Thursday, August 22, 2002
hi luv!
how is london treating you? i hope that in between the interviews and the
work, you've made it out to the pub for a few pints and a little bit of
flirtation with cute brit boys with bad teeth.
i somehow survived my time away, tho it is a bit miraculous that c. and
i didn't break up after all the crap we dealt with regarding that awful
wedding. may i vent?
you know, when i got to toronto, c. finally realized i had traveled all
the way just for him, and felt like he really wanted to be at the wedding
with me. so he called his friend and asked if he could serve as an usher
during the service, but that at the wedding, he would change out of the
usher tux and into a suit (for appearances sake), and sit with me and the
rest of the guests. the friend said it was fine. so the next day we went
shopping all day for a suit for him, because he didn't have one there.
then, we get to the church, and one of the bridesmaids pulls c. over and
hisses: "j. is REALLY upset that you're not going to be sitting at the
wedding party table. it's really stressing her out!"
[Editor's aside -- can you believe the rigidity and formality FROM SOMEONE
WHO WORKS IN A RECORD STORE? yes, the bride works at a record store. punk
is dead. long live punk.]
so, c. feels awful, even though he just met the bride only 2 days
earlier and there were 3 other ushers there who would happily sit at the
table. he says he needs to do his usher duty.
we fought horribly - -i said it was fine if he did his usher duty, but that
i didn't want to go to the reception. i really did not want to go to the
wedding and sit by myself, but in the end i aquiesced -- i sucked it up,
sat by myself and pounded white wine, because I realized that he had tried.
it's just that the bride was a total pathetic loser who wants noone but
herself to enjoy her wedding and who had nothing better to obsess over.
which, at the wedding, i realized was totally true! the bride's brother
gave a speech that was unintentially funny that went something like --
"before j. met s., she was really lost.. she had no direction in
her life." And when the bride herself went up to give a speech, she said
in a little baby-girl voice "thank you.. for saving me."
the kicker? the bride and groom are honeymooning in new york city. c.
asked me last night if i wanted to meet them sometime this week. i must
have given him an awfully funny, look, cuz then he said, "oh.. well, maybe
in a few years then?"
maybe in a few years then.
the rest of the trip was really nice, but as always, i am happy to be back
in new york.
write me when you can with london adventures.
-- AllnStrtt
posted at 3:08 PM