avablog

So I’m quickly reading through one of my favorite blogs this morning, and I come across the news that Laura Lieghton turns 40 today. I was never a big Melrose Place fan, but that’s the show on which Laura made her big break. Anyway, she’s from I.C.; I think she went to West High. I had her dad in one of my writing classes in college.

So, unnecessarily long story short, I was downtown in a shop one day about 13 years ago, and Laura and her mom were in there, too. Laura was totally checking me out. I recognized her at the time but wasn’t sure why. Then, a day or two later, there was a small news story about her being in town for something or other, and it clicked that she was the one who had been so lasciviously ogling me. I decided she must’ve been practicing for her role. I’ve always hoped that I was at least partly responsible for her (modicum of) success as an actress.