{"id":621,"date":"2003-04-18T20:44:00","date_gmt":"2003-04-19T02:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lordandrei.com\/blog\/?p=621"},"modified":"2003-04-18T20:44:00","modified_gmt":"2003-04-19T02:44:00","slug":"from-the-home-office-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.lordandrei.com\/blog\/2003\/04\/18\/from-the-home-office-in\/","title":{"rendered":"From the home office in…."},"content":{"rendered":"

Reminded of this by a posting<\/a> from the one and only Happy<\/strong> (happysteve<\/a>)<\/p>\n

The Friday Five<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Who is your favorite celebrity?<\/b>
    \nGeorge Clooney<\/strong>. Good looks, Strong actor, and yet, is able to craft projects like South Park and Ocean’s 11 and see thru the Hollywood BS to make people remember art over industry.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
  2. Who is your least favorite?<\/b>
    \nA tie between Andrew Dice Clay & Judy Tenuta<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
  3. Have you ever met or seen any celebrities in real life?<\/b>\n


    \nCasual accidental meetings outside their normal place
    \nJonathan Frakes – Outside my office building
    \nDenise Crosby – LAX baggage claim after a redeye from Pgh to L.A.<\/p>\n

    Convention meetings (actually talked more than, “Thanks for the signature”)
    \nDouglas Adams (ask me about MY<\/strong> towel)
    \nArmin Shimmerman (DS9: Quark ; Buffy:Principal Snyder)
    \nAndreas Katsulas (B5: G’Karr)
    \nSteven Furst (B5: Vir, Animal House)
    \nJudson Scott (ST2WoK, The Phoenix)
    \nErin Grey (BR25th)
    \nMaurice Lamarche (Brain, and Gobs of voices)
    \nRob Paulson (Pinky, Wakko)
    \nGary Owens (Laugh in, Space Ghost)
    \nBrian Froud
    \nPamilyn Ferdin (Original voice of Lucy, Space academy, Detention)
    \nMichael Dorn (Worf)<\/p>\n

    Magicians: thru my father
    \nHarry Lorain
    \nMax Maven
    \nDavid Copperfield
    \nDoug Henning
    \nHarry Blackstone, Jr<\/p>\n

    Magickians:
    \nLon DuQuette
    \nRodney Orpheus (yeah, yeah… I know)<\/p>\n

    Concert conversations
    \nPenn & Teller. (Teller who was surprised that I’d seen him in the Asparagus Valley Cultural Society)
    \nTim Curry
    \nNeil Finn (Crowded House, Split Enz)
    \nZuzu (of the cairo cats)<\/p>\n

    Convention Sightings but no real talk:
    \nRobert Picardo (Voy: Doctor; TR:Johnny Cab)
    \nLou Ferrigno
    \nGene Simmons
    \nMatt Groening
    \nRay Bradbury
    \nTom Baker (DW5)
    \nJohn deLancie (Q)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  4. Would you want to be famous? Why or why not?<\/b>
    \nAbsolutely. Granted, I’m weird and would really go for the facade, where even when they find out my stage name is fake, they can’t find my birth name. <\/p>\n<\/li>\n
  5. If you had to trade places with a celebrity for a day, who would you choose and why?<\/b>
    \nPatrick Stewart<\/u><\/strong>. Someone who is known on site. Loved by the SF community, but has the power and backing to do projects like Jeffrey<\/em> without people batting an eye.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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