December 2011
3 posts
Patience is a Virtue
I flew home on Southwest on Christmas Eve. The stewardesses demonstrated the plane’s safety features in “The Night before Christmas” form (“The air masks were hung from the ceiling with care”) and were met with hearty applause from the other passengers. They probably would have received a standing ovation if the seatbelt sign weren’t on. I was wedged next to a grown woman and her mother. They were...
Handle With Care: A New Damn Update
I have one audition left and then I’m all done with the list of clubs I thought I wouldn’t hate too much. I feel like Goldilocks of the strip clubs. There’s the one that has a cheap stage fee and amazing food, but the music sucks and it’s just…boring. Then there’s the one with pretty okay music, a really cool stage, but it’s far away and the private dance area layout seems like it will only be a...
No Love Lost
I miss my old club, but it’s a seafood restaurant now, so what can you do. I thought the final week would be more fun than it was instead of just being depressing. I should have already been trying new clubs. It’s what I imagine it feels like when a couple has a trip planned and then they break up but decide not to waste a nonrefundable itinerary and then they use up all their vacation days for...