Because the Mississippi State University semester was winding down and all that was left were final exams, at one o'clock in the morning I was sitting up in the bed with my Macbook in my lap calculating attendance grades and semester averages, when I saw the unexpected visitor walk right into my room.
But in May, an unexpected quarry walked into their scrap yard.
About 11 45 this morning, the New England Patriots' unexpected savior walked through the door, navy blue cap turned backward, gray sweats, cross-training shoes.
Of course this is a fairy tale: Edward, repaired, will end up in an antique shop and live happily ever after once an unexpected visitor walks in.
What's most unusual about seeing stars in Los Angeles is that they often turn up in the most unexpected places: walking on yuppified Montana Avenue in Santa Monica, in simple restaurants like Il Sole, at chain coffee houses like Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf on Sunset Boulevard and at luncheonettes with Formica tables like Du-Pars in Studio City (a favorite with George Clooney).
But there are times, too – unexpected – when walking down a sunny sidewalk, or watching the top of a tree bend in the wind, or seeing a November sky close down over the East River, I am suddenly filled with the knowledge of darkness so deep that a sound might escape from my mouth, and I will step into the nearest clothing store and talk with a stranger about the shape of sweaters newly arrived".
Not only is this unexpected as you walk through the gate from the village road, but it makes the garden seem much larger than its one and a half acres.
As its general manager, he runs the dining room, tries to accommodate unexpected guests and walks the floor, ensuring each night's 250 patrons leave sated.
Taking a break from a baseball owners meeting that had taken an unexpected turn, Bud Selig walked down the hotel corridor gesturing as if he had a machine gun and was mowing down everything in sight.
