.even the rich and famous are poor.
celebrity spotting in portland consists of rifling through 50% off racks at old-navy during your lunch break to see the yodling cutie-pie lead singer of sleater-kinney bargain-binging along with you. ok, corin tucker was looking through full-priced clothes- but she was scrounging at old navy along with the rest of us poverty-stricken impulse buyers.
this is, i dare say, even more exciting than when i saw janet weiss in the frozen food section at the hawthorne fred meyer.
watch out carrie, you're next.
i know that everyone's reaction to seeing a celebrity is the same- they're thinner/fatter/shorter/less beautiful/more beautiful than i expected. they didn't glow or sparkle or float three feet off the ground. they seemed like a pretty normal person. and that's been my experience, except corin tucker looks like a pretty hot normal person. my friend susie tried to get me to hit on her, and if i were wasted and didn't know she was married and has a kid and stuff, i totally would. because she's adorable in a normal-person way.
spotting one of my teenage idols in between the messy racks of portland's scummiest mall just makes me love this town even more. i know that portland is utopia for idealistic, educated 20something white kids whose parents will spot their rent while they search for gainful employment or "make art" or "work on their novel" or "find themselves," and i sure do fit in with this open-minded upper-class. but we pampered and progressive citizens flock here for a reason- because it fucking rocks here. houses are quant, neighborhoods are small, people smile and say hello, even the cool people aren't asshole (for the most part), and- according to recent revelation- even the celebrities are poor.
this is, i dare say, even more exciting than when i saw janet weiss in the frozen food section at the hawthorne fred meyer.
watch out carrie, you're next.
i know that everyone's reaction to seeing a celebrity is the same- they're thinner/fatter/shorter/less beautiful/more beautiful than i expected. they didn't glow or sparkle or float three feet off the ground. they seemed like a pretty normal person. and that's been my experience, except corin tucker looks like a pretty hot normal person. my friend susie tried to get me to hit on her, and if i were wasted and didn't know she was married and has a kid and stuff, i totally would. because she's adorable in a normal-person way.
spotting one of my teenage idols in between the messy racks of portland's scummiest mall just makes me love this town even more. i know that portland is utopia for idealistic, educated 20something white kids whose parents will spot their rent while they search for gainful employment or "make art" or "work on their novel" or "find themselves," and i sure do fit in with this open-minded upper-class. but we pampered and progressive citizens flock here for a reason- because it fucking rocks here. houses are quant, neighborhoods are small, people smile and say hello, even the cool people aren't asshole (for the most part), and- according to recent revelation- even the celebrities are poor.
posted by .i'll never tell. at 2:22 PM
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I have been a fan of SK for years. I have seen them play no less than 5 times.all back when I was in college yo! I just saw they are playing in SF in June. But they are playing at the HUGE venue here. The same one Metallica played at when they came. I doubt I will go, I think I will feel too old. Shit, I was into them while they were all still lesbians! They are cool too. After their sets they would drink at the bar and hang out. Now I guess they are too big for that. When did they get famous?
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