Wait, seriously?

[apocalypsos]

After dinner my brother and I were alone in the kitchen and the conversation turned to celebrities we'd met. (Which ... well, hell, I never meet anyone, my list is restricted to DragonCon attendees and writers with LJs.) It all started with the Owen Wilson thing because our aunt used to know him in college, and led into her going to Steve Carell's wedding (and my grandpa claiming he convinced Nancy Walls not to give up on acting, which I totally believe coming from him), and then my brother blurts out, "I once had chicken wings with Vin Diesel."

To which I went, "Wait ... what?"

Apparently the story goes a little like this:

Our high school used to organize a school trip every year that pretty much anyone from ninth grade to senior year could go on -- they stopped for a while because they caught students smoking pot in a hotel room, which, idiots -- and one year Bryan went with them when they went to Arizona. On the way back everybody was going to a restaurant in the airport while they waited for their plane, but Bryan decided he wanted to go to another place a few stores down because they sold wings.

So he goes into this place, gets himself some wings and a table, and settles in. He's the only customer in the place, and after a few minutes this guy comes up and says, "Mind if I sit here?", since the place was empty and they were both alone. So they sat there and shot the shit for a little while -- the introductions supposedly went like this:

Bryan: Hi, I'm Bryan.
Vin Diesel: Hi, I'm --
Bryan: Yeah, you REALLY don't need to introduce yourself.

-- and then Bryan was like, "Okay, well, I've got to go meet the other people from my school." And then he left.

Now, I'm torn. On one hand ... he had WINGS with VIN DIESEL and never bothered to mention it before? Come ON. But on the other hand, he's a really crappy liar. And it's not like he wouldn't know Vin Diesel when he saw him. And he doesn't flip out around famous people.

So the mental image of my brother eating buffalo wings with Vin Diesel is now ingrained in my brain.

Comments

[jldecker.livejournal.com]

I had a conversation with Patrick Swayze at the Scottsdale Arabian Horse Show about ten or eleven years ago; but I was working totally on auto pilot and didn't realize who I'd been talking to until after he was walking away.

And I once asked Bruce Campbell for some sugar, because he had candy and I wanted some. (that was at a book signing, though)

[catystorm.livejournal.com]

I sat on Adam West's lap!

[robyn-ma.livejournal.com]

I wonder if Vin was trying to pick up your brother...

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

*snickers* I figured proposing that to a 21-year-old straight guy wouldn't go over well. ;)

[nuptse.livejournal.com]

I saw Vin coming out of a gym in W. Hollywood a few years back. Was sitting at a stoplight and looked over and said "that guy looks like Vin Diesel." My sister looked and said "maybe because that's Vin Diesel." Then we both cracked up because - yeah, W. Hollywood. And he was wearing bright orange short-shorts. I'm thinking he probably was hitting on your brother as well.

I've met other folks, back when I was a Hooter's Girl many years ago, but my thing was not to acknowledge who they were unless the initiated it. I had this theory that they always had people fawning, so unless they wanted to make a point of it, it was no big. Even though I was ZOMG!11! inside.

[elbiesee.livejournal.com]

My stepdad had beers with Jesse Ventura. (Then known as "The Body" and a wrestler - t'would be years before he became "The Mind" and a politician.)

Dad was best friends with Jesse's cousin. When said best friend/cousin passed away, Dad and Jesse were pallbearers. Afterwards, they went to a local bar (in Iowa) for some beers. Jesse excused himself, left the bar, and an hour later they see him on the TV, ducking into the ring somewhere in Wisconsin to beat somebody up. Another hour later, he's back at the bar drinking beer.

My claim to fame. I think your brother's story may be a bit cooler.

[gruyere.livejournal.com]

I sold a calendar to Brian Stack once. The name might not ring a bell, but if you watch Conan O'Brien with any regularity, you'd recognize him.

[xblackrose666x.livejournal.com]

My uncle is an actor. Not super famous or anything, but hey, it's something.

And I've met Liam Gallagher from Oasis. That's really about it. At least, as far as I know.

[broken-klaive.livejournal.com]

small world! guy that works for me was at that wedding. Brides side. Funny thing is.. he had no idea Who Steve Carrel was.. or is.. (he's a starchy republican) i tried to explain with my Harvey Birdman Dvds. Haha... fail.

but small world.

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

Dude, maybe he knows my aunt. I think she was actually in the wedding -- she used to be Nancy's roommate in college. She's this really gorgeous blonde.

[darcydodo]

Basically, I've only met the various famous people who had kids at my school. (Which is a fair number.) But my dad used to always run into John Lithgow when he was walking our dog, and he said that he thought John Lithgow probably thought of him as "Pepper's owner." But then, it's astonishing that my dad had any idea at all that John Lithgow was someone famous.

[secretbutterfly.livejournal.com]

That's hilarious. Truly.
I once watched the Australian special features for the Serenity dvd in a hotel room with Camden Toy. (You know, one of the Gentlemen from Hush...)
One of the most surreal moments of my life, lemme tell ya. LOL

[fyrdrakken]

Apparently I once complimented Sinead O'Connor on her leather coat without recognizing her -- after she'd left the convenience store the guy behind the counter told me who she'd been.

Also I passed Gates McFadden coming into the ladies room as I was coming out Friday afternoon, but. Dragon*Con.