Just Another Day in LA!

After a long 6-day stretch last week at Spago, today was my additional day off. Time to run a bunch of errands and get back to the gym after a few self-imposed days off.

First stop Golden Apple to pick up Buffy #7 and some other comics. And there is some hot blonde filming some bit, probably for those G4 kids at Attack of the Show, highlighting some upcoming Thunderbolts graphic novels.

Then at Target, you've got a another camera crew following some chick pushing a cart filled with Hanes products, which now seem to dominate the whole men's underwear section. Over in housewears there's Andy Richter, not saving the universe, but rather just shopping with his kids. Andy by the way he is one big tall dude.

At the gym are those cute baseball-capped twins from MTV's True Life "I'm an Identical Twin episode, Maurice, one of the "most gorgeous male models" from Bravo's 2004 reality show Manhunt, and the usual number of completely ripped, completelty shaved down model types that frequent the gym from 11 to 2.

Finally at Rock 'n' Roll Ralphs I waiting in line for the cashiers behind two sportily dressed Latinas. Or so I think. When one has to go back to fetch some iced-oatmeal cookies, I get a better look. Both chicks have big tits, tiny wastes, broad shoulders, strong chins AND Adam's Apples! I'm stuck behind two done-up-to-the-sporty-nines transexuals who barely seem to speak English (and the cashier happens to be Asian who then asks if I'm into bodybuilding and if I know who won last week's Olympia).

Just another day in LA!

CELEBFLASH: Faith & Jimmy!

A fun though ultimately somewhat lackluster Sunday night Emmy party capped off an odd couple of weeks last weekend. The highlight of the night was getting to see two of the truly most attractive people in TV: First off was Eliza Dushku, Buffy the Vampire Slayer's ultimate bad girl Faith, who though a tad thin is simply stunning in person and radiates both elegance and confidence, though I suppose the latter shouldn't be surprising since she recently inked her own development deal at Fox. Isn't it really just time for the ultimate Buffy spin-off?

Then there was the original Jimmy Olsen, and former Special Unit 2 detective, Michael Landes, who's pictures just don't do him justice. The guy is truly beautiful in the flesh. Landes another recent Fox signer-on deserves to break through and make it big. Booted from The New Adventures of Lois & Clark for looking too much like Dean Cain, Landes was seen earlier this year in the soon cancelled Wedding Bells. I have a feeling Sunday night he thought that I was stalking him and his missus since every time I turned around there he was (or is it the other way around). Well, maybe the first two or three times, but after that it was all purely accidental.

Now a Faith-centric supernatural-fantasy show with Landes as some sort of deity/demon/sidekick, now that I would certainly watch!

CELEBFLASH: Me?

Yes, that's me on Oprah!

Filmed at Spago exactly a month ago, the episode, A Tribute to Sidney Poitier, aired yesterday. Celebrating The Measure of a Man, Mr. Poitier's spiritual autobiography at a "Dinner of a Lifetime" were seven lucky viewers (and a cast and crew behind the scenes of hundreds).

I was lucky enough to be featured in the Spago overview bit towards the beginning of the episode (I'm the one standing behind uber-designer Colin Cowie, looking a tad befuddled if I do say so myself)
Next stop Survivor!

[ Note: Downloading the episode from Tivo to my laptop was a piece of cake. Capturing a screenshot not so easy! Matt in NYC has given me a couple of ideas, namely using VLC Media Player which captures it's own snapshot - still not great images, but better! ]

CELEBFLASH: Bad Table?

Remember the good old days when you played one of the leads in TV's top rated medical drama, when you were the "and" in the show's title (similar to Heather Locklear's "special guest star" role on Melrose Place).

Then after 168 episodes you hang up your scrubs to produce, direct and star in your own movie, Crazy as Hell. Maybe you thought you'd get out when the going was still good, when ER was still on top and just after your NAACP Image Award win for best actor in a TV drama, hoping your career path would mimic former co-star George Clooney's upward spiral.

And then... Well, there were a couple of episodes of Without a Trace and a behind the camera stint on an episode of The Twilight Zone.

And now... Oh, dear Eriq La Salle, 44, there you are on the break.

Not exactly the best table in the house!

