"i am not spock"

[sab]

So here I am at Rite Aid getting some bottled water and plum-colored lipliner, and I go to check out, and who should be there right beside me poking through the batteries and lightbulbs but Zachary Quinto.

And with akukorax in mind, I strolled up to him and said, "hey. My friend Rachel would kill me if I didn't get a picture. Is that okay?"

And he said, "sure, as long as you're in it too!"





(it's not a bad picture if you ignore the blurriness and the fact that it looks like he's wearing my hair)

"I'm Zach," he said, shaking my hand.

"Yeah, I had a feeling," I said. "Emily."

He was charming, snarky and funny, and happy to talk to me. Gorgeous in person, all eyebrows and biceps. A sweetheart. But I still don't watch Heroes.

So I said, yeah, Rachel and I are helping each other out with our respective celebrity crushes.

"Oh yeah?" he said. "Who's yours?"

"Oh, he's the new Doctor Who," I said. "His name's David Tennant."

Zach thought for a minute. "I don't think I've met him, but if I do I'll totally tell him about you."

"Tell him Emily is awesome," I say, pointing two thumbs at self. "I'm going to see him do Hamlet at the RSC this summer," I said.

"Wow!" he said. "That is so cool. Have a good time!"

I told him I would. He said, "that sounds like a great trip. You can visit Shakespeare's house!"

I agreed I could.

Then I said, "actually, listen. This is ridiculous, but I'm going to give you my number in case you ever meet David Tennant."

And I wrote "Emily &hearts s David Tennant" and my # on the back of some random person's business card I found in my wallet. He looked at it, laughed, and said, "I will absolutely give this to David Tennant if I meet him."

Then I said, "you know, it's kind of ridiculous, me coming up to you to ask about another celeb."

"It's certainly the first time," he agreed. "It's kind of cool."

I agreed. "You won't forget me, anyhow," I said.

He told me he was on his way to the set to shoot ep 4 of Heroes. That there's a full 25 ep season next year. I told him I didn't watch Heroes, sorry. He snickered. I told him I was psyched for Star Trek. He told me that he LOVED working on Star Trek and that Leonard Nimoy was awesome.

Then we parted ways and I promptly called trinityofone because I didn't have akukorax's number.

akukorax, this Bud's for you. You owe me one!



Sometimes even *I* don't know what the fuck is up with me. But in times like these, I don't actually mind being a freak. It helps.


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Comments

[kernezelda]

You're cute as a button! :D

[iamsab.livejournal.com]

*grin!*

[popfantastic.livejournal.com]

It's possible that watching Heroes would have made it too creepy to approach him, so it's all for the best!

[moireach.livejournal.com]

Hee, I heart you.

[thassalia.livejournal.com]

I may stop laughing about this, but it won't be anytime soon:)

[malnpudl.livejournal.com]

You officially WIN at fandom.

[trinityofone.livejournal.com]

Best phone call I've received in a while. Seriously. :)

[scrubschick.livejournal.com]

A) You are completely adorable.

B) Did he try to steal your power?

C) I'm moving in next door to you and will follow you everywhere. *g* Justin Bateman AND Zachary Quinto in, what, a week?

D) If he stole your power then you will no longer meet celebrities in unlikely places but he'll be chatting up David Tennant in the men's underwear department at Walmart. But at least he didn't kill you. *eg*

[iamsab.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I heard he was some sort of creepy villain but really have no idea what that's all about. He was mostly just adorable.

[iamsab.livejournal.com]

&hearts &hearts &laughs

[iamsab.livejournal.com]

ME NEITHER. I knew this would crack your shit up.

[iamsab.livejournal.com]

Seriously, all I've ever wanted to be known for is my sophisticated and engaging starfuckery! *g*

\o/

[iamsab.livejournal.com]

Thank the LORD you were there! Otherwise I would have just stood there insensible in the Rite Aid parking lot!

[iamsab.livejournal.com]

A) Awes! Thanks!
B) I dunno! Is that something I should be afraid of??? /checks pockets for mojo!
C) Come on over, it's good here!

and D) If he stole my mojo I am going to FIND HIM so I can GET IT BACK.

[scrubschick.livejournal.com]

B) I dunno! Is that something I should be afraid of??? /checks pockets for mojo! Yes! Be afraid! Sylar is Creepy! And Evol! And killed his mother but that's OK because she's one of Chuck's aunts on Pushing Daisies.

