Parkour to you! (A Harto Encounter)

Guys, I’m proud of myself.  I’ve always been so nervous about meeting the "famous" people I love, and I’ve tended to avoid it in the past due to anxiety, but I made the decision to meet someone I thought was pretty awesome, tonight, and I stuck by that decision.  Maybe, I didn’t say things exactly the way I’d wanted to or played in my mind, and I forgot to introduce myself because I was sort of led into a conversation by Justin while I was taking pictures, but it went pretty well, and, well, I did it.  And, my only regret is that it’s a shame I couldn’t spend more than a minute or so with her, because I feel like she has a lot of interests in common with me and wish I could’ve had a longer conversation with her.

And, well, this.

There was supposed to be a normal shot and a gangsta shot, but she didn’t realize it was time for the gangsta shot when it was taken, so the result is pretty hilarious.  I was a bit embarrassed about it at first, but now it’s just funny.  The quality would have been way better, but I can’t seem to find the charger for my camera, so I had to resort to my iPod.

Anyway, this has been a huge step forward in my progress, I think.  I never could have imagined posing like that with someone in front of a crowd at a venue, much less being able to really exchange words in an encounter.  Not that I never had wanted to, because I did, more than anything.

And, it did help that she was very personable.  Just, a quality person.  Yes, she gets drunk and cooks for an audience; that’s how this started out.  But, really, she just enjoys making people laugh, and that’s essentially what she’s pursuing.  And, she gave up her job and her home for the risk it took in making that a huge part of her life.  Working her way from the bottom to the top, from nothing to something, temporarily "couch-surfing" until she’s on her feet.  That’s pretty damned courageous, and I find it an admirable characteristic in any person.  So, I really hope she finds success doing something she loves.

Also, if you still haven’t seen or heard of MDK, then that is unacceptable (at least, I found it unacceptable that I hadn’t, yet until she happened to be in a streaming interview for Vidcon a few weeks ago, which is basically a convention for Youtube stars…it’s pretty neat). :p