I haven't had a proper indie rock fan moment in years, so it was to much pleasure and delight last night, after seeing the revelatory, genius, and profoundly brilliant 3 For All performance (they are the gold standard of improv comedy. everyone is a giant pile of sun-baked diarrhea in comparison to those guys, so we don't compare. we just watch, quietly, and allow ourselves to be humbled) that I had excellent conversations with all 3 guys of 3 For All. They hail from the great state of California, so one of them and I had a most enlightening chat about F-town. Once one knows F-town, one cannot help but be reviled or disappointed by it. I make it a point not to hate on F-town (a lovely life it does provide me) but it is always fun to hear others speak critically of it, or as if it were a small child lying in a hospital bed with a bad prognosis.
I digress.
Currently on an aeroplane bound for Austin is my beloved best friend Cassi. Cassi and I are celebrating 20 years of friendship this fall! We met at 6th grade camp somewhere in Gold Rush country. We both had brightly colored Reeboks that earned us no favor with the more popular nerds at Special Gifted School. There have been times in my life when I've recognized that words and deeds committed by moi have been used by douchebags to heap great scorn upon me, but there have also been other times that they have earned me lifelong friendships. And this is one special case. Those at my wedding remember Cassi as my maid-o-honor and mother of an adorable 3-yr-old girl named Coco. Her daddy used to be a cop and would escort 12-yr-old us around the F-town Fair with a concealed weapon. (Parents of today would love this--maybe he could offer his services for a fee in his retirement?) Though a devout Christian, Cassi is also an avowed shit-talker, and often incorporates her faith into her masterful skewering ("I think God made a mistake with her...") which is dee-lightful.
I am going to fill her with refined sugar-free Snowballs from Senor Naturale and we are going to party like it's 1987.
Posted by Zerd at October 6, 2007 12:49 PM