I saw Homer Simpson at the Kwik E Mart

 

I finally got a picture with a real celebrity-- Homer Simpson from 'The Simpsons'. He was hanging around the Kwik E Mart in Burbank to promote his new upcoming movie. I snagged a couple of pictures.

BTW, those pink donuts are not as good tasting as they look.

Justin Timberlake sighting on Melrose

My sister just called and told me that she saw Justin Timberlake in the car behind her as she drove down Melrose. The car followed her a while and she looked back several times to double check that she was correct in her identification. Justin was in the passenger's side of a black BMW. No (obvious) papparazzi were following them, and my sister did not recognize the guy driving the car.

Carl Lewis again, and again

I have seen Carl Lewis twice now. The first time was at the 2006 Nike Run Hit Remix in L.A. I was a volunteer who was supposed to stand at the finish line to escort the winners to the special 'winners area', and he was at the finish line to congratulate the winners and all of that. He is one man who is as tall and big, if not bigger, than I imagined from seeing him on television. And he was flirting with the young and cute girls who were standing at the finish line (holding the finish line tape for the winners).

I saw him again at the Will Rogers 5K/10K in the Pacific Palisades on July 4th. This time I was a runner, and he was standing around taking pictures with people and being like people usually expect of a multiple olympic gold medal winner. He was cooooool.

These two sightings have given me the distinct impression that he shows up at local charity runs a lot. In a way it is cool for 'regular folk' like me to get to see Olympians like him. But in a way his regular appearances sort of dilute my enthusiasm for seeing him. I still think he is an awesome athlete, but I feel like I will probably see him a lot more if I run or hang-out at a lot more running races in Los Angeles.

I guess familiarity extinguishes the novelty. Next time I go to a race, I'll bring a camera and ask Carl Lewis for a picture.

To continue with my *star sighting* watch:

Evangelia saw Victoria Beckham (a.k.a. Posh Spice of the Spice Girls) walking outside Barney's on Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills on Saturday afternoon (7-7-07).

According to Evangelia, she was surprisingly short and wore extremely high heels.

It is usually a surprise when I see celebrities in person and they are much shorter than I assumed from seeing them on television or the movies. Bill Gates is shorter than I assumed him to be. To me, he looks like he is 6 feet tall or higher. In reality he is probably closer to 5'10" (from the time he walked past my cubicle at work).

Celebrities also seem to be much thinner in person than they appear on television. I took a tour of the WB Studios and judging from the size of the costumes in the display cases, a lot of the actresses seem to be size zero minus.

Take home message: objects are actually smaller than they appear on t.v.