Brushes With Greatness

OH! Hahahaha! My bad.

 

I always thought of Ice-T as some huge muscular guy.

 

lol so much confusion in this thread! In this quote I was talking about Molly Meldrum, an Australian quasi-celebrity.

And Ice-T didn't look huge to me, but I didn't see him close up

I also saw Ben Stiller in new york, YOU SHOULD ALL BE IMPRESSED!!

 

LOL! Was Ben Stiller tall?

 

No, he was really short! And he's going grey...

 

HAHA... I had a feeling that was the case.

 

Just met tennis great Mark Phillipoussis the day before yesterday.

 

Met in person

President Obama (in Florida back in 08 when he was still a US Senator)
Dwayne Wade
Vanessa Williams
Trick Daddy
J Moss (the gospel singer)
Rep. Kendrick Meek
Maria Sharapova
Thierry Henry
Alfre Woodard
Nas
Santana Moss (saw him in VA a few weeks back actually)
Annalynne McCord (the chick from the new 90210)


Encountered or seen (but not met)

Wale
Kevin Durant
Kobe Bryant
Michael Jordan
Courteney Cox
Trina
Kenny G
Bill Clinton
Rafael Nadal

 

Cool. I got to see Rafa 2 years ago at Sony Ericsson where he signed an autograph for my son. It was cool, but I didn't get to really meet, just get the autograph and he said 'hi' to my son. But it was cool. Very nice guy.

 

I had a high end escort come up to me and offer me a 50 % discount when I was at the palyboy lounge in Vegas, would that count for something? lol

 

LOL!

 

Yeah, I forgot I did also meet some B rated flat chested porn movie reject at the Palms casino. That is also a brush with greatness, lol

Winning!

 

I live in LA so this is normalcy around here.

As a kid, I met Bull from Night Court and Doctor Ice from UTFO...lol

I'm not going to say who I used to know, but I've come across the following:

Basketball Players:
Lamar Odom
Shaq
Jermaine O'Neal

Actors:
Sally Struthers (she was so sweet)
Denzel Washington
Sharon Stone
Malik Yoba
Mekhi Phifer
Sheryl Lee Ralph

Singers:
Patti LaBelle

Rappers/Hip Hop moguls:
Jay-Z
Damon Dash
Ice T
Suge Knight
Busta Rhymes
Kurupt

Designers:
Karl Kani

Comedians:
Byron Allen
Craig Robinson

There's many more, but those are off the top of my head.

 

IB, that's quite a list!

 

Met Jamie Foxx at Katsuya a while back - he had some frumpy Cosby sweater on and didnt look hot at all:-(

 

Oliver Stone - renowned film director, producer, writer and occasional actor. Very nice man.

Stu Jackson - the NBA Executive Vice President, Basketball Operations. In Chicago when he was head coach of the Wisconsin Badgers. Cool guy.

A.C. Cowlings - the guy that drove O.J. Simpson around in the white Bronco, met him on Santa Monica Blvd. it was awkward and nothing great about him of course

Brian Setzer - lead guitarist/vocalist for Stray Cats, Bloodless Pharaohs & Brian Setzer Orchestra. He was not too nice at first but, his wife gave him that 'wifey glance' and he acted cool after that.

Ed O'Bannon - power forward for the UCLA basketball team on the 1995 NCAA championship team, won the John Wooden Award for Player of the Year.
Really nice guy, was with his wife Rosie and kids. He was already out of the NBA by 1997 when I meet him yet he seemed so happy with his life and family that it didn't faze him at all.

Charles Shaughnessy - actor, I never seen his work to be honest, my friend knew him, I meet him at his house in Santa Monica, he was a star on 'Days of our Lives' and on the sitcom 'The Nanny' not my kind of media. He was very friendly, we talked for a quite long time and he seemed genuinely interested in what I had to say, his wife was nice also.

Harry Douglas - NFL wide receiver for the Atlanta Falcons. Knew him pretty well when he played at the University of Louisville. He attended my uncle's church while he was in school. He was and is still close to many of my relatives. One of the greatest guys you can meet.

Amobi Okoye - NFL DT for the Houston Texans. Meet him through Harry Douglas when he played at the University of Louisville. Very smart young guy, will be successful in everything he does.

Trent Guy - NFL WR and KR/PR for Carolina Panthers. I was around him quite often due to my extended family. Outstanding young man.

Scott Long - played WR at the University of Louisville. Like Trent Guy and Harry Douglas I was around him a lot. Has a great family.

Kolby Smith - former NFL Running Back for Kansas City Chiefs now a free agent.

 

Was he working on a project, or just hanging out?