Isn't he cute as a button? He, more than any other, has been so unafraid to connect on a real level. Recently, I posted on his blog (nbc.com/ant) about some big decisions I was making about my life, and literally 5 minutes later, my cell phone rang, and it was him. "Talk to me, what's going on?" He proceeded to spend the next 20 minutes telling me how I deserved nothing but the best, and encouraging me to demand nothing less for myself. He was really something. (Especially given the fact that at the time, he was at the bedside of his life partner, who passed away about a week later. He still took the time to call me, which I think is pretty amazing.) Now, backtracking a bit, I found ANT through Ross "the Intern" Mathews (you know, the cute funny guy from the Tonight Show, who does all of the fun assignments for Jay?) If, for any reason, you don't recognize his name, you'll surely know his voice when you hear it. Here's my favorite ROSS assignment:
HYSTERICAL!!!!!
Since then, Ross appeared on Celebrety Fit Club (hosted by ANT) on VH1. He lost over 60 pounds, and to this day, he posts new blogs every day at NBC.com/rossblog. Sometimes, he does what's called a "teleblog" where he asks for phone numbers and randomly calls a few of his blogger fans (called "blog buddies") and records it for a blog. Yesterday, I was lucky enough to get a call! (It might have been because I submitted my number 50-60 times as evidenced here:
From: Ross Mathews [mailto:hellorossm@hotmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 2:59 PM
To: Monson, Donna
Subject: RE: TELEBLOG
Donna! Only one entry per person - you're jamming my email!
Thanks!
Ross
Subject: RE: TELEBLOG
Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2008 14:59:29 -0600
From: Donna.Monson@qwest.com
To: hellorossm@hotmail.com
Sorry, I totally got addicted. I stopped a few minutes ago. How embarassing!
From: Ross Mathews [mailto:hellorossm@hotmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 3:00 PM
To: Monson, Donna
Subject: RE: TELEBLOG
I appreciate your enthusiasm! :)
Ross )
It turned out several of us were sending multiple requests, and so he got a bit overwhelmed by the response. Funny!
Anyway, want to see it? I'm caller #3. Check it out!!!!
SANTA HATS!!! YAY!!! SANTA HATS ARE FAMOUS NOW - hooray!! Wasn't his diagram perfect??
So, my Christmas is off to a fantastic start. And, my sister, her husband, and my baby nephew Olan will be here in a matter of days - life is good!
6 comments:
Donna,
I miss you so much. That was so funny!! I do love santa hats.
Merry Christmas.
Kristy
Congrats Donna on getting the Ross call..I've talked to him on the phone a few times..He's amazing!!:)
ANT is also an awesome person..How sweet of him to call you during such a rough spot in his life!
Great blog!
I've met Rosie twice..I hope you have the honor to one day!
Sorry, I had this tab open and another blog I comment on..Sent it to the wrong one haha
OOPSIES as Ross would say;)
Donna... you rock! And I miss you (oddly enough I was thinking about the Santa Hats a couple days ago... now that they are famous I may just have to take a stab at 'em).
Laini
I'm so glad you found Rosie/Ross/ANT and then we found each other.
ANT is right about you. Donna, my Doc, you deserve nothing but wonderful things and people in your life. Say adios to soul suckers in 2009, because it's YOUR year!!
XOXO
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