He works for Boss Ross, he’s slick, he’s a handsome fella, he gets appearances on TV, he knows the value of good booze and he’s skilled at the fine art of annoying celebrities and his fellow churchgoers.
He just doesn’t play accordion…yet.
His name is Darryl Green, he’s my co-worker and he’s having a lot of fun in La-La Land.
Judging from my email and comments made to me in real life and instant messaging, people seem to be taking either one of these two things from the Worst Date Ever story:
Either way, I’m glad you folks liked it. Thanks!
The scene: The upstairs lounge at the popular restaurant/nightclub Fez Batik, Saturday night at about 10:30 p.m.. The lounge is a junior set decorator’s idea of a scene from Kismet, with persian tapestries hanging from the walls and ceilings and cushions from an old Star Trek pleasure-planet set thrown over low-slung benches and couches. House music constantly thumps in the background and the air is abuzz with Smirnoff Ice-soaked conversation.
Her: Can you really play that thing?
Me: Yeah. Can I play something for you?
Her: Only if you can rock out on that thing.
Me: Funny you should mention that…
(One AC/DC number later)
Her: Whoo! That was awesome! Now can you play Happy Birthday for my husband?
The demands of work aren’t going to let me write anything substantial right now, but I thought I’d post a couple of photos from Saturday night for the benefit of the two Lizzes.
Pictured from left to right: Liz “mamamusings” Lawley (visiting Toronto and attending the AoIR conference), yours truly, and Liz “Bunny” Phillips (celebrating her 30th birthday).
We’re still a little short on diversity at tech conferences. Here’s a snippet of a conversation about BloggerCon between me and Ejovi Nuwere that we had on Joi Ito’s IRC channel earlier today:
<ejovi> were you the asian guy with the accordion at joi’s dinner?
<AccordionGuy> That was me.
<ejovi> ah, cool. i was the black guy.
I’m halfway, through Lizapalooza!, a weekend of hanging out with friends named “Liz”. Last night it was dinner with drinks with Liz “Mamamusings” Lawley and Kathleen “Planned Obsolescence” Fitzpatrick, who are here in Accordion City to attend the Association of Internet Researchers conference. Tonight it’s birthday hoopla with Liz “Bunny” Phillips as she celebrates the big three-oh.
(My advice to anyone crossing the threshold from 29 into 30 remains: “Don’t turn thirty clothed and alone.”)
Details of the weekend will follow. In the meantime, I have to go make some clients happy.