what would you do if you met CC

[Taz]

OK girls or if there is an guys on this wonderful board. I was just wondering, If you saw CC on the street or the cafe or some book store of HMV WHATEVER. WHAT would you do??

[Sampaguita]

Quite honestly, I don't know what I would do. I'd keep looking at him and probably circle around him stupidly trying to figure out whether or not it WAS him. It would depend on what we were both doing at the time.

If we were next to each other in line at a bookstore, I'd talk to him. (I wouldn't ask him if he was CC, though.) And depending on what he was purchasing, I'd say something like, "So, you're gonna read Alice Sebold's 'Lovely Bones,' huh? I hear that's supposed to be a really good book but I haven't gotten around to reading it. How did you hear about it?"

If we were standing in line at a cafe, I might strike up a conversation with him... depending on opportunity. If he was sitting at a table by himself, I don't know. It would depend on what he was doing. If he was reading an interesting looking book, I might try commenting on it... but I dunno.

What, pray tell, is an HMV?

But yeah... I would probably try talking to him in any case-- but it would be much easier for me to do so if he had something (a book or holding a CD or whatever) that would enable me to break the ice.

[TeeMauree]

One word: DROOL

*heh heh* I actually have no idea.

[Mandragora]

Yeah, I might end up doing what Sampaguita would do... I mean, I'd probably blink a hundred times just to make sure my eyes aren't playing tricks on me!

Actually, I think an ideal scenario for me is that I get to meet this stranger in this bookshop or coffeeshop, and then I wouldn't have a clue that the guy is actually Christian I don't know, there are just too many POSSIBILITIES.

By the way, what is with that book "Lovely Bones"? My sister's been bugging me to buy it for her, she also said it's supposed to be good... and she wants me to buy her an Anita Shreve novel, I don't know which one to give her. "Fortune's Rocks"? "Weight of the Water"? She wants the one where somebody dies... EH?

[Sampaguita]

If she wants the one where someone dies, you should buy "The Weight of Water" for her... Oh, and tell her not to watch the movie... it's really bad. I didn't actually read "The Weight of Water" but I read the prequel/sequel that she wrote-- "The Last Time They Met." So, I know the basic gist of the "Weight."

Based on the one book of Anita Shreve's that I did read, I don't think I really like her writing style. I much prefer Donna Tartt, Peter Bacho, Keith Lowe, and Kip Fulbeck.

I would actually be really intrigued, interested, and downright giddy if I saw Christian Coulson reading anything by Peter Bacho or Kip Fulbeck's "Paper Bullets." Mostly because they're Asian-American writers... though, I could see him picking up "Paper Bullets: A Fictional Autobiography." I'd kinda expect him to pick up Keith Lowe's book "Tunnel Vision."

If I saw him reading Amy Tan, I'd probably start a discussion with him... Mainly because I have some MAJOR issues with Tan and how she chooses to represent Asian-Americans.

I might start an argument with him if he was reading "Memoirs of a Geisha." Well, maybe not an argument. I'd see what he thinks of it first. BUT if he takes that BS as the truth, he'd get an earful of my politics. Because honestly, what the hell does a middle-aged white guy from Chattanooga, Tennessee know about being a Japanese woman and the way that she thinks? Just because he got a degree from Harvard in Japanese Art doesn't make his narrative accurate. SURE, it may be a good story, but there are definately some representational issues there... I mean, there is a reason that the main stereotypes of Asian women in Western Culture are that of the "submissive" and the "geisha."

I wonder if I'd scare him away with my politics? But then, I don't really think that I'd start WWIII upon first talking to him.

[MsPoet]

I actually think...that if one of us "ran into him" in a bookstore or music store or wherever, that it would be difficult to discern it was him. I say this because how many different ways can he look? lol.....if I then found out it *was* him---well, I'm honestly not quite sure what would happen. lol

Donna,
whose *cough*site*cough* is open

[Yvonne]

If I would see CC on the street, I first wouldn´t believe it was him, so to make sure I would glance at him all the time and then I would be too shy to start an action to have a conversation. The best way is to run into him and have a reason and the ability to say something before my heart starts to run and I´m blushing and stammering and being embarassing...

[hesaki]

well, just walk simply to him and ask a banal question like "Excuse me, where is the trainstaion?" or something like else.
And voila, a conversation is started!

[Yvonne]

Without starting to stammer ???You are very cool then

[lizifer]

i actually thought i saw him in london the other week....it wasn't him tho, well if it was he didn't answer when i shouted his name! lol and he was wearing a horrible suit so i hope it wasn't him!

i'd just go up to him and say 'excuse me are u christian coulson? i'm a big fan of ur work' or something like that!

[TeeMauree]

After I regained my composure, I would get my sister to come with me because she is really good at meeting new people and making them feel comfortable. I would jump in on the conversation.

[Sus-Ana]

I'd freak for sure. I'd faint or I'd instantly die. No, actually I have no idea. I wouldn't dare to talk to him though or maybe I'd ask the person who's with me to talk to him. I never know how to behave when I see someone famous on the street. Not that that happens regularly.

[Angelamyte]

Taz said:

OK girls or if there is an guys on this wonderful board. I was just wondering, If you saw CC on the street or the cafe or some book store or HMV WHATEVER. WHAT would you do??

um..hmm, is indecent exposure illegal EVERYWHERE? roflol..

seriously, i would act like the typical fan, gush over how cool he is, ask him if he visited the site and got my letter, and last but not least, ask him for a kiss, a hug, and the off chance that he may be able to father my children...you know the usual stuff ;D

[Taz]

INteresting. It would be so funny if he was actually here and reading all this. And if you really do what you were going to do when you met him. LOL just imagining what his face would look like. Anyways. They are all cool.

P.s. HMV is a music store.

[Angelamyte]

you know taz, that we have all been thinking that he probably comes on here and reads this stuff...
and how SCARED he would be, roflol

and i still think that he reads our posts, because, one day i said that CC prolly listens to Coldplay..and then, he says that he listens to Coldplay! ok, i know that Coldplay popular, and EVERYONE listens to them..but, it keeps me happy ;D