celeb giddy

can you name this local celeb hottie???

yes, indeed, it is MJ , formerly of our own Vanderbilt Commodores, but more recently of MTV's The Real World: Philadelphia. you love him, you hate him, you think he's hot, you think he's not so hot. just for fun, here's a candid pic of him with his hair longer i ran across while searching for one that does him justice. incidentally, i didn't find one, a picture that does MJ justice, that is.

and how would i know if a picture does him justice, you ask? a fair question. well, as you know, i'm a massage therapist and i work at a local day spa. it's a run of the mill Saturday (c-r-a-z-y busy) went to check my dockett for the day, was booked solid(nice). my first appt is new to the spa, so i chill and wait for the paperwork before going out to get him.

suddenly, two of the other (female) staff members come in the break room sQUEALing (i kid you not!) "MJ from The Real World and his girlfriend are out in the lobby!" i'm just thinkin, "cool," cause i'm not a huge fan of reality tv, but i did watch TRW: Philadelphia one time just to check out "the guy from Nashville" everyone kept telling me about.

so i go to get my 2pm appt, and it's this tall, curly-headed blonde guy who's looking vaguely familiar to me. i go through my professional yadda yadda with him and leave the room for him to get on the table. i ask one of the (sQUEALer) girls if that's MJ, and they confirm that indeed it is. he actually wrote his first initial, middle name, last name on the intake form, which is why i didn't catch it sooner (and i only watched that one episode of TRW, so i didn't really recognize him).

so how cool is that? i got to massage a bonafide celeb! not one degree from the actual celeb (like Bryan White's wife-i've worked on her), or a football player that not everyone knows (worked on one of the Cincinnati Bengals' players before-is a jerk, don't care to mention him). granted, he's not like red carpet "A" list, but is recognizable by my friends and most of the people i hang out with. just kinda fun =)

oh yeah, to answer that "pictures not doing him justice" question... no girls, the pics do not. and neither does television. he is to-O-TALLY hotter in person than in pictures or on television. if i could give you details, i would! but alas, massage-client confidentiality bites the big one here! i will say that he was a total "nice guy," not a jerk, and tipped well. he was just tryin to be a regular guy that wanted to relax for a bit, and he bought his girlfriend (i know, sorry girls) a massage as well. i decided not to bug him for an autograph ;)

so there ya go, a little brush with greatness, nice guy-total HOTTIE *tsssssssssssss* (can i say that again? oh my word!) who I, your very own local massage guru extraordinaire (dunt-dun-duh-daaaaaah!), got to MASSAGE TODAY =) very fun. and very cool.