Not Even A Little Bit Ashamed!

The fact that I am a little bit of a stalker is not a new thing to those of you who know me. Examples of this can be read about here and here.

When I lived in New York I got to the point where I figured that when an idea got lodged into my head, however ridiculous I would come across to anyone in the sane world, that I would regret it if I didn't just go ahead and do it. This lead to waiting a good four hours for Daniel Radcliffe in 2009 and I haven't looked back since.

When I visited NY at the beginning of May (I can't believe it was already a month ago!) my stalker tendencies emerged once again. I had it in my head to go and see In The Heights which is a musical that I haven't seen before. The added bonus is that currently starring in it is Corbin Bleu of High School Musical fame. I was gutted when I went to the box office and they told me that there wasn't an evening performance that night. The matinee was in progress at that point. I had planned to see the show and then wait outside for autographs and photos (much like with The Little Mermaid). So I missed my chance to see the show and Chen Li and I went to go and get cupcakes.We each had a Red Velvet and a S'mores from Magnolia in Grand Central. Yum!!

Anyway, we decided to (well, I forced Lili to) go back to the theatre and wait outside for Mr Bleu and get his autograph and picture.

Job done.

And I went to see Wicked that evening and thoroughly enjoyed it (again). I may or may not have wept through the whole second half (and maybe most of the first!).

So that was my first stalking incident in less than 30 days. It is pretty similar to my previous other adventures (i.e. waiting outside a Broadway theatre.... blah, blah). For my second I took a step into the sporting world.

I went to see Scotland XV against Japan Select at Murrayfield last week. I went by myself so didn't have to worry about embarrassing any of my friends. I waited around after the game to get some photos.

The first excitement was that I ended up standing about 5ft from Gregor Townsend (hero!!). I did draw the line at asking him for a photo because he was with his sons. I'm not so crazy!

But here comes my most stalkerish happening ever. My favourite Scotland player is Dan Parks. He has been a favourite for a while, not just since every man and his dog has loved him.

Whilst every other crazy person waiting for the team was waiting by the barriers, I was standing back a bit..... trying to act cool. I failed but I spotted Dan Parks (who hadn't been in the squad so I wasn't expecting to see him) leave by the door. I literally followed him round half of Murrayfield before I got the opportunity to ask him for a photo. This is the first time that I have actually hunted someone down like that.

You might think I'm crazy but you don't have a photo with Dan Parks, even if it is a little blurry.Seriously, I can't believe that I did actually chase after him but it was totally worth it. Ha! I'd do it again!

After that excitement I went back and waited for the other players..... I think I got some pretty good pics!

And finally, I hopped on the team bus. I was clearly quite pleased with myself for doing this!