movie star watching a movie



so my mom is in town and felicia and i decide to go on a date! yipee! we start off by going to this place called memphis barbecue house - we ran into some good friends, we sat at their table but they had already paid the bill. the waiter was like, "what's going on here? i've got 3 groups waiting!" so that pretty much set the tone - he completely hated us from that time on. but the food was amazing - i love me some southern cooking. we had tons left over which will make a nice snack over the next couple of days.

next stop - a movie. we went to see 40 yr. old virgin starring steve carrell. as i'm standing in line, i glance over and there's a guy who looks a lot like robin williams. he is as short as me but really really well built. he stepped out of the line next to me to walk over to the cooler and get a couple of cokes. as he does this 3 people get into his line ahead of him. now he's really far back, but the guy at the back saw that he had been inline before so he let him go in front of him. the williams look-alike said "oh, thank you." when he spoke i knew it was him! when we were right next to each other i asked him are you robin williams. he said yes i am. i stuck out my hand and he shook it. i kind of leaned in like i was in on a big secret and said, "i'm a huge fan of your work." he said, well thank you. he was seeing the brothers grimm. then i asked him if vancouver was treating him well, he said, "oh, very well" with a smile and a friendly twinkle in his eye.

he ordered his stuff and was off. i was totally pumped whn i got back in to the theater with my ice cream bar!

robin william - woopee!!! that's 2 movie stars in 2 weeks!!! and these guys aren't lightweights - samuel l. jackson and robin williams are two HUGE stars.

the movie was funny too.

nice having mom around - she does a lot of stuff for adam. we gave adam the gifts we got him today - today he is 1 yr. old!!!!

big party for the little man tomorrow - can't wait! it'll be the first time we have a lot of our friends together.

tell you all about it tomorrow.

"carpe diem" my friends.

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