Close Encounters of the Celebrity Kind: Surprise Vegas Edition
I enjoy celebrity stalking as much as the next person, but I think the best kinds of celeb encounters are the ones that aren’t planned and that take you by surprise. This happened one other time in my life and it was so exciting.
I like to use the Bengal Tiger metaphor. If you saw one at the zoo, it would be neat but not as thrilling as if you happened to see one walking down the street. When we were in Vegas a few weekends ago, we were lucky enough to have such an experience! (Celeb sighting, not tiger in case my metaphor was confusing as I’m not really great at metaphors.)
We came out of our hotel and began walking down the strip. We were on our way to the casino next door to our hotel because they had $5 blackjack tables (without skanky pole dancers). As I’ve explained before, I am not much of a “high roller” so we had to actively seek out the bargain (and skank-free) tables. Just as we left the hotel, we noticed a van parked on the little side street and a bunch of people with cameras setting something up.
Of course, my celebrity radar went off. I’ve been on enough stalking expeditions to know the signs of a potential sighting. We slowed down and tried to get a look at who was there and what they were filming.
Brad asked, “Hey, doesn’t that guy look familiar?”
I agreed. He did look familiar and even if he wasn’t famous, he was cute. So we stuck around a little longer to try to figure out who this mystery guy was.
We noticed he was standing with two other guys wearing the same disheveled looking suits. We couldn’t get a good look:
Then the guy with the curly hair turned around and we immediately knew who it was!
It was the cast from Glee!!!
Actually not the whole cast because it appeared that just the guys were there. This was fine by me.
Note: I actually do really wish the female cast members were there because I adore Jane Lych-who is also on the show Two and a Half Men and played in Role Models. I would have loved to have met her and tell her that she is HILARIOUS, but it just wasn’t meant to be.)
Confession Time: I hate to admit this, but I’ve only seen one full episode of Glee (the premiere last spring) because it comes on Thursday nights. I really liked it, but my tivo is already about to explode from everything that it has to record on Thursdays. I just didn’t think that I could add another show. I am sensitive to my tivo’s needs and realize that the tivo-owner relationship is a delicate one so I never want to do anything to upset it. I am clearly an idiot because everyone but me seems to watch and LOVE this show!! All I ever read is Glee, Glee, Glee and how awesome it it is. I feel so out of the loop.
It didn’t matter that I had no idea what the character names, or even better, the actor names were. I still couldn’t pass up the opportunity to sneak over and ask for a picture when the guys weren’t busy with the photoshoot.
First I went over to the main teacher guy. After a quick imdb search, I know that this is Matthew Morrison (who plays Mr. Shuester). He was incredibly nice and seemed happy to oblige me with a photo. I asked the guy that was standing with him to take the photo because Brad was off hiding around the corner. He didn’t want to participate in this stalking endeavor. Anyway, it turns out that the guy that I asked was the photographer for the shoot so he made a joke about the fact that a professional was taking our photo. He was quite charming.
Please don’t look too closely at me. I was pretty much up the entire night before so I’m looking very rough in this shot. Instead, look at this adorable creature standing next to me. OMG–I’m totally crushing on Matthew now!! I just love guys with curly hair and that whole messy tie look is just so sexy!!
I didn’t say much to him other than “Hi, do you mind taking a quick picture with me,” because I was scared that he might start quizzing me on his name, the show or some other information that I didn’t know. Look people, I can only be obsessive about so many things and with Ryan Gosling and Twilight, I’ve already got a lot on my plate. So, I just said “thanks” and got the hell out of there as quickly as I could.
I then approached the tall, cute guy we originally noticed at the beginning of this adventure. His name is apparently Cory Monteith and he plays Finn on the show (once again, thank you imdb). He wasn’t as friendly as Matthew. He actually seemed a little shy. Who cares? He’s tall and cute!!
Unfortunately, I was not able to get a photo with Mark Salling (plays Puck on the show). I know, I know…tragic!
I tried, but he had this girl with him that kept shooing away all the female fans. I don’t know who she was but I immediately HATED her with every fiber of my being!!! She was preventing me from getting close to this:
How adorable is he!?!?!?!
[Rant Alert (sorry but it has to be said): I'm still a little annoyed by the fact that he didn't seem to want to be approached by fans. I try to keep in mind that he may have just been having a terrible day and wasn't in the mood. And of course if that is the case, I totally respect that and believe that he has the right to not feel like taking pictures, doing autographs, etc.. However, I can't help but think that maybe he just didn't want to be bothered by it and that is UNACCEPTABLE to me. Because if Ryan FREAKING Gosling can sign autographs and take pictures with fans for almost an hour after his show, I think you can suck it up and do the same thing. Because even if Glee is a good show , it is NOT The Notebook!!! End Rant.]
