Andrew J. Lederer

it was katy wik of penny spubb ignoring my myspace friend request as others are added to her roster of cyberfriends daily.

it was robin ince writing he would try to get me a ticket for a gervais preview (i offered to pay), then not only not doing it but becoming incommunicado.

that's why it pleased me to see the discomfort on his face as i passed him on the stairs where he sat smoking during eugene mirman's sunday show. (a few moments later, i saw a cell phone on the empty steps. had i so jarred him he forgot his phone?)

oh, yeah -- and eugene mirman --

is he a good guy?

a part of me suspects eugene belittled me when he drank with robin on wednesday night, which is about the time i stopped hearing from robin about the ticket.

on the other hand, i got two smiles out of eugene in the past week.

but i think i just looked vaguely familiar the first time -- hidden by the beard, i think it simply took him a few moments to realize he was recognizing someone he'd rather be ignoring.

and the second time, i was standing with janey godley.

so, i didn't get a single eugene mirman smile that didn't have an asterisk.

but john oliver was incredibly warm (incredibly funny, too, on eugene's sunday show), even though i'd only met him twice before.

or maybe because


update (15:27): i just got a myspace friend request from john oliver. see? good guy!