Funny Lemur celebrity story:

So I'm interviewing for a media job I really want. I'm sitting in a cafe in Greenwich Village in NYC, talking to the editor. I'm completely focused on her, my whole sphere of concentration is on what she has to say. It's pretty busy in the cafe, and a couple sits next to us, the guy's elbow rubbing mine. Not very cool. It's loud, too. I'm straining to hear her as she talks.

The couple next to us is kind of loud, but I shut them out of my head. This is a job I'm after, and I'm not gonna get distracted. Finally they leave, and I see them jumping on bicycles outside. I can move my left arm again.

"Wow, you sure keep your cool," the editor tells me. I have no idea what she's talking about. I smile, which is the best thing to do when you're completely clueless.

"I mean, Brad Pitt and Gwynneth Paltrow are eating lunch next to us, and you act like they're nobody at all. That's wild," she said.

Ah. Now I knew who that guy elbowing me was. The only thing to do was roll with it. "I didn't want to stare or be weird," I said, lying through my teeth.