Being with Meg is like being with a rock star, only with fewer temper tantrums and less vomiting. Everywhere we go people stare at her, and faun all over her, and tell her how wonderful she is. They are willing to give her anything they want just to get her to smile, and hate to see her upset. Up until now I thought this was just a Utah phenomenon since it is less, how do I say this, um "colorful," here than in other parts of the world. Our recent trip to New York proved I was wrong.
People were stopping on the street to stare at her. Waitresses were slipping her lollipops as we came in. Cops were giving her high fives. Street musicians were playing just for her. The way things were going I fully expected Mayor Bloomberg to show up at our hotel with a key to the city. The only person who didn't think Meg was darling? This guy:
This guy not only looked like Michael Jackson, he thought he was him. He was dancing on Broadway and 36th, right outside of Macy's, with a huge crowd around him. The minute Meg saw him and heard the music, she wanted to shake her groove thing. We got her out of the stroller, she started dancing, and no one saw Michael any more. The murmurs in the crowd went from "look at him dance" to "look at that baby dance." Ryan started getting concerned people were taking pictures of Meg. This did not make Michael happy. He came up to Meg, took her hand, and walked her back to Ryan. "They came to see Michael," he said.
We didn't tell him we saw people leave once Meg stopped dancing.
As I said, she's a rock star.
25 comments:
NOT surprised. she is just about the cutest thing ever.
Not at all shocked that people would rather see Meg dance than pseudo-Michael. She's adorable.
No one can resist the power of baby dancing. Just don't get her a baby pole.
Wow. Michael is such a prick. Wouldn't even let an innocent, adorable baby steal his thunder.
I would pay money to see Meg dance over a pseudo Michael.
He obviously knows competition when he sees it.
She's totally cute! And I can't believe a grown man was jealous of her. SCORE! Of course, I can't believe a grown man makes a living pretending to be Michael Jackson either...
Ha ha, yeah she sure is! Was he jealous because she could do the moon walk better than him?
The real Michael never would have tried to steal the limelight away from Meg!
Nicely done. You should have told that Michael that he's a jerkface. Stupid jerkface.
The REAL Michael Jackson would have loved it.
And I don't mean that in a creepy, pedophilic way. Seriously.
Aaaaaaand I leave the same comments as other people, apparently. Boo me.
Obviously Meg wants to be startin' sumthin' I said she's gotta be startin' sumthin'.
Isn't it nice to have a daughter that can upstage a street performer?
:D
I can't belive he actually said that!...I don't know whether to laugh or be appalled:)
Memo to street dancer: you're a street dancer, dude. Get over yourself.
That guy is such a dope! I'm sure she was a much better dancer, too ;)
She looks like a darling! And Michael should just suck it up and deal!
FakeMichael sounds like a douche.
That's just off the wall. Did you see that, what I just did? Slipped an MJ song in there?
Anyway, being born and raised in NY I've just learned to kick these kind of people in the shins and shuffle on by.
Most days I'd say the Naked Cowboy deserves it more than MJ does but we all have our days.
By the way, Meg looks like she's having an awesome time!
"They came to see Michael" just completely cracked me up. Dude, you are a Michael impersonator. Say it with me...Im-Per-Son-A-Tooooor. Get a grip. Everyone in their right minds would rather see Meg.
What a jerk! He should have incorporated her into his act if he really wanted to be popular. Meg's adorable. You should post a video of her dancing to Michael.
She is a natural born show stealer:)
I don't live in Utah and I've ALWAYS loved her.
Although she looks like she thinks he's a little odd. What's up with his teeth? Seriously. Creepy. I hear ya, Meg.
I *totally* would have been grooving with Meg and not fake-Michael. Duh.
Have fun!
Ellie
Move over, Mike... she's got true star power! I love that she doesn't seem thrilled with him. :-)
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