I might have to double-check the ruling on these types of things, but I’m pretty sure that Josh The Pilot and I met two Officially Cool people last night. And since they’re married, they come as a package.
We were attending a party for Josh’s training class; they have passed another phase in the long, virtual plane crash-strewn road to becoming full Big Girl and Big Boy air traffic controllers. When this happens, they have a party to celebrate the fact that they all still have jobs, and drink a whole bunch, and yell “F–K!” a lot, and in Josh’s case hold aloft a lit cigar while falling asleep in a lawn chair, all of which makes me feel super-excited about the safety of America’s airways.
The Officially Cool people are the next-door neighbors of our host, who, not being stupid, invited them on the assumption that they might notice twenty-odd drunk, “F–K!”-yelling air traffic controllers tottering around their shared backyard. I met them through their dog, Cindy, who was a very sweet doggie despite the fact she was naked. Cindy just been shorn for the summer, and was so busy looking equal parts humiliated and long-suffering as one of the controller’s toddler sons repeatedly attempted to hug her to the ground that I complimented her owners on her forbearance.
He’s a punk band guitarist who’s studying geology. She’s an artist and elementary school teacher. Their naked dog has a pink collar with skulls on it. He gave me a copy of his band’s CD, which was shrink-wrapped and had a bad word on it and everything. She said she likes wine. They both said they want to have children someday, and would like to encourage them to rebel, until I pointed out that in order to do so, they’d have to run away to The Gap and join Junior Achievement. They were married a week after we were. I excitedly told them that our first dance involved Michael Buble.
I’m pretty sure I relieved the issue of whether or not we’re Officially Cool at that point.
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starnarcosis // Monday, May 4, 2009 at 7:52 am |
PLEASE tell me you really really told that couple their rebellious children would have to join JA. It will make my week.
MB // Monday, May 4, 2009 at 8:09 am |
I really really did. And since they’re Officially Cool, they found it highly amusing.
red pill junkie // Monday, May 4, 2009 at 5:18 pm |
It reminded me of what happened to the daughter of Alex Lora, a very famous Mexican musician.
He’s a rock star; but his daughter once went out to get the autograph of Ricky Martin —she later got the autograph tattoed on her… well… it’s a really uncomfortable place to get a tattoo ;-)
red pill junkie // Monday, May 4, 2009 at 5:08 pm |
Does the punk guitarist has a Myspace of his band? Let’s see if he’s actually good at that, or should rather stick to being a rock scientist instead of a rock star ;-)
PS: What breed was Cindy?