
In The Pink....
Some of you might be wondering about what happened at
Ground Zero Lounge last night.
Well, I was there, and perhaps I am still a little star-struck
and having had about 342 cups of coffee in the course of the evening
I'm not quite sure myself, but there are some things I am sure of
so let me get the facts down here before it all becomes a fuzzy memory.
I was up at the microphone on the floor giving a heartfelt rant about
how when the Jack-boot is stomping your neck into the ground and everyone
is watching it on CNN, I will be there right beside you fighting the oppressers
tooth and nail. I than heard a voice from the back of the room cheering.
When I finished this cute blond Grrrrl walks up to me and asks if I do
spoken word performances, 'cause she "loves" my voice, and my passion.
I blushed a little and explained how Ground Zero Lounge was a place where people
go to exercise the right of free speech and that we do this every week.
Well, she thanked me for the inspiration, and walked directly onto the stage
to speak with Clyde Lewis. Meanwhile I returned to my seat.
Kicking back with coffee and a smoke, I had no idea what was to come.
Things were starting to wrap up as I got into a heated debate with a guy
who had walked in with "The girl with the cute butt" in the end he told me that
her name was Alecia, and that she wanted me to join them at their table.
At this point Clyde said that Alecia was going to sing a song so I decided to wait
till she was done with her song.
Damn, she has a great voice, and here I was with no idea who she was.
When the crowd dispersed from around her I got a chair and sat down next to her.
She was sweet, kind, and we seemed to hit it off.
Karaoke from hell was warming up and she asked me if I would sing something
for her.
When a pretty girl asks you to sing for her, what are you supposed to do?
So I put in a slip for her to sing "Bobby McGee" and I dropped "When Doves Cry"
She got called first, and just about then Devereaux, the guy I was debating turns to me
and says "She's really into you." Now I had already determined that she was married,
and I kind of thought Dev' was playing me for a fool when he tried to tell me who she
was. So, I just figured I'd play along and besides that, she was being really friendly.
At this point it should be noted that I have the greatest respect for marriage,
so after she finished singing, and I was called next, I went up, sang my song,
and returned to the table to kick it with my new friend.
I decided to let her take the lead, and she had already traded me hats,
that is something I consider flirting, but remember "SHE'S MARRIED"
We were holding hands like old friends, and I let her use my sholder as a drum set,
(I told her that the last time I was beaten like that I was tied to a headboard.)
(Made her blush this time.)
We traded E-mail addresses and she said that she would send me a copy of her
"New Single" about shallow hollywood chicks,
kissed me goodbye and took off in a cab, because she had to be up early.
All in all it was a fantastic night, had I never found out who she is,
I would have done exactly the same thing and considered myself to be a
lucky bastard. It only falls into the bonus catagory that my Valentines day kiss
came from "PINK". Thank you Alecia.