the set up
Though she’d deny it with every breath in her body, FFJ is setting me up tonight. The thought of which, makes my stomach ache and gives me the feeling like I need to pee. But I dated a much-older-than-me man about 100 years ago and he told the 27-year-old me that I need to do more stuff that scares me.
So tonight I will accompany FFJ to a Poetry Slam at Kieran’s and meet her friend. She keeps telling me that she doesn’t expect fireworks and chemistry, but she’s absolutely sure that me and the Slamming Poet will hit it off — even if it’s only as friends.
This scares me. I feel like I won’t live up to FFJ’s hype. She told me how he’s called her every two days to make sure I attend the Slam. I hope she warned him that I’m only a good on paper girl! 6′5″ redheaded writer with large breasts and a Superman S tattooed between them. Sounds awesome even to me.
But my belly, my thighs, my too-big eyes, and my weiner legs, that’s not on the paper and it totally should be. Because, well to get the Superman S you have to deal with the weiner legs. It’s all part of the deal.
This is one of those situations where while I’m driving to Kieran’s I will scream in my head “WHY DO YOU GET YOURSELF INTO THESE THINGS?” over and over and over again. I will wish I was at home watching the Real World, or anywhere but there. I know that this is exactly what will happen, because it happens every single time I have to meet new people. It has rarely turned out poorly.
I’ll survive this, won’t I darling ones?
Absolutely.
09 May 06 at 4:05 pm #Dammit Jodi, why are you so mean to yourself? I betcha you would never use those words to describe anyone else. Be nice to yourself and things might turn out better. People can smell self-hatred. Besides, you rock and I bet the poetry guy will see that just like all of your fans do!
09 May 06 at 4:39 pm #You’ll survive, I promise. Doing scary things is good for you!
Have you completely turned off the make sweet sweet love to me vibes? If so, you might want to turn them back on. You know, just a trickle.
09 May 06 at 6:07 pm #Heh. Weiner legs.
10 May 06 at 12:21 am #