The Official Adam Pascal Love Thread, part three — Page 147

oh I cannot remember at ALL. it was like, a thousand years ago...but I was actually pretty calm about it...I had met a few people by that time and was very much in this chill with the Broadway stars kind of place...now, when Nathan Lane called on the phone, I nearly fell out of my chair.

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Aw, I'm sorry you didn't make those calls, but I understand your feelings. So... completely mute? Not even a "hi?" The poor guy must be starting to wonder if it's something about him.

Kook, you've reminded me of a moment recently when I saw Nathan Lane wandering down a hall where I work. He was looking for the men's room and had gotten turned around, so I pointed the way to him. He seemed very relieved.

I have a phone complex. I don't call people, even people I know, unless it's absolutely necessary. So, calling people like that was just way too much. I couldn't do it.

I usually just grin and stare. Sometimes I say hi. It depends. And it IS something about him! He's just so completely stunning. I hate that I let myself get that way.

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I hate calling people, because I'm always afraid I'll dial the wrong number. Once, I was trying to call my friend Molly, whose number has a lot of 4s, 5s, and 0s, but instead called the number of a family whose house we'd been staying at. They have a very similar number, and I misremembered. Ironically, they also have a daughter named Molly, so when I asked to speak to "Molly," the mom didn't think anything was out of the ordinary. She said 'Can I tell her who's calling?" I told her, and she was like "Oh, HI! How are you?" Then I got confused, because my friend Molly's mom doesn't know me. I realized as the wrong Molly was coming to the phone, and I had to make up this reason for calling her that sounded SO stupid. I was moritified, and never told them what happened.
ETA~ She's also three years younger than me, so I really had no real reason to be calling her, which made it even worse.
So that's one reason I hate calling people.

When I meet Broadway people, I'm usually able to be coherent and say SOMETHING. But, I haven't met Raul or Adam yet, so you never know...

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Updated On: 10/2/05 at 05:45 PM

Amen, Emcee!

That's a funny story, Elphie. I've done that too. After a couple of decades I learned that it's okay to say something like "I'm totally out of it and dialled your number by mistake. Please just shoot me now." Honesty often is the best policy, but it seems to take an awfully long time to come to believe it.

*is listening to Civilian*

Yea, it's weird. And, I hate calling people I don't know.

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I was speechless when I met Adam. It was just brain pleasure process overload, with Adam, Idina, and the rest of the cast infront of me. I remember smiling a lot, saying thank you a bajillion times after the signed my book. But it was a little rough because of the exchange of books, playbills, and posters being shoved left and right.

When I met Anthony I sort of had a conversation with him, which was very nice.

I just know that I'm awful at putting people on hold.

Updated On: 10/2/05 at 07:17 PM

I had to work in a call center this summer so I got used to calling strangers. It's not so bad because they're not talking to ME, they're talking to the company. I am nobody. Friends, on the other hand... too wierd. What if you're interrupting them? What if you get the wrong number? What if their parent or hot older brother pick up and you're not sure how to talk to them or whether or not to leave a message?

*breaks out in hives*

Did you change the settings on your web browser Allie?

The phone isn't terrible, you can always hang up and hope that they don't have caller id.

I've been known to make calls are really obscure times, so I know I'll get an answering machine. I'm far better at leaving messages, because you can know what you're going to say and it won't get thrown off by how the person on the other end acts toward you.

That's also why I like cell phones -- because your friend's family isn't going to pick up their cell phone. You know who you'll be talking to.

But, everybody knows that the best way to reach me is via internet communication. I really dislike phones.

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BUMP!!!