Tuesday Ten - Celebrities I Have Met



This is my first post for Tuesday Ten and ironically, I was going to do my own Top Ten lists every Tuesday, just because I love a good list!  But then I stumbled upon ths meme so I can kill two birds with one stone!   For my regular readers, you will know I met my all time hero, Mr David Tennant, on Sunday, so this sparked the idea for me to compile my top ten celebrities that I have met.
  Now Im no stalker, Im nothing special and I definetely don't want to be or have any association with the celebrity world.  I have just been lucky enough to have brushed passed/shook hands with/ followed obsessively,   stumbled upon people that are more well known than others!
  So, not counting the 10th Doctor as I have blubbered on about him a bit too much on this blog, here are my not so very interesting personalities I have come across on my journeys:


1:  Geri Halliwell - I met her at a book signing for her Ugenia Lavendar tour, and thank goodness she was just as lovely in the flesh.  She had time to talk to me for about three minutes, whilst signing all 6 books of hers that I purchased!

2:  Friendly Fires - the very friendly, Friendly Fires were doing an NME signing on our recent trip to the Reading Festival, and had time to chat to us for ages!  They signed my album and apparently, as my fiance tells me, the drummer fancied me!  Here is me with the lead singer, Ed, who very cheekily allowed me to have a photo with him even though I wasnt allowed!



3:  David Walliams - I am a fan of his books, so when the opportunity arose to get him to sign my copy, I jumped at the chance.  My son was alseep in his buggy at the time, so David commented on that, was extremely friendly and even let me pose with him!

4:  Katie Price - Now, Im not so much of a fan now, but back when she was with Peter Andre, I really enjoyed her programmes, the women fascinated me!  I queued up for three hours (!) to meet her, with my litte boy in tow who was actually very patient and good that whole time!  When I finally got to meet her, I remember thinking how tiny she was in the flesh.  She said a quick "hi" to my son, signed my book and moved me along!  I have to say though, there were about 500 fans waiting for her, and I was one of the last, yet she stayed to sign every single one, like a trooper.

5:  Shirly Henderson - I met her on Sunday at the Entertainment Media Show, (where I met David Tennant!) and she was so lovely!  Star of the Harry Potter movies, (as Moaning Myrtle) Bridget Jones Diary and Doctor Who, I managed to get a free cheeky photo, seeing as she was charging for signings!  I think she is a wonderful and eccentric actress and so pleased I met her!

6:  Jarvis Cocker - Now this is cheating a little, as technically I havent actually "met" him, but on a number of occasions I have seen him!  First time was at Brixton Academy in 2001 when he came into the audience at his gig and I touched him!  Then this year, I was at London Bridge station and the man walked past me!  Like a hysterical child, I was calling out to him, "Jarvis!" "Jarvis!" which he then, and very wisely, legged it up the escalator with his son, and chose to ignore me!  I was lucky enough to see him with his band Pulp at their last ever gig in September and he will always be my leading front man.

7:  WWE Superstars - I have met many a wrestler in my time!  Being a huge fan a few years back I have met Matt Hardy and Rob Van Dam at an exhibition who very kindly signed some goodies for me.  And at a visit to a Planet Hollywood, I had my photo taken with Kane, who was about 7ft tall and very scary!  I have unfortuately lost this picture, but the memories remain!




8:  Clive Barker - famous author and write of Hellraiser, I was lucky enough to meet him at another exhibition earlier this year.  I am a fan of his Abarat books, and had planned to ask him when his next edition would be out, but I was so excited, I forgot to ask!  He signed this picture of himself and shook my hand!

9:  Eve Myles - Gwen from Torchwood as she is better known, another of the stars I met on Sunday.  She came bouncing out of some doorway, and I spontaneously shouted out, "Eve!" Poor woman!  But, none the less, she turned round and said "Hello, how are you?!"  I was so taken aback I just smiled at her as I did not think she would stop for little old me!  I honestly thought she mistook me for someone she knew because she was so overly friendly!  And from then,  I saw her three of four times after this, bouncing around the exhibition and being an amazing sport to all her fans.









10:  Andy from Cbeebies! - Um, not the best claim to fame, but he came into the restaurant I worked at, and after about half an hour of me wondering if it was him, (I was the only mum working there at the time so I could not really ask anyone else!) I went up to his table and asked if he was the presenter on Cbeebies!  It was indeed him, and he kindly signed a napkin for my son!  I then found out that he used to work at my work place as a chef!



So thats it!  I know it seems as if I have been to many exhibitions, stalking out actors and queueing for signings, but it sounds worse than what it is, when you put it altogether in one list!  Now, where did I put my pair of binoculars, anorak and notebook, I spy a stalker moment approaching......!

365 Day Photo Challenge - 27 / 365 and 28 / 365

27 / 365 - taken at the Entertainment Media Show, my son dressed up as Darth Vader and was lucky to meet Darth Sith as well as Storm Troopers and the actor who played the real Darth Vader in the Star Wars films!

28 / 365 - Sweets!  I bought these for my house party the other day, and thankfully there were some left overs!  I used to eat these boiled sweets as a kid, when I visited my Nan, so to eat them again holds such nostalgia.





Day Zero Project - Meeting David Tennant



When I began my list for the Day Zero Project, putting tasks that were beyond completing was something I considered to make it more of a challenge.  When I put that I would like to meet David Tennant, (Dr Who, Harry Potter, Casanova) never in my wildest dreams did I think it would be something I would cross off my list!

