Ric Ocasek, the lead singer of The Cars, can not possibly be mistaken for anyone else. He's gaunt, tall, and wears all black. He wandered into Big Daddy's the other day.

Yesterday I saw Boone from Lost (Ian Somethinghander) walking down the street talking on his cell phone, presumably to my friend Ji. Or perhaps, to one of Ji's friends, asking them to see if Ji "like" likes him.

Of course, it's unlikely he could even form complete sentences since due to his untimely death this was most likely Zombie Boone. Perhaps he was asking about Ji's brains.

I saw Keri Russell walking along Sixth Avenue and it only took me about three blocks to work up the nerve to say "Hi" to her. She also said, "Hi." Yep, pretty exciting stuff. (By the way, she's attractive, it turns out.)

The picture below (along with the words) was one of the first that came up after Google Image searching Kerri Russell to find one for the page. It cracks me up.

Larry David sat behind us when I saw not-cheesy-at-all the Broadway show Little Women with my girlfriend. No laughs - clearly the show was awesome enough that he wanted to see it too.

Spotted Sarah Jessica Parker outside our apartment packing clothes in a wardrobe trailer. At least, it looked like her from above. The staff was wearing Sex in the City shirts - kind of a tip-off.

Saw Jimmy Fallon one night at The Copper Door - right down the street. It was very late - presumably after an SNL taping! He was talking to us and everything, basically because there was no one else in the bar.

We passed Jane Krakowski at WholeFoods - she did not look like Betty Rubble, below.

We saw Naveen Andrews - Sayid of TV's Lost - an hour before we were about to watch Lost. Ji and Lawrence and I saw him at some movie premiere in Union Square. There were other actors there too, giving interviews to the cameras, but he was the only one we recognized.

Marc and I also ran into Pacey Jackson, star of Dawson's Creek as well as Dawson's Creek Season Two. He walked out a movie theater with us after we saw Big Fish. He held the door for us, which was nice. His date was unsurpisingly attractive. Note also that in searching for a photo of him (above), I was strangely compelled to find one that included Katie Holmes (pre-crazy).

Kristin Davis is gorgeous, and apparently prone to walking along Fifth Avenue, next to Central Park. Not a bad place to walk.

Illeana Douglas is in a bazillion movies, such as Ghost World, above. She was at Union Square's Coffee Shop.

Matt Pinfield (not to be confused with Penfold, below, whom we did NOT see, unfortunately) and his posse were in a BBQ place where my boss and I were eating. Antwan and I were very embarrassed when Jon talked to him, but he seemed a good sport.

My roommate saw Kelly Clarkson, who is his Idol. Ha ha Ha! Whew.

Cynthia Nixon makes my Sex in the City celebrity bump-intos almost complete. She was in the Met with people who looked like her parents, and a baby. Of course, it might have been an animatronic baby, or a pig; I didn't get that close a look.

This guy has crazy hair. He's Joe Perry from Aerosmith. We saw him talking on the phone a block away from our apartment. No doubt discussing with Steven Tyler how to make Amazing into another song.

Lawrence also saw Ja Rule. I have no idea who he is, but he looks pretty tough in this photo, much like my roommate himself.

AND, Lawrence saw Chris Robinson, from the Black Crowes and married to Kate Hudson fame. Oddly, his friend saw the lead singer from the Counting Crows the other day. Next we plan to see Ray Bolger, Brandon Lee, and Cillian Murphy.

I saw Julia Louis-Dreyfus in the Rodeo Bar two blocks up from our apartment. Lawrence didn't believe me since his back was to her.

This is Paul Dano, who was in The Girl Next Door with Elisha Cuthbert (see above). We saw him at the good ol' Lyric Diner.

Ji saw Seth Green on NJ Transit and ALSO on the subway! It's like he
was stalking her.

I was lucky enough to run into John Flansburgh and John Linnell of my favorite band, They Might Be Giants, in Union Square. Of all these celebrities, they were the only ones I stopped to say hi too, and shake their hands. They were nice and had at least one Dan from their band of Dans with them too.

Wow, I just happened to run into Kristen Bell of TV's Veronica Mars and Heroes in Washington Square Park! What are the chances?! ...

And oh my God, I also happened to go to this great club with Heroes' famous cheerleader, Hayden Panettiere! I can't believe it.

... Ok, I posed for professional photos with them both. Whatever, you would too.