CELEBFLASH: Repeat City

The CelebFlash, a self-coined term used to describe my encounters with the Hollywood elite (and once a significant part of my blog) has seemingly been long since absent from my writings. Thinking about it now, the majority of my CelebFlashes occurred when I was still at The Farm. You would have thought my position at Spago would have granted me better access to the stars, however being stuck up in the office I just don't get the opportunity to interact like I did back at The Grove. Sure I've brushed passed Jake Gyllenhaal's ass, had a conversation with KeiraKnightley's mum, and planned a lunch for those Knots Landing folks, but it's just not the same as gushing over Buffy, pouring tea for Corbin Bernsen, or mocking Breckin Meyer.

Sure I recently met past Deadwood inhabitant, and sleight-of-hand artiste Ricky Jay. Glimpsed both Terminators: the T-1000's Robert Patrick shortly after his fine performance in Cena's The Marine, as well as the original T-800 , the Governator himself, Arnold. Chanced upon Rocky IV's Ludmilla Drago herself, the ever-imposing, incredibly tall, international reality TV queen Brigitte Nielson (who seems as tall sitting as I am standing). I even once had to tell Candice Bergen, no, she could not get a reservation.

Nowadays however I feel like I'm trapped in the equivalent of network TV's summer season (aka rerun season), running in to the same old faces again and again. Ian Ziering (at The Griddle, Rite Aid or Baja Fresh), Michael Rapaport, Grant Show, The Biggest Loser's Trainer Bob, Peter Paige and, of course, the one and only Jesse Metcalf (causing me to wonder "Where's Jesse?" every time we go to the gym).

Sadly I suppose the CelebFlash has become part and parcel of my everyday life here in LA! (exactly like people warned it would). Meeting Carrie Fisher or James Marsters would still cause me to go into conniptions (similar to the way Bentley does whenever I come home), but I suppose when all's said and done "stars" still have to buy their toilet paper at Target just like the rest of us!

CELEBFLASH: More Muscle Buddies

Friday is leg day, quads actually, and we typically focus on those classic mass builders the leg press and hack squat, with a few hybrid calf supersets thrown in for good measure.

Last Friday's workout was the usual thigh-numbing experience (thankfully followed by a selection of tasty donuts from Winchell's), though the atypical presence of very special guest star, Jesse Metcalf, was a more than pleasant addition to the proceedings.

Now I've run into Jesse before (at the Sprint store on La Cienega where he simply signed in as "Jesse M."), but lifting next to him, I got to see just what a stud he truly is. There Jesse was pressing 5 plates on the leg machine. Impressive. Joe and I had just completed 10 reps with 14. Nice. Obviously Jesse's a chest man!

Sunday's very special guest star was none other than the Iron Enforcer. The superhero turned super villain from the so-corny-it's-not-that-awful reality show Who Wants to be a Superhero (which Sci-Fi has just picked up for an extended season 2). Accused of bad BO by his fellow castmates, I smelt nothing unsavory when standing near this big boy. However I did wonder where his gun was!

CELEBFLASH: Show Me the Muscle

Back in the mid 90's when I came to the States, both Beverly Hills 90210 and Melrose Place were in the shows to watch. Teens and twentysomethings gathered around their TV sets eagerly anticipating what wicked and vindictive acts Brenda and Amanda would inflict upon their fellow castmates.

In 1994, for Melrose's 2nd season finale I gathered with friends, and a large selection of snacky foods, to watch the highly anticipated kiss between Matt, the gay-on-paper-only character, and some hunky guest star. After hyping the hell out of this kiss, FOX unceremoniously cut it, leaving us instead with a slow-mo shot of Matt going in for the kill!

Kiss or no kiss, Matt was still the most boring character on the show, and I had not come out yet, but I was strangely enamoured with resident bad boy Jake Hanson. Like 90210's Kelly I would have followed Jake to ends of the earth... well, to West Hollywood anyway.

Cut to the 24 Hour Fitness at Arclight, 12 years later. There I am working out next to Jake Hanson himself, Grant Show, still looking surprisingly buff and chiseled.

The only reason I tuned in to FOX's quickly-cancelled 2005 supernatural drama Point Pleasant was because of Show and his portrayal of the devilish Lucas Boyd, a character particularly similar to one Lucas Buck from 1995's American Gothic, played by Gary Cole, who I coincidently work out next to at Gold's!

