Tom Hanks said hello to me today...

Lovely, how wonderful...and at least you don't have to have your skirt cleaned.

Holy crap. I'm so jealous. I love Tom Hanks.

Hah, I think I was just too dumbfounded. And his wife, Rita Wilson, was walking with him.

But, really, I couldn't really concentrate at all throughout my hour and fifty minute class right after. Goodness gracious. The man has a demanding presence, that's for sure.

That's not even a real answer. If Rita is with him, ya take her too. She's a fox, so grab up the both of them.

OH AND HIS SON? LOOKS EXACTLY LIKE HIM.

And remember, when you marry his son and become a Hank..don't forget the BWWers who convinced you to pass the personal boundaries...

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For years I've had this fantasy that I marry Colin Hanks just so Tom Hanks could be my father-in-law. I've been trying to get my husband to send him a fan letter asking to be adopted, but he doesn't seem to think it's a good idea.

If his voice is exactly like Tom's...I'll surely drop dead on the scene. Tom Hanks has a voice to die for. So soothing. Y'know.

Lucky!!! I love Tom Hanks!

He's pretty amazing...although somebody astounded me with their reaction to my telling them about this encounter.

She lives on my floor; her name is Lauren.

I walked in to her suite on the way to mine and told the three girls there about my recent, exhilarating encounter with Tom Hanks. The other two girls seemed to think the prospect of seeing him would have been quite nice. Lauren, however, got this really dirty look on her face and said, "If I would have seen him, I would have punched him in the neck."

I was more than a little taken aback when I asked, "Uh, why?"

She said something about hating "Forrest Gump" and how "a retard is centrally involved with some of the most important events of our country in the 20th century." I then said, "Well...just remembered that Tom Hanks does not equal Forrest Gump. They're...not the same person..." She got this really flustered, really spiteful look on her face and said, "Oh REALLY?! Thanks for clearing that up for me...I didn't KNOW that. Oh wow, thank you SO much. That was so KIND of you." Blah blah blah. I just meant to imply that...he was merely cast in the role...he is not actually "a retard who is centrally involved with some of the most important events of our country in the 20th century."

Anyway, I thought she WAY overreacted, so I just left the room. Hah, it was really the first time anyone has ever been bitingly mean to me or around me at Northwestern. Nuts. And over something like wanting to punch Tom Hanks in the neck.

what the hell?

Want me to punch *her* in the neck?

DO IT.
How dare she.
Tom will go all Saving Private Ryan on her ayse.

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Did you happen to slap him for doing Charles Wilson War.

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Hah, rosscoe, I decided to give him the benefit of the doubt. When you see Tom Hanks, it doesn't really cross your mind to slap him. Admittedly, Charlie Wilson's War isn't my favorite piece of film...but I was too enamored of his presence to consider reprimanding him for it. =P

And, sotragic, it could not have been better put.