Encounters With Celebrities/Will Smith

Will Smith was filming a movie when I met him.... although...I forget which one he was doing. It was in the Meat-packing District in New York City a few years ago and he was pretty much by himself with one bodyguard with him.

He was approachable and nice while sitting in front of his two story trailer that he takes with him everywhere whenever he is shooting. The trailer is huge! I have no idea how they lug it around when necessary. I said hi to him as he was taking a break from shooting the movie that he was doing.

I had forgotten to ask him what movie it was that he was doing but I guess it was because I was a bit starstruck. I grew up watching him on television as the Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air which was a great show. I am also a fan of him movies as well. My favorite is Six Degrees Of Separation in which he plays a hustler or con man-type who needles his way into people's homes. I also liked watching Men In Black and the sequel to it as well.

He seems to be the quintessential movie star who everybody likes because he does have huge box-office draw. Independence Day was another fantastic movie in which he plays someone from the military who is assigned to go after the aliens after they have attacked the world and want to take it over.

He is currently working on the third sequel for Men In Black.... which will be filmed in 3-D. His daughter is garnering success now as a performer and is known as Willow Smith as well as his son who is Jaden Smith. He starred in the revision of the Karate Kid and I am sure that there will be sequels to come.

Encounters With Celebrities/Robert Plant

Robert Plant likes to shop with his daughter named Carmen in Santa Monica on the Third Street Promenade. The first time that I saw him was when I didn't fully recognize him but now I can see that it certainly was him and he was going to an Urban Outfitter's store with his daughter. The second time around was on Superbowl Sunday and it was right before the Grammy's for that year but I forget what year it was. It was on Santa Monica Boulevard in Santa Monica and he was wearing a slight beard but I still recognized him.

I stopped him and said hello but he only wanted to shake my hand. I insisted on a hug as well and then he wished me cheers..... those British. He stands at six feet and was in excellent shape which I can't understand given the fact that he did all those things that he did back in the hey-day of those days that were dazed as well as confused....well... actually dazed because they knew exactly what they were doing. Nowadays is when people are dazed and confused..... indeed.

I had only discovered the music of Led Zeppelin two years before prior to meeting Mr. Plant when rockbands were auditioning me. I had to listen to their music because of the nature of the auditions but at first was when I didn't like the music! Could you believe that?! Now is when I am hooked on phonics with their music.... which is magical to say the least and sonic to say the most. Robert Plant is a magical person but you just might not recognize him because he blends in rather well with the public. If I was able to recognize Farrah Fawcett by her elbow then I was able to recognize him.... I guess.

Encounters With Celebrities/Arnold Shwarzenegger

I worked for an ice-cream store called Cool Planet back in 1999 for a brief period of time. It was located in Santa Monica on the 3rd Street Promenade and it was fairly easy to get the job. I was hired on the day that I was interviewed and started immediately.

My job was to serve ice-cream dishes and I was in my 20's. I had an apartment in Koreatown and would have to take the bus everyday to get to work...... which was a terrible experience.... I hated doing it. I did not know who owned the place when I was first hired but found out when Arnold Shwarzenegger came in with his daughter to get some ice-cream and..... uh.... check up on things.

I was in the back and fooling around when another server ran to the back to inform me that he was there. I thought at first that I was going to get in trouble so I steadily footed myself to the front of the store to be present but he didn't even look up. All he did was lick his ice-cream and share it with his daughter before abruptly leaving which is when I heaved a heavy sigh of relief.

I then when back to the back of the store. Phew! I did see him again when he was governor about a year ago in an Apple store on the Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica and I pointed out to him that I used to work for him. He acknowledged it and I then left him alone so that he get purchase a laptop.

His daughter is about six feet tall now so I was bewildered because when I first saw her was when she was only three feet tall. It was cool to work in the ice-cream store because..... I got free ice-cream! Yeah! I love Haagen-Daz ice-cream best but will settle for anything creamy. Mmmmmm.