Heck, I'm a babbling geek even when talking to non-celebrity types. I know I'd embarrass myself trying to talk to a person whose work I admired. Of course, part of the problem is finding something that's at all meaningful to say in about 30 seconds. I have to rehearse just to have phone conversations with friends, for heaven's sake.
Inara: So, explain to me again why Zoe wasn't in the dress? Mal: Tactics, woman. Needed her in the back. 'Sides, those soft cotton dresses feel kinda nice. It's the whole... air-flow.
'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
The Minearverse 4: Support Group for Clumsy People
[NAFDA] "There will be an occasional happy, so that it might be crushed under the boot of the writer." From Zorro to Angel (including Wonderfalls and The Inside), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.
Zenkitty - Oct 03, 2005 4:01:07 pm PDT #4564 of 10001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Jesse - Oct 03, 2005 4:13:07 pm PDT #4565 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I feel like talking on the phone to someone you don't know is especially weird, since there's no visual, and nothing to talk about except what you think up.
§ ita § - Oct 03, 2005 4:21:11 pm PDT #4566 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I am convinced I was dorkily fannish to AD at the premiere, by mentioning that I was traumatised by the deaths at the end of Angel. Other than that, I can back away in time to save myself.
Kristen - Oct 03, 2005 4:23:21 pm PDT #4567 of 10001
I spent many a fan event actively avoiding certain people for fear of the nervous incoherent babbling.
Cashmere - Oct 03, 2005 4:24:11 pm PDT #4568 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
I am Dorkus Surpremous--enough so that I avoid fan-type events for the most part because I WILL make an ass out of myself. I'm a stammering idiot.
Betsy HP - Oct 03, 2005 5:10:22 pm PDT #4569 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
It sounded really cool but the whole idea of a world class cyclist being forced to ride with me for an afternoon sounded really unappealing.
I would be sorely tempted to show up on a Schwinn with a wicker basket on the handlebars and streamers.
Jesse - Oct 03, 2005 5:10:30 pm PDT #4570 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
And there's no backing away on the phone!
Allyson - Oct 03, 2005 5:20:19 pm PDT #4571 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
I WILL make an ass out of myself.
I grabbed Joss by his head and yelled at him to focus.
Kristen - Oct 03, 2005 5:24:33 pm PDT #4572 of 10001
I still wish I had a camera for that.
JenP - Oct 03, 2005 5:34:12 pm PDT #4573 of 10001
I wish you had had a video camera for that.