My Brush with Celebrity...

This morning when I took Sydney to school it was POURING - I mean get the ark ready, Noah, pouring - I threw on a hat and some clothes and made the familiar trek to the school. On the way home, I looked up and saw a man coming around the corner... I thought to myself, that guy looks like Jon Voight (Angelina Jolie's father)... About that time, he approached me and asked if I spoke English... I said yes and then he asked me if I could tell him how to get back to the Hyatt... I did and he said thanks and off we went... all the while with me thinking, that guy really looked like Jon Voight!

I came home and googled him to make sure... When I saw his picture, I knew that had to be the man I just spoke with - then when I searched him and added Tokyo - I discovered that sure enough, HE IS HERE as the President of the jury for the Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF) - which, coincidentally, is being held right next door to the Hyatt and about an 8 minute walk from my apartment!

Furthermore, as I thought back and looked at the schedule of events for the festival, I realized that Patti and I had walked right through all of this the other day - I called her and we decided that we REALLY have to pay more attention to our surroundings! We usually just walk around thinking that we won't understand anything but I guess we could have been walking around celebrities all along!

I was so excited when I realized what had happened I immediately called my mom - who WAS NOT HOME!!!! AND COULD NOT BE REACHED BY HER CELL PHONE!!! The one person who would want to know this first... oh well, she finally called me a few hours later and I have been given strict instructions to walk around this area with my camera over the weekend...

So there it is... my closest brush with celebrity - since then, I have come up with many things I should have said, for instance... Did you and Angelina make up yet? or What did you get for the new grand babies? or perhaps, What country is the next baby being adopted from? or my personal favorite, Do you think Brad will ever make an honest woman out of Angelina and marry her?? All those things that you never think of in the moment!