I made an utter fool out of myself in front of one of my favorite authors (a NY times Best seller, 20 times over) not once but twice – YES TWICE. I felt like such a fool – both times.

When I met a local author at the national conference a couple of years ago, I knew I recognized the name but at that moment was drawing a blank then it came to me in a burst of mental orgasm and I blurted out, “I know you, {Finger waggling in her face, mind you} You wrote the one about the guy and the girl in the woods.” She ever so politely smiled and I could tell she was trying not to roll her eyes. (I could not have kept this a secret if I had wanted to as SJ and a couple of the Rosebuds were standing there at the time – sheesh!)

And take for instance the time Cece and I ran into CC – we (it weren’t just me on this one!) stood there like two mute idiots. I was so trying not to look at him so I was looking over my change to see if any of the quarters had states that I didn’t have for my quarter collection (Yeah, okay fine, I have a state quarter collection – if you think that’s bad – you should meet my aunt. She has ROLLS of the quarters and they HAVE to be minted at a specific place or she doesn’t want them – runs in the family – but again I digress). Cece was just as flummoxed as she couldn’t figure out where the water was on the soda machine. The big black letters on a white background with W-A-T-E-R seemed to stymie her too much. Then it got worse – how, you ask – we sat in the car, waited ‘til he came out to go back to his bus and I cranked up the music – his CD – and then ducked leaving poor Cece standing beside the car all by her lonesome. (I have told this story before but it so bears repeating – often!)

If I ever met some of my other crushes I think I might faint dead away.

I get like this w/ every person I perceive to have a celebrity higher than myself (which is just about everyone! Just hanging out with Cece is a thrill to me! Love you, hun!)

And on the phone is no better. I had to speak with a local celeb recently and had to psych myself up just to dial those ten little digits. (phone issues are a whole ‘nother topic though in and of itself =) know what I mean!) This was just Wednesday so I am still sorta reeling from the affects of nervousness overdose! It doesn’t help I had to leave a message and he hasn’t called back =)

BUT – what’s deal – I mean, they are just people. People that happen to be good at what they do, but people nonetheless.