Downstor

Hi Amber, I totally doubt you'll remember this but this is probably my one and only chance to right an old wrong that still makes me cringe to this day. I was studying art in Rome with a bunch of students (one of them was your sister) back in 2000. I believe you and your mom came to visit your sister and hung out with all of us. During some small talk chit-chat the following cringe-worthy conversation took place and I'm really sorry.

Amber: "So where are you from?"

downstor: "Oh, I'm from Torrance. It's a tiny city in Los Angeles that you've probably never heard of. I think it's only famous as the place where they filmed 90210 and Buffy the Vampire Slayer or some other lame shows...."

Anyway, you didn't even blink an eye and I had never watched the shows so I totally didn't know you were an actor on Buffy, let alone an actor at all, till later on when your sister told me and I felt like such an asshole.

So this is me, apologizing for "15-years younger me" for any sort of slight or insult you may have taken from my comments. I have since watched the show and they're pretty fun. But I also wanted to tell you how impressed I was after I found out that you were an actress about how cool and approachable you were and how you never once mentioned what you did for living or any name drops. It was very cool to meet a really down-to-earth famous actress (even though or perhaps especially because, I didn't know you were one at the time.)

Best of luck in your new endeavors! Sorry for being an ass.

Ok. Realy glad you're cool. That really had been one of my go-to stories of embarrassing moments from my past. Of all the people to bad mouth a show to as some sort of awkward way of talking about my home town, I had to do it to one of the show's characters. My friend, a die-hard Buffy fan, gave me a lot of shit for that one. Never would have thought I would have gotten the chance to atone for that fuck-up. You've lifted quite a weight off of my conscience.

He might be too young to get your 80's reference there. But I saw what you did.

I see what you're saying, but it's not so much that she was famous and I was oblivious to her fame. It was more that my attempt to make small conversation and try at a little bit of wit that may have been taken as an insult. It could have been anybody about anything, and I would have felt bad if I may have unknowingly said something bad about what they felt really passionate about. And yeah, she was a really cool down-to-earth person that was fun to hang out with and talk about art and rome and stuff with. I just didn't think I'd ever get the chance to tell her sorry about it in my lifetime.

Art Center College of Design ID student here. I'm currently interning in Marina Del Rey so I drive past your school often. Good luck!