I can't believe I forgot this!

I guess what follows is basically one big Post Script to the story below, but since I'm an idiot, I'm putting in a separate post. I've also been borderline derelict this week (real life cutting into my blogging! heaven forbid!!), so I want an excuse to make another post.

Anyway, back to the story.....

So as we're heading back to Naing's car after the game, we notice that having not made the swiftest of exits from the ACC, the parking lots are all jammed with people excitedly trying to get home, or wherever. We all hate gridlock.

The solution? Find a bar.

The problem? Where?!?

Anand suggests the Westin Harbour Castle, which is probably the closest bar, anyway, so we head over there. That and their drinks will probably feel cheap compared to the ACC, anyway!

Being only slightly underdressed, we plop down at the bar, not standing out at all.

After a little while, DC gives me a stage whisper like only DC knows how (it's probably louder than most people's actual speaking voice), asking if that guy over by the window is Luke Jackson? First, I had no idea what he was talking about... mostly because there was a giant pilar in my line of sight, but fortunately the subject of Dave's excitement got up, and came over to the bar, again sitting directly behind the pilar from me. However, during his saunter, he ventured into my line of sight. I think they might be on to something. Unfortunately, Naing doesn't know what Luke Jackson looks like, other than confirming that this guy is, in fact, tall... and Anand is beside me, completely blocked by the pilar.

Being the 14 year old girls we are, we play the "take a wide turn while going to the bathroom" card to get a better look.....

And?

It's totally him.

Dave and I, under about the only acceptable terms to speak to another man in the bathroom, agree that it's him, and that we have to go talk to him. We decide that asking about the game (he was involved in a really hard foul near the end of the first half) that night is the easiest way to casually confirm that it's him. When we get back to the bar, we tell Naing and Anand our plan, and then Dave gets up without saying a word, and heads over to talk to him.

A few details, as this is getting long:

• He lives at the Westin right now.
• He likes Toronto.
• The Raps have re-signed him for next year.
• He won't likely live in a hotel next year.
• Seemed like a good dude, but who knows in 5 minutes?
• Really tall. Even sitting.
• Surprisingly skinny for a professional athlete.

And that was my brush with borderline fame this week......