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Tuesday, 11 August 2009

How You Doin'?!

Hey guys ! "Smarty Pants" here, blogging directly to you from NYC!

Actually my real name is Alie, but I hope you'll agree my nickname fits me just as well *wink wink!* I'm gonna be spilling my guts all over this page about my many (mis)adventures in the big city, so get ready!

Thought I'd start this blog out by telling you why I had the BEST breakfast this morning! Trust me, it's more interesting than it sounds.

Today I got breakfast at this great coffee shop on Houston Street (that's "house-ton", not "hyoo-ston") called Aroma Espresso Bar. I get breakfast here a lot. The coffee is awesome and they give you a little chocolate with every order - and I never turn down chocolate.

Anyway, on this particular day Willem Dafoe was standing in front of me in line! For those of you sillies who don't know the name offhand, Willem DeFoe is a crazy-amazing actor from the movies Boondock Saints (where he played Detective Paul Smecker) and Spider Man (he's the Green Goblin - ahhh!!!). He also does some theater work with this experimental theater company called The Wooster Group, which is located right around Houston Street.

Willem Defoe is so distinct looking. I'm talking chiseled features, pointy nose, and really big eyes - so I knew it had to be him. Not to mention that everyone behind the counter was on their best behavior. I don't know, maybe they thought because he is famous he would be snooty. They should have known better though - this is New York! No one, and Everyone, is famous here!

That is one of my favorite things about New York. It's not like LA, where famous people are accosted by teenagers trying to get autographs or paparazzi running down the street looking for the perfect embarrassing photo. In New York, we treat our stars like regular people. Because really, no matter how famous he is, Mr. Dafoe should be able to get a cup of coffee without everyone coming at him with awkward compliments:

"I just looooved you in (insert random movie here),"
"Oh, well actually I wasn't in that."

I feel like if I were famous I would definitely want to live in New York (I mean... I live here already, so maybe that's not a surprise). It is one of the few places where famous people can just go about their business living life. In fact, I saw Parker Posey walking her cute little dog just around the corner from my apartment! And Agyness Deyn and her now ex-boyfriend Albert Hammond Jr. from The Strokes used to live 4 buildings away from me. So clearly this is the place to be!

Don't get me wrong, its not like the rich and famous are completely ignored here. After all, seeing famous people is fun! The difference is that we try to pretend like we don't know who we are looking at (then get all excited privately instead). I'm one of those geeky star-struck types, but I like to think that if I actually met one of these people I would play it mega-cool. You know, strike up a conversation with sexy Gerard Butler and maybe even get a date... Haha, No. I'm pretty sure that if I was in that situation, I would just stand there in awkward silence while my brain fell out of my head.

So, needless to say, I did not say anything to Willem. I didn't tell him about my excellent acting or directing talents or how he would do well to help make me famous... since it is only a matter of time before someone discovers me, I fly around the world making movies and winning awards, and then settle back down in my favorite New York to dabble in a little Broadway theater (that's how one goes about becoming famous, right?). I didn't tell him this despite the fact that I think he would really appreciate being able to call himself "The One Who Discovered Her." Instead, I let him order his coffee without interruption. Which I think he probably also appreciated.

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Posted on 08/11/2009 2:00 PM by New York Smarty Pants