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December 12, 2004
I’ve been tempering my excessive paper-writing with fun evenings, which are supposed to keep me sane and get me re-energized for another day of paper-writing. Last night my re-energizing took the form of seeing the Pixies, one of my all-time favorite bands.
But I didn’t just see the Pixies, I also had a very poly-succesful night, except for the part where I got excessively drunk.
In the early part of the evening, I went to Dirck’s house, where he and his roommates were hosting their annual turducken party (yes, that would make two turduckens in the past month for me). Last year’s party went very badly, because Dirck handled things with me and his other date very poorly. He is still dating this girl, albeit very casually, and I just haven’t been able to get over my (somewhat irrational) distaste for her. Before trekking to his house last night, I decided last night would be the night that I get over that, and that I would make conversation with her, and it would be good. To quote her, “Between the two of us, we can make this work.” Were we talking about this V thing we have going on with Dirck? Hell no, we were talking about getting Dirck to watch Buffy the Vampire Slayer (but also the relationship stuff by extension).
This sounds perfectly lovely, but what I haven’t mentioned is that I also got completely shitfaced, because Dirck and the girl had been drinking for a while and I wanted to catch up. Why did I think that was a good idea? As a seasoned drinker, I just don’t know.
Lets just say that the turducken didn’t stay in my belly very long, and I threw up like a teenager on the subway platform at 34th street. And this was no 3 a.m. sickness, it was about 9 p.m. at that point. I haven’t thrown up because of drinking since I was 16 - I remember it well because it was the day that I saw the Cure for the first time, and I was hungover.
So after throwing up like a goddamned idiot, with Dirck patting my back all the while, I went to see the Pixies with my friends. In addition to me and Dirck, the other people in our little group were Jane, my ex, Gracie, and one of Dirck’s exes (who I hadn’t met previously). I had been planning on being in good spirits and able to smooth the dynamics between everyone, but alas, I was too shitfaced at that crucial juncture.
As soon as we stepped into the Hammerstein Ballroom and I heard the Pixies, something happened to me - I had this weird feeling of walking into another world, where the Pixies were playing and my beloved were all close by and getting along smashingly. I sobered up quickly and danced with my friends, excited to be there with them and to realize that this other world is actually my reality.
After the show we made our way downtown to Gracie’s place, where we ordered takeout, talked and laughed a lot. It was pretty awesome to have everyone together and getting along. Since Dirck’s ex didn’t know anyone there, she wanted us to go around the room and tell her about ourselves and how we all know each other. This got a little sticky when we got to Gracie’s connection to the group - neither Dirck’s ex nor my ex know about a lot of the sex stuff. I deflected and said I’d met Gracie through Dirck - which is true, because he was a handjob client of hers and then he thought the two of us would get along and/or could work together. Then there was some prying, and Gracie offered up that she and Dirck had had an “encounter,” and that they’d met on the internet. All the while, Jane was laughing harder than I’ve seen her laugh in quite some time.
At the end of the night, we all went our separate ways, and Dirck’s ex came home with me because there was no spare sleepover space at his house. It was weird to say goodbye to him and have her come with me, but it was really nice to get to know her better.
I love the fact that my life is seemingly so complex, but with a lot of caring, honesty, straightforward communication and a good sense of humor, it really isn’t at all.
Posted by Dacia at December 12, 2004 10:23 AM
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