Ugly Betty

So I met the star of "Ugly Betty" today- America Ferrara. Well, I spoke to her on the phone. She was the spokesperson of an audio news release I was producing so I had to walk her through a voice-over. She was really nice which is more than I can say for the heifers from the PR agency. These girls make my jappy friends seem almost granola. My day was so busy that I complained to my boss. "I've had no time to myself. I haven't shopped online or blogged all day!" She smiled knowing full well that the hectic days were when I truly earned my keep. The rest of the time, I'm simply office eye candy.

Speaking of eye candy, I met a local anchorman last night who is so much hotter in person than he's ever been on TV. I'm a recent fan of his. The other day when I was getting ready for work, I heard him give the forecast. It's New York 1, so the anchors just give a synopsis of the forecast instead of lengthy descriptions that are often inaccurate anyway. So he says, "Here's your weather on the 1's for this week. The sun will come out tomorrow, and the next day, and the next day- bet your bottom dollar, the sun will come out.." It prompted me to walk into the living room to see his smirk. When I met him last night, his hair wasn't slicked back, tousled rather so you could see the blond and he was wearing a brown blazer and jeans. "PSST!" I yelled at Larry. "Who is THAT?!" He looked over and rolled his eyes. "That's Pat* Kiernan, the main anchor on NY1." Ohhh.

Halfway into my martini, Larry's friend John, a producer at Fox News, offered to introduce me. I was skeptical. John worked for the evil empire. He had left CNNfn after its demise. But unlike someone else I know who works there, he was good humored when I called it that. I looked him firmly in the eye and said, "Do NOT embarrass me." He reassured me and made the introduction. And what did I do upon meeting this very B list celebrity? Broke into a sweat (I don't sweat) and blurted out, "I'm a big fan." Who says that? Who?! He smiled and we chatted for a little while then John abruptly told him it was nice meeting him so he walked away.

"What'd you do that for?!" I wanted to ask but I was being introduced to a former breaking news producer turned recent freelancer (read: competition). This guy was way out of my league. He had been at CNN for like 20 years and I would have loved to have learned more about his tour of duty but he was spitting like crazy which was gross and annoying. Throughout it all, I was exchanging text messages with the guy from the plane.

"Is this business or pleasure?" John asked indicating my blackberry. Never one to hold back even if it meant preserving a certain level of sophistication, I dished. He was reeled in. As my suitor kept delaying our rendezvous, John grew more suspicious. He hypothesized that this prospect was probably married and buying time until he could sneak away from his wife. Then when I got the text telling me the pending deal was taking longer than expected and requesting a "rain check," John suggested I write back: "Say hello to your wife." So I did and he was not amused. "So that's how you want to play it." Merde! No, that's not how I want to play it all. I told him I was kidding and he cooled off. But having chastised the plane guy before for his folo up skills, I'm beginning to wonder if he'll ever attempt to close this deal.