ever think to yourself, ‘man, i’m such an idiot…’
wednesday night was the big josh wilson cd release party at judson. i hadn’t really planned on going, but decided it was more fun that sitting at home watching tv all night so i went. besides, there were supposed to be snacks (who can turn down free food?) and several of my friends were going.
this event was replacing the wednesday night services for the jr. high, high school and college/career groups, so there were a lot of people there i didn’t know. now, there’s something you should know about me; i severely dislike meeting new people and if you stick me in a room full of people i don’t know, i’m going to turn into a stuttering clammy mess and seat myself in the corner away from everyone else. that’s just the way it works, don’t ask me why.
well, when i get there… first thing as i walk through the door is a table to sign up for a drawing to win a cd or t-shirt or whatever. fair enough, let’s fill this out real quick; name, address, phone number, email… check, check, check, check… and finally: school. you see, at this moment something happened in my brain. this sort of thing happens often, i don’t know why and i have suprisingly little control over it, but as a result i penciled in “hard knocks” under the school section.
looking back, it sounds retarded to me, too. but at the time, i only cared about amusing myself for a moment and i did get a chuckle out of it. besides, it’s not like they’d pick my name or anything.
went in to find a seat… of course none of my chronically late friends were there yet so i wandered around talking to the same 1 or 2 people i actually knew for a while before finding a seat off to the side. before getting the show under way, of course they had to do the drawing… so they get up there with the bowl and do their little shuffling thing. around that time, my stomach began to turn and i felt a lump growing in my throat because i could feel God laughing hysterically at what was about to happen.
he pulled out the card and read over the p.a. to the room full of mostly very attractive young women, “our first winner is david hayes from…” at this moment there was this odd sensation. sort of felt like losing your last glimmer of hope or finally realizing the gravity of a terrible situation. “…from the school of hard knocks, is what it says here.” strangely, it had lost its appeal by that point and i got to parade up to the stage so onlookers could verify the identity of the only person in the room stupid enough to write such an idiotic quip on his entry card.
but, i won a shirt. a blue one, it’s actually pretty cool. paul asked me if the shirt was worth the embarassment. absolutely not.
February 11th, 2006 at 6:39 pm
its kewl dave. under the school section, i put “no edjumucashion.” too bad i didn’t win, it would have been fun. and i actually liked your answer. oh well, we had fun that night. sorry about not grabbing a bite to eat. i ate too many cookies. keep it real and God bless!!!