Double Trouble or Doubly Good!

What an auspicious day. The first thing that happened this morning was that my beloved won a screenwriting competition! I admire his work and am pleased that it has been validated by some proper people. I took this as a sign that today was to be a great day. I then ate one of my delicious home-made muffins for breakfast and had a black coffee. I brushed my hair and made myself up for my audition. Then I drove up the road to pick up my acting partner Tim* because I was going to be self-testing for this audition. I rang him to come outside but he didn't answer. I rang again. And again. Where the hell is he? I'd booked a studio and had a time slot. I began to get concerned. How well did I really know this guy? Is he reliable? Perhaps he was lying drunk on his bathroom floor? Thoughts of his death and degradation ran through my mind at an alarming speed. I thought about ringing a mutual friend and asking him the status of Tim's current mental state. I have a terrible sense of direction and wasn't even sure if I was at the right place (even though I'd been there before). Then I found my way to his supposed apartment and knocked on the door.
'Come in,' he hollered.
'We're just rehearsing.'
Low and behold he was there with our mutual friend Steve*. They were working hard on Steve's audition scene. So he was a trustworthy professional actor and good person. NOT an unreliable drunk. Good.

The audition was successful. I played a character with a double personality- so it was a thrill. I was pleased with it and Tim was very helpful and a great reader. It has now been sent to my agents, so I will let you know the response. I was thankful to Tim for reading and also sitting through the painful playback process, where I watched back every take and selected the best ones. I decided to take him for lunch to say thank you.

We ate at a little French cafe in LA that I love. It's on 3rd st. They didn't have a table straight away so we sat at the bar. Suddenly a beautiful girl turned to us and, with an Australian accent, said "Are you Australian? I just heard the accent." I thought she looked familiar but couldn't put my finger on it.
"Yes, we are. We're both actors." I said.
Then we had a little conversation about LA life and she said she was out here filming a music video. It then dawned on me that we were having a conversation with none other than pop-sensation Kylie Minogue! If you don't know who she is, then you will never understand the excitement I felt.
"Kylie, I'm such a fan! I first went to your concert when I was 8 years old in Hong Kong on my birthday in May!"
"Ahhh- I'm a Gemini too- double personality!" She laughed.
I was so excited because of course I already knew this- but now Kylie knew this too! Perhaps we could become best friends? Probably not. She looked so young that I could not believe it was her. She looked younger than me and I look young for my age! She was so beautiful and friendly and normal. She introduced us to her friend and then she then said goodbye and sauntered off into her big, black, shiny car.

Later at lunch we discussed if we had stuffed up the meeting in any way. Could we have been more friendly? Maybe I shouldn't have mentioned I knew who she was. Could she have been looking for playmates? Was there any likelihood that if things had gone differently, we would have also been getting into that shiny car? No, we decided. She was probably just being genuinely friendly. Gosh, she was lovely. I couldn't get her out of my head. Tim was telling me a story about his early acting career when suddenly he looked at me and said "why are you looking at me like that?" I shook myself out of my daze and said,
"I'm sorry-how was I looking at you? I was just thinking about Kylie! I know I should have been paying attention to your story, but really, from the ages of 8 to 10 all I did was dance the locomotion. It was HUGE meeting her."
He understood. It's not every day you get to meet your childhood idol. And now she knew I was a Gemini too. Doubly good! Today was also the day my best friend got married in Australia. Such a very good day!


*Not his real name.