Tuesday nite ended up being really fun. There wasn't any malt-shop drama at all, Stuart, tho that comment cracked me up. I don't know why I was even worried & anyway the bartender at Siberia put me at ease immediately. I got there before anyone else arrived, & in fact for awhile I was the only patron in the whole bar. Don't worry, I told the bartender. Other people are joining me.
Yeah? he said. Like who?
Um, I said. It's sort of my ex-boyfriend & his current girlfriend. I asked the guy I'm seeing to come too; I don't really know what we are yet, altho we have established that we are Hot & Heavy.
Oh, said the bartender. That's quite a situation. You know, I have a similar problem.
Really? I said, wondering which part of what I'd just said applied to him.
Well, my girlfriend just dumped me, he said.
I saw that it wasn't really the same at all, but he clearly wanted to talk about it with someone & anyway I hardly had a real problem. I was there for about 20 minutes before anyone else showed up & I listened to the nuances of their failed relationship, the mistakes he'd made, the second chances he blew, the parties he couldn't go to anymore. It was funny to be on the civilian side of the bar listening to someone's life story, but not in a bad way.
& then H&H arrived, followed by Jimmy & Jenny (aren't their names just so sweet?), & Matt & Tracy came too & there was nothing awkward about anything.
& then last nite Anise & I went to see a pre-screening of The Life Aquatic at MoMA. It was pretty great. Since practically no one else has seen it yet I'll refrain from gloating... & commenting. But it was great; go see it.
