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Paparazzi

So, I have at least one reason to personally dislike paparazzi: I have had one spill a glass of ice water into my lap.  Yes, I am just that lucky.  I was having lunch in Hollywood and, apparently, there was some B-list actor at a nearby table.  I still haven’t the slightest idea who it was, nor do I care.  However, this wonderful paparazzo decided that he absolutely had to have a picture of this person eating…something.  Mouth-breathing heathen that he was, walking around my table would have been, seemingly, far too difficult a task.  With this in mind, he attempted to walk through my table.  It went poorly, I wound up with ice water in my lap.  Swearing ensued.  Security broke his camera.  While I imagine they (the restaurant) settled with the paparazzo instead of going to court and, well, losing, I am mildly content that some of his equipment was destroyed.  After all, if I wanted that kind of cold, I am relatively certain that both ice and foreplay still exist.

At any rate, I do not fully understand paparazzi.  Of course, I understand the drive to get exclusive shots that are worth a great deal of money.  But a picture of some B-lister eating a burger?  There has to be some modicum of reason involved in this endeavor.

{Note to self: continue editing when sobriety returns.}

~ by Zoellner on Sunday 8 November 2009. Tagged: Hollywood, Ice Water, Paparazzi, Ridiculous Items