Celebrity Encounter

Last week when I was in Adelaide I went to the WOMAD EarthStation Festival, which had a lot of cool, small bands from around the world and talks focused on climate change and sustainability. One of the talks was a discussion on greening in our community, and one of the panelists was none other than Cate Blanchett! It was pretty neat to see a celebrity in real life. My first reaction when she came out on stage was, "Wow, she's a normal person just like everyone else." She didn't look any different from other people and if she hadn't starred in such movies like "Lord of the Rings" there would be nothing really special/different about her. But still, it was neat to get to see and hear in person someone who makes a living playing pretend like you do when you're a kid.

Cate Blanchett, my first celebrity sighting!