{"id":8775,"date":"2009-01-11T14:35:53","date_gmt":"2009-01-11T19:35:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=8775"},"modified":"2022-10-16T14:27:03","modified_gmt":"2022-10-16T18:27:03","slug":"scanning-sunday-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=8775","title":{"rendered":"A Drowned Dwarf"},"content":{"rendered":"

Singing with Pat McCurdy at Lounge Ax in Chicago.<\/p>\n

There’s a long weird story behind this photo that has nothing to do with Pat; it involves a date with Michael<\/a> that occurred right before I headed off to Lounge Ax, a date that somehow included an unexpected menstruation issue which I was totally unprepared for – I was mortified, Michael was totally chill – a claw-footed bathtub was involved as well as ice cream, and hysterical laughter about a drowned dwarf seen on a preview for Baywatch<\/i>, a dwarf sinking to the bottom of the ocean. Not that anyone drowning is funny, but the image out of context struck us both as hysterical, and we were CRYING. And I was menstruating and CRYING. Like … that was our date. <\/p>\n

Then I went to a Pat show. With paper towels shoved in my underpants. Listen, just keeping it real. Nothing was open. And God forbid I miss a Pat show.<\/p>\n

And it just so happened that another Pat fan took a bunch of pictures that night. No one had cell phones. These are the only pictures I have of me performing with him. And I usually was wearing much wilder riot grrrl outfits. A couple weeks later he got the pictures developed and gave me copies. So grateful!<\/p>\n

Love your “date outfit”, Sheila. You look really<\/i> nice. So feminine!<\/p>\n

Seems like rather a benign photo, right, but every time I look at it all I can think of is a dwarf slowly floating to the bottom of the ocean. And Michael and I laughing so hard we were crying. And getting my period in the middle of s-e-x and freaking OUT about it, while Michael was like, “It is so not a big deal.” <\/p>\n

Sorry, but it’s the truth.<\/p>\n

Actually, I’m not sorry at all.<\/p>\n

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