— We listened to Dream Girls. “A-and I am teeellling you … IIIIIIIII’m NOT gooo-in … you’re the best man I’ve eeeeeever known ….” Holy crap. We used to listen to Dream Girls constantly in college – we would put it on at parties … and to listen to it again and again. Man. It’s just as good as it ever was. Can’t WAIT for the movie with Beyonce!!!
— We listened to Al Green. We LOST OURSELVES in Al Green.
— We watched (or tried to watch – my laptop kept stalling) Barbra’s first Christmas special. Black and white. She was 22. She wore a sailor dress. Classic Barbra. A total phenom. Nobody like her – before or since. Because my laptop kept stop-starting the action, it made it look like Barbra was doing kabuki. But what a voice. What a presence. Goosebumps!
— We drunk-dialed 5 people, 3 of them ex-boyfriends of mine. We left raucous messages on answering machines, and voice mails … We only remembered some of this this morning. “Wait … who did we call last night??” We called Luisa. We left her a long-ass message. “Luisa … I am drunk, and I am calling you … and this is my bear to cross. It’s MY bear to cross … not yours.” Once we started calling people, we couldn’t stop. Only one person was home … and he just laughed and laughed at the image of Mitchell and I, wasted, calling him to say hi. “Hi!! How are you?? We are SO drunk-dialing you right now … what’s up?” Howls of laughter from the other end. It was only 10 pm by the way – it wasn’t like we were calling people at 3 in the morning. Like that makes it BETTER.
— At one moment … the hilarity stopped. Quickly. The martinis hit. We only had two a piece but … within a 20-second time period, we both became absolutely flattened. It was like we no longer had any bones. We flopped towards the bed, moaning: “Omigod, I am so wasted right now …” “When did THAT happen?” We passed out. It wasn’t even midnight yet.
— This morning, Mitchell saying, “Who the hell do we think we are??”
— To anyone I drunk-dialed last night, please know: it was all from love, nostalgia, and alcohol. Please take it in the spirit it was meant.
TWO martinis? You passed out on TWO martinis. Sheila, we need to talk. Is this some soprt of April Fool’s Day tale?
I’m old! I’m a lightweight! I’m wasted on 2 martinis and I drunk-dial people at 10 pm, as opposed to 4 am. I’m slipping.
Drunk on two martinis? You wouldn’t last one weekend in my house. On another note–I need to send you my number.
Al Green is a force of nature. At his best, he is one of the greats. Let’s Stay Together is one of THOSE songs that transport me back to a time, a place, an affect. I try not to play it too often so it never loses the effect it has on me.
Ooooh, Al Green! You didn’t pass out on two martinis, Sheila; you *swooned* from all that Al Green looove ….
Sheila,
This has nothing to do with your post. Just wanted to let you know that I just read in the Indianapolis Star that Mike O’Malley (cousin, right?) is rumored to be coming to town for the Final Four. Yeah, your relative rated a mention in our city paper because he MAY be coming to see the Final Four. If he is a basketball fan, better yet a basketball junkie, he is going to love our town!
Sounds like you are having a great weekend. Keep it up, and don’t ruin your night tonight by falling asleep at 7:30 after drinking a Shirley Temple.
Well done, my friends, well done! I have not drunk dialed in quite a long, long time. (I have vague memories of Mere and I in Maine, under the influence of illegal herbs, calling you HOWLING with laughter about mowing my wheat field with a lawn mower…) but I HAVE been known to comment on your blog under the influence. As a matter of fact, I went for a run with my sister Christy last night, and was recounting an experience of going out for drinks in Newport and she very supportively asked, “Did you drunk blog??”
Jay – hahahaha Look out!! My cousin Mike MIGHT be coming to town!! And yes – He’s a massive sports fan. You ever see his “the Rick” commercials on ESPN? That kind of says it all – so I imagine he will love your fair city.
beth – hahahahahahahahaha I love how supportive she was of it!!
And I so so remember you and Mere calling me … blithering at me like lunatics – it was so damn funny.
I miss you. Just got this huge wave of it. But I do. I miss you.
hahahahahahah. OMG. So much fun!