Not a regular day at the office

This is my last post before leaving for Mardi Gras! But have no fear, I have a series of guest posts set up to keep you entertained. And by guest posts I mean posts written by me. But you can consider that a guest. The Ghost of Arielle Past. Right.

It's a little after 1 AM and I just got back from work. I was working at a wedding which we knew to be pretty high-end, and that maybe it was the daughter of someone who used to be a pro football player or something like this and maybe there would be other athlete type people there. Whatever. So we're waiting for the wedding to get started and I'm the only girl in a group of 6 working at the ceremony part. And we're waiting for ish to start and the conversation is sort of like this:

5 Guys: Holy crap look at that ~insert name of really expensive car/limousine~!!!
5 Guys: DUDE THAT'S JOE NAMATH!
Arielle: I sort of know who Joe Namath is! Wait, is the bride wearing black shoes!?! Hey, Joe Namath doesn't look like a football player.
5 Guys: Duh, he was a quarterback. He's like Peyton Manning, all skinny.
Arielle: Anyone who thinks I knew that Joe Namath was a quarterback or that I have the faintest idea what Peyton Manning looks like is giving me too much credit. Let's just be happy I've heard of Peyton Manning at all.

And then somehow later on Joe Namath is asking me a question and as I'm talking to him I think to myself, "There are so many people in the world who would appreciate this so much more than I do."

Later on, we have moved to the reception. I should mention that we are dressed in full tuxedo attire, which is rare. While everyone in catering owns a vest and bowtie, we almost never wear jackets and thus aren't required to own them. The caterer provides them for us if needed. Somehow I get stuck wearing an XL, which is decidedly NOT my jacket size. We're in the back doing our thing, and a staff person I've never spoken to says...

Random Dude: You win the prize.
Arielle: What prize?
RD: The "Dad wants his jacket back prize."

If you think this was the first or the last person to laugh at me for swimming in my tuxedo jacket, you are far too optimistic.

Another highlight of the evening was when we found out that Natalie Portman was also in attendance. The guys were excited because she's hot, and I was excited because she's a famous Jew. So everyone won. And while none of us spoke to her, we did see her a few times.

Perhaps my favorite part of the night, though, was when we were cleaning up the cocktail hour. There was this huge display of flowers, and we had been told earlier by some of the workers that everything was going to get thrown out when they took it down. I look over and the 2 workers are pulling flowers out of the display and making bouquets. I asked, "Trying to save money on Valentine's Day?" and they said yes, at which point all the other guys started making bouquets as well, talking about how lucky they were to have a huge array of free roses to choose from the day before V-Day when, conveniently, none of them had already arranged flowers for their significant others. I couldn't help but try to capture the moment.


In short, it was a lovely evening. I got to make some money, see some famous people, and be thoroughly entertained from start to finish. Enjoy the fabulous posts I have set up for you, and at some point I will be back to hopefully recap the next week of sheer awesomeness. =)