June 27, 2002
I moved today.
I was all prepared for it to be a horrible, hellish experience, but it was pretty painless. My friends D.R. and Y.E. came over to be with me while the movers did their thing; D. kept getting mad at Y. for asking neurotic questions about R.M., Y.'s new girlfriend and a friend of mine, but none of the questions seemed neurotic to me. I'm not sure how much comfort Y. should take from this.
Part of what made the moving experience such a relative delight was that the head mover was this really hot Russian guy who kept taking his shirt off. At some point he started talking to me, saying things like (I am translating from his bad English), "I really like your world view" and "you are a really nice guy." How my non-English-speaking mover would know anything about my world view was beyond me, but, hey, I'm never one to turn down a compliment. He kept going, though, and finally, after he had shaken my hand the third time, I started to wonder if he was trying to pick me up. It was a delicate situation: if I made no move, then I would get no action from the hot Russian mover. If I made a move and had misinterpreted his friendliness, I would get beat up by the hot Russian mover.
So after he told me he was a poet, I gave him my e-mail and phone number and told him I wanted to see some of his work. (This was, technically speaking, not a lie, though it was perhaps open to various interpretations.)
Then he said he would invite me to a Russian ex-pat party where there were lots of gorgeous Russian girls; it was where he'd met his wife.
Why is the world so unfair?
I wanted to demand my phone number back, but they hadn't finished unloading my stuff yet and I figured the humiliation was a small price to pay for a piano that was still in one piece.
Posted by Faustus, MD at 10:12 PM
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Comments
1) Anthony said (on 06/28/02 at 10:16 AM):
You play the piano? Oh my, I'm so into you right now! I'm melting and it's not because of the heat.
2) PatCH said (on 06/28/02 at 11:48 AM):
The "head mover"? Okay, I've said way too much for my inaugural post here. Fantastic blogwork, by the way; it's incredibly hilarious, well written and spiritually uplifting. How's that for pressure to continue? Keep it up!
3) A. said (on 06/28/02 at 01:10 PM):
After reading your blog for about two weaks, i have been very impressed with your wrting. If ever you decide to change the name of it, i would use "Neurotica."
it just seems to fit so much into a cohesive little word.
4) bj said (on 06/28/02 at 04:01 PM):
i've seen enough porno movies to know that being married, and wanting to introduce you to women doesn't mean he wasn;t also trying to hit on you..... but maybe its different in Russian porno.
5) marquito said (on 06/28/02 at 05:36 PM):
At least he took his shirt off several times. Cheap thrills (errr, maybe not so cheap since you paid for the moving expenses) are always fun.
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