Since I moved to DC 2 years ago I have seen Richard Wolf (USA Today) and Jonathan Capehart (Washington Post) just walking by on the street. This meant nothing to them I'm sure (although I think Richard Wolf smiled back at me) but each occurrence had me on cloud 9 for days. I kept a mental list of the other people I wanted to bump into: Chris Matthews, Rachel Maddow, David Gregory, Brian Williams, Keith Olbermann, David Shuster, Tom Brokaw and Tim Russert (I miss you Tim).
Today, I have one-upped this list in a way I never could have anticipated.
After some morning procrastination, I made myself venture out to Adams Morgan to run a couple errands. While walking down 18th Street a middle-aged man in a suit approached me. At first I assumed he needed directions of some sort, then he asked me if I have a few minutes so I'm thinking, he is selling something or taking some sort of survey. He then explains that he is with Mexican TV and would like to interview me about the economy, election, the usual stuff that's on the news these days. I said OK and chatted with him for a few minutes and then went about my errands.
When I got home I posted on Twitter to brag about my new fame:
just did an interview for Mexican TV. I'm a political analyst now, invite me on your show Rachel Maddow!
Within 2 hours I had an email from Rachel Maddow that she was following me on Twitter... I almost wet myself. Rachel has over 7,000 followers but is only following 542 (up 30 people from just 4 hours ago) so I must have won her over, right?
In all likelihood, there is some intern at MSNBC who has the boring job of sifting through postings to see who mentions Rachel (and/or other MSNBC hosts) and following them. Sorry dude, I hope your internship is at least a paid one. But, I don't care... I'm completely on cloud 9!
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