I treated rapper/actor Common as if he was common. Get it?

I busted a #3 to that balloon-making chick from Outback Steakhouse yesterday who vaguely resembles Amanda Seyfried. (See entry 9/18/11.)

At Barnes & Noble, there was a crowd gathered for an event. I lucked out sitting in one of those comfy chairs. Security guards were clearing everyone out on the second floor unless seated in chairs to read. And then the special guest whom everyone was lined up to see arrived for his book-signing. Sitting in front of me was a kind of thick, Latina chick with long, black hair who looked beer-goggles-aight.

RYAN: (Referring to special guest) Who is that?
LATINA CHICK: Common.

So I got to look really cool by being the only one not star-struck as I read both Fortune and Forbes magazine - I guess the business side of me was surfacing today - while Common did his book signing not too far away from me and everyone was lined up around me to metaphorically suck his genitals.

Hilarious moment: When Common was leaving, this one black dude who was all dressed up, but had dreadlocks that only negated his attempt to look dapper, was screaming at him, "You gotta holla at me, man!"

And then the security guard whom I actually am acquainted with escorted Common down the elevator into a secret basement. I did one last database run around the mall. The Adelle look-alike was working at the "i Play & Talk" vendor booth. She actually fixed her hair today. She's renewed in my database. And then I ended the night at home with WWE RAW.