Dear Diary,

There I was, waiting in the wings of the Kodak Theater in Hollywood in my rented gown, when I was called to fill a seat. This was obviously during a commercial break. I was placed on the aisle right in back of Ed Norton (love him!) The lights went up and Neil Patrick Harris, the host of the 2015 Oscars, was standing behind me. Before I could blink, I see him creeping toward me. I couldn't move! Then he asked the question "Are you a seat filler?" I didn't know if this was a trick question. We (seat fillers) aren't supposed to say that we are seat fillers. But, I just blurted out "I am." Then he said "What's your name?" I smiled and said "Laura!" He said something like "nice to meet you." I was still in shock so I don't remember. Then he walked down the aisle and onto the stage.

I had my fancy party purse in my lap. It started to vibrate, non-stop! I couldn't wait to see who was texting me! Who saw me? Did Mom see this? Did Jenny? Did Stacey? OMG.

I later learned that "girl in the red dress" and "seat filler" were trending on Twitter that night. The local TV stations all wanted interviews. It was so crazy. My literal 5 seconds of fame blew up for a few days. Wow. Such a great memory.

Last night, we (Antonio, Linda and I) watched the Oscars at Erik and Adrian's place. I'm not sure what my problem was, but I was grumpy and I kept yelling at the Oscars winners "Hurry the hell up. Get off the stage!" I was bored. That was until the light shone down and he rose from below the stage. My forever boyfriend, Eminem. Linda took a video of me yelling "I love you!" to the TV, repeatedly. Antonio was like "Hey! Que Onda?" haha. He stormed off in a rage...fake rage. We were all laughing. Here's the moment I was one with the TV.

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