almost famous

Many of you (if not all) have met, seen pictures of, or heard numerous stories about Shae. She was my college roommate and continues to be one of my closest friends.

She also continues to be one of the most composed people i know.
She on many occasions has, merely for our own amusement, pretended to sneeze on all the unknowing strangers around us or fake nearly vomit on herself without ever losing her cool ;) and, as she often says, would have had many more opportunities to giggle on the inside if I had not ruined it by giggling on the outside... oops.

Last Thursday... after our weekly arousing game of Catch-Phrase, Shae & I ventured out to meet our friend Scotty at an 'after party' of sorts for a performer that had just completed her show. (Ya see... Shae had seen her once before on Mtv and knew of her stage performance going on that night in Indy... and was disappointed that due to our prior planned game night- she was unable to attend the show) It is here, that Shae met the match for her straight face: Mini-Britney.

(And the term mini-Britney came from the source herself... the small in stature Britney Spears impersonator!) www.mini-britney.com

Should she approach her? Should she play it cool? Could she dare to get a picture to document the evening? How is one to know what is appropriate!

Granted our encounter was not quite that of celebrity status... but it prompted me to think, what would your reaction be if you came across a personality that is quite a bit more known that your own?! ;)

would you get an autograph, take a picture, slyly snip a lock of hair?
Or maybe play it 2-cool-4-school and give a slight smile to the star... acknowledging that you know who they are... but that they are on the same level as you?

I think that the reaction would directly relate to the person in passing.
I can see that your head nod might be my screaming moment. or vice versa.

It turns out that on our slightly eventful evening, Britney approached us! While it was on her own doing she came our way... it was not without the prompting of Scotty because he knew we were not close to nailing down our plan of attack.
While never breaking character, Mini-Britney went on to offer up her business card & strategically place herself in pictures with us so that she continued to best carry on the Britney Spear persona.


Shae & Britney (in her finale costume... meant to strike a strong resemblance to 'her' most current cd Circus)


Me, Scotty & Britney. (Her matching outfit: intentional. Our matching outfits: NOT) ha