RIGHT TIME – RIGHT PLACE
Someone at work had asked to switch shift with him yesterday, so instead of my regular 8:30 – 4:30, I did his 9:30 – 5:30 scheduled one. It’s all good, I don’t mind helping out, I’m sure one day I’ll be the one with asking a favour.
At 5:30, I took my same usual path home. While walking eastbound on Gerrard St just past Yonge St, I saw this line-up of people patiently waiting to enter the Ryerson Theatre for their Toronto International Film Festival movie. We see these line-ups all over downtown during the festival so nothing special there, except the closer I got to the entrance of the theatre, the bigger the commotion was. I had my tunes playing, I wasn’t bothered, I was cool.
I continued to walk when all of a sudden, this cop stopped me and the people behind me as well, asking us to wait for a few minutes as cars were just arriving… I had no idea what film was playing but was curious enough as I realized the cars were most likely the star arriving at their red carpet event… This nice white car parked, this big black Hummer followed… I turned to my right and the crowd was going wild, camera flashes were going crazy… I turned to my left and there stood this important looking guy… an older gentleman I didn’t recognized… Then 2 guys who looked alike came out of the other car… didn’t know them either, but the flashes were still going crazy… Without wanting it, I ended up having the best seat in the house for the arrival of the stars… but I didn’t know any of them… I looked behind me, there another limo was arriving…
Should I wait? Will it be another person I won’t recognize?
I decided to leave, the cop let me through and I walked home… Apparently what I missed was this:
(Photo From Zimbio.Com)
Yep, that’s Nicholas Cage signing autographs at the premiere of Bad Lieutenant: Port Of Call New Orleans. And the other people I saw were the director: Werner Herzog and producers Alan & Gabe Polsky…
Cool…
If only I had patience, I would have seen him as close as one can get.
WRONG TIME – WRONG PLACE
Today on my way from work, back on my regular shift, I was walking eastbound, again on Gerrard St, when a woman coming my way, took a puff from her cigarette and then made a face not unlike Maleficient from Sleeping Beauty… and sneezed… hard.
GOOD FUCKING LORD!!!
I don’t know if any of you know what someone looks like when they take a puff from a cigarette and then sneeze, but it’s really hard on the eyes… There was a cloud of smoke all around her, I swear I saw some coming out of her mouth, her nose and possibly her eyes…
I guess my face showed my surprise and she started to laugh…
The weirdest thing I’ve ever seen.
Ribs… hurt… laughing. ow.