episode 157: celine dione

So I recently had dinner at a family style restaurant. Our table had many friends, and many folks who I didn't know. I"ll had the extreme pleasure of sitting across the table from a young man who freaked me out just a little.





First, we where talking about development in the area, and he commented, "yeah, I am really excited about all the malls we have going up around here..." I thought he was joking, but then he followed up with, "yeah, I mean I love Chinese food, and each mall has a panda express, so I can totally get my Chinese grub on."





It took every once of my being to not shoot my beer out my nose.





conversation went on, and he asks me, "what kind of music do you like." I answered that I tended to lean towards the alternative side, but was really kind of eclectic, that most recently I have been enjoying TV on the Radio, and Peter, Bjorne, and John."





he continued to add that he was a song writer, and that recently his most favorite artist contacted him, and told him that she wanted to sing one of his songs.





My friend asks him if he was signed by a record label. Which I thought was a stretch, but polite none the less.





The young man continued, " I just couldn't believe it when Celine Dione took the time out of her busy day to call me and tell me she loved my song, and wanted to sing it. I was totally professional on the phone, but as soon as I hung up I was screaming I was so happy!"





as we walked out of the restaurant, my friend quietly says to me, "so which one of his friends do you think called him and pretended to be Celine Dione?"





the entire exchange kinda weirded me out. I wonder if there's a blog called "fatfreakydudewholikescelinedione.com" where he writes about the cyclist with really bad side burns?





yikes.





rock.





respect.


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