Monday, April 17, 2006

The only time I will ever regret not working late.

Conan O’Brien was in town today shooting a segment with Mr. T right next to my building in front of the Sears Tower this afternoon at 5:30.

Too bad I left work at 5:10.

I found out about it from Jamie. She was speed walking to the train station when she noticed the cameras. She thought it was just the local news and was going to walk on by until she saw Mr. T standing there.

Conan even talked to her for a bit. He told her he was glad they were done shooting the segment because cute girls make him sweat. That O’Brien is such a flirt. Mr. T didn’t say anything, but he made sure to get in on the flirtation by giving her a wink and a grunt as she left.

To think that all could have happened to me. If only I had decided to take the 5:38 train instead of the 5:16.

And if only I were an attractive girl instead of a sub-par-looking dude.

Let’s hope things work better for me when Conan comes in three weeks to tape his shows here. I sent in my email for tickets the second he announced his visit a couple of weeks ago, but I still haven’t heard back. I check my email round the clock hoping to get a ticket confirmation, but all I ever seem to get are messages about natural penile enhancement.

After hearing of Jamie’s good luck, I thought I’d try to cash in on it by getting her to send in for tickets herself and promise to take me if she gets them. Here’s hoping that Jamie’s fortunes stick with her and we get those tickets. Then I can finally say I got lucky with Jamie.