Being a Celebrity

This is actually a post I started back in July that I decided to drag up since (once again) the issue has raised it's head. I have been mistaken for a celebrity. This doesn't happen very often, but it does happen. "Who" you ask? Paul Simon most commonly. Personally, I don't see the resemblance, but I guess that I am suppose to be a younger version of him.

I guess it is possible that I am his illegitimate son. After all, I was adopted and I really don't know who my birth father was. But I seriously doubt it.

I have also been mistaken for other local people. When I was in the Air Force, I attended a church. The first day of attending, EVERYBODY walked up to me and started talking to me asking when I came back. They all swore I was this other guy. The way I stood. The way I talked.

Some people even argued with me about who I am. How frustrating do you think it would be to argue with someone about who you are? After showing military ID and drivers license to several people, I guess they finally figured out that I am who I am.

Back to celebrities...I have met or come upon many celebrities. Not that I am name dropping, but if you have ever heard of a group called LFO (I haven't but my kids had), I almost walked over the lead singer.

I met Ginuwine in a Seven-Eleven. I didn't know it was him until I walked out of the store and his picture was plastered on the side of the bus.

I recognized Michelle Branch coming out of a gas station bathroom. The kids were oblivious. I had to tell them she was wearing a wig.

Other celebrities names I have met: I worked with Steve Martin. I worked with Bryan White. I work for James Bond.

This brings me to my point (as I almost always have one). When you have a name like James Bond, do you really have to uphold the image? Do you have to have the smart house? Do you have to have the toy cars? Do you have to have a different woman every time you leave town (we call them hookers)? He has every toy a guy could have.

Yesterday, 007 took me and a co-worker to lunch at Mortons (mmmmmmmmm). James has a very fully loaded Cadillac Escalade complete with ejector seat and rocket launcher. As I was playing with the DVD player with THX surround sound, his radar was alerting him of impending dangers behind the vehicle (backup sensors with a camera).

After parking and exiting the vehicle, my co-worker stated "Man, that is like riding in James Bond's car. WAIT! I WAS riding in James Bond's car!"

Too funny.

Did you know...

There have been 6 James Bonds. The order went like this: Sean Connery, George Lazenby, Sean Connery, Roger Moore, Sean Connery, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, Pierce Brosnan, Daniel Craig.

Personally, I think they should do another one with Sean Connery.