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January 16, 2007
What a day
As I mentioned, yesterday was yours truly's birthday. To celebrate, I made Christy drive me all around Chicago. First we went down to school because I wanted to pick something up. Alas, it was closed on account of MLK Day (see, MY birthday is a holiday, sucka!) Instead, we went over to Water Tower Place, because I don't spend enough money already.
As we were walking over there, I saw a group of guys with a video camera and one of those fuzzy microphones talking to people on the street. I said, "Hey, wanna try and get on TV?" We walked in their direction, and sure enough they asked us if we wanted to be interviewed. Interviewed for what, you say? The Oprah Freaking Winfrey Show!
Christy loves Oprah, so she readily accepted. I also accepted. They interviewed us seperately, and asked us all kinds of questions about her. I am not entirely sure what this was for, but apparently it's some kind of surprise or something; Christy's mom thinks it was an elaborate scheme to steal our identities. We were fed lines to say about how Oprah got her start, and I talked at length about how I watch Oprah with my mom and Christy, and thought her and Gayle King aren't lesbians, and how Gayle kind of knows how to pick a decent burger. They also asked my opinions on Oprah's various controversies, like her beef (heh heh) with the beef industry, her dissing at the hands of Hermes, and Tom Cruise's couch jumping. Finally, they asked me about the "Oprah factor," and I said that Oprah could make or break a person if she wanted to, but she would never destroy anyone because she's benevolent.
Supposedly this is going to be on the Oprah Winfrey Show at some point, so look for Christy and me on Oprah. If not, well... somebody might have stolen my identity.
Christy gets interviewed
I get interviewed
After that excitement, we drove out to Naperville for dinner at my favorite eating establishment, BD's Mongolian Barbeque. Did I ever tell you about the time the one in my neighborhood closed? Oh, multiple times? Sorry. It was grand, as usual. We made pretty big asses of ourselves, and topped it off with a gigantic brownie sundae. BD's, PLEASE come back to the city!
Anyhow, Christy is the bestest girl ever for hauling me all over the place and driving me to Naperville for my birthday dinner, not to mention getting ourselves on Oprah.
entry no. 719
Posted by oz115 at January 16, 2007 10:46 PM