EPIC FLAIL

[frahulettaes]

okay, here's how it happens:

I'm walking up to the sandwich case at work and there's this guy there looking at sandwiches.

Like always, I check him out: shoes, jeans, ass, shirt. About the time I get to his face, it's Jared Padalecki.

My. Eyes. Fell. Out.

Then.

I go to the kitchen for a momentary and very well earned freak out.

Then.

I go back out and say to him, "Hi, can I help you?"

He commences being super nice and I sell him a sandwich.

The only two things I remember are his face and his phone.

Jared Padalecki is now eating a sandwich that I made with my hands.

I. Am. Walking. On. Sunshine.

The universe loves me. Yes, yes it does.

Comments

[cimmerians.livejournal.com]

THE WORLD CANNOT CONTAIN MY SQUEE FOR YOU...

[frahulettaes.livejournal.com]

THERE IS NOT ENOUGH KEYSMASH FOR HOW HAPPY I AM RIGHT NOW

[cimmerians.livejournal.com]

Also: GOOD FOR YOU for keeping it together. You're a stellar example for many many fen I WILL NOT MENTION HERE BUT YOU KNOW WHO THEY ARE.

May you be favored by many future sandwich hotness visitations.

[frahulettaes.livejournal.com]

I'm still stuck on: something I touched went into Jared Padalecki's mouth...

dies again

[chemm80]

SQUEEEEEEEE!!!!! You have now met--in person, and not at a pre-arranged event--my holy trinity of hot actors: Jensen Ackles, Charlie Hunnam and Jared Padalecki. *dies*

[frahulettaes.livejournal.com]

wait, no hattrick here
I've not met Jensen. He only shops here.
sigh.
I'm hoping for JDM or CK next.

[esorlehcar.livejournal.com]

When did you meet Jensen? How did I miss this?

[frahulettaes.livejournal.com]

Hee! you didn't miss it, it didn't happen. Charlie Hunnam (Jax from Sons of Anarchy) came in and bought pizza. He was super nice and funny. And sweet. BTW, and only you will get the humor of this, Charlie Hunnum has skin smooth can creamy brown like the top of a perfect creme brulee.

[frahulettaes.livejournal.com]

I mentioned this in a post and said that he was shorter than Jensen, which he is, though not by much. Chemm80 has written a few Dean/Jax fics which I adore and she and I spoke about it. I think she might have thought I'd met Jensen.

[chemm80]

Oh, I thought you'd said when Charlie Hunnam came in that you'd sold stuff to Jensen too, but now that I think about it, I guess you'd just mentioned that Jensen seems larger (than CH). But you've seen him in person, anyway. *nods*

[frahulettaes.livejournal.com]

heee! Jensen is taller than Charlie. So's Jared but that dude is taller than most people anyway!

I'm going for a hat trick:

Requests include: Christian Kane, JDM, Jim Beaver, Jensen Ackles.

In any order. Or singly.

Also? I found money on the ground! BEST DAY EVER!

[maerhys.livejournal.com]

Hot damn!!! Very cool for you.

[frahulettaes.livejournal.com]

I'm walking on sunshine and happy as a...HAPPY THING!

Thanks!

[(Anonymous)]

also? this kitty decided 2 celebrated thiz

http://calamitycrow.livejournal.com/42817.html

cuz u know, it needed 2b celebrated cuz Jared? he ated ur samiches!!!!!

[frahulettaes.livejournal.com]

J-PAD ATED MY SAMICHES!

DIES AGAIN

[frahulettaes.livejournal.com]

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!There is not enough keysmash for all this!

[esorlehcar.livejournal.com]

ahahahahahahaha. Was he was huge in person as everyone says? Also, it's Friday! Isn't he supposed to be in Vancouver?

[frahulettaes.livejournal.com]

Yes. YES. IT'S the BEST DAY EVER! And I have NO idea!

[esorlehcar.livejournal.com]

I am wildly jealous!

[frahulettaes.livejournal.com]

And then I found money!

BEST DAY EVER CONTINUES!

[frahulettaes.livejournal.com]

you know, upfronts just finished. Wonder it that's why he's in town?

[lotrabc.livejournal.com]

Sorry, I just had to pop in and congratulate you!!!

I will not be surprised if you type in all caps for a week and strain your face muscles from the perpetual grin, because OMFG. The world loves you right now!

[frahulettaes.livejournal.com]

I AM FULL TO BURSTING WITH LOVE! JARED PADALECKI!

[the-reverand.livejournal.com]

omg, that is insanely awesome.

