The Official Raúl E. Esparza "Spread the Love" Thread, part two — Page 72

I'm sorry this is so long, but, well, it's Raul, lol:

I saw Company today (thanks sweetestsiren for thinking of me)!!! It was amazing (of course), and I met Raul!

Basically what happened was me and my friend hung out in the lobby and she spotted him first, and he went to talk to his friends so we waited around because we didn’t want to interrupt. We overheard (we weren’t eavesdropping, but it was really easy to hear) him talking about how he had food poisoning right before opening night of Company. My friend was facing him and apparently Raul did some sort of funny gestures pretending to throw up, lol. After about 20 minutes other people from the cast came out and I got autographs from Leenya Rideout and Angel Desai. Then these two guys talked to Raul when he was finished with his friends and talked about Taboo for a bit, then Raul turned to me and I was like “…” and then asked him for an autograph. My very first instinct was fear- I almost didn’t say anything at all (like when I met Anthony), but then I got it together and was like “You were amazing”, and when he saw that I had my tick, tick…BOOM! CD booklet for him to sign he made the most adorable little sound and said “Ooo! Ticktickboom!!!” And my sharpie was being mean so I said “Oh, my pen doesn’t work” and he said that it was okay and he like took a bunch of time perfecting it and signed it “Raul E. Esparza, “Jon”” and said that “I think that’s how I used to sign it then”. I then called him short. *headdesk* Here is how it went:
Me: “Wow, you’re like as tall as I am!”
Raul: “Yeah, people are always telling me I’m short”
Me: “I mean, it’s not a bad thing, I’m just surprised”
Raul: “I always hear that I look bigger on stage”
Me: *stupidly* “That’s ‘cause you are so great!”
My Friend: *much more sane*: “It’s probably because you have such a great stage presence.”

Anyway, I think he said “Thanks” and then I asked for a picture and someone took one of Raul, my friend, and I together- and can I take this moment to fangirl and say his back was so soft… it was the suede coat, but still- soft, lol.

It was an amazing experience and I will have the picture probably Easter weekend because I have to take pictures of Anthony and Adam next weekend :) I feel so blessed.

Updated On: 4/2/06 at 10:49 PM

Food poisoning. That would explain it.

Glad you had a great time! (P.S. it's Angel Desai) And trust me, calling him short is MUCH better than what I said to him.

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