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January 26, 2006

Mr. Big Shot & Big Ben

I did it!!! I got to meet Chauncey Billups and Ben Wallace!! I was told to be at the Palace at 2pm, but David Hall was filming a few commercials with Ben and Chauncey. We had to wait a while for them to show up. Rasheed Wallace was supposed to be there too, but he was a no-show.

So they got there and of course, we were all trying to get pictures of them (without flashes). I got some pretty good ones, but most of them were blurry, some a lot, some not so much. I had to use my maximum zoom on most of them which made it hard to get a shot that wasn't blurry. They took a couple of hours to film their commercials, but when they were done, Steve (the guy who works with me and who was running the whole thing) introduced me to Ben and Chauncey. They held out their hands and I made sure to give them both a firm handshake.

I was a little surprised at how quiet they both were. I didn't know quite what to say to them, except hello, can I get you to sign this? Can I also get a picture with you? Thank you so much!! I almost didn't get their autographs cause I forgot to bring the marker with me. But I managed to find a permanent marker that was about an inch in diameter. When I gave it to Chauncey for him to sign my jersey, he said, "Jeez, that is one big-ass marker!" He signed his name right on his number! I got them BOTH to sign my Pistons jersey and get a picture with both of them!!!

Anyway, after they were done, they left and it was my turn to act out my scripts for the web site we're building. But I was so excited (my hands were shaking) from meeting them that I was like "What web site?!" I could have done terribly filming my scripts and I wouldn't have cared. I MET THE PISTONS!! And my favorite one, at that! (Chauncey a.k.a. Mr. Big Shot, that is.) Too bad Rip Hamilton wasn't there. I would have liked to have met him too; he's my second favorite Piston.

The web site filming went pretty well, though. I got to have my makeup done by a professional (she told me she'd done Peter Jennings once and Fanchon Stinger from Fox 2 Detroit). It made me feel like a real star, though it was weird too because it was like some of them were kissing my ass like I was some big shot, but I'm not.

As I started reading my script for the first time, I was so nervous I couldn't be natural and I read my lines waaay too fast. Steve had to tell me to SLOW DOWN; he gave me a lot of good direction. All in all, I didn't have that many takes and the more I read my lines, the more comfortable I got with it. I had to do my first script about 10 times, but by the time I got to the 3rd script, I think I only read it like twice (maybe three times). It only took about 20 or 30 minutes to do the whole thing. Todd said, "David Hall's got NOTHING on you!" Hm, don't know about that, but I think I did pretty damned well for having to stand in front of a real tv camera with real cameramen for the first time.

Now, I gotta go to the frame shop and get that jersey framed. I'll have to buy another jersey to wear at the games. I think this time, I'll get Rip's jersey. I'm getting quite a collection of autographs...I've also got 4 Red Wings players (including the great Stevie Yzerman) and Michelle Forbes from Star Trek: Next Generation and Battlestar Galactica.

Posted by Amy at January 26, 2006 07:23 PM

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