Hey y'all!!! (by the way "y'all" has become my official trademark word HA!)
OK, OK, I owe y'all a BIG apology...sorry to be keeping y'all in suspense and gosh, I'm just humbled that the world is waiting on me. This "news" everyone has been waiting on does in fact involve me, so for those of you who haven't had a chance to cruise to Leela's site and check the "Mike Alert" out, it's time to let the cat out of the bag, so sit down, take a deep breath (I'm doing both myself!), 'cause here goes:
ON FRIDAY NIGHT, I MET OUR GODDESS, EMILY MALLORY PROCTER IN PERSON!!!! (are those gasps that I hear??!!)
Leela tipped me off that Emily was going to be the featured guest at a fundraiser at the North Carolina Museum of History (tickets for this thing were $250 US a pop!!). so, after having a massive anxiety attack, I managed to change my evening plans with a few friends on hold; went home and cleaned myself up and emptied a gallon of cologne over my head and headed to the museum in hopes of catching even a glimpse of her. Aside from a few local media, there were no paparazzi at all. So, when Emily arrived, I was basically inches from her. She wore the same dress that she did to the Golden Globes...and she looks totally ravishing in person...pictures really don't do her justice!! Here's the part where y'all are just gonna hate me...not only did I get to talk to her and have her undivided attention for a few minutes, but when I asked her if I could take a picture of her, she said "sure, but I want you to be in the picture with me". Well, I just about died and went to heaven!! So, she held my hand (I was totally in love at this point) as I stepped over the red rope to stand next to her; she handed my camera to her mom and then not only stood next to me, SHE PUT HER ARM AROUND ME AND HELD ME NEXT TO HER (Cupid was running low on love arrows because they were all in my back!!). Everything that is said about her is true, she is very sweet and very appreciative of her fans; I told her I would be talking with some Emily Addicts and she told me "make sure you tell them I said hey!"...so everyone come take your dose of Emily Love!!!!
There ya'll have it! That's the news!! Of course, I owe all of this to the lovely Leela!!! I do have pictures and will post them ASAP both here and over at Leela's ite in the "Mike Alert". I'm all wired again and must go and get a jug of joe now!!