CELEBFLASH: Royalty

It was a busy weekend for the Spago Beverly Hills family, starting Friday night with an event at the Regent Beverly Wilshire's pool deck in association with the folks from Cigar Aficionado, and culminating Sunday in the 7th Annual Chefs Grand Tasting Dinner* at the restaurant itself.

Friday night I volunteered to help out poolside. Unfortunately I was relegated to the hotel lobby, along with the fabulous pink-haired Mary, to direct guests up to the event. However this did allow me to stop by and say "hi" to the girls at Cut, Wolfgang's essential new LA steakhouse in it's space designed by Getty Center designer Richard Meier. While loitering in the hotel lobby not only did I set eyes on the "rich & famous" Robin Leach, but a way too thin Rebecca De Mornay (so thin actually her head looked somewhat misshapen and too big for her body).

Also loitering around the Regent that evening, perusing trinkets in one of the Regent's boutiques, was none other than Weight Watcher extraordinaire herself Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York (though no longer Her Royal Highness).

Encouraged by the marvellous Mary, over we went to introduce ourselves, gush a little (or a lot as it happened, all the while tripping over my tongue) and with camera phone at the ready, all set to take a snapshot. Fergie willingly obliged, which was really super nice of her since she was doing a spot of shopping with the girls, and especially after the drivel that spewed from my lips. See Exhitibt A to the left (and yes, I'm short and she's quite tall).

* Some of the Chefs who will be plating dishes out of the Spago kitchen will be Mario Batali (Babbo), Alain Ducasse (Plaza Athénée), Bobby Flay (Mesa Grill), Nobu Matsuhisa (Matsuhisa), and Eric Ripert (Le Bernardin) amoungst others, all hand-picked by our own Chef Lee Hefter.

CELEBFLASH: Desperate

Remember the days of the 1993 Seinfeld episode, The Implant, when Teri Hatcher was considered quite curvy. As Sidra, Hatcher's last line of the episode was the memorable,

"They're real, and they're spectacular."

A reference of course to her breasts, which Elaine had told Jerry were fake.

Stopping off for a coffee and Farmeeoh at The Farm on Saturday before our early evening performance of Hollywoodland (which, by the way, was very banal and certainly not worth the $11.00 per head admission), who should be on her way out but none only than the Desperate Housewife herself.

Sporting the requisite dark sunglasses, Teri hurriedly swept out of the restaurant, with kid in tow, looking even thinner in person that she does on the telly. And by thin, I mean sickly so... bonier than a skeleton at Disney's Haunted Mansion.

Thank god the camera adds 10 pounds!

CELEBFLASH: Feed the Boy a Muffin!

Walking into the gym yesterday (yes, I'm back to the grind) I thought to myself "It's been a while, I'd love to see a celeb today!" And lo and behold, I did!

Though really hoping to bump in to some hottie (like Tom Welling or Jensen Ackles), instead my path was crossed by... none other than The WB's Gregory Smith!!!

Gregory Smith?

Who?

Greg played Ephram Brown, the permanently petulant doctor's kid on Everwood, the other show in which Brenda Strong died in the pilot and then appeared in flashbacks and dream sequences throughout the first season. Everwood also just happened to be one of the best, most heartwarmingly honest and real shows on television. Sadly it lost it's place on The CW's fall lineup due to the last minute renewal of 7th Heaven (the longest running family drama on US telly and the only show to air on The WB throughout the netlet’s 10 year existence).

Now Greg's not exactly the stockiest of WB actors, but he's at the gym, so at least he's trying, right? (Though he was having a little trouble benching the 35 lb dumbbells.)

Anyways, I point out my celeb sighting to Joe, who has no idea who this "skinny kid" is, and hence this entry's (full) title:

"For the love of god, feed the boy a muffin!"

Greg - Blueberry, Poppyseed or Bran?

CELEBFLASH: Tar-Jey!

Chunky Chips Ahoy!, for those early morning coffee breaks: $1.66

Ultra Clear Intense Sport Degree, for that extra protection when you need it the most: $2.39

Monster Trail Mix, over 2 lbs of chocolatey-nutty goodness: $5.99

Hem Dazon and other hard to find plastic Mos Eisley denizens: $19.92

Hunting for that matching Sterilite lid and container combination next to the "when did he get so tubby?" Boston Public alumn Michael Rapaport at the Target on La Brea: Priceless!

