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Watched Big Fish again tonight. Every time I saw Huntingdon places, I yelled "That's my school! Right there!" much to the annoyance of Mom and Danny. Dad came in on the same scene he always comes in on-- that final hospital scene. Someday he's going to watch the whole thing.

Since I'm talking about Ewan--


I've already told this story several times, but I felt like telling it again.

Mom was at Wal-Mart a few years ago. This was around when they were filming Big Fish. She was getting a truckload of bags of dirt for work. She was wearing her usual work attire-- an older t-shirt, jeans, and her knee-high rubber boots.

She got the help of one of the young men in the gardening section. She couldn't load the truckload herself because she'd strained her back recently.

The young man helping her seemed nice enough. He had a slightly thick Southern accent and his hat was pulled down low on his face.

Mom has a very specific system for loading the truck with dirt, so she ordered him around, making sure that he complied to the letter. He was very nice about it.

As she watched him load, she realized that there was something... familiar about him. She'd seen him. But where?

He looked just like Ewan McGregor.

His hair was a little darker than she remembered it being, and he was speaking with a Southern accent... but she could have sworn it was him. When he noticed her staring at him, he looked a little flustered, as if he was wondering what she'd do next. She decided that if it was him, she'd be cool about it--after all, he was there incognito for a reason. And if it wasn't, she'd not embarrass herself with unneccesary squeeing.

He relaxed, and continued to load the heavy bags of dirt. When he'd finished, Mom thanked him for his help.

He smiled, and told her, "I love your boots."

She went home and told us. I was the only one willing to believe that Ewan, for reasons of his own, was loading dirt in the Prattville, AL, Wal-Mart.

The next day, Grandma called about an article in the Montgomery Advertiser. Apparently Ewan had been sighted a few days previous at some store in some podunk town working as an employee.

When she watched the movie, she got all excited. "That's exactly what he looked like! And sounded like!" We all flailed and squeed.

Now whenever people make comments about her boots, she tells them, "Well, Ewan liked them."

Date: 2005-06-11 05:21 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] otakuoverlorde.livejournal.com
Oh, my, GOD!

SO much jealousy.

My envy knows no bounds.

Grr, argh.

*huggles* Lucky. ^^v

Date: 2005-06-11 06:22 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] stoopbeck.livejournal.com
TELL me about it. Every time Mom tells that story, I think "Now why couldn't it have been ME?" Except I have no idea what I would have done when faced with Ewan. Probably would have squeed and passed out.

Date: 2005-06-11 06:32 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] otakuoverlorde.livejournal.com
Which is infinitely more legal than the course of action I would have taken. ^^

Date: 2005-06-11 06:39 am (UTC)

Date: 2005-06-11 06:00 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] skroberts
I so love that story. Why can't I live in the cool places Ewan happens to be in, too?!

Date: 2005-06-11 06:04 am (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] roadrunner1896.livejournal.com
Well, it is your College, too, isn't it?

*muffins you and Alex*

Date: 2005-06-11 06:19 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] stoopbeck.livejournal.com
*snuggles*

Date: 2005-06-12 01:25 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] skroberts
Yes, I go to school there now, but I don't live there. So I wouldn't have need to go to the store like Mom did... *sigh*

If only I were, maybe, a week older, I would have been in college at the time he was there. Now, though, I only get to walk in his footsteps. With is still squeeworthy. :D

PS: Alex, we need to do that screencaps-photo thing when we get back. *wink*

Date: 2005-06-12 02:27 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] stoopbeck.livejournal.com
*wink wink nudge nudge* Most definitely.

If I were only... well, a year older, I might have been there... :D

Date: 2005-06-11 06:19 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] stoopbeck.livejournal.com
And why can't he spend more time in the cool places we happen to be in? *pout*

Date: 2005-06-12 01:26 am (UTC)
skroberts: (Default)
From: [personal profile] skroberts
Exactly! WHY?!

Date: 2005-06-11 06:32 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ewanspotter.livejournal.com
Can I have your mom to keep?

Date: 2005-06-11 06:47 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ewanspotter.livejournal.com
You laugh, but I mean it. I want her. Purdy please?

Date: 2005-06-11 06:51 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] stoopbeck.livejournal.com
Well, maybe if you ask her nicely and throw in some free plants... :D

Date: 2005-06-11 06:56 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ewanspotter.livejournal.com
I'll even throw in the soil.

Date: 2005-06-11 07:26 am (UTC)

Date: 2005-06-11 06:38 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] otakuoverlorde.livejournal.com
And I only just realized--your icon--it's--that guy--from Two Guys, a Girl, and a Pizza Place. Gah, what's his NAME!? Grrr...

Anyway, he's a cutie.

Date: 2005-06-11 06:43 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] stoopbeck.livejournal.com
*raises eyebrow*

Nathan Fillion. Most definitely a cutie.



Date: 2005-06-11 06:53 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] otakuoverlorde.livejournal.com
Always did like him. ^^ Had my Berg moments, but still.

Um... [/fangirl]

Date: 2005-06-11 07:07 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] stoopbeck.livejournal.com
Hehe. I never watched Two Guys, a Girl, and a Pizza Place, sadly. I did watch Firefly, in which he shoots guns and says funny things. As a result, I am an unabashed Nathan fangirl. :D

Date: 2005-06-11 02:37 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] thelasttoknow03.livejournal.com
No matter how many times I hear that story, I am always jealous.

*is jealous*

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