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Act One, in Which Faran Attempts to Smile at a Gossip Girl Star and Fails

Dec 01, 2007 @ 6:03pm

0000041825_20070801145023.jpg Leaving the gym about 10 minutes ago.

Fuzzy hair. Kid Robot sweatshirt. No makeup. The scrunched face you make when it's cold and you just didn't dress for it.

My Vans plod down 12th Street and smack, I've bumped into someone skinnier than me.

"Ooh, sorry," is my auto-response and I glance up and it's Penn Badgley, who is basically the new Adam Brody, but single and not caught smoking pot (see: Carol Han's account on ELLE.com).

Suddenly I'm not so sorry, but I'm not going to be the random fan girl either. I quickly move away, but the guy is already laughing, like "Caught you, you totally recognize me."

"Yeeeeah," I smile. "Well, sorry. Bye."

"No worries," he says back, and then he smiles too, and then I realize:

This is not Penn Badgley at all.

It is Freddie Prinze Jr.

Dammit. Dammit. Dammit.

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writer Faran Krentcil

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posted by staceyy

Dec 01, 2007 7:32PM

hahahaha how disappointing!!

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posted by guest

Dec 01, 2007 11:05PM

you know, even if i think seth cohen >>> dan humphrey, i would totally react the same way if i saw penn. or FPJ, even.

posted by chowmeng

Dec 01, 2007 11:16PM

Oh Faran. I'm so sorry! You got my heart pounding for a second... if only if only

posted by jolie

Dec 02, 2007 1:55AM

how sad... he's at a point in his career where he's actually happy to have someone recognize him. AND he even pointed it out! too bad you didn't really recognize him and it was just mistaken identity. =/

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posted by guest

Dec 02, 2007 3:04AM

that's really funny!

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posted by guest

Dec 02, 2007 11:27AM

even though penn badgley is gooorgeous, freddie prinze jr is super hot too! so i still would have been excited to meet him :)

posted by chelsearae

Dec 02, 2007 12:30PM

Look on the bright side, at least it wasn't the gorgeous, SINGLE Penn Badgley that saw you in your post physical activity best. Since FPJ is taken it should be no sweat off your back (no pun intended); so, now all you have to do is actually run into Penn when you're looking radiant. You've already gotten the first meeting jitters over with!

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posted by silhouette

Dec 02, 2007 1:13PM

yeah, too bad. that is really disappointing.

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posted by guest

Dec 02, 2007 3:16PM

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
oh man, i wish these letters were bigger!
HA

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posted by guest

Dec 02, 2007 6:14PM

Oh my gah!
I'm like a fanatic over Penn Badgley.
That sux that it wasn't him!haha

posted by anonymoose

Dec 02, 2007 11:01PM

i think i would have been really excited about bumping into freddie, if only because "she's all that" is a guilty pleasure of mine.

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posted by jgbeatty

Dec 03, 2007 1:38PM

you just gave him a nice boost in his ego when you didn't even care it was FPJ. Tooo funny!

Sidenote: Faran, you're "Tips" email keeps bouncing.

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