I was watching Betelgeuse with my sister today and I remembered the time that I met Betelgeuse at Universal Studios when I was 8. I was walking around the park with my dad when I saw his suit and hair out of the side of my eye. I grabbed my dad and yelled "OHMYGOD it's Betelgeuse! Dad, if I don't get to meet him, I'll cry and my life will be ruined" I was dying to meet him because I had watched that movie so many times that I knew every line and I idolized him. Betelgeuse disappeared in the crowd, and I made my dad walk around with me so we could find him. After an hour of looking, we found him in front of the Van Helsing ride and I was so giddy with joy that I was jumping up and down and shaking my dad and squealing. I even tried cutting in front of some one else to meet him quicker and get more time to talk with him about all of the hell that he raises. Finally, after some more waiting, we got to the front of the line. He said "Well hey there little lady, wanna join me for a drink?" in his Betelgeuse voice and I just stared at him for a minute, and then I started to cry. LIke straight up bawling my eyes out and screaming. I knew that my crying had scared him because he took a step back and looked at my dad for assurance. But I couldn't stop myself from doing it. I didn't even know why I was crying. My dad looked down at me and said "Why are you crying? We just spent the last hour looking for this weirdo and I had to listen to you talk about how cool he is and how much you love him, and now you're crying." And the whole time my dad is talking to me, Betelgeuse was just watching me, like trying to figure out what to do and I just kept on crying. So my dad apologized to him, picked me up and we walked away. I cry-talked about how I had ruined my only chance at becoming friends with Betelgeuse, so my dad bought me some cotton candy to make me stop. Anyways, that's how I simultaneously met Betelgeuse and ruined a once in a lifetime chance at being cool.