I can’t wait to see the photos they took outside the hotel! If anyone comes across them, please send them to me. They will look something like this (but way less dorky):
Do you watch Glee? Who is your favorite guy on the show???
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OMG! That is soooo cool. I LOVE Glee. Lucky duck!!! You got some great pictures. I miss my Glee too…dang baseball!
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YOU are lucky. i wanna pic w matthew..he’s my fave. so adorable. those other two youngsters should not get all snooty and crap, cos it’s not like they’re super famous…and it’s the fans who make them as popular as they are now.
why does this stuff never happen to me when i’m in vegas? lol
p.s. Glee is GOOD. you are missing out ;0) tho i didn’t like 1 episode. i wanted to b*tchslap someone for that episode lol
p.p.s. looks like those ‘boys’ have been up all night, too hehe
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i don’t watch Glee… But how fun for you!
Who is next on your list?
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OMG- that’s all I can type now! JEALOUS!
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OMG so cool you are like a celeb magnet! I was on vacation when you post you Ryan picts from concert Holy crap are you sleeping in that sweater? Can you still smell him!
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I only watched the first few episodes but I was a huge fan of the teacher…you’re so lucky!
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I Love Glee! And I it’s on Wednesdays, so check your Tivo list for Wed. And if you can’t find room on Tivo, you can watch all the episodes on Hulu.com. I love Hulu so much! I don’t have Tivo, so Hulu is how I keep up with several shows I miss regularly.
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OMG! Did you just hear that GASP! ‘Cause that was ME!!!! As if I wasn’t bummed enough already that you were in Vegas after I was… now you tell me you saw the guys from Glee.
I think more tragic is the fact you don’t watch the show! It comes on Wednesdays, not Thursdays. Get yourself to hulu.com and catch up on the episodes. Do it NOW… it is my favorite new show.
Ok, back to the hotties…
I’m crushing on Matthew Morrison, too! He is adorable. And he has some wicked awesome dance moves.
And I may…or may not… follow Cory Monteith on Twitter. If I did follow him, I would have seen this twitpic of Matthew he sent: http://twitpic.com/mz0yi
Of all the celeb sightings you’ve had, this one makes me the most jealous!
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Watch Glee all the time — Can’t watch it live either though — but… if you go to the GlobalTV (or whatever station it is on there) website, you can watch it – they post the episodes a day after they air. You can also find them on youtube and megavideo.
Favorite – definitely Finn. Popular kid with Geeky desires!
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i don’t even have a tv. i watch glee on hulu.
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Ohhh so jealous! Matthew is definitely my fave!
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confession time: I do not like Glee!!! I tried to watch it twice but I just didnt care for it.
I hope you had a fun trip—and also my US Weekly magazine reports this week that Ryan is still pining for Rachel……:D
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okay do me a favor and please hulu glee right this second. my dvr is full on wednesdays too so i watch it online on thursdays and seriously it’s one of my favorite shows this season. it is so fun and ah, love it. and um love that you met the guys! and yay for matthew morrison being so nice, love it even more. and the other two are just adorable and cute but boo on puck for not taking pictures when the two other guys did who are even bigger on the show than he is, sheesh.
anyhoo, nice celeb run in, woo!
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*SQUEE* Love, love, LOVE the boys of Glee! Thanks for letting us fangirls live vicariously through you.
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I do watch “Glee”…. and love it! And guess what?? It comes on WEDNESDAY NIGHT not Thursday! And I just can’t pick a favorite guy….. I really do love them all!
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SueMac in the Psych Ward Reply:
November 6th, 2009 at 10:37 pm
Oh, and I’m trying so very hard to hate you right now, but can’t…… I seriously love you way too much! Damn it!
SueMac in the Psych Ward´s last blog ..Why Does a Tiger Yell War Eagle?
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OMG OMG OMG OMG I have so much to say. FIRST you must start tivo-ing immediately – it is my favorite show. Second, Mark Salling (”Puck”) the hot one, is REALLLY SHY that’s why he seemed aloof. I saw him interviewed on the wendy Williams show and he barely could make eye contact and kept calling her “ma’am” cuz he’s from Texas. HOW CUTE. Also – Mr. Shue will grow on you after a few episodes cuz he’s an awesome dancer so i have a developing crush there too.
Hot boys, i am telling you.
Puck Puck puck. I wanna do something that rhymes with your name.
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found it for ya:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olHeryi83go
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