| | ...I'm sure she's never heard that before. 
Anyway, the other night, I went to see Hilary Hahn, who was appearing with the L.A. Philharmonic and performing the Glazunov Violin Concerto. The orchestra played a couple of other tunes, including a piece by their "Consulting Composer for New Music" Steven Stucky. Afterwards, I was able to get Hilary to sign one of her CDs for me, and I wished her luck at the Grammys next week. She said thanks.
But that's not the point of this story. While I was standing in line after the concert, I struck up a casual conversation with the middle-aged woman next to me. When she asked what I did, I told her I was an assistant editor for an animated series. She then told me that a very good friend of hers was an editor and that he had worked on the first two Star Wars movies. Like the complete geek that I am, I said, "Oh, Paul Hirsch?" She said, "You know Paul?" I told her that I only knew his work, but that I was a fan. She then asked what all went into the making of an animated show, and I explained to her, best as I could, our normal workflow (voice track, storyboards, layout, etc.). I got so caught up in the conversation that I almost forgot what I was standing in line for. Of course, suddenly, there I was, face-to-face with Hilary, on whom I've had a not-so-secret and highly illogical crush for some time (not unlike the one that 99% of America's preteen girls seem to have on the Jonas Brothers). See last two sentences of previous paragraph.
But that's not the point of this story, either. After I talked to Hilary, I ran into Paul Hirsch's friend again, who was now with her husband. She said to him, "This is Bryan; he's an editor, like Paul."
Now, I don't think I'm quite ready to consider myself a colleague of the editor of The Empire Strikes Back (not to mention Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Ray, and quite a few other films), but it hit me that, yes, I am an editor.
So that's the point of this story. I have, of course, been calling myself an editor for a while now, and technically, I am currently working as an assistant editor, but I guess it was just nice to be able to introduce myself, and to be introduced, as a working industry professional.
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