Dress Time!

I am finally really pumped up about the wedding.

I mean, I was excited when we got engaged. The entire world saw that happiness. Ellen doggone DeGereneres was right there for the whole thing! It was so like a dream; but then he went back to Kentucky and I went back to New York and the only difference in my life was the beautiful diamond on my finger.

Months passed and no wedding planning. Then Ellen offered to throw our entire wedding! Again, a dream.

Finally, we were asked to scout out locations in Lexington, Kentucky and we took lots of pictures. My dad drove us all over the city that day (Mom, Whitney, Jerrod, and I all crammed into his extended cab pick-up truck). I got excited - thought we were going to chip away at planning this thing. Alas, we sent the show the pictures and still don't know where that aisle will be.

More passing of time. I stress: wonder when we're gonna do this, wonder who's gonna plan that. Jerrod tells me I'm crazy on a daily basis. Strangers approach me at Sardi's Restaurant during every shift. I sign autographs, field questions, have no answers. April 29 draws closer.

But now - VERA WANG! That's right. This Friday, my mom and my best friend Whitney are going with me to try on wedding dresses with special assistance from the world famous designer herself! I can't believe it. I just can't believe it. I can't wait to step into the perfect gown. Can't wait to take that deep "this is it" breath. Can't wait to turn to these loving women and see them dab away at the love squeezing out of the corners of their eyes. Can't wait to twirl and twirl - to just stare into the mirror wondering if that princess is actually me - to make another memory.

I still can't believe I'm getting married, but I sure am glad I am.

One Degree from Kevin Bacon

It's such a weird thing to meet celebrities. On the one hand, you already know a lot about them. You've read the rag mags, you've seen their movies or bought their music, you've searched about them on the internet maybe. You know these people. So meeting them can be awkward cause they don't know you at all.

So suddenly, you're face to face with someone you feel like you already know and basically, the feeling that washes over you is something like, "Oh my gosh, I'm a stalker."

I felt that way when face to face with Kevin Bacon. My whole life we'd played the game "6 Degrees from Kevin Bacon", where you name a celeb and then a movie they were in. Then, you name someone else who was in a movie with that celeb and then name a different movie that this celeb was in. Basically, you should do this no more than 6 times before you've hit a movie with Kevin Bacon. Everybody's linked to him.

So I'm on the Ellen DeGeneres Show and Kevin Bacon is on the same episode. As I stand across from him, I realize that as soon as we speak to each other on the set, I will be officially 1 Degree away.

He starts to walk off with the microphone when a stage hand stops him. I cleverly say, "This guy'll steal the microphone, he'll steal anything. I'm not laying my purse down."

He laughs and looks up at me. "How you doin'?" (very New York)

This prompts me to lose all self-control, touch his suede jacket, and say, "Oooo, that feels good."

He walks off chuckling, I turn three shades of red, and realize that celebrities should be kept from the public for the sake of all involved.