Glamour Girls
Today I found an old moleskine notebook in a bag I haven’t used in quite a while, and started flipping through it. In it were some notes from the first time Dee-Dee, Natasha and I had dinner at what would eventually become our favorite restaurant. We apparently were making plans for 2006 at the time.
My friends and I don’t make resolutions for the coming year as much as we decide on themes. It would appear that back in late 2005, the anticipated theme for 2006 was “The Glamorous Life.” As is always the case in my notebooks, what followed was a numbered list:
1. Western store/cowboys
2. Champagne
3. Kabbalah (aka Wicca)
4. Ballroom dancing
5. Sexy boots/sexy party
Let me first state that I have absolutely no idea what any of that means, and were it not for the fact that this list was clearly written in my handwriting, I would swear in a court of law that I had never in my life written the phrase “sexy party.” What I can say, however, is that I obviously did not lead a glamorous life in 2006 if this is what it entailed. What were we going to do at a western store? And is Kabbalah really glamorous?
A few pages later, there were some notes scribbled in Nat’s handwriting that said, “Dee says the guy by you is hot. I say the guy @ the end of the table (to your right) is kind of cute. Discuss.”
Going back to that list, what exactly did I mean by sexy party? And why didn’t I remember to plan one? Champagne gives me heartburn.
And then suddenly it all became clear when I flipped one page further and found my final list:
1. Castillo Perelada – 3 carafes = soooo good!
2. Some Italian red – not nearly as good as the Spanish
3. Nat: “We’re never not coming here.” HA!
When double negatives start to become hilariously list-worthy, that’s the first sign that we’ve had way too much wine. Guess that sexy party will have to wait until 2007.
Filed under: General on November 22nd, 2006
November 22nd, 2006 at 9:03 am
I think that perhaps you were organising one huge party, where different rooms had different themes – obviously a cowboy theme in one room, a huge champagne fountain thing in another, a “chillout” kabbalah room, a ballroom dancing room (or perhaps that could be outside?), and then a room with, erm, sexy boots… and possibly not much else?! It sounds like a very glamorous party indeed, and I would very much like to join the ballroom dancing bit… or the cowboy one if that’s fully booked.
ps. I’ve never commented on your blog before and found you via Dave2 – Hi!
November 22nd, 2006 at 9:48 am
isn’t the sexy party also known as tequilacon ’07?
sizz
November 22nd, 2006 at 9:49 am
Wait — there’s going to be ballroom dancing at Tequilacon? Niiice.
November 22nd, 2006 at 9:57 am
Right on. From now on, you are to be known as Sexy Boots!
November 22nd, 2006 at 10:53 am
serap: Well, then I owe Dave2 a debt of gratitude for leading you here, since you’ve clearly tapped into my psyche in a way that I could not. That’s obviously EXACTLY what I must have meant – thank you!
Sizzle: Ohhhhh yeah. (say that in your best Barry White voice)
heather anne: There’s going to be everything at TequilaCon ’07. Ballroom dancing, breakdancing, jugglers, balloon animals, tattoo artists, bearded ladies, organ grinders, Cirque de Soleil… everything!
Tracy Lynn: Well, that’s a hell of a lot better than my other nickname: Frumpy Clogs.
November 22nd, 2006 at 10:57 am
Wasn’t there one other thing you were going to do in 2006? Hmmmm… I cant remember.
(don’t hit me, please. i’m fragile.)
November 22nd, 2006 at 3:54 pm
But there’s still time! You totally have to have a sexy party before the end of ’06. It can double as some sort of holiday gathering if you wish. Heck, it might even make the gifts more interesting.
Don’t bail now. It’s like the pizza eating- you’ve got the internets behind you, so get to it! (and don’t forget to document with photos and then blog it
November 22nd, 2006 at 5:47 pm
Jenny, maybe you are sexy and maybe this blog is your party. Maybe, baby.
November 22nd, 2006 at 6:26 pm
I’m with Sizz & Heather Anne, I think you were throwing around themes for TC ’07.
By the way, your flying Viv out for this event…right?
November 23rd, 2006 at 11:07 pm
Happy Thanksgiving, Jenny!!
November 25th, 2006 at 5:21 pm
wow – I really do not remember the sexy party reference (and yet maybe I do)…cowboy store yes, champanga yes..glamorous life yes…thank god you found that notebook – we will need it to discuss this years themes!
November 27th, 2006 at 12:14 pm
piktor: OMG – that’s it – this blog is the sexy party! Put on your sexy boots, everyone!
Dustin: I’ve tried relentlessly to get Viv to join us, but she keeps telling me something about grad school, work, poetry readings, blah, blah, blah.
shari: Thanks! Hope you had a nice holiday as well!
Dee-Dee: What was up with the cowboy store? I totally don’t remember that being a theme… thank god for notebooks, indeed!
November 28th, 2006 at 3:50 pm
as entertaining as finding money. I make lists and predictions like that all the time, and if you have bags that get moved in and out of the rotation – you’re my kind of gal.