Had a blast last night seeing Julie and meeting some funny/talented FOTs, also visiting dark & rainy Green Point for the first time.
But toward the end of the night I thought I was in the Twilight Zone -
-When I met Auntie Christina, I realized she looked familiar. Turns out we'd seen each other on the path train after the Gathering of FOTs in September.
-When I got to the bookstore, I waited for my friend Justin to arrive. I randomly flipped through a book called
LowBoy because I liked the cover illustration.
-Later at the bar, they were playing the Wrens. Justin and I talked about them because our old band had toured with them in 2004 for a few weeks.
-Sitting down at the table, we spoke to another FOT (Daniel) who had worked for Absolutely Kosher - the label our old band, and the Wrens, were on. Suddenly Daniel and Justin recognized each other. They'd hung out in Philly a few years back because of the label connection.
-Then Auntie Christina mentioned the SuperEgo podcast with someone named Matt Gourley. I recognized the name - he was the best friend from high school of my best friend from college.
-When I got home, my wife forwarded me an email from her writing professor - John Wray, author of
Lowboy. It was a video of him and Zach Galifinakis promoting the book
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3BCvsVy-vs-Just when I told her that the night had had some strange coincidences, I get a text from Justin who just realized why Julie looked familiar at the reading - he'd known her in high school.
I know none of this is all that interesting, I just needed to document it for posterity. There was only a group of 4 or 5 of us, unlikely to have so many connections in a 2 hour span of time. Like a plot for the world's least interesting M Night Shymalan story, set in Green Point.