[ Ok, so maybe not as priceless as meeting say Sue Ellen Ewing, but still cool nonetheless]

CELEBFLASH: Back to the Cul-de-Sac

When I was at The Farm, my star sightings ran the gambit from Linda Gray and Sarah Michelle, to Breckin Meyer and Marcellous Reynolds. With my current 9-to-5 job these sightings have become fewer and much farther between (sad I know, but what can I do?).

Today however was a doozy of a CelebFlash. Four stars from that top-rated supersoap of the 90s, the spinoff that outlasted the original, and one of my mum's favourite shows, Knots Landing!

Gary, Valene, Karen and Abby! The stars of the show (well the first four listed on the Landing's IMDB entry anyway). All at one time, all in one place, and even some 13 years after the show had ended, all still friends! Very cool indeed!

I'd met Michele Lee, Karen, a couple of years ago at a Creative Coalition freebie Dish catered in DC. She is still looking awesome, and still wearing that designer cowboy hat.

Donna Mills' Abby Fairgate Cunningham Ewing Sumner is another one of those petite little things in person, so it's had to reconile her with that larger than life vixen-extraordinnaire she played on TV. That said, upon seeing her I stopped dead in my tracks, ready for a good slap on the face.

And then there's Ted Shackelford's Gary and Joan Van Ark's Val, still the hottest couple on the block, chit chatting together like old times (the times before Valene's multiple other marriages anyway).

When I met Cordelia at Wizard World she talked about recently seeing Angel at The Farm and how that had been the first time they'd seen each other since the show ended. That's sad!

Thirteen years on and the Knots' crew still hang! That's truly impressive!

CELEBFLASH ULTRA: She's No Vamp

I'm at the gym with Chris the other weekend, and it's one of those dreaded leg days. After squats and extensions I'm exhausted and extremly sweaty, though not too drained and dehydrated to spot a celeb, especially a celeb who's appeared on two of my all time fav shows!

But was it really who I thought it was? She looked shorter, and much much skinnier than I ever would have imagined.

"That's Drusilla," I tell Chris, only to be stared back at blankly, "Juliet Landau. From Buffy and Angel. One of the Big Bads in Season 2." More blank stares followed by a shrug and "So why don't you go speak to her." "Well, what if it's not? I'm only like 85% sure it is. What if I'm wrong, what would I say?" "If you don't I will!" And off he goes to do some lat raises.

So, there I am lifting and pondering, pondering and lifting... What should I say? Can that really be Dru? Do you think she'd sign my 12" collectible?

"It is her!" "Huh?" "I asked her if she used to be on Buffy, she said yes, and I told her you were a big geek, er... fan... Just go say hullo!"

So, nibbling on my lip in a very un-vampiric sort of way, off I trundle to introduce myself, I have to now that I've been singled out as an uber-geek!

"Hi there, I just wanted to say how much I love your work" "You must be Matt, it's a pleasure to meet you." I'm now stumbling over my words, "Um! I thought you were great as Dru! I even just got that new doll of you..." "The one of Dru as a vampire... You should bring it in, I'm here all the time, I'll sign it for you!" "Wow! Cool! That would be really great!"

Yes, uber-geek! I've even really considered taking my collectible in to get it signed. Wouldn't I look super cool at Gold's with a mint-in-package Vampire Dru tucked safely under my arm?

CELEBFLASH: Crunch Edition

Living right behind Crunch, it'd be easy to stop on by for a quick workout, especially since the Ohio guy who signed up Mikey gave me a bunch of free passes. So last Sunday, in order to check out the gym, I offered to help Mikey with his chest workout. On a lazy Sunday afternoon, I didn't expect much of anything, but as always, you never know who you'll stumble across in LA!

Find The Flaw

When I see a fitness model in the flesh, I'm always blown away by their "beauty". With their chiseled abs and bulging biceps, these are some of the best looking men around, having graced the covers of such homo-rotica as Men's Workout and Exercise For Men Only. I admit it, I have a hard time not starring, but, in not been able to take my eyes of their perfect physiques, one begins to notice flaws!

Shock! Horror! Yes, these guys aren't perfect. Their skin is bad, their hair receding, or as in the case of recent sighting Greg Plitt, they have absolutely no ass! No ass and no legs... He looks disproportionate with his perfectly-huge arms and chest dwarfing his non-existent ass and thighs. This realisation, first coined by another Kevin (Mike's buddy in DC), is known as "Find The Flaw," and will become my new favourite gym game. No longer will I been intimidated by apparent perfection... I will Find The Flaw!!!

