It's gonna be a weird one

So I'm on the subway this morning, and there's a girl in front of me listening to her ipod shuffle. It's one of the new, smaller, square ones. Now, this in and of itself would not be at all notable, except for the fact that she was wearing said ipod shuffle IN HER HAIR. Um, what? If I could have gotten a surreptitious camera phone picture, I so would have, but there was no way. Am I out of touch? Is this how the kids are doing it these days?

Then, after I got off at Rockefeller Center, I walked through the plaza and saw a dude dressed as a banana. It was much less weird, because Mr. Banana and his friend were both A)On their way to where The Today Show tapes, B) singing "It's peanut butter jelly time," and C) Both looked barely 18. It would have been funnier if Family Guy hadn't done it first, guys. Now, if you and a bunch of friends got dressed up to do the hamster dance? That would have really been something impressive.

Still, none of that really matters, because to day is Rex Manning ALTON BROWN DAY!!!!!

Do I seem excited? I hope so, 'cause I am.

It's gonna be a weird one

So I'm on the subway this morning, and there's a girl in front of me listening to her ipod shuffle. It's one of the new, smaller, square ones. Now, this in and of itself would not be at all notable, except for the fact that she was wearing said ipod shuffle IN HER HAIR. Um, what? If I could have gotten a surreptitious camera phone picture, I so would have, but there was no way. Am I out of touch? Is this how the kids are doing it these days?

Then, after I got off at Rockefeller Center, I walked through the plaza and saw a dude dressed as a banana. It was much less weird, because Mr. Banana and his friend were both A)On their way to where The Today Show tapes, B) singing "It's peanut butter jelly time," and C) Both looked barely 18. It would have been funnier if Family Guy hadn't done it first, guys. Now, if you and a bunch of friends got dressed up to do the hamster dance? That would have really been something impressive.

Still, none of that really matters, because to day is Rex Manning ALTON BROWN DAY!!!!!

Do I seem excited? I hope so, 'cause I am.

That was SO worth it!

I sent a text lj post that doesn't seem to have arrived yet. Ah well.

Anyway, OMG. So I met Alton.

And he's awesome, truly.

I got to B&N about half an hour before the event, and it turned out to be good timing. I bought a copy of the book (I haven't done that in awhile, since I mostly get them for free. Buying one makes me incredibly grateful to those of you out there who are buying books and paying my salary. Yipe!) I am happy to say that it's a really cool book, though. It encapsulates Season 2 of Feasting on Asphalt (aka known as "The River Run.") I'd had two questions prepared to ask Mr. Brown, but after reading through the book, I'm pretty certain that his favorite St. Louis donut shop is World's Fair donuts (zyll, take note!). There was a Gaiman-like line, but it moved quickly, as he was only signing books and there were no posed photos (boo!). I was super impressed by his varied fan base, though. All races, creeds, ages, walks of life - the love of Alton crosses all lines, it would seem. I chatted with a guy on line whose 17-year-old son is obsessed with Good Eats, and his wife, a food scientist!, is impressed by the science level in the program.

After a not long-wait (only about 45 minutes or so), I finally had my turn. He looks exactly like he does on TV, only he's sporting some rather funky new specs. He shook everyone's hand and said, "Hi, I'm Alton!!" Eee. So cute. Anyway, he introduced himself to me, and told him that I loved his work, especially Feasting on Asphalt, and asked if they were going to do another season. His response? "We leave sunday."

And now a pause, so I can flap and squee. ::FLAP FLAP FLAP, SQUEE SQUEE SQUEE::

(please note that I didn't do this in his presence, but I choose to do this now, instead.)

He continued "We've traded in the bikes for sailboats and we'll be heading to the Caribbean."

Another pause as I: ::FLAP FLAP FLAP, SQUEE SQUEE SQUEE::

It will air in September. "I'm probably going to get eaten by a shark," he joked, "But there you have it." <3 him.

Granted, I was Spazzle von Spazztic of the village of Spazzington, but I so don't care. He had a whole store full of people beyond me to sign books for, and I didn't want to take up more of his time, but I'm still sort of annoyed to have gotten lockjaw. *sigh* Still, the mild annoyance is totally trumped by the fangirl glowy-ness of it all. AB FTW!

It was so very well worth it.

That was SO worth it!

I sent a text lj post that doesn't seem to have arrived yet. Ah well.

Anyway, OMG. So I met Alton.

And he's awesome, truly.

I got to B&N about half an hour before the event, and it turned out to be good timing. I bought a copy of the book (I haven't done that in awhile, since I mostly get them for free. Buying one makes me incredibly grateful to those of you out there who are buying books and paying my salary. Yipe!) I am happy to say that it's a really cool book, though. It encapsulates Season 2 of Feasting on Asphalt (aka known as "The River Run.") I'd had two questions prepared to ask Mr. Brown, but after reading through the book, I'm pretty certain that his favorite St. Louis donut shop is World's Fair donuts (zyll, take note!). There was a Gaiman-like line, but it moved quickly, as he was only signing books and there were no posed photos (boo!). I was super impressed by his varied fan base, though. All races, creeds, ages, walks of life - the love of Alton crosses all lines, it would seem. I chatted with a guy on line whose 17-year-old son is obsessed with Good Eats, and his wife, a food scientist!, is impressed by the science level in the program.

After a not long-wait (only about 45 minutes or so), I finally had my turn. He looks exactly like he does on TV, only he's sporting some rather funky new specs. He shook everyone's hand and said, "Hi, I'm Alton!!" Eee. So cute. Anyway, he introduced himself to me, and told him that I loved his work, especially Feasting on Asphalt, and asked if they were going to do another season. His response? "We leave sunday."

And now a pause, so I can flap and squee. ::FLAP FLAP FLAP, SQUEE SQUEE SQUEE::

(please note that I didn't do this in his presence, but I choose to do this now, instead.)

He continued "We've traded in the bikes for sailboats and we'll be heading to the Caribbean."

Another pause as I: ::FLAP FLAP FLAP, SQUEE SQUEE SQUEE::

It will air in September. "I'm probably going to get eaten by a shark," he joked, "But there you have it." <3 him.

Granted, I was Spazzle von Spazztic of the village of Spazzington, but I so don't care. He had a whole store full of people beyond me to sign books for, and I didn't want to take up more of his time, but I'm still sort of annoyed to have gotten lockjaw. *sigh* Still, the mild annoyance is totally trumped by the fangirl glowy-ness of it all. AB FTW!

It was so very well worth it.