This week's random celebrity sighting:

So last Sunday, Becky and I were taking refuge from a torrential downpour in a random cafe on 5th Ave, I was doing a crossword, Becky was reading her book, yadda yadda yadda, when I looked up and saw some guy eyeballing a slice of coconut creme pie. Suddenly, I recognized his face from several movies, but I couldn't for the life of me remember a single one. I pointed him out to Becky, and she had no idea who he was. Of course, as we were only 3 feet away from him, he saw me staring, and he gave me a look of "Can I help you?" So I, in the least cool way possible, asked him "Aren't you an actor?" He said that he was, and when I asked him his name, he simply responded that it's Matthew. That didn't ring any bells, so I tried to make conversation with some lame comment about the weather, like, "It sure is coming down out there, huh?" or something geeky like that and he went upstairs to enjoy his coffee and wait out the storm.

Well, after a few minutes, my curiosity got the best of me and I went to go sit upstairs and find out at least his last name so I wouldn't be spending the rest of the night trying to find him online. Before I'd taken 2 steps, however, there he was, buying that piece of pie he'd been checking out earlier. At this point, he joined Becky and me at our table and spent the next hour or so chatting it up with us.

I'm sure he felt REALLY cool, as neither Becky nor I could remember him in a single one of his films, despite the fact that he's been in over 50, including Full Metal Jacket, Cutthroat Island, and others. Had he not kept talking about his wife and 2 kids (who are about 20 themselves), I would've sworn that he was going to ask one or both of us out on a date, judging by the blatant up-and-down stares he kept giving the two of us. As it turned out, though, he turned out to be a nice guy and once the rain stopped we went our separate ways.

I thought that was a pretty random celebrity sighting, but it was still pretty cool. :-)

This is a picture of the actor Matthew Modine as a pirate in the movie Cutthroat Island.

I had some dance auditions this week, so I had to get my picture taken... I wanted to use this as my profile picture, but I can't figure that out, so anyway, here's my headshot. I didn't get the part, but at least I can put my pic on my blog now :-) If you know how to put it up in the corner for my profile picture, I'd appreciate any help. Thanks!

Has anyone else noticed how phallic Manhattan is? Every time I look at a map--meaning every time I ride a train or in a cab--all I can think of is how closely the shape of NYC resembles that of a penis! Gross! It's even worse when I'm working, because I have to drag little kids around downtown and Tribeca, which is way South, and when I'm studying my map for cross-streets, I can't help but think about how I'm studying the fine-print on the head of a wang.

It just makes me laugh :-)

So I just spent a day of my life running a 6-year-old girl's birthday party...

Granted, I made $140 doing it, but please, remind me to never raise an itty bitty...

Have you ever heard of the line of toys BRATZ? Well, they're bitties with the biggest DSL's you've ever seen all wearing next to nothing, and their trademark logo is the "fu@#-me" hoochie boot... Well, apparently all girls from the age of 4 months to 17 years old are obsessed with these things... Katherine (the girl I now nanny) has EVERY SINGLE ONE of these dolls...

Am I the only one who finds this disturbing? I thought Barbie was a whore... What the heck is the world coming to?

It's official: I love with Jon Stewart...

I'm sorry... I know... there are thousands of hearts breaking all across this great nation, but I can't change how I feel... There's only one man for me, and he's AMAZING--he's everything every woman should want in a man.

Though, he's Jewish... If stereotypes hold true, maybe a woman could ask for a few inches more in a man ;-)

HA!