The other night I went to an acquaintance’s birthday party at a bar in Silverlake. This party was a little special, not because it was a birthday ending in a 0 or some other kind of milestone, but because the party had a theme. I thought this was brave of him. I've never really been tempted to have a theme for my birthdays. I figure if my party had a theme then people would be less likely to show up and if people did show up then they would ignore the theme and I would be left as the only one dressed as a pirate and all my friends would look at me strangely when I kept responding to everything with an affirmative, "Arrrr!"
Okay, so back to the subject at hand. I tried my best to dress appropriately, I wore my best sparkly outfit, but I really only ended up looking like someone's high maintenance mistress from the 50's. I may occasionally look like a hooker, but at least I look like a hooker with a vintage sense of style.
A pack of college kids with no relation to the birthday boy showed up and was immediately confused. One of them approached me for the answers to their burning questions. Let's call her "Buffy." Why? Because it's such a stupid name and I don't give a rat’s ass if she does guard a Hell Mouth.
Buffy: What do the hats mean?
Me: They're fez hats. Those guys are dressed like Shriners.
Buffy: Oh! What's a Shriner?
Me: It was a popular men's club during the 50's.
She still looked confused, but I decided against telling her about the parades and the little cars because then she would have thought they were clowns, and then I would have had to inform her that this is not the case, and then she would have been really confused and her head would have exploded.
Buffy: What about the girls dressed up as cabaret dancers?
Me: They're showgirls. It's a Shriners and Showgirls party.
Buffy: OOOHHHH! [She runs off to tell her friends the information which not a one will really understand]
Now as I'm writing this a thought occurs to me - is she just dumb or am I just old? Please Lord, let her be dumb.
Comments
Jelly says:
Tuesday 17, 2006she's just dumb
but i love buffy, so in my head her name is muffy
because there are no lovable muffys in the world
wanda says:
Tuesday 24, 2006I have always had themes for my parties. One year I was thirty-wonderful, the other year I was thirty-two-hot-to-handle (sparklers, firecrackers, dynamite!), another year I was thirty-three-sheets-to-the-wind (nautical theme!), and the last year I was thirty-four-on-the-floor (truckin' theme). I think it's time to start the themes over again. I LOVE themes. But a Shriners and Showgirls theme is a little challenging. Please. It's a dumb theme. You're not old.
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