Thursday nights, I have a standing gym date with my buddy Trip (so named for being the third, as in Gilligan's Thurston Howell III). Last night, feeling fritzed out from work, I pestered him into taking me to a movie. He was resistant, but I employed charm, pouting and when that didn’t work, I simply told him he was taking me out.
Trip: Can’t we stay in and watch one?
H: No. We’re going out. The movie is at 7:50.
Trip: What about the gym?
H: We have to be at the gym by 6:15, shower there, get out the door by 7:30 and head to the theater.
Trip: I hate showering at the gym cause I never know what's going on with the germs on the floor.
H: It’s no worse than the germs on the machines
Trip: Blech... ick. I can never go to the gym again.
H: Yes, you can. Stop worrying
Trip: But how else will I keep my throat ulcer?
H: Hmmm… Battery acid?
(We saw Along Came Polly. The irony did not escape him.)
Basking in my spontaneity, we raced from the gym to the theater, got our tickets and headed in to the nearly empty theater. Nearly empty, meaning, J and his new girlfriend were also there. Um, what? I was beyond thrilled, sporting my Aunt Jemima meets Pipi Longstocking look. Even more thrilling was when they sat with us. Trip nailed it on the head by saying that New Girlfriend is… “boring. Buh-or-ing. I pity the foo’.”
I have very little pity left for J, so mostly, I take amusement.
I’m watching the snow fall outside my office window and certain that any plans I had for heading to New York City tomorrow for Mr. G’s terribly tempting party are disintegrating. I suppose it’s just as well. I am trying to save money, right?
Being practical is really boring.
PS
Today I have Princess Leia hair. And if I say so myself, I look adorable. So if the Universe could please line up all my exes down Mass Ave while I walk by, I'd totally appreciate it.
Why does having the ugliest hair in months always guarantee running into The Ex? bah.
Posted by: bond girl at February 6, 2004 10:04 AMThey'd have to pay me to see a movie like along came polly. blech. You'd think Aniston, never mind Stiller would be more discriminating with the scripts. You've got an interesting technique there complimenting yourself constantly. I should give that a try. Nah, I'm too modest.
Posted by: Katherine at February 6, 2004 10:49 AMDrattage!
Posted by: Mr. G at February 6, 2004 10:59 AMor bitter?
Posted by: Fish at February 6, 2004 11:00 AMDear Katherine,
Ad hominem attacks are always inappropriate. You don't like it, don't read it.
Posted by: Mr. G at February 6, 2004 11:19 AMMEOW! HISS HISS, put away the claws sista!
Fish congrats on the great hair day, they always make me feel good about myself as well.
SO, what ARE the chances of running into J and Ms. Boring at that same show.......I'd say one in a million! Someone must be watching over you and they are making sure you look GREAT whenever you run into them. OR you're being stalked, I hope it's not the latter.
Anyway...KUDOS to you Ms. Leia! Keep it up ;)
Posted by: Iferlynn at February 6, 2004 12:00 PMKatherine...Modest? Possibly. Bitchy? Definitely.
Fish, I've got an excellent full-of-self meter and you ain't even registering. Keep up the good work.
Posted by: otter at February 6, 2004 12:27 PMseriously, what are the chances?
take delight in your fabulous hair and the boring New Girlfriend today.
Posted by: julia at February 6, 2004 12:41 PMhow is it that you keep on running into this guy?
katherine's right. but it's your own fault if you think complimenting yourself is a bad thing. however, modesty ain't so bad either.
Posted by: hubs at February 6, 2004 12:46 PMIt's like hardly snowing outside anymore, it has a bit of a sleety-rain composition to it, you should go.
Posted by: Dave Boudreau at February 6, 2004 02:35 PMAs a guy who has run into old girlfriends whose hair looks really good while out with a new girlfriend who is, shall we say, 'less than,' let me offer you my congratulations. You don't know the impact that can make.
On the other hand, maybe it's better that you don't know know. If the quality of your writing is any indication, you seem to be doing great with things the way they're going. Best of luck.
Posted by: Jeremy at February 6, 2004 03:32 PMFish, no, I'm not bitter. But that's the usual reaction of vain women to criticism. I gave your blog a chance and in the past have praised you - as you know. Oddly, while you were in the throes of J pain, you seemed to write. Now you're a steady diet of "look at me look at me" with no expression of interest in anything outside your own need for attention. It's just boring. So yeah, I'm going to stop reading. I appreciate writers not jewish princesses.
Posted by: K at February 7, 2004 01:22 PM