I meant to write something about this a few months ago, but totally forgot about it. As you’ll recall, I’ve had a bit of a (made up, fantasy, non-existant) history with Stacy Keibler. One of my first posts that got ran by AOL when I was at TV Squad was basically me creepily asking her out. Then, just this past summer at ComicCon, I was hanging out with Keith McDuffee and totally pussed out by not even talking to her.
I recently ended a certain sabbatical on New Year’s, and was talking about it tonight with young Mr. Gallagher who said I should try and date Stacy Keibler. Not only is that a stroke of brilliance, but it reminded me that I never posted these pictures. You see, I found myself at an Emmy party just a few weeks after ComicCon and had a rare second shot, and I took it. I’ll let the pictures speak for themselves and fill you in on when the wedding will take place.

January 6th, 2009 at 11:05 pm
Damnit, how long will it be until I am no longer known as young Gallagher…. grrrrrr.
But anyway, call Stacy.
January 7th, 2009 at 12:44 am
Well done Budke, well done. To quote the great Jim Carrey in Dumb and Dumber, “…so you’re saying there’s a chance?”
January 7th, 2009 at 5:39 am
Damn, she actually looks into it!
January 7th, 2009 at 10:11 am
Lucky bastard
January 12th, 2009 at 2:49 pm
[...] Ryan j Budke » Blog Archive » I’m Not Quite A Chickenshit – Congratulations to my buddy ryan for finally realizing his dream of *touching* Stacy Keibler. The closest most of us get is giggling pervishly while making her character in the various WWE video games engage in questionable "submission moves." [...]
June 10th, 2009 at 4:01 am
Aww…how cute! A couple of friends of mine met her at a WWF (I refuse to refer to it as WWE on principal because I’m a complete nerd like that) event a few years back and they said she’s a complete sweetheart. Hung out, took pictures with them, signed autographs for them, and then thanked them for being fans. Super nice girl from what I’ve heard.
My own WWF totally geeking out experience happened when I got to meet Mick Foley at a theme park, of all places! I’m still pissed that I didn’t have any film left in the disposable camera (this was around 10 years ago, before I could afford a digital camera) I had brought with me, but I did get his autograph. Coolest guy in the World, and funny as hell, to boot! Damn my non-existent digital camera from 10 years ago! lol
Glad to hear that you grew a pair and actually took that second shot.