2004-10-19
Posing as an indie poseur
On Sunday I dreamed of grocery shopping at Loblaws. On Monday I grocery shopped at Loblaws. I am living the dream.
Got my first pair of glasses on Thursday, because as one lady at work puts it, "AHHHHHHHHHHH! Old age has set in." I was determined to be one of those indie poseurs with thick dark-rimmed glasses who listen to Neutral Milk Hotel on vinyl. I had to settle for medium-thick dark-with-plum-wine-undertones glasses who listen Neutral Milk Hotel on CD. (I can't always be living the dream).
I saw a rocking PJ Harvey on the weekend in Toronto. If you don't know PJ, she is a 40 year old woman with a 13 year old body, give or take a year. Someone even threw a training bra on stage for her. (Thanks, Jeremy).
The lady at work is right, old age has set in. I can no longer stand for 6 hours straight without experiencing severe pain for 12 hours afterwards in my feet. We did get to see PJ 3 rows from the stage with ample room around us despite the show being sold out.
After the show, we hobbled back to Stacy's apartment who was kind enough to let us crash the night. She filled us in on her exciting office gossip (People almost wearing same dresses to parties! Married woman turning gay man straight!), which was much more exciting than my office gossip (tape running out while taping Survivor!)
The epitome of perfect coupledom ended this weekend. I had never met a couple more into each other than my best friend and her defunct bf. When they weren't attached at the hip, they were attached at the lip or attached at the ear (via a telephone and some wires). What will the rest of us aspire to be now? They bought presents for each other weekly (Jeremy asked me to stop buying him birthday and Christmas presents so he will no longer feel obligated to get me anything). He even shoplifted a gift for her once. (Jeremy has never even shoplifted for himself!). They celebrated their anniversary monthly for 6 years. (I forgot the date of our anniversary last year). They had an engagement ring picked out. (Jeremy says if you live with someone long enough and you don't propose, it will be too much of a pain for them to leave you).
I am deeply saddened for my friend because it came without any warning. She is a very caring sweet person and doesn't deserve to be treated like crap. BOYS!
Jeremy bought a book titled, "How to Beat Laurie at Scrabble." Apparently, it worked. He won for the second time in 1.5 years. Kudos.
Not much else is new. I've bought a bunch of mediocre cds lately. (No) more on that later.
popnoir at 6:00 p.m.