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Originally posted by dtb
**This happened to me once, and I was MORTIFIED. Luckily, it was just at a small brunch at a friend's house -- it's not like I randomly approached her on the street, but still. I made some lame attempt at covering by pretending that she looked a lot like someone I knew. I cringe every time I remember that incident. How uncool.
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Dtb's little incident made me think of the time that I met Leonard Cohen. I'm afraid he is and always will be #1 on my laminated crush list (not sure why, because he's old now and never was hot - it's kind of inexplicable). Anyway, I was at a little cafe on a beach, looking pretty good (if I do say so myself) in a bikini, and he was sitting at the table behind me. I was with my little sister and when I realized it was him I couldn't even articulate. It was dreadful. She told me that I'd better talk to him or else I'd be whining about it for the rest of the vacation. Anyway I got a napkin and a pen from her and got up on rubber legs and went over to him and then I couldn't even talk.
I think I managed to say something silly (don't remember what it was) and thrust out the pen and napkin and of course the pen barely worked. And all I remember thinking is that his current squeeze Rebecca de Mornay, this actress who barely before registered on my radar screen, was looking particularly bitchy and staring at me, and I wanted her to die. Anyway, after he scratched out his name, I said thank you and got back to my table. I felt like such an idiot. So uncool.