  But yesterday was the day it happened.  I am a bit of a geek, so have attended a few of these exhibitions in the past.  They are always fun and full of similar geeks, many of which take it too far and dress as their idols!  I have seen many a wizard, Avatar model, Darth Vader, Storm Trooper, Doctor Who and even a walking Tardis, floating around these events! 

  I just happened to stumble across the next event, and couldn't believe my eyes when it mentioned David Tennant would be doing photo shoots with the public!  He is one of my all time heroes, an amazing actor and someone who I also definetely fancy! So it was a no brainer for me to go straight on the booking form, and thank goodness this was before I lost my job as it cost me £35!

  I still did not believe I would be crossing this off my list as it seemed too good to be true, but it wasn't until an hour before I met him that it really sank in!  The nerves kicked and I felt physically sick!  I took my little boy in with me for moral support as Dean did not have a ticket, and I almost hyperventilated in the queue!  The staff were great as they could see I was so nervous, and as I approached my hero everything went by in a blur!

  I remember him putting his arm around me so I did the same to him and as the camera clicked, I remember thinking - OMG HE IS TOUCHING ME!!  He said hello but it was literally take the photo and move along!  However, I didn't have a ticket for my son, but Mr Tennant being the amazing man that he is, bent down to my son's level and had a chat with him!  Ugh, I was so jealous!  My son was dressed as Darth Vader so of course, a big talking point, and managed to squeeze two photos out with the former Doctor and I was forever grateful!

  So, in less than a minute it was all over and then I did the stupid fanatic thing, and waited outside the photo shoot area for him to finish!  He had already walked past me on the way in, which I was oblivious to because I was too busy wondering why the security guard was asking me to step aside!  My fiance will tell you that  I then proceeded to follow David Tennant, along with other fans, to the autograph area, little did we knoe that he was going to the toilet!  So, here I was waiting for him outside the Gents, not knowing why I was doing that, only for me to get a glimpse of him coming out!

  Anyway, we had to wait about four hours for the photos to be developed, which was a bit of a nighmare as we were ready to go home.  But it was worth the wait, as not only did I have a lovely glossy picture of me and my hero, I also had 2 glossy photos of David Tennant with my son!  And I got those two for free!  So the £35 fee was worth it and I would like to thank the photographer and the man himself, Mr Tennant for the time, effort and amount of smiles he had to fix in order to make alot of people's dreams come true.





365 Day Photo Challenge - 26 / 365

26 / 365 -Yesterday I attended the Entertainment Media Show at Earls Court, and went as Amy Pond from Doctor Who.  I stumbled upon a cardboard cut out of her so you can see the resemblance!!



365 day Photo Challenge - 24 / 365 and 25 / 365

24 / 365 - Last night, I held my last house party!  After four years of fancy dress, slumber, karaoke and dance parties, I had to call it a day at the flat because I will be moving any week now.  This is a pictureofme andmy best friend Jenni, we were asked to show our best moves and this is wat we came up with!

25 / 365 - An October afternoon spent at the prk? Who'd have thought it!  Our son had fun playing on the zip wire for two hours whilst me and Dean laid on a blanket enjoying the last minute Indian summer.





Listography - Top 5 Worst Jobs I Have Done



This weeks listography, hosted by KateTakes5 is an interesting one as I feel like I have been lucky in life with my choice of jobs, thats not to say I havent had some right messy situations!
1:  Mcdonalds - My first proper job where I worked my way from the bottom to become shift manager, along the way clearing up left over Big Macs, squashed chips on the floor and of course, the monotonous cleaning of the toilets!  I was there for 4 years and although there is still a stigma these days of working for a fast food chain, it opened up great opportunities for me and have been lucky enough to stick with managerial positions ever since!



2:  Bakery/ Delicatessen - My first Saturday job was working at a Kosher bakery in Southend, and it involved serving coleslaw, bread and taramusalata to the elderly first thing in the morning!  I hated it, and what made it worse, was the place got shut down because of certain creepy crawlies discovered out in the back where I used to collect the bread! UGH!!!

 

3:  Hairdressers - I took my work experience at my local hairdressers as I aspired to be one but this soon changed after two weeks of working for free here!  The women were snotty, rude and treated me as a tea runner so I didnt learn anything about hair!  I did wash hair but after the fifth granny hair wash, I soon realised that a hairdresser is NOT what I wanted to become!!



4:  Nursery Assistant - My current job, which I thouroughly enjoy but it has its down sides like every job and as the old saying goes , Never work with children!  One child last week decided to projectile vomit all down my skirt and legs when I wasnt looking, and I didnt even bring a change of clothes!  I had to clasp my skirt together whilst stumbling to the office to get a clean skirt, without myself vomiting because of the smell!!  Ah the joys!



5: Waitressing - My current evening job is being a waitress which I do enjoy, except for when you make those all embarrassing, cock ups in front of the whole restaurant!  I remember at my old restaurant, carrying a tray of two glasses of red wine, with two Pepsi's on, and as I went to take one off the tray and give it to my table, the whole tray went flying over them!  Smashed glasses, spilt red wine and shock horror of faces, my mind wanted to cry but my face just laughed!  Needless to say, the customers were not impressed and I had to give them a round for free, as well as continue serving them for the rest of their time there!



Dont give up the day job!