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June 19, 2005
Google Eyes
I'm not the kind of person to ooh and ah over traditional celebrities. Mostly this has to do with my complete ignorance of popular culture, a few recent visits to Pink is the New Blog notwithstanding.
That said, I found myself uncharacteristically aflutter when I spotted Larry Page at a party last night... now I could give a flying fig that movie star A has been caught necking in public with movie star B, but my love for Google knows few bounds. And suddenly one of the founders is in the SAME ROOM as me?!
So what do I do? I become very quiet and try to pretend I'm not checking out the red light blinking on the electronic device in his front left jeans pocket, and the water bottle in the right rear pocket of aforementioned jeans. [I am resisting the urge to make a stupid joke; insert your own here: _______________] I watch with a combination of disgust and jealousy as fancy drunk girls giggle and flip their hairdos in his direction. It's good to be the king. I guess.
At one point I did have to mash myself against him in order to pass from the kitchen to the chill-out room (no, I did not partake of Twister) through the oh-so-packed living room, but I couldn't muster up the courage to say anything. Which was probably a good thing. There had been wine in my glass earlier, and a very strong vodka & cranberry poured by a crazy Brit named Jake.
Biggest bummer: I missed my chance to meet Big Brother, as she left before I could get an introduction. That's right folks, you heard it here first: Big Brother (the person who spies on your Gmail), is actually Big Sister. And I will have to wait for the next Google party to make her acquaintance. Or stammer at her boss. Or something like that.
Posted by Elizabeth at June 19, 2005 09:06 PM