As an aside; my key to not being a fangirl was not knowing who the hell anyone was. I spent about 8 years not watching any tv, and didn't watch any Firefly, nor knew who Jewel was, until after I returned home.

The conversation of "Sure, you can buy me a drink. Yup, picture taken with me, no problem. Oh, you were on the X-Files? Sorry, never really watched it much..." probably made me out to be a bit of a clueless jackass, but hey, at least I didn't geek at the guy.