Before anything else – I want Shappy Seasholtz to know that if I could’ve brought him I would’ve. It was a total last minute thing.
Anyway, the prophecy has been fulfilled: I met, albeit briefly, Leonard Nimoy.
It was at the 2008 Licensing Expo at the Javitz Center, where bare cereal boxes go to find branding. L-Nim was there for sixty short minutes, allowing Nerds to get polaroids with Spock. That’s all I did. I got a press pass, allegedly covering the event, zipped up in a cab, got my photo(s) and zipped back.
I waited on line, stepped up, said “Mr Nimoy, it’s a pleasure to meet you.” I pronounced Nimoy correctly. (It is NiMOY, not NEEEmoy.)
When I gave my Vulcan Salute he said, “Ah, very good!”
And that was it. I wanted to say something funny to him, or something M-O-T (like “You’re a Space Tzadik!”) but all I did after was smile.
Here is the moment from a different POV.
So – I got my picture taken with Leonard Nimoy. I guess it is all downhill from here, eh?
Well, that definitely beats my signed first edition of his autobiography!
Lucky you!
You should’ve told him you were in the throws of POM-FAR! Or you could’ve said “Ship out of danger?” Anyway, congrats on the photo-op!