Celebrity sighting No.2

Flew through Los Angeles on Sunday and had my second celebrity run-in since moving to California. You might recall that a couple months ago I sat next to Marisa Coughlan, James Spader's secretary on "Boston Legal," on a plane from Minneapolis to L.A.

This time, it was a Burger King line at the Los Angeles airport. And not one celebrity, but two.

Neither were A-list by any means, but still. The first was Jaime Pressly, who was nominated for an Emmy for her role on "My Name is Earl." Don't know anything about Pressly, personally, other than she's been in many movies, most of which involve some combination of her being trashy, or seducing an older man.

Three years ago, I'd have called her a C-list celebrity, but now I'll give her B-minus status.

So imagine the longest Burger King line of all time. I've gotten in line and screamed down Splash Mountain at Disney World faster than I got this chicken sandwich. No lie. B.J. Anteola, the Fresno State football beat writer, will back me up on this. He was there. Pressly was about a dozen people back, looking kinda rough, actually, and tiny, much shorter than you'd expect, with big sunglasses.

Would have never recognized her if she hadn't spoken at one point, and she has one of those raspy voices you couldn't confuse with anyone else. My friend Matt has already yelled at me for trying to ruin the image he has of her, but Hollywood does wonders with makeup. She's 29 in real life. Looks like she might be 39.

The second celebrity was Mike "The Miz" Mizanin, who was standing in line halfway between us and Pressly. The Miz came to "fame" on Real World 10 "Back to New York," several years ago and then appeared in many MTV reality spin-offs, including "The Inferno" and five different "The Real World/Road Rules Challenges." I'm a little embarrassed that I know that.

Apparently, Mike is now a professional wrestler, something I did not know. At best, The Miz is a D-list celeb. Think somewhere between yourself and Jamie Kennedy.

The Miz has an even longer spiked mohawk than ever, with a blonde spot in front. He was headed for Montreal, where he was trying to locate a rental car. He was talking on the phone to a friend, who said Enterprise was the cheapest, and The Miz was having trouble believing him.

That is probably the most useless information anyone has ever passed along. Even by blog standards, that was bad.

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