When it comes to celebrity stalking, I like to think I’m quite the expert, but compared to my friend IndianJones, I’m clearly just a novice. Take for instance his encounter last night with Battlestar Galactica’s chief hottie, Tricia Helfer.
Full glorious story (replete with fanboy-tastic lingo such as “skinjob”) after the jump…
From IndianJones:
So, let me tell you about my little run in with a skinjob yesterday.
I’m checking my bag at Air Canada. I notice a pretty hot woman behind me, but didn’t see the face. Just noticed nice body and blond hair.
So as the agent is taking my bag I sneak a peak back and see her. I’m like “Wait, that looks like it might be Tricia Helfer”. But, she looks WAY skinnier than she does on the show so I wasn’t sure.
I keep looking back and I’m like 80% sure it’s her. She checks-in, gets her boarding pass and goes to the security line. Luckily, my timing worked out PERFECTLY as I got in line right behind her. Great view. At this point I’m 95% sure. She gets the front, and I totally stalked her boarding pass and passport (CANADIAN!) as she gave it to the security guy. BAM! It’s Tricia Helfer. This is where I almost lost my shit and started giggling out loud, since I also noticed SHE’ S ON MY FLIGHT TO VANCOUVER.
Didn’t see much of her again as she was in the lounge while I had to wait by the gate. But, as I’m boarding the plane, she’s already seated in first class (1A). Right as I’m walking by her, she gets up to stow her purse in the overhead, and blocks the aisle right in front of me. She literally had her armpit in my face. Normally, I would super pissed since she had all the time in the world to do it before economy boarded. But I was actually quite pleased as this gave me an excuse to ogle her while she stowed her baggage. (and she took her sweet time, too, let me tell you. Apparently cylons are in no rush).
SO, that’s my celebrity run in story.
Some observations on her looks:
– way, way thinner than on the show. Maybe it’s the camera adding 10 pounds, or maybe she lost a lot of weight after filming wrapped up
– Not quite as tall as Iexpected, but still pretty tall. About 5’8″, 5’9″ in flats.
– Lot of makeup. She looks older, some lines around her eyes
– (very) green eyeshadow. Not what I would have expected
– no baggage! Only a purse. Travels light I guess
My (female) coworker was quite amused by my stalking.
He then later added: “Sorry I couldn’t take any pictures, but I thought that a brown person taking surreptitious pictures in an airport probably would not have gone over too well. ”
Well done, IndianJones. Well done…