As people who follow me on twitter will already know, I got recognized in the library yesterday.
In itself that’s not particularly astounding. In fact I generally get recognized every single day. For example Kerry usually has a fair idea who I am; and the kids noticed when I shaved my beard off which would indicate at least a passing acquaintance with my facial features. My mother I’m less sure about, but then again she is quite old so senility could be setting in.
But the difference this time was that I got recognized by someone I didn’t already know, and who only knew me from reading this blog.
“Are you that guy who writes All That comes With It?” she asked, “I read it every day, look I’ve even got it on my phone” and she showed me
I must point out that this woman was very nice and very pleasant. In no way was she acting inappropriately and in many ways she made my day. I didn’t take her approaching me to be any sort of stalking or anything, she was just being friendly. However it completely freaked me out.
“You’ve completely freaked me out” I told her, perhaps a little insensitively. And then I sort of scuttled away and hid in a corner.
And I’ve been feeling bad about it ever since.
It wasn’t her approaching me that threw me, it was the fact that I didn’t quite know how to respond. She caught me on the hop and I hadn’t had time to get my sociable head on. What’s more I really badly needed the toilet and so 65% of my brainpower was tied up trying to calculate how long I had left to coral the kids, get my books stamped, and find a public loo before I wet myself.
So, to the woman who came up to me in the library, if you’re reading this I’m very sorry I was a little off hand with you. It’s not you, it’s me. And my bladder.
I must point out I’m not under any illusions that the encounter somehow catapulted me into blogging superstar status. I’m pretty free and easy on here about mentioning the village where I live (Slaithwaite. See, I did it again) and it should be no surprise that my fellow villagers might stumble over here while googling for something else. Hell, that’s how I started reading Rol’s blog (although he’s moved over the hill to Meltham now, the turncoat). To be honest I feel a bit of an egotistical arse for mentioning it at all, especially after I posted this smug blathering only a week ago. But I wanted to apologize to her and this is the only way I have available.
The other serendipitous thing that happened to me yesterday was bumping in to Neil and Rachael (of The Joseph Salmon Trust fame) whilst having lunch with my mum, sister, and soon to be brother in law. This wasn’t particularly amazing as it had been Racheal who first introduced Kerry and I to that particular cafe, and so not surprising that they frequent it now and again.
What was pretty cool though was Neil picking up a copy of the local paper laying on the counter and pointing out that issue contained a photo I had taken of him about nine months ago. You can read the article that went along with my photo here. It’s all about the recent expansion of the charity, but all that stuff pails into insignificance when compared to the masterful photography that accompanied it.
So all in all yesterday was a pretty good day for the old ego. If anyone wants my autograph I’ve got a special offer on at the moment of £10 per signing or 3 for £25.
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on Jul 28th, 2009 at 9:44 am
I’ll just trick you into signing something and I’ll have your autograph for free though and then I’ll sell it on e-bay and I’ll be rich…or I’ll just be happy with it :)
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on Jul 28th, 2009 at 9:56 am
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on Jul 28th, 2009 at 10:52 am
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on Jul 28th, 2009 at 12:31 pm
It’s all down from here. Sorry.
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on Jul 28th, 2009 at 2:42 pm
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on Jul 28th, 2009 at 4:58 pm
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on Jul 28th, 2009 at 4:59 pm
btw… was there supposed to be a photo associated with that newspaper link?… cause I don’t see one. If not, maybe you could repost it so we can see it again.
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July 28th, 2009 at 10:29 pm
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on Jul 28th, 2009 at 5:59 pm
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Dan Reply:
July 28th, 2009 at 10:31 pm
I was very worried I upset you. I’ll be more sociable if we run ito each other again i promis.
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on Jul 28th, 2009 at 6:48 pm
I would keel over in horror at the prospect of someone approaching me like that.
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July 28th, 2009 at 10:33 pm
You don’t tend to put photo’s on your blog though do you? Saying that, all it would take would be someone to overhear you talkign about your sperm and they woild i.d. you in a heartbeat.
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on Jul 28th, 2009 at 6:53 pm
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on Jul 28th, 2009 at 10:24 pm
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on Jul 28th, 2009 at 10:54 pm
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on Jul 29th, 2009 at 5:37 am
Loved the part where you had to go to the toilet. Too funy.
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on Jul 29th, 2009 at 5:53 am
My initial reaction was, “Oh no, how am I supposed to know this person?” And so the look on my face was one of confusion mixed with brain strain.
Then she said, “I read your blog!”
Which was even more confusing because I generally don’t put my picture on my blog.
She read my face and guessed what I was thinking. “Oh, the hat gives you away.”
The hat! Of course. The stupid yellow Vandals hat. She saw some goofy looking guy in a yellow hat with two kids and figured it out.
Then she apologized for scaring me, because I guess I still looked rattled, but really it was just me thinking I was losing my memory.
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July 29th, 2009 at 9:05 am
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on Jul 30th, 2009 at 5:26 pm
If I ever saw you in the library, I’d throw the Encyclopaedia Britannica at you.
Just for fun, you understand.
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