One day away, and I'm on a roll
Having learned my lesson from yesterday's blown photo-op with Carlos Valderrama, I made sure to have my camera with me at all times. It paid dividends immediately, as walking through the Olympic Park and the Fan Fest, I ran into Drew Carey! I was stopping to look at some postcards, completely randomly, when the guy at the booth was trying to buy Bayern Munich gear. The voice was totally recognizable, and the black glasses confirmed it was him. After he bought a really ugly Bayern hat and a ball, I struck up a conversation with him, thanked him for his promotion of soccer and, more particularly, the national team, and one of his camera crew guys snapped our photo. Totally random.
Figuring that was as good as it would get, I walked into the ginormous official World Cup store. I resisted the urge to buy face paint, which I'm not really sure why, and got the first in a series of World Cup souvenirs, a poster of the logo. It's not really spectacular, but it's still really cool. Now I can just leave it here in Munich until I go so I don't have to worry about traveling with it.
Leaving Fan Fest, I walked up to the top of Olympic Park to snap some pictures of breathtaking Munich. Okay, not breathtaking, but still very nice. On my way up, a camera crew was doing a TV spot. Upon walking closer, I noticed that the microphone said ESPNHD and, sure enough, it was Rob Stone doing a promo for the World Cup nightly show.
Guess which one's not wearing makeup.
Anyway, I joked around with him after one of his takes, saying something like "I thought you worked from the back room in Bristol, Stoner." He was quite friendly, even after I dropped a "You're the second most famous person I've met in the last 15 minutes" on him. After a quick talk about Tucson, the upcoming US games and the strong pre-World Cup production work done by ESPN (which he claims to have no role in), we took a picture together and I hoofed to the top of Olympic Park for some nice but ultimately unmemorable photos and views. Yesterday, it was Valderrama. Today, Drew Carey and Stoner. Depending on your viewpoint, my celebrity sightings are getting more or less impressive by the day. Of course, Joe is off to Dusseldorf for the Tool concert tonight, so he missed out on everything. Sucker.
posted by b @ 3:53 PM
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Bryan, this is a far cry from rotting in the stuffy newsroom. Have the time of your life.
Bryan, this is a far cry from rotting in the stuffy newsroom. Have the time of your life.
Bryan, this is a far cry from rotting in the stuffy newsroom. Have the time of your life.
Could Drew Carey look anything more like Drew Carey in that photo? I thought the glasses-and-flat-top thing was just an act for the TV show, but I guess not. I hope you took that opportunity to a) rip him for his love of improvisational comedy (Who's line is it anyway?) and b) asked him if he ever hooked up with that Kate girl from his show (hot!). You'd be proud -- just got back from LA, where Chris and I (among other things) went to 3rd Street in Santa Monica, went to the Adidas store, and bought him an authentic FFF jersey. Blue. Fabulous. I passed on the adidas t-shirt that just read "Muhammad Ali" on the front. Passing on it was a huge mistake: I could just see the interaction with people on the street---
Random Woman: "What an interesting T-Shirt! Do you like boxing? Islam?"
Me: "No, ma'am, I have parkinson's disease. Just trying to support my boy."
Off to go pick up Pat, who's flying in for a Padre game at PETCO. He's bringing GAME-WORN OKLAHOMA STATE BASKETBALL SHORTS! More on that later!
You'd be proud -- just got back from the factory outlets in Casa Grande, where I went to 3rd Street, went to the second-hand Adidas store, and bought an authentic Brazil jersey. Green-yellow. Fabulous. I think I'm leading the World Cup Pool you are running, and I want to show support for the team I have winning it all. UPDATES WOULD BE COOL, IF YOU HAVE A COUPLE OF MINUTES BETWEEN NOVELS.
I passed on the adidas t-shirt that just read "Socceroos bounce higher when they do it" on the front. Passing on it was a huge mistake: I could just see the interaction with people on the street---
Random Woman: "What an interesting T-Shirt! Are you from Australia? Animals activist?"
Me: "No, ma'am, you crazy b----. Do you have parkinson's disease? I am the world's most knowledgeable soccer fan, which the World Cup pool updates would prove! ... Have a nice day."
I'm gonna watch the Marlins take it to the Padres today. Know how I know Florida will win? I will be wearing my good-luck GAME-WORN, NEVER-WASHED 1994 GARY SHEFFIELD MARLINS JERSEY. Team is 32-4 when I wear it. Did I mention it has never been washed.
More on that later!
You'd be proud -- just got back from the factory outlets in Casa Grande, where I went to 3rd Street, went to the second-hand Adidas store, and bought an authentic Brazil jersey. Green-yellow. Fabulous. I think I'm leading the World Cup Pool you are running, and I want to show support for the team I have winning it all. UPDATES WOULD BE COOL, IF YOU HAVE A COUPLE OF MINUTES BETWEEN NOVELS.
I passed on the adidas t-shirt that just read "Socceroos bounce higher when they do it" on the front. Passing on it was a huge mistake: I could just see the interaction with people on the street---
Random Woman: "What an interesting T-Shirt! Are you from Australia? Animals activist?"
Me: "No, ma'am, you crazy b----. Do you have parkinson's disease? I am the world's most knowledgeable soccer fan, which the World Cup pool updates would prove! ... Have a nice day."
I'm gonna watch the Marlins take it to the Padres today. Know how I know Florida will win? I will be wearing my good-luck GAME-WORN, NEVER-WASHED 1994 GARY SHEFFIELD MARLINS JERSEY. Team is 32-4 when I wear it. Did I mention it has never been washed?
More on that later!
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