When Carrie Fisher The Actress Met Carrie Fisher The Epileptic Dog
There is perhaps nothing more awe-inducing than when internet-enabled mortal and celebrity obsession come together through the power of the blogspots. But unlike If I Blog It They Will Come, a blog that existed for no reason but to post a picture of Kevin Costner holding up their homepage (and succeeded), the PopMuse blog was just venting about pet ailments when who should stop by in the comments section but their epileptic dog's Alderaanian namesake:
This is the human Carrie Fisher, hoping that the dog by the same name is feeling better. I and [sic] had some extra time on my hands so tragically looked myself up and came across your ailing pet.
FYI, my grandmother had the awkward taste to name HER poodle Princess Leia and I hesitate to report that she came to an unfortunate end. Hope your dog and I fare better and that she's up and around soon.
Posted by: Carrie Fisher | October 07, 2007 at 01:12 PM
Fisher can hardly be criticized for copping to a shameful vanity-Googling session, as she's most likely been left with a surfeit of downtime since no longer being called upon to represent a grossly underwhelmed America throughout On the Lot's historic search for the heir to Steven Spielberg's completely immaterial legacy. Still, we'd caution Fisher to avoid signing her own name to web pages, perhaps instead contributing anonymously to Wikipedia's Star Wars entry, where her insider expertise on tidbits like "the actress who played Leia stored a flask and bottle of Percocets in R2-D2's ashtray compartment" will prove invaluable to fans hungry for behind-the-scenes trivia.
Bonus link: This will almost definitely be the greatest trumpeting of the Star Wars theme you're likely to hear this hour!