TODAY I met WILL FERRELL

Just a usual Friday for me till about 1pm in the afternoon. I had gone downtown to deposit my Redmoon check before leaving for Redmoon to work the box office and House Manage. I am in the heart of downtown on Grand Ave. I am at the bus stop eating a McDonalds cheesburger, when I notice how there are no cars driving down this section of Grand. This is odd because this is the busiest street normally. Then I start looking around and discover a PA standing on the corner with a Walkie talkie. I ask him if they are filming something today, and he tells me "The new Will Ferrell movie". "Does this mean the Grand bus won't be coming this way?" I ask. "Pretty much" he tells me"The bus has been re-routed for the next few hours" GREAT! I think as I look at my watch and realize I am already late for the boxoffice job. He then tells me that every 10 to 15 min they will be letting traffic through and if my bus is there it will come through this way then. I decide to wait a few-mostly so I can eat my burger. Then this little old lady comes huffing around the corner and asks me how long I have been waiting. I tell her that a movie is filming and they have re-routed the busses. "Who's Movie?" she asks. "Will Ferrell" I tell her. "Who's that? I don't know him!". Then she starts huffing at me about how stupid it is that the bus isn't comming. I direct her to tell her complaints to the PA on the corner. She does and he radio's it in to someone on the other end of his walkie. Then he lets her yell and huff into the walkie. Then he tells her the cones will be moved in 2 min. So they move the cones and a bunch of Taxies and such come through, but no bus. The cones go back up. I start looking for a cab to catch. She goes off again-"Who the hell does this Harry Ferrell think he is? What kind of idiot blocks my bus from comming? I am an old woman I can't walk all over town chasing a bus!" She aproches the PA again and asks to speak to his boss. He holds up the walkie and she repeats her rant into it. The PA then tells her that in 15 more min they will open the cones again. She isn't happy and continues ranting. At that point this bus pulled over on the empty street surrounded by White Vans (All film crews use the 14 passenger White van to move things and people from location to location on a shoot)opens and Will Ferrell gets out. He comes over to us. He addresses the little old lady "Are you the woman we are keeping from getting her bus home totay?" "Yes! Who are you?" "I am Will Ferrell" "Who? I don't know you. What movies have you been in?" he lists several, she replies "I don't watch that junk!" he then looks at me and asks me if I know him. I say yes. he says "see she knows me. Would you like an autograph or a picture while you wait for your bus?" "No! I don't know you! I want my bus!" she says. Then I guess what was written on my shirt(I was wearing my Gymboree shirt ) registered with Mr.Ferrell cause he looks back at me and says "Play Sing Fun? Where do we get some of that?" I said "At Gymboree where I work." "You sell Play Sing Fun?We could use some of that right now huh?" The lady was not amused. I laughed, and said I had to go cause I was late for my second job. I told him it was nice to meet him and crossed the street where people were now gathering and beign held back by PA's to catch my cab to work. As I left-the little old woman was still chewing his ear off about her bus not being able to come through. It was very funny. And Will is VERY tall. Have a good weekend..I am!