January 19th, 2008
Cocktail Contemplations
I’m off to a cocktail - dinner event this evening. Contemplating how to handle an evening spent eating and drinking with adults, all with an interest in art but otherwise varied in their politics, academic, or professional fields of interest, it suddenly occurred to me that I was an adult myself. By virtue of the adult label I should theoretically be able to breeze through the evening without a hitch. The adult skin fits sometimes, tonight it is what I will wear, but as you often see here there is still a corner of the woman still branded as girl, either by herself or by others.
Yet, a girl no longer, I’ll venture out to an evening spent with varied group of philanthropists, the majority, though not all, possessing a soft spot in their heart for William Bennett. The host of this event once gave me a signed copy of one of Bennett’s books. I didn’t refuse it, though if I had some balls I might have.
The guest list is varied though, and is likely to contain at least one or two liberals and a couple of progressives. Politics will be discussed, if only in passing, as the rather dubious cawk-us is taking place in Nevada, but the purpose of the night is to raise funds for a specific program, and to give thanks to those who have made past community programs possible.
I hope to be home, black suit on the floor, by the time the 11 O’clock news hits. This may be wishful thinking, because I desire some free quiet time, but I factored the average age of those attending this event into my prognostication .
I’m the meantime ponder this:
Why are my spammers so smart that they now use the names of those who comment here?
I have spam by the bucket loads from people named “Jason”, and as Jason is the name of many who comment here routinely I find it rather sly of those spammers. I also get spam routinely under the name of just plain J. Having more J commenter’s than anything I think there is a delightfully sly spam robot out there somewhere doing its research.
Check out this weeks Famer, I think you’ll approve.
Peace all.
Tell the grown-ups hi for me and, oh yes, I’ve cleaned my shoes since last time.
I think there should be more cocktail parties….it all sounds so civilized :)
Spam !!!!…they are getting more clever Cooper and sometimes I don’t know whether I am deleting genuine comments and replying to very clever spammers…
I love the ones that quote part of your post back at you :)
I know how you feel about them spammers. I’ve taken to putting their IP’s into the instant akismet spam box so that the frequent flyers never get to see their trash in my comment section. Ironically, today was the first day in about a year that I have had NO akismet spam!!
hallelujah!
btw, laketrees has a pretty nice blog. She should be famous. Chedwick’s Bob Dylan blog is nice, and I visit OC’s nearly as often as I do yours.
ciao!
I can’t even remember my last grown-up party, so I hope you are having/did have fun!
Damn spammers! To hell with them all!
Sucks that you turned into an adult, and now must suffer through the social engagements of an adult
I always hope the food is good, and there is some old dude around who used to smoke a little weed “back in the day”, and though he’s hidden himself behind his academic qualifications and papers for the last twenty years, is willing to sit and discuss why the world is fucked.
I’ll drop the J. then. Take that you penis enlarged, Valium popping, pyramid scheme bastards!
Doug: Good thing about the shoes. Oh, they said, “give our love to the dog”.
laketrees: It was fairly civilized, but then again I am barely out of college so anything civilized is rather a shock to my system.
Yes, the spammers are clever., more so every day.
sk: Some days I relieve so much spam I would not have time to look through it to do that.
Yes ,well as you know I am looking for guests posts and as for some things…all in good time.
G: Leave it to you to give me that perspective.
Dave: Yeah, take that you “fake xanax” selling slime. ;)
I hope you enjoyed the cocktail party. And don’t worry about the adult thing. Turn it on when you have to - but always embrace the girl. I’m betting your wit and intelligence suffices wherever you go in both realms.
Spammers using real commenters names? Awful.
Mimi: Thanks, it was an enjoyable evening, many contacts and some decent conversation.
I’ve always felt older. I suppose later to be young is better.
I may be entering my first childhood.
Cooper you were born both legal and an adult
Every man I have ever been serious with had or has I guess a first name that begins with J or R
I don’t attend cocktails parties, just beer festivals.
I had to buy a second suit. Severely depressing because they are not cheap.
I’m sure ya made it through. You seem pretty adaptable.
That’s why I started signing my name casey instead of jake, you had too many j’s here and a couple of jake people. I was never sure if I had commented already.
Hanging with grown-ups is no fun at all…at least that is what I was told. Oh how time flies…it brings a single teardrop just thinking about it.
p.s. I think somebody posing as Me left U a Drunken Proposal professing Love + Marriage!!
Damn Spammers!!
;PPP xoxo
I don’t want to put my toys away yet. I don’t want to grow up either. Don’t you know I’m a Toys ‘R Us kid?
Too many people I know are handling “adult-size” problems that it’s making me worried about when mine is going to hit. I’d rather be oblivious to the fact responsibility is just handed to you as you get older.
I am a spammer out to crowd your box with senseless information like the comment here….
Sorry that “Jason” will become a name to connect to spam, the delicious meat you can eat if you’re super poor. (Goes good with Ramen Noodles…)
Just a thought on the comment you made: You mean a Frankenpolitician??? That would be a trip - you might get something almost human, possibly, realistic…or frightful to the religious…
I kept thinking of a piece by James Thurber in which he describes the psychology of a cocktail party. It was brilliant. Sorry, but I can’t remember the title. :-(