Cat and I got together with Iris recently, after several tries and schedule conflicts. In this case “getting together” consisted of lunch at Mimi’s Café followed by sitting talking in the Appleby’s bar. While that may not sound too exciting, it actually was! Iris is cute and nice and a friend, and it’s very relaxing to be able to discuss scene stuff face-to-face with someone of a similar mindset without waiting for the next party. We also all claimed to welcome the opportunity to talk about non-scene stuff but while we did delve a lot deeper into personal issues than you typically would with someone less... shall we say “sympathetic? we didn’t actually get very far afield.
Somewhat recently Iris left a long-term disciplinary relationship though I won’t repeat the details from her blog here. Fortunately, partly because we’re in Los Angeles, she’s recently been able to rely on a friend, Fireman Chris, to keep herself on track.
Fireman Chris is a great guy and a lot of fun and we really like his lovely wife sparkle as well – I guess she doesn’t capitalize her name, like e e cummings. An added cool thing about Chris is that he’s a fellow USC alum so we cheer for the same team, recently featured in the Rose Bowl back on New Year’s. While Chris and many like-minded Angelenos are Trojan fans, Iris is from the lily-pale North and her entire family apparently backs the Big-10 champion, Michigan. So it was natural for them to have a bet on the game – which Chris describes here:
Somewhat recently Iris left a long-term disciplinary relationship though I won’t repeat the details from her blog here. Fortunately, partly because we’re in Los Angeles, she’s recently been able to rely on a friend, Fireman Chris, to keep herself on track.
Fireman Chris is a great guy and a lot of fun and we really like his lovely wife sparkle as well – I guess she doesn’t capitalize her name, like e e cummings. An added cool thing about Chris is that he’s a fellow USC alum so we cheer for the same team, recently featured in the Rose Bowl back on New Year’s. While Chris and many like-minded Angelenos are Trojan fans, Iris is from the lily-pale North and her entire family apparently backs the Big-10 champion, Michigan. So it was natural for them to have a bet on the game – which Chris describes here:
Iris describes her recent interactions with Chris here:
http://www.punishmentbook.org/2007/01/be_careful_what.html#more though she barely mentions the bet, which is unfortunate, because hearing her tell the story in real life is an experience not to be missed – at least for me, having watched the Rose Bowl and knowing the progression of the scores. And she obviously remembers very well the panic she was feeling while watching the game with her family, who must have wondered a bit about her sudden obsessive interest in the final margin! Maybe we can get her to tell her side of the story here, or on her own blog, using OMG’s to reflect how wide her eyes got just relating the story to us, over a month later. Settling the bet must have made a significant impression on her, since she rose up out of her chair every time she described watching another USC touchdown, even from 2,000 miles away.
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