*boggles at the thought of Sab hunting down Sylar* *giggles* If anyone could wrest their mojo back from him, it'd be you. *sends Claire icon to help*

[julietcetera.livejournal.com]

that is such a fabulous story. and now you have to answer your phone every time it rings Just In Case.

[iamsab.livejournal.com]

That right there is the truest thing EVER. And as a person who NEVER answers the phone this'll mean a LIFE CHANGE.

And I'm willing to do it! *steels self!*

Also, thanks!

[julietcetera.livejournal.com]

I imagine it's going to be an easy change because every time it rings now, you're going to get that surge of is-it-him!-adrenaline. like being in high school, but better!

I realize that being nostalgic for LA celebrity sightings is silly considering I moved away less than a week ago, but still. there should always be semi-famous people in line at rite aid, I think.

[vandonovan.livejournal.com]

Aahhahahaa. I don't even like him (sry, Sylar creeps me the FUCK out, but maybe I'll revise when I see his Spock) but that is still totally cool. And since you don't watch Heroes, that's kind of cool, since it prevent fangirl squee and other embarrassing sideeffects.

Too bad you're not all on about Eccleston, though, since he was on Heroes! Ahahahah. Still, too cool! XDXD He sounded really gracious and nice, which is always A+++ to me with regards to celebrities.

[turtlespeaks.livejournal.com]

I think I may have said it a million times to you in a chat window, but I LOVE YOU!

Also, you may be the coolest person ever! :D

And yay for biceps and more people in the ZQ is a sweetheart club!

*snuggles you*

(If this happens again you are to CALL ME! You have my number now, you CALL ME!!!)

[ropo.livejournal.com]

Ha, you're funny. And it seems quite wrong to me that you look more like a celebrity than he does!

[iamsab.livejournal.com]

In, ahem, unrelated news, I'm goin' to Akbar on Friday. Do you know if Fo works? Also, you should COME.

At this point, ropobop, I have not seen you in, I'm gonna say, FOUR YEARS.

We have no -- aside from our individual lazinesses -- excuse!

Anyway, Akbar Friday.

[gem225.livejournal.com]

That's a cool story. I don't know who this guy is - his name doesn't ring any bells - but he looks properly happy to have met you, which is an honor, so all right then.

I hope that somehow he meets David Tennant (and yes, I do know who he is, but I have yet to see the last few episodes of Season 2 - I should do that soon, and then go on to Season 3 and my Season 4 tapes I'm making).

Love you!

[ropo.livejournal.com]

I cannot come Friday! I'm going to a screening of "Serenity." I can never remember if Fo works Friday nights, but it's a possibility. Or not.

It hasn't been FOUR years. I'm sure of it. *g*

[copracat]

You! You look like the movie star!

[txvoodoo.livejournal.com]

THAT is very very cool.

[ainsley.livejournal.com]

You are so much hotter than he is it's not funny. :)

But, wow, are you ever making me want to move to Vancouver more than I already did.

[hegemony.livejournal.com]

!!!!

WHY DO I NOT LIVE IN YOUR TOWN?! I could just follow you around with a voice recorder and waiver forms, really.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_abulafia/]

Here is what I think will happen, Zachary Quinto will meet David Tennant, Zachary Quinto will recognize David Tennant's name, Zachary Quinto will tell David Tennant the story of the business card in order to break the ice with him, David Tennant will respond with enough skepticism that Zachary Quinto will feel the need to find the business card and show it to him, and David Tennant will call you to tell you all about the fate of the business card.

Admittedly there are a lot of factors, but it's kind of plausible, right?

[londonkds.livejournal.com]

He's a slimy, sadistic, megalomaniacal fanboy-gone-bad who thinks he has the divine right to be the Most Sooperspeshulest Person in the universe. His basic power is to instantly understand biological and mechanical systems, but the only thing he really uses it for is to take other people's powers by killing them and eating their BRAINZZZZ. He accidentally killed his mother when she freaked out over him being superpowered, but didn't get any more sympathetic because he reacted to it by deciding to blow up New York City.

Oh, and he might be a bit gay, but intelligent fandom hopes that they don't go beyond subtext with that unless they put a couple of sympathetic gay/bi people into the cast.

[notpoetry.livejournal.com]

*CLAPS SO HARD, OH MY GOODNESS*