about you?!?!  What celebrity peeps would you like to meet and really get to know?

I’ll be honest... there’s just sooo many choices that I had the hardest time picking.  There are so many others I’d love to meet.

All this celebrityness aside…

I’m happy just sharing my life with everyone I know that isn’t a celebrity!  Every person has value no matter what they are doing in life.