Moonlit Jazz

…with Mr. Bruce Campbell

I didn’t take too many pictures. In fact, most of the pictures in the gallery were not taken by me. 😆 Oh yes, pictures are up from my moment with Bruce Campbell. Go look, if you’re curious…

We arrived in Sacramento at about 1:30pm or so and found the Borders on Fair Oaks Boulevard. I got my number, post-it, and the flyer explaining the rules of the signing. We ventured out into the rather posh-ish shopping area and found a French restaurant. We both had sandwiches, then it was back to Borders.

The people waiting for their Bruce moment were pretty laid back and not too outlandish. But hey, if you like Bruce, you’ve got a little freak in you, right? I know most of the people were probably Evil Dead fans, although the hubby saw a woman getting her Xena DVD set signed. 😉 Cool. Since it was a book signing, I got my book signed. Doy!

I was number 134 and after standing for awhile with the 150s or so, the hubby convinced me to move up to near the front, where I found 132/133 (she had two things to sign) and 131 was behind me while we waited. I was thoroughly amused by some of the people who came up to meet Bruce. There was the couple who had the crying baby (“Everyone knows the crying baby rule, right?” The guy next to Bruce said. We all agreed and didn’t mind that the little family probably had number 299 or whatever. 😉 ) When the guy next to Bruce held up Denise’s book (aka number 132) and explained where to put the post-it, the hubby said something funny that made 132 laugh. Good times. (Oh, and we were supposed to put the post-it in the inside of the book so that Bruce would be happy and not say mean things to us.)

Let’s see, there was the young lady with the SHORT skirt and fishnet nylons. Ye gods! She told Bruce that she has loved him since the 3rd grade and he said something like, “Awww, now you’re making me feel like an old man!” She kept gushing on and didn’t want to sit down at first. Probably because her skirt was so short, the hubby noted.

Soon it was 132/133’s turn. While we stood in line she seemed like an enthusiastic but mostly normal gal. But wow, when she finally got near Bruce, she started gushing too! And she was quite close to him. I’m not sure what they were talking about, but it looked like a good conversation.

Bruce was great, of course, chatting with everyone and asking questions and all of that. When it was finally my turn, I sat down next to him with a hello or something and I handed him my book. He opened it, then closed it and said, “Wait, let me guess your name.” He paused, then said, “Valerie.” I laughed, of course and said it was. “Like my little system?” He asked, referring to the post-it, and I’m sure I said yes. He asked me if I was from the area and I said no. He asked if I worked in Sacramento, I said no, I work in Concord. He asked where that is and I said it was about an hour and half away. The guy next to Bruce told him it was near Lafayette and Bruce said that he’d just been in Coalinga and the guy said that his grandfather helped build the prison there.

Bruce and I posed for our picture and I got up and we shook hands. And onward to the next person. 🙂

PHOTOS FROM THE BOOK SIGNING

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