I’ve been in Los Angeles this week. Returning home tomorrow. *sigh* . The snow is not sounding too inviting but like everything all good things must come to an end. I start my day today with thinking about the places I want to visit before the day is out. I’ve withheld shooting all the typical touristy things about Los Angeles, because I’ve done it all before. In fact, I’m quite shocked that although I’ve carried my camera everywhere with me, I’ve rarely fired it. Lazy? I don’t know. I’m trying to shoot what interests me instead of what I think I should for the masses. I’m not being very thoughtful of my audience am I? *smiling* sorry. I’ll do better today.
A big issue for me, is that I rarely have my picture taken because I’m the one in the driver’s seat and it never crosses my mind to say, “Hey, take my picture!” I’m a control freak. Plus, who really likes to have their picture taken anyway? While sitting on the sidewalk of a wonderful little Mexican restaurant having lunch the other day…Mary Powers from American Idol walked passed me. She was with a male friend and I was like ,”Hey, that’s that chick from American Idol who sang Pat Benatar and Pink.” But the server was there taking our order and I felt rude to just get up and chase after her. So, I made a mental note of the sighting. Knowing I wouldn’t get the shot I wanted.
But as luck would have it, 20 minutes later she came back up the sidewalk to our table and I reached out and grabbed her.
So maybe she’s not a “celebrity” in the sense that unless you specifically picked her out as a favorite on Idol, you might not know who she is. But because I did recognize her, I took a chance and went with the moment. We all had a lovely conversation as she is originally from Cincinnati. The only problem, she got booted out on groups week. Bummer. I wish her all the best because her voice is amazing!
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Of course, then I have a not so proud moment. I have really brought myself down a level…
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