Meeting stars!!

James Janoski January 24

Today I had a movie called "The Illusionist". This is a premiere movie staring Jessica Beil, Edward Norton, and Paul Giamatti, so it was very hard to get into. We did not have tickets so we had to go into a wait list line, and so wewaited in line for 3 hours to get a ticket to the movie. We were at the very front of the waitlist line, and when we got into the theater we discovered that all of the good seats were taken. We had to sit on the far left-hand side of the theater, in the third row, but this worked to our advantage.

When the movie was over Jessica Beil and Paul Giamatti came to the front of the theater to wait for the credits to conclude. They were literally 10 feet from me. And after the credits were over the stars went to the front of the theater for Q & A. There was a bunch of stupid questions again, but at the end Brian, Carrie, and I went to the front of the theater to try and meet the stars. I went up to Paul Giamatti first, and got his autograph on my "The Hawk is Dying" (a movie he is also in). He was really nice about it, but I did not take up his time with a long discussion (In actuality all I said was "Can you sign this, it is the movie that you're also starring in" to which he replied "Yeah sure, oh this is that hawk movie", but however short the conversation it was life altering)

Brian got right next to Jessica Beil and got a picture with her......with JESSICA BEIL. Jessica is so hot that it was hard to believe she was actually a real person. I was standing next to her while Carrie was getting her autograph, and I almost touched her. I tried to get a picture with her too, but as soon as she signed Carrie's book she turned and went for the exit. Again, all too brief, but man oh man is she HOT!