I went to a meeting for my department that was in a larger building off-site. As the meeting ended, I was standing around when someone said “hey, John Goodman just walked out the door, you know, Rosanne’s husband!” Now, that may be other people’s knowledge of Mr. Goodman, but for US, he is a favored son of New Orleans. Very active in the community. I’ve actually been NEAR him at a couple events but have never met him. So, not quite believing that he and I would be in the same place at the same time in VIRGINIA of all places, I walked out the door too. Soon I caught up with this guy who sure enough looked a lot like John Goodman. He stopped to lean against a railing. I sucked up my natural nervousness and walked straight up to him:
ME: Excuse me, are you John Goodman?
HIM: Yes.
ME: Hi! I’m from Hammond. Louisiana.
HIM: (His face lights up, he smiles, reaches out his hand to shake mine) Really? My dad went there.
ME: Southeastern?
HIM: Yes.
ME: That’s where I used to work! But I moved here, shortly after the hurricane and work here now.
HIM: That’s cool.
ME: Ok, well, someone said they’d seen you and I just wanted to say hi. Don’t want to bother you.
HIM: Ok, nice to meet you!
And I went on my merry way. I love when stuff like that happens.
Monday, May 22, 2006
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3 comments:
de ja vue! ;-)
Apparently, he has a child who is a rising senior in high school and is in the area checking out colleges. :)
Is that right? I googled him after the meeting and see he is also playing a role in Evan Almighty. So maybe it was a combination of things that brought him to UVa?
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