Linnea Quigley

I would. In Macy's window. Maybe even in front of my mom.

I'm almost speechless. I'm so use to hearing stories about people meeting childhood heros only to discover they're definitely not the nicest of people on the planet. It's very encouraging to hear that Linnea is down to earth and took the time to sign your stuff and chat with you at the after party. It's the little stuff that means a lot.

Jessica

I love Linnea, she's such a great actress. Its great to see how nice she was with you. :)

I agree with jessica - its good to hear that someone you have always adored as a celebrity turns out to be a nice, awesome person IN person. ;))))

I'm always impressed when someone has actually seen one of the movies I've shot, and even more impressed if they say they liked it (or at least the cinematography in it).

Jessica

i'd seen "playaz court" before i knew you from b-indie ;-)

definitely before i met you in person (indeed, you were awesome).

though monica has met heidi face to face, i have yet to. hope one day to remedy that.

me too. ;)

I'd like to one day meet Heidi, too. That's why I keep an eye out for unicorns 'cause I know if I see one, Heidi won't be far behind. A little afraid she might steal my kidney, though.

i don't want to meet heidi, she's the pitts. sike.

Yes, I remember you telling me that.
: )

Jessica

As for me, I'm usually a little frightened when people 'find me out' irl. On one hand I guess I'm impressed because it's pretty cool, but in some cases it's just a little odd for me.

In one case I had a girl come up to me at a theater rehearsal and she liked something I was wearing, when I told her that I made it myself she launched into a big excited moment of "Zomg, there's this chick who has a website about Gothic DIY and she teaches classes at the university about gothic crafts and stuff and it's so cool and I'm totally going to go to her next class because I have a friend who goes to them and..." She rattled on incoherently for a while before she let my name drop and when I told her who I was, she just didn't believe me and then flat out told people at the rehearsal I was a liar for pretending to be Minerva Li. She never did show up to a class though so maybe she still thinks I'm a liar.

The kind of creepy moment was when I was working in a store for a friend over the Christmas rush as a fill in and this shopper kept staring at me and coming back to the store and staring at me some more. Whenever I asked if she needed assistance she said no but then finally she came up to me and said "Are you on the internet?" Which of course, is always a dangerous question I suppose. Somehow this woman recognized me from the time her daughter took her to the site, even though I look nothing like any of the pics there and was dressed in the 'norm' clothes that day. She creeped me out for a whole afternoon the way she kept looking at me.

Aside from that, people recognizing me and knowing my work has been pretty cool.

Having met Heidi and Linnea both inperson i can say they are both pretty damn cool people to be around

I uploaded this picture to Wikipedia for an article on deathrock fashion (which has since been deleted by angry metalheads & goth elitists who deny the existence of deathrock as a subgenre of punk) and have had people recognize me from it, which is kind of weird:

Scene politics and rivalries are soooooo incredibly weird and Wikipedia seems to be a gathering point for people who not only have no social skills whatsoever but are damn proud of their lack of social skills!

Jessica

Yeah I totally know what you mean. I've taught classes on different sub-genres only to have people get upset in class because they think x, y or z should be included or excluded or they argue with me that Emo is the new goth wave and stuff like that. I'm actually currently working on a lexicon explaining some of the many different goth families out there and I'm meeting a whole lot of resistance from some sections. Some people just love Drama I suppose. I don't even bother with the Wiki stuff anymore. No matter what you do, someone out there will try to rain on your parade. I still get the random nutter out there once in a while who tries to convince me that I'm not goth and they come up with all sorts of reasons for it too. I don't really care though, the rivalries, nay-sayers and gloomers will always be around, waiting at the sidelines waiting to poke you with a fork simply because it makes them feel better.

andrew, you know you should do an interview with her, right?

Oh yes, definitely! Then talk her into doing a cameo on your next Gonzoriffic project!

BTW, do you and Monica ever make Gs with your hands, hold them up together and say "Go team Gonzo!"? Just wondering about that.

Jessica

Andrew, Interview the damn woman already and make some damn G-hand signs!