my mom and i were talking yesterday about how we feel like we personally know certain celebrities, because we know their temperaments and the stories of their lives. she said she realized that when she was walking down the street in NYC, and she saw Dustin Hoffman, and she grinned at him like she would if she were running into a friend, but he looked away. And she felt crushed. And it suddenly became emotionally real that he didn't know her, even though she knew him--the cognitive dissonance of it.
i especially feel as if i know the obamas. rachel maddow. stephen colbert. david sedaris. it's almost as if i could go out to dinner with them on a saturday.
sometimes i think, "o, barack would really appreciate that! i'd like to talk to him about it". and then i imagine sitting across a table from him. he's wearing that thoughtful furrowed brow, pouring it over with me. and i sip my tea in satisfaction.
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