The Sighting

For those of you who know me well, I am starstruck. Ever since in the 3rd grade, when I got to go to Christown mall and meet the cast of Saved by the Bell, I have been hooked. Living in Arizona and the midwest, it is rare that I will see a celebrity up close! (Unless you count Wallace and Ladmo. I do not personally count any stuffed Disney character; those are 16 year olds in big sweaty suits.)

Tyler and I went to New York City in June, and I was pretty convinced I would share an elevator and some smoothies with Donald Trump. I mean, tons of celebriaties live in NYC for crying out loud! However, aside from the Broadway show we saw, we had yet to see anyone famous. UNTIL we got to La Guardia airport to leave!

Tyler and I had just gotten through security and I'm waiting for Tyler to get his dang shoes and socks put back on. I turned toward the security line, and who is leaving security and walking right towards me....KIRSTEN DUNST! Yes, many of you associate Kirsten Dunst with the popular Spiderman trilogy; I tend to admire her for her more dramatic works of Bring It On and Jumanji. Nevertheless, she's a PRETTY big deal! I try to pick my jaw up off the floor so I don't scare her away. I try and tell Tyler using "ventriloquist" mouth (so she can't see that I'm talking about her). He is also mildly startstruck. As we are reaching the foodcourt, we see that Kirsten is ordering coffee at the Dunkin Donuts counter. We hide behind a pillar to watch.

DISCLAIMER: In the rest of this story, we are sad sacks and borderline stalker-ish.

Once she got her coffee, she begins walking towards the same gate area as WE were in! I think to myself, "Perhaps she will be going to Indiana as well?" Surely with all the movie sets in Indiana....unless Hoosiers was the only movie ever made there.....

Of course, she is flying to Martha's Vineyard. We feel like mere peasants. Tyler asks for the camera and proceeds to take multiple shots of the back of Kirsten's head as she is sitting at her gate. We are sitting at our gate, kind of bored, when I say "Why don't we just go sit near her?"

Tyler was up out of his seat before I could finish the question. Next thing you know, we are at Kirsten's gate! At the airport, there are rows of seats that back up to each other. We chose to sit in the row that backed right up to hers. I was sitting close enough that I could have brushed her face with my hand. I DIDN'T, because I wanted to actually get ON my flight to go home instead of being dragged away by security.

While we sat at our "post", we got to hear Kirsten have a conversation involving how much she needed to have a cigarette before she took off. Part of me wanted to go up to her and tell her I loved her movies...and that she doesn't need nicotine....but neither of us had the guts to actually speak to her. We were enthralled enough to simply be flys on the wall. I also figured that being so famous, she probably likes her privacy and does not enjoy being hounded by fans. Hopefully she likes being semi-stalked and stared at instead!
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TYLER'S TAKE:
First of all, I did not have my socks off...only my shoes. "I don't take my socks off for anybody!" ~ Frank Costanza
Secondly, I took pictures merely for proof knowing that some of you may not believe us otherwise!
Third, for as starstruck as Casey is, she was totally wimpy about going and sitting right by Kirsten. I said, "I don't care...I'm gonna sit right behind her...she's just another person!" Casey timidly followed my lead!