This was almost really cool-

-Ok it still is pretty cool:
Got this email from Mr. Adult Beginner the other day that was like, “Hey, I was just visiting the Bunheads production office,”
And why was he visiting the Bunheads production office?
Because Hollywood, Bitches!
Gentle Reader, you know Bunheads, it’s this new show on ABC Family, it’s like Ballet-Trained-Vegas-Showgirl-Moves-To-Small-Town-And-Starts-Teaching-Ballet-To-The-Locals. So, kind of a sexy-big-city-fish-out-of-water story. And from the writer of Gilmore Girls which I really enjoyed for its rapid-fire dialog and for it’s Alexis Bledel. So pretty!!!
Incidentally, I have a lunchbox that Mr. Adult Beginner had Alexis Bledel autograph for me.
Why?
Because Hollywood, Bitches!
Anyway, so Mr. Adult Beginner was visiting the Bunheads production office, and he was telling them how his wife has a ballet blog and they were all like, “Oh neat! She’s a dancer? Like since she was a little kid?” and he was like, “Oh heckbutt no, she started from scratch at age thirty-two, here, google Adult Beginner, her blog is the first hit.”
Anyway, his email to me was all like, “here is the contact info for the Bunheads PR person. Send them a note, see if you can get a tour of the set or talk to a writer.”
And since he knew I’d be a little bit terrified at this idea, as your Adult Beginner is kind of a shy person in real life, he continued with,
“Do it!”
So I did it. I wrote up an email to the PR person, describing Adult Beginner, what it’s about, who are the readers (judging from comments: fellow adult beginners, returners to ballet, ballet teachers, professional dancers, former dancers, people who are thinking about ballet but haven’t jumped in just yet, even people who don’t particularly care about ballet but are down with the whole Obsessed With A Hobby thing),and what I do in real life so it would be clear I’m an industry professional and not some lookie-Lou off the street, and how I’m excited to see ballet reach a tv audience and how much I liked Gilmore Girls.
And the PR person wrote back!
Said she couldn’t promise a set tour but there was a press junket coming up and she might be able to get me on the list for that.
Which was like, Woah.
Woah!
So I talked with Mr. Adult Beginner about what happens at a press junket, and he suggested I get Smirnoff to come sit with me and look regal and interject questions and charm the actors, and that seemed like a really fun idea-
But then the first episode aired and I hadn’t heard from the PR person so I googled “Bunheads press junket” and sure enough it had happened already.
So, my apologies, Gentle Reader, I did not get the backstage Bunheads scoop for you.
But because of you, and because of Mr. Adult Beginner, I was brave enough to ask.
So high-five to you for that.

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