Boy Drops Weights

So, we're working out next to this kid doing bench presses. He looks familiar. I'm sure he's some reality show contestant from Boy Meets Boy, or something of that ilk. He's a little guy, he's benching 135lbs, then all of a sudden CRASH! and he's dropped his weights. One of the 45s has fallen off the bar and he's floundering. We've all had it happen, it's embarrassing, you try and pretend it never happened, but still someone sniggers. Mike and I were the sniggerers. And right or wrong we continued to chortle at this D-Lister, as well as the other beautiful people we'd found flaws in, throughout the rest of our workout.

Cut to: Monday night and The Golden Globes. The nominations for Best Actor in a TV Mini-Series or Movie are being read out, and Mike and I are stunned into momentary silence... then bust out laughing. The kid we'd seen drops his weights... the skinny kid with bad skin... the one with the perpetual scowl we'd laughed at... none other than Jonathan Rhys-Meyers... the cute guy from Bend It Like Beckham... and he goes on and wins the Globe!

"Thank you to all those who worked with me on Elvis , and to those guys who laughed at me at the gym - F**K You!"

CELEBFLASH: They're All Golden!

Is it really a CelebFlash when you come across these people at an organized event? Is the sighting really as blog-worthy as, say, meeting Sue Ellen at The Farm? I mean, I don't think I'd blog about a celeb I saw in a play, unless the play was worth blogging!

But I suppose, with such a plethora of them last night, I should at least give you the rundown:

Ron Howard, Brian Grazer, Eric Bana, Adrien Brody, Michelle Yeoh, Paul Giamatti, Sean Hayes (again), Donald Sutherland, Michelle Williams, Dr. Perry Cox, Russlle Crowe, Jason Lee, Ang Lee, Mischa Barton, and surprise of the night, Matt Dillon, who looked (has he had some work done?) STUNNING!

Oh! And did I forget to mention Heath AND Jake!!!

Both were gorgeous. Heath was much bigger and more imposing that I thought he'd be. Jake, surprisingly slight, though I did sadly have to squeeze passed him, so, unfortunately, I did get to touch. Though he is skinnier than I'd hoped, I might still love him!

My most blog-worthy part of the night was chit-chatting with this British lady, who just happened to be Keira Knightly's mum. We discussed Keira transformation in to plastic, how she'd already had one action figure made from her stint in Star Wars (which her mum had told her she wouldn't like filming - and she didn't, it was all blue screen), and how she's got another one on the way from Pirates of the Caribbean. I'm always a hit with the mums!!!

CELEBFLASH: New Year's Eve Edition

The new job is keeping me from the celebs, but a night at out The Hollywood Palladium to ring in 2006 was just the thing the doctor ordered for a few good sightings:

Remember My So Called Life? The short-lived, but critically acclaimed, '94-'95 series from Marshall Herskovitz and Edward Zwick, the creators of thirtysomething. Remember Supernova, that really awful sci-fi movie with the really cute Mr. Jennie Garth as the baddie. Who connects the two? Wilson Cruz. Everyone's favourite mid-90s gay boy, in one of the few realistic portrayals of a teen coming to terms with his own sexuality. And unfortunately we all still remember him for this!

So a while back, soon after I started the blog, Matt from Cosmic Blast asked me to be on the look out for Colt man Chris Wide. Now I said I would, but at the time I really had no clue who he was talking about. Somehow however just recently I actually came across a picture of Chris, and OMG!, unbeknownst to little me I'd been working out right next to (and lusting after) him for months. When I saw him on NYE I got a friend to confirm that that was actually him (which it was). His pictures really don't do him justice, he is much more handsome in person and he truly has the greatest ass ever!

Lastly we have, again, and for the umpteenth time, Mike Ergas - who I might just be in love with. The guy is HUGE! He's only a tad taller than me at 5'6", but he must be close to 230lbs if not more (his off season high is 260lbs). What most impresses me about Mike however is his attitude and professionalism. Although he totally got screwed at the 2005 Nationals, he simply chalks it up as just another experience. The guy is a total class act!

