> Monday, July 11, 2005 <
+ i'm a (closet) rabid, rabid fan......
oh man i think i'm suffering the aftereffects of being starstruck. i'm actually wondering if having a job would justify the purchase of a US$200
special edition of neverwhere.......
no, i didn't act on that impulse. i don't have a job yet. but well.. just wondering =D heh heh heh...
that's after the kino signing.. someone posted it on the message board =D thought it was really cool, but haven't been down to kino to see the real thing (if it was actually left there..)
have been reading his blog and the message boards.. it's really funny =D
from
his post:
5) Eat first. I'm not kidding. If it's a night-time signing of the kind that can go on for a long time, bring sandwiches or something to nibble (some signings with numbers handed out may make it possible for you to go out and eat and come back. Or you may be first in line. But plan for a worst case scenario of several hours of standing and shuffling your way slowly around a store). (If it's a daytime signing somewhere that a line may snake out of a store into the hot sun, bring something to drink. I always feel guilty when people pass out.)i wonder if like at concerts, do fans pretend to pass out so they can get closer to neil gaiman? oh but i guess that only works if there is actually a backstage to begin with, right?
6) You may be in that line for a while, so talk to the people around you. You never know, you could make a new friend. I've signed books for kids whose parents met in signing lines (although to the best of my knowledge none of them were actually conceived there).hehe actually it's fun to make new friends.. inspired me to be a rabid fan (in my own rights =)
7) Don't worry. You won't say anything stupid. It'll be fine. My heart tends to go out to people who've stood in line for hours trying to think of the single brilliant witty erudite thing that they can say when they get to the front of the line, and when it finally happens they put their books in front of me and go blank, or make a complete mess of whatever they were trying to say. If you have anything you want to ask or say, just ask, or say it, and if you get a blank look from me it's probably because I'm slightly brain dead after signing several thousand things that day.that reminded me of how sad i was for not being able to talk to him. it either didn't occur to me that i can talk to him, and it's a him, not a signing machine =D it was fun seeing him talk to erwin's friend maddy, and laughing at what he said =D and!! i really really like his books (well i haven't tried american gods, but...), but i thought it'll be really dig-a-hole-and-bury-myself stupid if i went up to him and gushed about how much i love neverwhere.. for one, he always looks half-dead from all the signings, and also cos i'm all too conscious of the gazillion and one people behind me waiting for their turn.. so well, i can only mourn the fact that i was so close to be able to talk to him, but i didn't.
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that's after the kino signing.. someone posted it on the message board =D thought it was really cool, but haven't been down to kino to see the real thing (if it was actually left there..)