so wednesday night. it was ... i'm not sure if there's a word for what wednesday night was. i've tried to describe it using many different words, and none of them really seem to fit. but really, when does one simple word encapsulate a revelatory experience like a repressed 25-year-old homo's first trip to a gay bar? wait ... "revelatory"! that's it!

despite my nattering whines for deb to turn her car around as soon as we left her apartment parking lot, we made it there by 9:15 and got a window table. this turned out to be counterproductive, as i was around the corner from the entrance and bar, and therefore unable to see anything that was going on or anyone who walked in. counterproductive but comforting, because, hey, no pressure. however, my vantage point was good enough for me to notice one very cute guy who meandered around the room before taking a nearby seat with a gaggle of lesbians he appeared to know.

suzie showed up not long after the sushi and saki deb and i ordered were brought to our table. as i suspected, the girls' combined allure began to kick in, and soon two of the lesbians had joined our trio: one a sweet young girl named christina, and the other an boisterous older gal whose name was drowned out by the bar clatter. boisterous older gal was chomping on a cigar and complaining because the establishment asked her to put it out. then she began to nosh on our unwanted remaining sushi. (to be fair, she told us she was going to eat it before she dove right in.) cigars, raw fish, lesbians ... i wish i had a gay-joke-punchline generator.

it was fun to hang out with a bunch of females, but, let's face it, that's been most of my life story so far. so i breathed a tiny sigh of relief when boisterous older gal left with most of her buddies, and i was only outnumbered three to one. christina and suzie then thought it would be a really good idea for me to leave the booth and order a drink at the bar, where a decent group of guys had assembled. i nervously laughed it off. i cringed at the thought of one of them merely coming over to our table, so me going over to them was completely out of the question.

naturally, it was about that time when very cute guy appeared over deb's shoulder. he knew christina and decided to join our tiny soiree, which means i made up for lost saki. as a result, the ensuing half-hour or so of conversation is a little hazy. but it doesn't matter. the ending was the real grabber.

heh heh heh.