Now I had a couple of opportunities to go up, introduce myself, proclaim myself a huge fan, and wotnot, but being a stupid wuss, I chicken out. Damn me, I'm supposed to be being more proactive in 2006. Not a good way to start!

[To see Mike posing at a massive post-nationals 220lbs click here]

CELEBFLASH: The Scooby Gang

Although I've never mentioned it, Sarah Michelle was not the first of the Scoobies I'd run into. Way back last summer, on a trip out here to see what LA had to offer, while perusing Nordstrom at The Grove... there, on the opposite side of a clothes rack, looking back at me with two good eyes was none other than Buffy's bud Xander Harris. So there I am, starring down Nicholas Brendon, pretending to check out the latest Ben Sherman, while he picks out a new pair of jeans.

Cut to a year later, Nick is again at The Grove, this time stopping into The Farm for a coffee. Only now it occurs to me, is this actually Nick? Or is it infact his identical twin brother, Kelly? Was I really stalking Nolita's pastry chef, or was I simply ogling a Replacement?

Back during Outfest, we went to see Race You To The Bottom, a sort of Sideways with a bisexual bent (the movie was actually in production first, but couldn't get a distributer). The flick itself wasn't at all bad, save for the lead actor, who you just wanted to slap.... real hard! Amber Benson, Willow's lesbian love Tara, was the other lead, and it's easy to see why Joss Wheadon loved this actress so much. She was radiant on screen, and just as effervescent at the Q&A afterwards. If only I'd known she was going to be there, I'd have had my Hush figure for her to sign!!!

And I thought Sarah Michelle was little!!! But Jonathan, the guy who awarded Buffy the Class Protector at the prom, became one of Season 6's Big Bads, and then died at the hand's of his best friend to unleash the Uber Vamp... now he's SHORT! And by short I mean TINY! His feet barely even touched the ground when he was sitting. And when he stood up, well, I felt like a giant, and I'm only 5'5" (and a half).

CELEBFLASH ULTRA: BUFFY!!!

As regular readers will have noticed, I "catalogue" pretty much all my celebrity sightings here on Misadventures. I'm not necessarily a fan of these people, few of them really float my boat, it's just that I'm a small town boy from the England, who's always been enamored with television and the movies. I recognize them and (hopefully) make witty little asides. The list of "stars" I would really care to see is pretty damn short. Really!

Well, today I hit an absolute high. Maybe even the top of the ladder...

Buffy, the bloody, Vampire Slayer!!!



Sarah Michelle Gellar herself... in the flesh... no Freddie Prince (not that I care).

She's standing in line at the restaurant to get on the waiting list. I turn, see her and my knees go weak. I seriously cannot move!

Cut to: A bit later.

Her party is seated (she's with her mum and some friends), and I overhear her asking Natalie for crayons for the kid with her. It just happens today is the day we're crayonless, but being the manager I find some, take them over, and just start to gush!

It's all a blur, but it went something like this:

"I know this is unprofessional, and I've never done this sort of thing before, but I really wanted to say that I love your work. I just moved from Washington, DC and you were at the top of my list of people I wanted to see. I love everything you've done. I love Buffy! Thank you!"

Her friend makes some joke: "You think that's?... She's my cousin Bertha."

Sarah Michelle: "Big Bertha they used to call me."

Me: "Don't even kid with me on this one. My knees are knocking! Meeting you has just made my entire week."

I get a bunch of "Thank yous" and "You're so sweet" and I finally leave them to their lunch. My heart is racing, the knees still knocking, and I'm almost on the verge of tears (uh?).

Cut again to: Some time later.

I'm doing some managerial sorta stuff at one of the terminals, and Sarah Michelle's mum comes up to me and asks if I had anything I wanted Sarah to sign, Sarah was just wondering? WOW! Of course, no DVD, no MOC action figure, not even a decent piece of paper. I grab a pen, tear a bit of paper out of the receipt terminal and head on over.

Matt -

It was so nice to meet you.

Best wishes,

Sarah Michelle

I gush some more, say thanks and byes, and shake her hand.

And I'm floored. WOW again! How nice and sweet, and... well, that whole expereince just blew me a-bloody-way!!!

Now, if only Spike were to show himself....

CELEBFLASH: John Kesler Update!

Forget the Six Degrees thingy... I was just introudced to him... I did everything I could not to melt and I may never wash my hand again!