So, it's only taken 32.5 years, but I have finally had my first official celebrity sighting. Well, if you don't count that one time I saw Jean Charest at the airport. And that was only after my dad pointed him out. And told me who he was.

So, last Saturday evening, I was out for a leisurely meal with two teammates at Joey's on Burrard, in Vancouver.

We are mid conversation, when Micaela's attention starts waning, and she begins whispering to Hadley. I immediately suspect the topic is hot guys in the near vicinity. So I prompt her. But it turns out that the distraction was way more interesting to me than some city metrosexual with a fauxhawke wearing Gap.

"I think there is someone famous sitting behind us."

So, I lean slightly to my right and I'll be damned if she isn't totally right. And I'll be even more damned if it's actually someone I recognize.

So, it's official. My very first qualifying (i.e. firstly, someone you actually recognize on first glance without a shadow of a doubt as to their identity, and second, someone who, given the appropriate circumstances, you would probably consent to making out with based solely on their VIP status) celebrity spotting. Drum roll please ...

I know! Can you even believe it?!? It's almost like I was having dinner with him! I knew exactly who he was the minute I peaked over Hadley's shoulder! No, of course I didn't go over and ask for an autograph, that's just tacky.Yes. I did force Micaela and Hadley to shameless pretend to pose for a picture, leaving an appropriate amount of space in between themselves to accomodate his preeminent grandeur. Wait, what? You don't have a clue who is sitting there in the booth behind us? Because the photo is taken with a CRAPPY iPHONE 3 CAMERA THAT IS RIDICULOUSLY UNDERPOWERED GIVEN THE TECHNOLOGICAL CAPABILITIES OF THE YEAR IT WAS RELEASED and is too dark and blurry?

Well, wait, the photo's not that bad actually, just let me zoom in ...

See!?! It's none other than the charming Irish likes of one Liam Neeson! Seriously, how can you beat that for your first official celebrity citing? The guy is Schindler, Rob Roy, Valjean, Batman's teacher, Obi-Wan's master, the voice of Aslan. Aslan! I mean, I essentially saw God sitting in the booth in front of me at Joey's on Burrard.

Man. Maybe I should have asked for an autograph. Or at least an asnwer to the question "What's the point of it all?"