saw Quentin Tarantino at the Standard. he was in the elevator with us as we rode up. i noticed him halfway through and he saw me looking at him, so i said hi (trying to be cool and non-chalant), and he said hi back (for sure cool and non-chalant). at the time, us girls were talking about something about freeways, being random as usual, and then he butted into our conversation!! quite cool. later, mj and i were trying to take pictures of the buildings, and we were having difficulties with our mediocre point-and-shoot cameras, and i mentioned how mr. tarantino might be able to take a good picture (being a famous director and all), so i dared her to get him to take a picture. lo and behold, she got him to take a picture of her with the backdrop of the city. ehehehehe... good times. =) it would've been nice to get HIM in a picture, but we didn't want to be totally lame and bug him while he was trying to chillax. pretty funny, considering, right before we got there, M asked if i had ever seen a celebrity there, and i told her no. wowsa.
PS, ppl often ask, since i'm from the OC/LA area, if i meet lots of celebrities. my answer is no. as of now, i've only come across three celebrities, one being the already aforementioned mr. tarantino. the other was when i was trick-o-treating in huntington beach and i met the lead singer of Offsrping at a house while he was passing candy out. the other celebrity i came across was not in la, but in vegas. we were in line at the club in the hard rock hotel and we saw Hyde from That 70s show be ushered to the front of the line with a gang of girls and entourage. i was once in the same club at the same time Mischa Barton was there, but my friend saw her, not i. also, my ex worked at a store in south coast plaza and he (or a coworker?) saw a Laker. when lisa worked at Disneyland, she missed Jason Alexander by a milisecond at her popcorn cart. and my friend miki, in the last year alone, has met Brad PItt (oh dear god), Chris Rock, one of the Green Day guys, Ryan Gosling and Jesse Metcalfe. Brad Pitt alone earns her a 'LUCKY BASTARD!' everytime i see her.
if i really wanted to be surrounded by them, i guess i could hang around melrose or rodeo drive... or maybe even their houses in west hollywood. =)