Fresh Start
I like the idea of a new year, a new start, except that it’s really just another work week in the same beige cube with the same overtime demands. Good thing I didn’t resolve to have a better attitude.
I spent my New Year’s Eve at a blues lounge on the South Side, where I was coerced into donning a hot pink party hat (I had thought it was purple). I watched a one-legged woman named Melvina collect $50, which was apparently the price the audience had to pay to watch her shake her groove thang. Well, her groove stump, really. After she had $50 in her hand, she tucked the huge wad into her cleavage, hoisted herself up on her walker, and began to gyrate. No, I’m serious.
I also got my picture taken with Miles against a holiday-themed, high school prom-style backdrop, drank girly cocktails, and rang in the new year with a glass of cheap champagne and the blues. All in all, I’d say it was an excellent evening.
Happy 2007!
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current book: Crystal Frontier by Carlos Fuentes
current music: In honor of Miles’ visit for New Year’s Eve, I got out Madonna’s Immaculate Collection, Prince’s Purple Rain, and Michael Jackson’s Ones.
current socks: Some of my favorite stripeys (magenta orange yellow blue gray).
Posted 3 January 2007
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