so i ran into clive owen the other day

i was in a dinky little stamp shop in greenwich village when i noticed him off to the side. he was kind of standing behind his family. they must have been on vacation, but i was still able to sniff him out. of course he was wearing the celebrity camoflague outfit of a baseball hat (yankees, natch) and big sunglasses. nobody really dresses like that outside of LA, so i knew it was somebody trying to be inconspicuous.

i was there for legit reasons and at first the girl at the counter was dealing with his wife and daughters' questions about rubber stamps. t first i assumed they were just some touristy family and in my impatient way i was mentally hurrying them up. he kept looking at me, even from his hiding place behind them, which i guess is a celebrity thing, where they need to anticipate if someone is going to approach them or not. kind of just being on guard. or perhaps it was a way of physically hinting "guess who i am, mate? celeb in your midst!".

anyway, seeing he was with his family and all i was reluctant to approach him. however, after i took care of my business with the cashier, i stalled and hung around to get my nerve up. sure, i'm actually a fan of his and all, but i'm also a little jealous that my wife has a thing for him. knowing that, however, i was compelled to bring her a souvier of the meeting. waiting for my opening, i sidled up near him and in a clear, low voice asked if i could bother him for an autograph. "sure, no problem," he said. i told him it was for my wife and he wrote it out to her. he was very cool and gentlemanly. i think it helped that i didn't scream when i saw him, or ask if he was who he is. it was no big deal, and it happened so fast, his family may not have even noticed.

it begins

hi.
before you bring up the name, I should say that I tried to get just 'monoblog' with no 'e'. hopwever, that particular site is already owned by some computer geek who calls himself 'monoman'. ironically the blog site name for 'monoman' is not taken. so this guy is not only using up what would be a valuable name for another blogger, but he isn't really branding himself as 'monoman' very well. plus he hasn't updated since march. plus what's a monoman? sounds like something to do with masteurbation.

is it bad to dis a fellow blogger on the first day?

mr monoman (if that is your real name), i imagine you're a nice guy and all but quit hogging the good blog names.

respectfully yours i remain,
melvin