It's All About The Benjamins Baby - Look Who I Ran Into!
As a few of you know, I live within walking distance of Justin's, a restaurant owned by the one and only Sean "P Diddy" Combs. I decided to check it out for the first time last night with a few friends, and the food was excellent. It's a mix of southern and caribbean styles, resulting in one of the best chicken dishes I've ever had.
Even though Justin's has a reputation as a local hot spot for celebrities, I was pretty sure that we wouldn't run into anyone on a late Wednesday night. But sure enough, right before our main course came out, we heard some commotion at the front doors. And there was the man himself, P Diddy, accompanied by none other than Farnsworth Bentley (his increasingly famous butler who has been showing up in all sorts of music videos lately). Everyone in the place remained surprisingly calm (except for some annoying girls sitting behind us), but all heads were turned towards Puffy as he walked inside and gave a hug to the hostess. That's when our food came out, and Puffy went to go talk to a group of people seated on the opposite side of the restaurant.
After about 10 minutes, he started walking around from table to table, making sure that everyone was having a good time at his place. I had luckily stowed my digital camera away in my cargo pants pocket in the off chance something like this would happen. He came to our table while we were waiting for the bill. Puffy smiled and asked, "Gentlemen, how are we doing tonight?" We echoed a round of "great" and I asked if I could snap a picture. Or, to be perfectly honest, I found a picture of Puffy online, took a picture of me, combined them in Photoshop and made up a complete lie. Happy April Fool's Day. Recording is going along swimmingly; I should have Aphelion finished by Monday (when classes start up again) and will begin tinkering with the final still-unnamed song shortly thereafter. The end is in sight. I'm looking forward to a visit from my parents and Sarah this weekend; Andrew will be off at his old JMU roommate's wedding.
The new trailer for Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban just went up online; you can check it out here. It looks extremely promising. There's also a new Batman movie in the works called Batman Begins, and they just posted a photo of what most people think is the new Batmobile. Instead of the campiness of the last few films, this Batman is being helmed by Christopher Nolan (Memento, Insomnia) and will be based on the Dark Knight comic origins.
Wednesday, March 31 at 9:03 PM
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