Sunday, December 03, 2006

Meeting People (and Rick Mercer, who also counts as a person)

I met tones of people at this convention from all over the country. Some of them were famous, but most were not. Interestingly, I think it's the not-famous ones that I'll remember for some time to come. That said, here's the list of famous ones.

Spoke To:

Michael Ignatieff
Sen. Grant Mitchell
Jeffrey Simpson
Rick Mercer
Justin Trudeau

Was Spoken To By:

No one, really.

Was Spoken At By:

Bill Grahm

Was Very Close To At One Point:

Sen. Roméo Dallaire
Bob Rae
Stephane Dion
Pierre Pettigrew
John Manley
Lloyd Axeworthy

Saw From A Distance:

Paul Martin
Jean Chretien

Saw Eating Sunchips and Apparently Trying To Pick Up Girls From A Distance:
Global's Kevin Newman

You've read the Jeffrey Simpson story, and the Rick Mercer one is similar. I walked into a hotel bar between ballots and saw my friend (and former USC Presidential rival) Mike Liebrock sitting at the bar. I was pretty excited to see Mike, and started talking to him. It was only after I was engaged in conversation that I noticed he was hanging out with Rick Mercer. Now, I don't watch his shows, but I recognize that he's kind of A Big Deal. That said, I hadn't slept in three days and was already focused on talking to Mike, so I didn't really care.

I said "hi" and then turned back to Mike.

Oh well. We all ended up talking, and I'm still glad I got to talk to Mike. In fact, let's add him to the list.

Spoke To:

Michael Ignatieff
Sen. Grant Mitchell
Jeffrey Simpson
Rick Mercer
Mike Liebrock
Justin Trudeau

Note: Mike's above Justin Trudeau.

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