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Meeting Lemony Snicket
Mar. 30th, 2006 07:20 pmLemony Snicket, author of A Series Of Unfortunate Events, had a book signing at Reading Reptile this evening. I got tickets a while back and almost forgot about it until this afternoon. A friend of Mom's was going too, so I got a lift with her. We waited in line for an hour, inching oh-so-slowly through the store, admiring the decorations (Reading Reptile has some fabulous things to look at) and chatting a bit.
I was going to tell him what a unique and brilliant writing style he has, but when I got to the table up front, it just didn't seem adequate, so I asked if I could see his ankle. (People who have read the books will understand this reference.) His response: "No, I don't show strange women my body parts. Well, who am I kidding? Of course I do. But no." I got a picture with him, though I don't think it turned out all that well.
Behind me was Julian, one of the two sons of the lady who gave me a lift. Snicket (or Handler, as he signed the books, but I prefer his pen name) wrote "THE END" on the second page of Julian's book and told him, "There, now you don't have to read the whole thing."
Next was Gabrial's turn. To him, Snicket said, "Gabrial with an A, huh? You have to say that a lot, don't you? Gabrial with an A. Gabrial with an A. Gabrial with an A. And who do you have to blame for that, huh? Your parents? How many parents do you have?" Gabrial responded meekly, "Two." To which Snicket shook his head despairingly and said, "Sorry, kid, they've got you outnumbered all the way. Got any windows in your bedroom you can climb out of?"
I heard him screech, "WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOUR LEG???" to the kid behind us, whose legs, as far as I could see, were perfectly normal.
My overall impression of the guy was Jim Carrey. The mannerisms, voice, face, movements, everything looked just like the actor. No wonder Carrey got cast as Olaf. I liked Snicket's sense of humor better, though.
Augh, you know what I should have done? I should have tried to get an interview with him for the Spectrum the second I found out he was doing a book signing here. Gah! *headdesk* It's too late now.
I was going to tell him what a unique and brilliant writing style he has, but when I got to the table up front, it just didn't seem adequate, so I asked if I could see his ankle. (People who have read the books will understand this reference.) His response: "No, I don't show strange women my body parts. Well, who am I kidding? Of course I do. But no." I got a picture with him, though I don't think it turned out all that well.
Behind me was Julian, one of the two sons of the lady who gave me a lift. Snicket (or Handler, as he signed the books, but I prefer his pen name) wrote "THE END" on the second page of Julian's book and told him, "There, now you don't have to read the whole thing."
Next was Gabrial's turn. To him, Snicket said, "Gabrial with an A, huh? You have to say that a lot, don't you? Gabrial with an A. Gabrial with an A. Gabrial with an A. And who do you have to blame for that, huh? Your parents? How many parents do you have?" Gabrial responded meekly, "Two." To which Snicket shook his head despairingly and said, "Sorry, kid, they've got you outnumbered all the way. Got any windows in your bedroom you can climb out of?"
I heard him screech, "WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOUR LEG???" to the kid behind us, whose legs, as far as I could see, were perfectly normal.
My overall impression of the guy was Jim Carrey. The mannerisms, voice, face, movements, everything looked just like the actor. No wonder Carrey got cast as Olaf. I liked Snicket's sense of humor better, though.
Augh, you know what I should have done? I should have tried to get an interview with him for the Spectrum the second I found out he was doing a book signing here. Gah! *headdesk* It's too late now.
