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To Thomas from North Circleton, LA
I wanted to go ahead and follow up with the other possible topics I offered a few days ago for discussion on my blog. You voted that you wanted to hear about my experience auditioning for Lost - can’t blame you. HOWEVER, one sir Thomas* from North Circleton, LA* sent a very persuasive email requesting, nay BEGGING that I talk about the most famous person that I have ever been on a date with. So here you go Thomas. Her name was/is Halle Berry. Now now, before you go hee hawing about how I was never on a date with Halle (as they call her here in the entertainment business), you’re right. However, I WAS on a date with a very lovely lady named Susan in the VERY SAME RESTAURANT where Halle dined. The plot thickens…
Basically, Susan and I sat down for a nice meal at Wong’s Tasty House**, opened our menus and began to peruse the appetizers. I wasn’t thirty seconds into the Warm Duck Salad and Spiced Curry Bites before I noticed a strikingly beautiful woman sitting at the bar with a man friend. It was definitely Halle. I had just watched Monster’s Ball a week earlier (talk about serendipity) so her face was fresh in my mind.
It was hard to focus on Susan after that. I mean, no offense Susan, but the thing is - you’re no Halle Berry. No Storm in X Men, No Catwoman in Catwoman, no Cappy in Robots. But I wanted to show Susan a good time, so I thought I’d let her in on a little of the ol small world of show business thing. And maybe make a nice connection with Halle in the process. We actors know how to talk to each other, and Susan, being a librarian, found that very impressive. I sat through dinner, waiting for just the right moment to pounce, and as I crossed to the bathroom, I stopped, placed a gentle but firm hand on Halle’s shoulder and said, “Excuse me, could you tell me where the bathroom is?” Halle looks me square in the eye and says, “I think it’s back there,” pointing behind her. You should have seen the stink eye that Halle’s date gave me. Boy oh boy.
When I sat down with Susan again, she was just bubbling with questions. “What did you say to her?”, “is she pretty up close?” “where’s the check?” etcetera. I’d call the night a major success. I haven’t seen Halle since then, but I have a feeling that the time will come when I can remind her of our brief encounter someday. And at the very least, it makes for a nice little name drop at parties. “Oh yeah, Halle and I eating panasian cuisine together on a Sunday. Pretty crazy.” But seriously folks. Halle is an excellent actress and I really respect her career and integrity. I am honored to call her an acquaintance, and I hope that we get to work together someday. If her agent is reading this, I can be reached at bringbackjerometolost@gmail.com.
Oh and hey everybody - LET’S BRING BACK JEROME TO LOST! Sign and spread that petition, people - every little signature counts.
Over and out.
***JEROME***
p.s. Let me know if you have an thoughts about my signature. I’m playing with some symbols, got some asterisks at work above. Trying to find a nice simple design that really captures “me,” and says to the reader “talk to you later.” Any ideas are welcome.
*Name and location have been changed to protect the identity of John from Colorado.
**Restaurant name has been changed to protect Halle.
