I've been waiting for this one for a long time! So were all of you, you just didn't know it. I have to preface this by telling you about my friends down the hall (Alex, Alicia, Jesika, and Sherra--they've appeared on the blog before) and their history with Kirby Heyborne. They all got to school kind of early so in that first week they were here and almost no one else was, they instantly bonded and spent a ton of time together. One thing they did together was they drove to Fillmore, a little town south of here, to a county fair or something to see Kirby Heyborne perform (the star of The RM and The Best Two Years--he's in almost every Mormon movie and now has a singing career). They said there were only about 20 people there so they got to spend a lot of time with him and had a blast. Later, they were so inspired by the experience that they filmed a short documentary, entitled "American Kirby," about, well, Kirby. It was pretty funny to hear the different reactions they got when they went around asking random people about him on camera. They sent the movie to his manager and a few weeks later heard back from her that she liked it. Okay, Fast forward to Nov. 10. The four of them and Kristin and I were planning on going to a Kirby concert that night but then part of the group wigged out and thought it wouldn't be as cool as their first time seeing him because it was at Provo High School. (Three of us decided later that we totally should have gone, but oh well.) Instead, they suggested we go see him the next day when he would appear at a few Seagull bookstores in the area. Well, Kristin needed to go to Salt Lake to pick up a music book so Alicia and I decided, since we felt like playing and all our other friends were asleep, we'd go with her and stop by the Salt Lake Seagull where Kirby would be at 11. It was fun. He played a few songs and we took a few pictures and he remembered Alicia from the last time. He said he had hoped we would be at the concert and he was disappointed that Alex and the others hadn't come with us, so he called her. She's kind of the head Kirbyite--she instigated the documentary and she's the one he remembered most. So he woke her up and told her to come see him that afternoon in Orem. When the three of us got home we shoved down some lunch, grabbed the others and our friend Raelena from a different suite (after a giggly conversation) and went to Orem. He was late. But while we were waiting we talked to two women who were there signing copies of a children's book they did together, and we had fun looking around the bookstore. This time was way more fun because all of us were there and we talked to Kirby for at least 30 minutes. He wrote some birthday cards and other such sillinesses and recorded an alarm message on Alex's phone. I asked him to write something on a piece of paper for me and sign it. He wrote "swashbuckle." And on my CD he wrote, "Summer, you're my favorite season." As Kristin, Alicia, Alex and I were leaving to go to Target(the others had to take Jesika to work), Alex accidentally erased the Kirby message. She was distraught. After the Target adventure (that'll be tomorrow's post), we decided to stop by the other Seagull in south Orem where he was supposed to be soon. He was way late again, but we entertained ourselves by looking at the CTR rings and temple figurines. This time when he came he was surprised to see us--it was the second time for Alex to see him that day and the third for the rest of us. I felt like a stalker. There weren't as many people this time but we only stayed for a few minutes, and Alex got a new phone recording. When we left the third store at about 5, it felt like bedtime because we had been gone almost all day and it was very rainy and gray. But it was a fun adventure. Kirby is a hoot and a half.
The first time.
Calling Alex.
Kirby told Kristin her lips looked like Jennifer Garner's, so they took a goofy lip picture...
...and a close-up.
The second time. Alicia waiting for Kirby.
Jesika waiting for Kirby. I don't know what she's doing.
Kirby!
I like this one.
The great signing of 2006.
Kirby and Alex.
Kirby and Jesika.
Kirby and Alicia.
Kirby and Raelena.
Kirby and Sherra.
Kirby and Summer!
The whole gang.
7 comments:
He needs a haircut.
Wendy, you crack me up!
whoa, wendy's right. kirby has a serious need of a haircut. he's looking a little california surfer-wanna-be circa 1999.
you are funny summer. :)
Summer, you are my favorite season, too!
He doesn't look at all like himself! If I had seen him on the street I would have had no clue that it was Kirby! - Sharon
Where's the Summer/Kirby picture? - Robby
I think he has a thing for you.
And you like the up the nose shot?
It's not an up the nose shot--it's just an up shot. And he doesn't have a thing for me. He's married.
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