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10 december 00
----- On the tail end of a rather grueling rehearsal for Tuesday night's corporate holiday party, I'm picking up my Jade Chicken and War Wonton Soup from the Point Dume Chinese Restaurant. "How many people eating?" asks the cashier, her hand in the fortune cookie bin, ready to stuff my bag. "Um ... two," I reply, and she provides me with two fortune cookies and two sets of disposable chopsticks. Is it pathetic that I automatically lie to a complete stranger to mask the fact that I'm heading home alone with a giant bag of Chinese food? I dunno, the idea of solitude just seems wrong of late. I'm kinda sick, sick with a sore throat, feels like oncoming flu, hence the Chinese food, comfort food. I'm gonna curl up on the couch and watch bad movies on the satellite dish, hoping that whatever ails me goes away by tuesday, when I have to front a ready-made band at Granita. It'd be a severe test of my singing voice on a normal night. With this bad sore throat, it's proving next to impossible. This morning we played in church. "We" being Groaning Mona's Christian music holiday altar ego (pun intended). We dressed up in nice normal clothes and played "O Come O Come Emmanuel" for both the 9 and 11:45 am services. The congregation seemed to really enjoy it. In between services the pastor gave me a card to fill out, an "invitation to worship" or "response card," depending on who you talk to. I considered filling it out if only because a) the place is right up the road from my apartment, b) they dig my keyboard playing, and c) the girls are incredibly cute. Is it wrong that a nice jewish boy like myself would consider joining a presbyterian church because the women are attractive? It turned out to be a non-issue anyway. The first multiple choice on my "response card" was to check off "MY DECISION TODAY." And there were two options: a) "I'm committing my life to Jesus Christ." or b) "I'm renewing my commitment to Jesus Christ." Where was c) "None of the above?" I thought of adding it in, or maybe a line that said "I'm Jewish like Jesus Christ." I kept the card nonetheless, as a souvenir of my morning. We're going back there for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, at which time we'll play "Mary Did You Know" and other yuletide favorites. "It's a Groaning Mona Christmas" will be available on cd and cassette by the end of the year. Look out Perry Como. 10 de cember 1999: : relaunch on the 18th 10 december 1998: : didn't write 10 december 1997: please : Fear of that feeling of failure eats away at our souls. [ swim back | email me | swim ahead ] |
