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Becki Newton and Michael Urie!

Went to see a great show at Joe's Pub tonight... Broadway Loves the 80s! It was totally AWESOME! An amazing lineup of Broadway folks singing great tunes from the 80s. One of many many great performances was Michael Urie and Becki Newton, from Ugly Betty, singing a medley of TV theme songs... including Urie going into the audience to sing to Judith Light when he did the theme for Who's the Boss.

After the show, I was lucky enough to get them both to sign bears... and they were incredibly indulgent and generous when I asked them to do one each and one together. So great. :)

August 8, 2008: 6 miles

Finally started really training for the Walk. I'm *so* late getting into it... and of course, on my first loop in Central Park... I have to take a break to hide in the woods from the rain! Oops!

Michael Emerson is an *Excellent* Actor

One of my friends is actually freaked out by the thought of meeting Michael Emerson. We ran into him at the gym once and after I said "Hi" I turned around to introduce my friend, a Lost fan, only to find that he had actually slunk away so he wouldn't have to meet him. When I told him about seeing Michael on the street another time, he told me I should have run away! He's *that* creepy and scary on Lost.

But when I went to visit my friend Jimmy at the bar he works at a few nights ago and found myself sitting next to his friend Michael at the bar, I was struck again by how completely opposite Ben Linus he is... just totally nice and unassuming and friendly. He's really low-key and I kind of hated to put him on the spot asking him to sign a bear in a restaurant like that, but, he's heading back to Hawaii soon and I didn't know when I'd have another chance, so, I bit the bullet and asked. And he could *not* have been nicer about it. Was totally happy to sign and take a picture... I was so psyched! And I *think* I was quiet and quick enough about it that Jimmy didn't even get mad at me for bugging his friend. ;)