What an amazing day. Right before I got into the subway on my way to work, I saw John Malkovich exit his trailer and saunter down the street towards the set by my apartment where the Coen brothers are shooting their next movie, Burn After Reading. Mr. Ben had seen JM *and* Tilda Swinton (Cate Blanchett for film cultists) but this was my first sighting.

At 10:30 I left my office for my free haircut at Bumble n Bumble. I’d been recruited for it last Thursday when a very gay young man approached me in Union Square and gushed, “I love your hair! Can I cut it?” He wanted me to be his hair model. Seriously, say “model” to me, and, like Carrie Bradshaw, I’ll do anything.

So, under the supervision of a curl expert, I got bobbed. With a razor, no less! It’s all light and bouncy. It’s going to go great with my new chili red coat, once I work up the courage to wear it.

On my way home, I noticed a crowd on the sidewalk facing the townhouse where the Coens have been shooting. Figuring I had nothing to lose, I joined the gawkers, where I got to overhear several of the dumbest college students in the city:

Stupid Girl: Say ‘Would you like some tea and crumpets?’!
South African Girl, in a flat voice: Would you like some tea and crumpets?
Stupid Girl: Ha ha hahahaha, awesome!

and, later:

Stupid Girl 2: So, like, where you live, are there cities and stuff?
South African Girl: Yeah, I mean, of course. I’m from Capetown, which is a city …
SG 2: And there’s, like, bush? Are there, like, wild animals roaming around everywhere?
SAG: Not, like, “roaming” …

Then, Brad Pitt emerged from the townhouse, waved to everyone, and got into a waiting black Escalade. I SAW BRAD PITT. The girls squeed; paparazzi snapped pictures; I grinned, almost jumping for joy.

My list of celebrity sightings is pretty fuckin awesome at the moment but as short on women as a typical New Yorker TOC:

– Paul Giamatti
– Gabriel Byrne
– James Gandolfini
– Michael Imperioli
– Steve Schirripa (“Bobby” on the Sopranos)
– John Malkovich
– Brad Pitt

I’m never leaving New York.