Open mouth insert foot and enjoy
Oct. 4th, 2006 01:36 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
missrenieI went out to dinner with Chris last night
I thought it was going to be just to two of us but it wasn't.
She was meeting some friends.
Round One:
Me: Oh *** wow you've lost so much weight since I have seen you last
#1: 30 pounds
Me: 30 hmm... it looks like so much more
#1: ...
Me: I don't mean that in a bad way... I mean to say... well wow you look great!
#1: umm thanks
Round Two
#2: what are you doing with your life these days Irene?
My first thought as I looked around the table at the teacher, engineer, almost cop was
well obviously nothing worth while.
Me: Still writing
#1: one syllable reply "ah"
I could tell no one cared at that table... just asking to be polite
ah
ah my ass
So I continued
Me: But my mom is on the hospital so I'm sending her a lot of energy you know... that's the main issue in my life right now.
The teacher's face dropped.
She then proceeded to tell me about how she knew about having a parent in the hospital.
And she did too. Because her father passed away last year. And me talking about my mother being sick just brought back all those horrible feelings again.
I apologized but I'm sure it was too late.
Round Three
#3: Nip Tuck is so sick.
Me: yes it is I hate that show... sick show for sick people
#3: (hurt) I really like that show
someone says something like soft core porn
Me: its just nasty... at least its not as bad as Desperate Housewives.
Silence swept the table
somewhere an angel lost its wings
Round Four
forgets how this one started... something about going out and doing something later in the month
Me: Can't really this month is a biggie for me... I mean being a witch I have a lot of stuff to get done Hallow's Eve is our New Year celebration and all that.
#1 #2 #3: stunned silence
Me: ummm well this year we will be helping kids cross the street so they won't get hit by cars... you know safety stuff
#1 #2 #3: silence crushing now
Me: so.. uh yeah lots of plans this month
Later Chris informs me that they are all very Christian.
Instead of being embarrassed about this whole thing I am enthralled.
So what.
So I haven't finished school and I'm not making the best money in the world.
So I'm not a teacher or an engineer or an almost cop.
What I am is card carrying bisexual over weight witch
who hates most syndicated or pre syndicated television trash
who hangs out with artists, thinkers, creators.
What I am is strong enough to not be a sheep just to win people over.
What I am is not afraid to be myself.
And I am proud of that.
Proud that I walked away laughing
because even though I have yet to "arrive"
It's a sure sign that I am well on my way.
So bon appetite
I thought it was going to be just to two of us but it wasn't.
She was meeting some friends.
Round One:
Me: Oh *** wow you've lost so much weight since I have seen you last
#1: 30 pounds
Me: 30 hmm... it looks like so much more
#1: ...
Me: I don't mean that in a bad way... I mean to say... well wow you look great!
#1: umm thanks
Round Two
#2: what are you doing with your life these days Irene?
My first thought as I looked around the table at the teacher, engineer, almost cop was
well obviously nothing worth while.
Me: Still writing
#1: one syllable reply "ah"
I could tell no one cared at that table... just asking to be polite
ah
ah my ass
So I continued
Me: But my mom is on the hospital so I'm sending her a lot of energy you know... that's the main issue in my life right now.
The teacher's face dropped.
She then proceeded to tell me about how she knew about having a parent in the hospital.
And she did too. Because her father passed away last year. And me talking about my mother being sick just brought back all those horrible feelings again.
I apologized but I'm sure it was too late.
Round Three
#3: Nip Tuck is so sick.
Me: yes it is I hate that show... sick show for sick people
#3: (hurt) I really like that show
someone says something like soft core porn
Me: its just nasty... at least its not as bad as Desperate Housewives.
Silence swept the table
somewhere an angel lost its wings
Round Four
forgets how this one started... something about going out and doing something later in the month
Me: Can't really this month is a biggie for me... I mean being a witch I have a lot of stuff to get done Hallow's Eve is our New Year celebration and all that.
#1 #2 #3: stunned silence
Me: ummm well this year we will be helping kids cross the street so they won't get hit by cars... you know safety stuff
#1 #2 #3: silence crushing now
Me: so.. uh yeah lots of plans this month
Later Chris informs me that they are all very Christian.
Instead of being embarrassed about this whole thing I am enthralled.
So what.
So I haven't finished school and I'm not making the best money in the world.
So I'm not a teacher or an engineer or an almost cop.
What I am is card carrying bisexual over weight witch
who hates most syndicated or pre syndicated television trash
who hangs out with artists, thinkers, creators.
What I am is strong enough to not be a sheep just to win people over.
What I am is not afraid to be myself.
And I am proud of that.
Proud that I walked away laughing
because even though I have yet to "arrive"
It's a sure sign that I am well on my way.
So bon appetite
