Joel and I went to hear David Sedaris read last night at the Clayton Center in Clayton, NC. It was freakin' hilarious. It's only the second reading I've ever been to (the other being Chuck Palahniuk) though, so I don't know if it's typical for the author to be that hilarious. I'm gonna venture to say that it's not the norm, but it probably is normal for the authors I read.
While waiting in line to meet David and have him sign my copy of Me Talk Pretty One Day I was thinking about how I can never think of anything clever or lasting to say when I meet these kinds of people. I think it's because I'm never very comfortable talking to people I don't know well, especially famous people I don't know well. He stays after his reading to sign all these books for people, the least I could do for him would be to give him something interesting to hear. But alas, I cannot. Joel did point out something that helps put it all into perspective though; no matter what you tell someone like that, they'll always have a story to trump you. So true. In the end it doesn't matter because he's probably already heard whatever clever thing you thought he might like to hear.
Regardless of that, it was still totally awesome to have met him and hear him read.
