to borrow an expression from susan...aigo...
so we had another bbq at our place today...stuffed myself with all this meat, and then had to leave to meet up with my classmates to study. for some reason, i had an urge to munch on something on the way (i usually never eat while i'm driving), so i started eating some of the dried mango vanessa brought back from the philippines (soooo yummy). so anyways, i start eating what turns out to be kinda a long piece, so it's hanging from my mouth, but i don't care 'cuz i'm just driving and listening to my music and eating dried mango. i passed a few cars, but i'm not paying attention 'cuz i'm just enjoying myself, but i must've looked pretty foolish, 'cuz...i finish the mango and stop at a red light behind another car, and i kinda notice this white suv stopping to the left of me...the reason i noticed it is 'cuz it stopped a good ways behind the car in front of it, but then it started inching forward until it was in line with mine. so i get this weird vibe that the people in the car are kinda looking my way, so i stare straight ahead and hope that the light turns soon. all of a sudden, someone says very clearly over the noise of the cars i might add, "excuse me." i get kinda relieved, thinking, oh, they're just lost and they need directions. so i look over, and see john cho (the actor...yellow, better luck tomorrow, american pie(s)) staring back at me, with a cameraman sitting next to him pointing the camera at me! i involuntarily say, "oh my gosh!" and immediately turn my head away to look for a way out. i was seriously checking to see if i could possibly squeeze by the car in front of me to make a right turn and make a get-away, but there wasn't enough room and the light wasn't turning, so i resign myself to dealing with this situation and turn my head back. he asks, "do you know where the mtv movie awards are?" despite my being a mtv junkie, i can't remember where they were supposed to be, new york, or maybe la? so i just say, "i don't know." he asked, "you don't know?" and i said, "yeah, sorry," and almost immediately put my window up...i didn't know what to do, and i was so caught off-guard that i just tried to hide behind my very lightly tinted window. unfortunately, the light took another long 20 seconds to turn green, after which i took off as fast as the car in front of me would allow.
curses!! if only i had had the presence of mind to actually say something witty or something...actually, i'd really rather not be on tv, so i'm glad i didn't do anything that would get me on...though if they got footage of my driving by with a piece of mango hanging out of my mouth...well, i guess i'll just hafta watch and see.