So, what, only one sandwich? Not... five?

[frahulettaes.livejournal.com]

WITH A SIDE OF CRAZY COOL!

Funny you should mention: He bought two!

What's sad is, I totally came up with all these witty rejoinders. AFTER he left. Le Sigh. Still, BEST DAY EVER!

[frahulettaes.livejournal.com]

I AM WALKING ON CLOUDS OF DELIGHT AND MY HEART HAS BEEN CARRIED TO HEAVEN BY A HOST OF ANGELS...

[pekover.livejournal.com]

You know, I've been thinking about this...and I think I need more details. What KIND of sandwiches did he buy? What bread were they on (and what were the other kinds of bread available that he rejected)? What was he wearing? (especially his shoes). Was he alone? Did anyone else seem to recognize him? etc.

I think a few pages of details would be enough, at least for a start...

[frahulettaes.livejournal.com]

He asked about the Milano sandwiches, fresh mozzarella, olive tapenade, roasted read peppers on Olive Bread and then asked about the one's closest to me, *cue me dying inside but cool as a cucumber outside* which were turkey, avocado, bacon and spinach with sundried tomato aoli. Once I described them he smiled and said "Perfect" *cue more dying* and asked what sort of bread the dark one was, it was pretzel which he chose and the one under it was plain ciabatta, which he also chose. Rejected were: white french, wheat french, whole wheat paninni, and cheese and jalapeno.

Interestingly, I notice his pants first, before I knew who he was and they were the jeans with the super heavy white stitching, which I believe he's been seen wearing in LA before. Sorry, did not notice the shoes. T-shirt and maybe an over shirt? I noticed the Jeans and said to myself, hmmm, Jared has jeans just like that, just as I noticed who it was. *commence freakout*

Then, later, when my hands were shaking and I was wrapping his sandwiches, I notice his phone. Same phone, worn the same way. I noticed his face, and rightly so. He wore a baseball cap but I didn't notice what was on it. Sorry. I was epically flailing inside and desperately trying not to lose it on the outside. At one point, my hamfingers clumsily tried punching the wrong code on the labeler. I laughed and reached for the ticket. He grabbed for the first sandwich and laughed too. I punched in the right one and went for the tag and he laughed a bit again and said he thought I was going for his sandwich. It was only later I thought to say, "No Jared, I wasn't going for your sandwich...or some thing.

I asked if he wanted anything else. He said no and we finished and he walked away. Me trying desperately not to stare.

And that was pretty much it.

He was alone. No entourage. No one else was even in the department so no one recognized him.

A couple of odd impressions I didn't share before.

Jared is tall but his hips are so incredibly narrow, my god. I mean, he's big but I work with really tall guys. And he was sort of fine boned and a little on the thin side. You know that hollywood look actors get when they're not eating enough fat? Almost, sort of, starving? He had that look. But otherwise, he looked healthy, was polite and nice and seemed happy.

In retrospect, he may have known that I knew and was just not saying anything because I was trying so hard to be normal. If so, I smish the crap out of him because my instant response in those circumstances is to cry. It's horribly girly and makes me feel like crap. So, if he knew? He kept it to himself.

Also, his hands are very fineboned. Strangely so.

And that, my friend, is about all I have.

In conclusion: JARED PADALECKI.

[pekover.livejournal.com]

Bravo! Excellent details (although I can't believe you didn't notice his shoes - I guess maybe you couldn't see them from behind a counter?) - I feel much more informed now.

Thanks, you lucky duck!

[frahulettaes.livejournal.com]

Thank you! What's odd is, as I was walking up, I notice this guy, this tall but sort of slender guy and I usually start at the shoes, but this time I went right to his butt. Because the pants were so familiar. I think they were similar to the shoes from Bad Day at Black Rock, those old style adiddas shoes?

So, I started out seeing all of him. Hee!
But then I was behind the counter TRYING NOT TO BE A FREAKING FREAKY FREAKY OUT.

[allthelivesofme.livejournal.com]

*flails along with you* :-D

[frahulettaes.livejournal.com]

OMG I'M STILL FLAILING! BEST DAY EVER!

You know what I keep reliving? That delicious moment when I saw his face from the side, those lovely cat eyes and his funny skijump nose and that shiver of recognition followed by unbelievable joy!

[allthelivesofme.livejournal.com]

*grin* You are so going to be on Cloud Nine for-- well, ever, probably. LOL

[frahulettaes.livejournal.com]

I'm telling you, I just keep remembering that and it brightens my whole day. Again. Lovely lovely lovely. ;)