Author: Christine Elias

Today I met Brad Pitt in Shoppers Drug Mart.

No I’m kidding, it was Patrick Dempsey picking up a prescription.

Okay, okay, no star sightings today. It was just a regular day. A regular happy day.

I guess I’m very lucky, most of my days are happy.

I’m not tall. I’m not rich. And I don’t turn heads on campus — I’m a lot older and covered in more clothing than the average young person traipsing about.

But I’m tall enough to ride the roller coasters. I have plenty to eat and I go shopping often enough to make me worry about my consumerist ways. And I still feel attractive — especially after I visit my stylist, the magician.

Regular days are happy days if you’re lucky.

Today I was chit-chatting with Carlo Rota. You know, the actor from Little Mosque on the Prairie and 24.

He was ahead of me in line at the fancy food market. He commented on my sushi and I told him I don’t cook. He was a bit incredulous and I explained I did sometimes cook an egg and he thought that was a good start. He had a whole lot of fresh produce in his hands — I imagine he was going to make some fancy salad for dinner.

I chatted with him like he was just another person in line (because he was). We were just two people passing the time until we could pay for our food. But I knew who he was and I am pretty sure he knew I knew he was an actor because when I first got in line I looked at him intently for a moment — I was thinking this guy looks like an actor…But I didn’t want to make a big deal about it. The man was just buying some lettuce and I didn’t think he needed to deal with a fangirl in the middle of a grocery run.

For the curious, he’s handsome in person and quite fit. No doubt he was thinking the same about me.