Jann & Me

Low and behold it happened again. The first time I doubted myself that it was really her but alas I was proven right when it happened for the second time just the other day. Back in the fall I went down to the gym in my building like I normally do 4 times a week and there was this oddly familiar face on the exercise bike - I was like "Is that Jann Arden?" She must have thought who the fuck is this guy staring at me. Although I suppose when you are a celebrity (even if only in Canada) you must get used to people staring at you. Anyway I was totally convinced it was her when I said "Hello/ how's it going?" and she replied "good, you?". Her voice gave her away. What threw me for a loop was that about 4 days later she came into my store to buy a few copies of her record that was just released. In fact she filmed the whole thing for her website. So of course I was all confident when I said to her that I saw her at my gym the other day - little did I know she would deny it and make me doubt what happened. So fast forward to the other day when I strolled down to my gym to do my usual workout and boom there she is again on the bike. I knew she had 4 shows at Massey Hall which is only across the street from where I live. Clearly she likes to stay in the hotel attached to my condo when she's in Toronto. I decided to pop out one of my ear buds to listen in on the conversation as she had a few people with her and I wanted I to hear something that would validate that it was her. Sure enough they started talking about tour dates, a book she's trying to and something about song structure. I knew I wasn't crazy... I adore her - she's so cute and kind of like the aunt you wish you'd always have. She is funny as hell - you have to check out her show some time...

A friend of mine sent me the link to the video she did at my store - I didn't realize I was actually in it. Go figure! It's a cute clip - actually there's two because she didn't have the PIN for her credit card. (We've all been there...) Take a look at the website below.

http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid32016513001?bclid=31835237001&bctid=44244914001