Awesome and Awkward

My job no longer feels like work...which is amazing.  I mean, to be fair, parts of it do still feel like work... but, a lot of it is just a blast.  !!

I got to produce a show (read: meeting/interview) the other day featuring this guy. 

I'm a big fan, but remained completely professional throughout the show.  After the show, one of my co-workers said, "Hey, Freddie's hanging out in the cafe, you should go say hi and take a picture.".  Even though I'm a big fan, I'm not much of a fangirl.  I'm completely fine admiring from a distance -- but, then my manager said, "Hey, if you want to talk to Freddie now that the show is over, you should do it."  I thought, well, why not... and walked into the cafe to find my co-worker standing about 4 feet away from him, pointing at him saying, "Hey, Kristen, he's right here!".  Freddie was getting food and was in mid-conversation.  My co-worker kind of pushed me along, so I held out my hand and said, "Hi Freddie, my name is Kristen and I'm a big fan of your work.".  Freddie shook my hand and said hi, and then turned back toward his conversation.  I took that as my cue to go, so I started walking toward the bathroom when my co-worker yelled after me, "Hey, Kristen, aren't you going to take a picture?  He's standing right here, don't you want a picture??".  I said, "No, no, I don't want a picture."  My co-worker said, "He's standing right here!".  I was starting to get embarrassed, so I waved my co-worker off and said, "It's okay, it's okay, I don't want a picture!".  

I went to the bathroom.  

When I returned from the bathroom, I found my co-worker striking the show.  I went up to him and said, "That was really embarrassing, why did you do that?"  He said, "I thought you were a big fan and wanted a picture.".  I said, "I'm a big fan, but I don't need a picture, I just wanted to shake his hand."  He said, "Well, after you said hi, he turned and put his food down to talk to you and take a picture, but you ran off and said you didn't want a picture, and we were all standing there waiting for you."  Bah!  To be perfectly honest, I thought Freddie was kind of blowing me off, which was fine, but now it turns out that I kind of blew him off!  :P  

And, now I wish I had gotten a picture... :)