Q: How did your interview with the world's top listings magazine go?
A: I accidentally referred to listings as "dull".
Afterwards, shaken and wearing painful shoes, I rang up Adam and begged him to take me out for a drink. We ended up in a gay-o-rama on a roundabout in Victoria. Adam's there, along with a charming young couple. Let's call them Perfecton #1 and Perfecton #2.
Gays aren't like they used to be. The Perfectons were 21, shared a flat, were terribly mature, and kept on popping open their Blackberries to check with their dealers... Their share dealers ("oh, I knew Northern Rock would rally").
It was kind of like VHS going out for drinks with a couple of DVDs. They were so shiny. It made me a little whistful.
We all ended up in an Italian restaurant. Adam wandered off for a cigarette/to abuse a waitress/phone his boyfriend.
ME: Oh.
PERFECTON #1: Yes?
ME: Your boyfriend's hand appears to be on my knee.
PERFECTON #2: Shouldn't it be?
ME: Well, it's ... I... gosh...
PERFECTON #1: How old are you?
ME: 33.
PERFECTON #2: Then not too old.
PERFECTON #1: No. Good.
PERFECTON #2: Then that's settled.
ME: ...
PERFECTON #1: Yes?
ME: Has anyone ever turned you two down?
PERFECTON #2: No. Why would they?
PERFECTON #1: We both have such good taste.
(They smile. In unison. It's not at all sinister).
***
That's the thing about The Gay Lottery. No matter how shitty your day, you may win at any moment.
PS: Perfecton #2 was an actor when young, and played Harry Potter in a video game before discovering an aptitude for Network Server Maintainance. "I was such a disappointment to Sylvia Young..."
2 comments:
Blimey if you're VHS that makes me an old vinyl 45! I shall think consoling thoughts about being a colletor's item! - look on the bright side at least you're not betamax.
Sorry about listings - but you could have made them far less dull!
Apparently the hardware is the same, but they've completely upgraded the software and operating system.
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