Paul Rudd has no idea that he has a sister soul floating around out there. (That would be me.)
So what, yeah, I’ve always thought he was freakishly adorable and ever-so-wonderfully quirky, even way back when… blah, blah, blah… Clueless… blah, blah, blahbity, blah.
Just like, well, pretty much every other organism with any brain activity and half the people from West Virginia.
Honestly, who else aside from Pretty Paul could make it not only acceptable for a (barely) high-school aged girl to fall in love and make out with her college-aged brother, but downright *desirable*?! Sigh…
But it isn’t like I’ve been constantly trying to channel Little Mr. Sunshine since then, given that we’ve only gotten glimpses of him over the years here ‘n there. (And in some cases — er, a certain movie which shall remain nameless but has to do with a holiday around Oct. 31st – there was no “there” there, if y’all know what I mean).
Anyway, as of late it is difficult… nay, *impossible*… to escape dear, sweet Paul.
He’s every-flippin’-where.
And thank G-d for that! Because the more I see of him – and recently on SNL we got to see a whooooole lot of him – the more I’ve become aware of the deep spiritual bond we have (of which he is currently unaware).
I’m not kidding, here. We really are magically, mystically joined at the metaphysical hip.
[Note: Hang on, it might take a few secs for the SNL video to load. Totally worth a look if you haven't seen it. What am I saying?! It's worth a look even if you have! BTW, Paul... just so you know, I'm pretty good with a paint brush myself.]
Perhaps the most striking is how, in our parallel universes, we both recently ran into and had a star-struck, lame-a@@ conversation with Bruce Springsteen. I mean, what are the chances?!
But, WAIT! There’s more!
- Paul loved the Pittsburgh Steelers during their Steel Curtain days. *I* loved the Pittsburgh Steelers during the same era. I would cry when they lost (which wasn’t often and not surprising since I was still sucking on a pacifier). Paul & I both having lamea@@ conversations *AND* being big ol’ “Terrible Towel” snappin’ fans...what are the chances?!
- Paul and I both have kids around the same age and live in cities. What are the chances? (Ok, so that coincidence is a little weak).
- Paul is working on Howl, a “beatnik biopic” about Allen Ginsberg. Allen Ginsberg hung out in San Francisco. I used to hang out in San Francisco. (Come on… give me points for creativity, here).
- Paul makes Jon Stewart laugh. Jon Stewart makes *me* laugh. (Close enough).
- Paul’s a big movie star. I’m a… well, never mind.
In the end only one thing matters and that’s if Paul himself is reading this.
I know that the likelihood of that is about the same as a bunch of dancing monkeys streaming by the window any moment, but life is strange, dang it. I *did* meet Bruce Springsteen while he was ordering a soft pretzel, after all!
So *just* in case:
Paul: Let’s sit down with a couple of grande skinny caramel macchiatos, compare our conversations with The Boss, debate Stallworth vs. Swann, and marvel at how damn funny we both you are.
We can even talk about urban. style. parenting. Or, um, not.
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More about Paul! Check out my post on Mr. Rudd, his kid(s) and flick I Love You, Man by clicking here.
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P.S. I just had to throw in this video. Not only does Paul have a sister soul (that would be me, remember), he has a pseudo-brother, too. Check out this guy who pretends to be his very angry baby bro, accusing Paul of ignoring him now that he’s famous.
And now a message for fake sib “Doug Rudd”: Hey, you…dude… when Paul actually contacts you, please direct him to my blog. See that “contact” tab above? Strongly suggest that he use it. You, Paul & I could form one big, happy family together. Dibs on the back seat with Paul, though.
Gawd, he is HAWT in addition to being funny.
Never hear about him in the gossip rags, either. He must be a nice guy on top of it.
He is painfully adorable. You never really read anything about his wife or kid. Is it possible that he is fabulous looking, talented and normal? He did grow up in Kansas City, maybe that did it. I sure hope I don’t start reading about him in The Enquirer or whatever because the illusion will be shattered and I will be disappointed. Let’s hope his super fame now won’t turn him into a you-know-what.
Oh, that video about a phony brother, that is really funny. Thanks for posting that. I bet Paul does contact him!
That Howl project looks interesting. It’ll be refreshing to see him in a new kind of role, I have to admit all of those bromance roles are pretty much the same and we wouldn’t want to think that Paul is just a one-trick pony. Just the same, I was disappointed to find out he is not in Apatow’s new film Funny People (Adam Sandler is in it, I think Jason Seigel).
Totally. yummy.
I also keep hearing those Ghostbusters rumors he denies. I am old enough to remember the original – yikes. I can totally see him in that.
A friend of mine in NY says that she saw him and his wife checking out schools for their son! He seemed totally normal and everyone was pretending that he wasn’t who he was but she said people were totally obvious with their “stolen” glances (including her).
Sweeeeeeeeet!
Imagine if you ran into him, you’d actually have something to say. You’ve got it all worked out in your head already about the Springsteen encounter, the sports team bond. And if you ran into The Boss, who knows, you probably will run into Paul, too.
I don’t know you but I hate you.