My mother called me a media star, Alyson asked if I was out signing autographs and TK asked if he should be worried that I might leave him; all because I was in Newsday for one day (Page A32 to be exact) and in a Long Island Advance article back in March. People are funny.
Don't get me wrong, I thought being in the paper was pretty cool, especially when it was about organizing a visit by Governor Cuomo and my use of social media. In high school I was in the paper for hitting a two run double to win the game, but back then there were so many people with Gonzalez as a last name that no one was really sure if it was me or not. Now, everyone knows that Melissa Kuehnle is me because my married name is so unique. It is SO different that no one knows how to pronounce it or can remember how to spell it. It used to be a piece of cake and not it is more like a piece of sfogliatelle (an Italian pastry that looks like a lobster tail).
In March I was in the Long Island Advance because I planned a visit by NYS Governor Andrew Cuomo in 4 days. It was a pretty big deal and not because I thought so. Then last week, my face was in Newsday with my Twitter handle (@Melissa_Kue) as "One to Follow" on Long Island. The web listing can be found on http://www.newsday.com/followli. The funny thing about the Twitter piece is that my personal Twitter account (@Mel_K) has more followers, but I appreciate the mention and effort to get more people to pay attention to the nonsense I post.
Even though my mom yelled at me for not smiling in one of the photos, all in all, I am proud to have my face in the paper, because after all:
"You get your picture in the papes, you're famous. You're famous, you get anything you want. And that's what's so great about New York!" - Newsies, 1992
Don't get me wrong, I thought being in the paper was pretty cool, especially when it was about organizing a visit by Governor Cuomo and my use of social media. In high school I was in the paper for hitting a two run double to win the game, but back then there were so many people with Gonzalez as a last name that no one was really sure if it was me or not. Now, everyone knows that Melissa Kuehnle is me because my married name is so unique. It is SO different that no one knows how to pronounce it or can remember how to spell it. It used to be a piece of cake and not it is more like a piece of sfogliatelle (an Italian pastry that looks like a lobster tail).
Even though my mom yelled at me for not smiling in one of the photos, all in all, I am proud to have my face in the paper, because after all:
"You get your picture in the papes, you're famous. You're famous, you get anything you want. And that's what's so great about New York!" - Newsies, 1992
