David Sedaris and i connected at the hips.

friday night i was terribly sick, but susan wanted me to come out with her to see david sedaris do a reading and sign books in the castro. i would not normally have gone, but it turned out that another friend from michigan was in town and it was a rare chance to say hi to him. so off to the castro i went.

at the event for david sedaris, susan and i went to the bookstore and only then did we find out that tickets were needed. and the tickets were sold out. and there was a long line of people hoping to get tickets or a chance to get in somehow.

as susan and i were waiting, two friends of ours from the mayor's office were leaving the event after having met up with david sedaris beforehand. they realized we didn't have tickets and gave us theirs.

yay

the front entrance to the reading was a long line of people and a labyrinth of stairs. so susan, who was on a crutch, asked if there was a more accessible entrance. there wasn't. but there was a back entrance that was fewer stairs and no people. so they let us in that way, and that's where we ran into david himself coming up the stairs while we were going down.

as he kindly waited for susan to come down the stairs with her crutch, he cracked 'you're using that as a crutch.' everyone laughed. then he and possibly his sister (some wild crazy big haired woman who must be a relative of his) went up the stairs as i came down, connecting at the hips....

i didn't stay for the reading

the reading room was packed and overheated. and i was ill. and there were no chairs left for me even though i had this ticket. i told susan i wasn't going to stay but that i'd wait for her at the tea shop a few doors down. i just wouldn't be able to make it in that room standing.

as i left i decided to give someone my ticket to get in. not knowing anyone in line, i of course used the most reasoned and intellectual decision-making skills in determining who i should give my ticket to. the cutest boy. so as i walked up to my choice, i stood directly in front of him, smiled, and flipped up the ticket in my hand. he and his friend beemed brightly and he ever-so-kindly-thinking-of-his-friend said 'do you have two?' i walked away and out of the building saying only, 'i only have that one.' i didn't look back.

i spent a few hours reading at the tea shop with some wonderful green tea to keep me well. susan came by after it was over and told me all about the evening and showed me her autographed books. she got quite a bit of time with him and sat near him with her crutch, but at least i connected with him briefly at the hips