My stomach still hurts from the WAVES of laughter that consumed all of us last night. We could not stop laughing. Everyone was funny. We were in the big room at Panchito’s – sprawled on couches around a table – and this poor couple, who thought they might have a quiet date in that big room (empty before we arrived) were basically chased out by our raucous NOISE. I can’t even explain it. We came home afterwards, and I felt HIGH. Laughing like that is good for the soul, mind, body … You just get it all OUT. I’m still laughing.
I woke up and the first thing I thought of was Rachel saying:
“So ‘My soul is dying in this relationship’ really means ‘Can I have the car keys?'”
Yeah, you had to be there. But I’m still laughing.
Alex KEPT becoming Faye Dunaway as Joan Crawford. It was like she had Tourette’s. “Barbara, PLEASE.” She would shout it over her shoulder. She would mutter it to herself. She would say it at point-blank range. She shouted it, she crooned it, she moaned it.
Our waitress was awesome, by the way. Candace, if you ever read this: we love you. We lucked out in having you serve us! A Southern girl – she and Alex (brought up by her mother, a true Southern girl herself) bonded on pouring pounds of sugar into your tea. Candace dealt with us with grace, humor, aplomb. She didn’t even mind when Alex shouted “BARBARA, PLEASE” right in her face.
Mitchell scat-singing the following words: “Make a full pot … what we don’t drink we’ll ice … MAKE A FULL POT … put it on ice … put it on ice … Make a full pot, and what we don’t drink we’ll ice …” He BECAME Louie Armstrong for a good 10 minutes. We all were literally SHRIEKING with laughter. Poor Jen. I thought she might die from it. Tears were streaming down her face.
“Make a full pot! What we don’t drink we’ll ice …”
HOWLING.
Oh, and I love that in my group of friends saying “Go straight to hell” to someone or “You are such an asshole” is literally the highest praise you can give that person. I feel HONORED when Alex shouts at me, “Go straight to hell!” I literally blush with shy pleasure and pride when Mitchell looks at me and says, “You are such an ASS.”
saw your post about poetry-and mention of Aburey in the post on Ben Jonson-
saw a production of Brief Lives on Broadway in 1974 a one man show in which the actor was drop dead funny and had the novelty in which he slept on stage in a rocking chair during intermission
here is a link to the production
http://www.ibdb.com/production.asp?ID=3481
I love nights like that! Sadly they don’t happen often enough. Or maybe, that’s part of why they ARE so special!
Oh, Geez Sheila, ya coulda told me RTG was back! ;)
I can’t get the image of Alex standing up and, very specifically, squirting her pee right at Rachel. What!?
Or when I was saying something, trying to be funny, and failing, and I looked to you in desparation. There you were, with love.
So much freaking fun I can’t take it.
I have to say I was very nervous about it, I mean first Mitchell loves her to an extreme, then you go out and become best friends with her, it just HAD to work between us or I was screwed. I just wasn’t prepared to love her so quickly and so deeply. Once she went down on Mitchell in the restaurant, I knew I found a kindred spirit.
Should we watch Grizzly on Friday night? Is that too much? Maybe I should just let it unfold on it’s own account.
You’re in a bad place!
Oh my God, I can still see your brief look of panic and need as you were improvising your song. It was so tragic and cute!!
David- I kinda feel that way about meeting you. I mean, yea, we have met, “Beth, this is David, David, this is Beth…” but I mean blow jobs in restaurants and peeing on Rachel and stuff. Let’s promise to love each other, ok??
You guys have to meet – I’m very invested in an eventual meeting between beth and david!!
Yeah, no doubt. I promise! It has to happen. Next time Sheila and I are both in RI together we must go out! Or maybe we just you and I could meet at the Days Inn in Garden City some night? You know, just a thought.
Gahden City.
Only if I can go down on yo….STOP IT!! I can NOT act like this!! (giggle, giggle….)
You guys are gonna fuckin’ love each other. hahahahaha