a girl i saw briefly smoked meth with slash. at least it was the only time she'd done it, and it was with slash. she was from l.a. and hung out with other celebrities, too. everyone i know from l.a. has celebrity stories, and all the idaho kids who moved to l.a. tell them so many times i stop listening after a while.

a friend of mine hangs out with ben barnett from kind of like spitting.

when i was in high school i had a friend who would stay with the drummer from mxpx when she'd visit seattle.

my dad knows a guy who knew reagan and pope john paul II.

my girlfriend samantha's dad went to school with matt groening, and the blanket i'm currently under is simpsons yellow and was a gift from him to samantha's mom and dad.

living in portland, you see art alexakis from everclear around town from time to time.

the sister of an ex hung out with sufjan stevens.

a friend who was underage at the time hung out with king buzzo from the melvins, who snuck him into the 21+ show.

that's all i can think of right now.