starstruck!

What do you say to people from your favorite bands when you come across them in public? I almost feel embarrassed in front of them because I feel like I know secrets about them. I imagine it might be like running into a stranger who has read my book from grad school and them asking me about certain parts from it. Or maybe I'm embarrassed by my own fan-ness and don't want to talk to them because I know I'll gush about how much I love their music. When I was a pop punk teenager I used to meet people from my favorite bands all the time and I can't imagine what I used to talk to them about. Probably stupid stuff. But now when I see them, at least out in public and not at a show, I just feel silly trying to start a normal conversation with them. Which is how I saw Tracyanne and Carey from Camera Obscura shopping on South Congress in Austin and Kevin Barnes from of Montreal at the Echo and could not say anything to any of them. Ack!