#a very boring and incoherent story that i am posting so i can relive htis moment for the rest of my life

[eleanor-shellstrop]

so anyways i met aubrey plaza last night,,, and actually got to talk to her..... and i’m still in disbelief

soooo i’m currently a PR intern at the seattle international film festival and it’s truly a blast but i hit my peak yesterday when i met aubrey. she came to seattle bc the festival screened the little hours this weekend (i watched it yesterday and it was WEIRD and i loved it. and we’re playing ingrid goes west later which i’m also seeing and super excited for!!!). 

we were told via email earlier in the day that she doesn’t really like to be hounded with people which is super understandable so i thought i wouldn’t be able to actually meet her but would probably be able to see her from afar which i was still super excited about!!! 

so i arrived at the theater like 1hr30 before the screening began. my job was set for the evening which was pretty much to stand by the red carpet, keep the photographers updated as my boss (our publicist for the film’s seattle release) texted me how far they were and stuff. and just keep people out of her way when she and her boyfriend jeff baena (who directed the film) arrived.

anyways she got there like 30 minutes before the screening. she looked kind of tired but excited tbh!! first she took some photos on our little red carpet for the screening in front of the step and repeat. she took one picture with our programmer for the little hours and i yelled for them all to hold hands bc i knew the programmer. they all chuckled a bit . aubrey laughed at my joke!!  after photos her and jeff were just standing in a corner off to the side with her team kind of next to her (team meaning like 3 other people). 

since they were just standing there i decided to actually go up and introduce myself,,, i was so nervous. u don’t even know my knees were literally SHakign

so i went up to her and jeff and said something like “hi aubrey, i’m danielle one of the other PR interns. thanks for coming to seattle, we’re super excited to have you here!” and she was like hi and thanks and nice to meet you and we had that exchange and it was crazy and kind of a blur. although her team was kind of next to them they weren’t really apart of the conversation

anyways i was really nervous and iddn’t know what to say so i was telling her about how huge of a fan i am of parks and rec. i told her i’ve watched it five times. and she was like, “like the whole thing or just some episodes?” and i told her the whole thing and i know and i’m too much but it’s by far my favorite show of all time and then she thanked me and stuff --and wow i can’t believe this happened 

(sorry this is getting less and less coherent)

then jeff asked me what my favorite episode was and I FELT SO PUT ON THE SPOT i didn’t even say my favorite episode but rather the first episode that came to mind which for some reason was “women in garbage?” but i coudlnt’ remember the name of the ep so i said the leslie and april trash one!! and she was like “what???... oh the one where we ride garbage trucks! that was fun” and then i was like “yeah!! april is so great. i also love the line where you say ‘dogs should be rewarded for not being people, i hate people.’” and she kind of just smiled and looked down and it was cute. also did i mention she’s tiny

anyways then her publicist went to go talk to her and jeff about something and then somehow a circle formed with aubrey, jeff, me, my boss, one of the other interns, 2 photographers and 2 other people with jeff and aubrey and we were all just casually conversing!!! i coudln’t believe the NORMALCY

i asked if they’ve been to seattle before (and aubrey said yes but i don’t remember the back story because i was just thinking while she was talking, like, holy shit i’m talking to aubrey plaza), they talked about not really having any plans to do anything here bc they’re only here for a couple days. we talked about vin diesel and nicholas cage because one of the girls on her team was talking about how she loves them and everyone was like “eugh” at nicholas cage but aubrey loved it and was just silently like “yes he’s the best” and it was hilarious. we talked about the fact that the theater that was playing the little hours said “baywatch” on it which was funny and then my boss and jeff were having a little argument about whether or not she actually saw baywatch or not

we have this venue called the SIFF lounge which is an area for the public to go on weekends but where filmmakers can hang out whenever, and jeff did a panel there earlier in the day. and i was just trying to make jokes so i said “yes the siff lounge is great!! there’s a bar and also very dry doughnuts” and jeff said “why did you have wet doughnuts last year?” an di can’t believe that exchange happened and died and i tried to continue the jokes and said “wow that’s good. u should write comedy. do you write comedy?” and he laughed. aubrey was kind of on her phone during this whole thing but she was smiling so i think she could hear??

after someone mentioned something about weed being apart of the siff lounge. and aubrey was like “why cause it’s legal here?” and then we were like “yeah might as well, you can smell it everywhere” then jeff made a joke that was like “you should call the lounge the siff spliff lounge” and i died and was like we’ll give you credit and call it “jeff’s siff spliff lounge” but i couldn’t say it bc i was getting tongue tied but i tried. 

aubrey’s publicist went to go talk to jeff and aubrey again bc the movie was about to start so then i left and went to watch the film. after the movie they did a q&a then were just chilling outside of the theater as everyone left. surprisingly nobody really stopped to bombard her and say hi. but after everyone was gone and it was just her and her team i went to tell her bye and thank you for coming and i loved the movie and that’s that/

so anyways

i met aubrey plaZa and life wont’ get better and maybe i’m bffs w jeff baena? probably not

idd i mention she’s tiny?

edit: also forgot one thing!! we started talking about weed because aubrey and jeff were talking about how they were gonna meet with “weed nuns” the following day and aubrey was like “i have no idea what they’re gonna do to me” and it was !!! so !!!! i can’t believe it happened