Last month, I went to a party. At this party, a few of us were telling the other party-goers about a book we had 'heard of' written by some guy. The topic of the book was sexual in nature. Well, one person (not me) had a copy of the book in the rear or trunk of their car. Given the subject matter, that made those of us who knew about it laugh. If you have never stood around a kitchen island drinking alcohol, eating chips, and reading limericks from a book of a sexual nature with people you barely know then let me tell you, it is weird. One person, on the fly, made their own haiku on the same subject matter. I was quite impressed and very disturbed all at once.
Observations:
1) Even though both men and women looked at the book, only women read from the book aloud. This was curious to me. I did not read from the book. This was mostly because of the crowd and the context in which I knew most of them. I can only guess as to why the other men did not read aloud.
2) Some assumed the author was gay. I do not get that but I realized a long time ago that not everyone thinks like I do. For the record, the author is not gay. In some ways, I think if the author were gay, the book would not have been written, at least not the way it was. Just a hunch.
3) One fellow party-goer compared it to the works of the Marquis de Sade except without the sado-masochism. This is akin to saying something is just like the Bible except without the spiritual over- and undertones. The Marquis de Sade is kind of known for the sado-masochistic nature of his works.
4) For the first 3 or so hours of the party, I was older than everyone else by about 10 years.
5) Food was not ordered until about 3.5 hours into a party that started around 6 PM. The 30-year olds started to get hungry and mentioned it to the others. By the time the food arrived, we were starving. When you are over 30, the pre-party has food, the party has food, and the after-party has food.
6) My fellow party-goers are pretty nice people.
PS: For more details, you will have to ask me outside of the blog.
2 comments:
I'm pretty sure I know the book you're talking about... I can't imagine there could be more than one. Good times. You sure know how to get the party started!
This was not my fault. I did not bring the book. Although, I did tell the person who did bring the book about the book in the first place :).
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