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Literary Rock Stars
November 10, 2009 in gewgaws
Upon coming up from the cafeteria, the elevator doors opened on our floor, and a co-worker and I get out. Orhan Pamuk gets on. When the elevator doors had closed, both of us start shrieking:
“AHHHHHHHH!!!!!!”
“WHOOOOAAAAAAA!!!!!”
An editor passes by and sees us in the midst of our hysteria. “Who was that? A rock star?” she asked. “Nope,” we replied. “It was Orhan Pamuk.”
[Edit] It has been been brought to my attention that we did not, in fact, wait until the doors were closed before shrieking. To which I say, “Oops.”
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haha, I was that co-worker!!