May 11, 2006

I Wanna Sex You Up!

Charlie Wrigley wrote this mid-afternoon:


A conversation broke out in our uncharacteristically-lively-normally-droll lunch room today. I’m trying to remember how it started… What the chaotic “Big Bang” was that woke us from our slack-jawed, zombie order…

It was about Rebecca Romijn and her public appearances with new buddy – emaciated Vern from Stand by Me.

“Poor Stamos, they just got divorced,” said one.

“I’m sure Stamos is doing pretty well for himself,” said another.

“He could always go back to aunt Becky,” said yet another.

I saw my spot to jump-in, double dutch style, to the convo.

“Yeah, she was in RAD.”

I was met by blank stares. I locked in on the person closest in proximity to my age (27).

“Come on! YOU’VE seen RAD, right?”

“Oh, yeah. I remember that, sorta, the movie with the dirt bikes.”

“Well, Yeeaah! The fuckin’ tricks they did - I broke bones trying to emulate that movie.”

They were confused, in a horrified confused way.

After that it was a blur. I tried in vain to win them back with late 80’s references. I threw out a Girbaud reference. Nothing. “Come on, you guys didn’t have Girbaud’s??? Does anyone remember how everyone pronounced them differently? I was alwas a fan of Ja-Bow – but I’m a quarter French Canadien, so you know…”

(crickets)

“You know with the tag on the zipper??? I walked into rooms cock-first for years hoping people would notice the tag, and realize how awesome I was! How about Gazelles? You guys didn’t go to Deb and Georges in Savin Hill to get illegal addidas gazelles, sold in a brown paper bag like baguettes? Jones’ in Southie!!! JONE-SES!”

After that I passed out. I’m not all alone, am I? I know you guys are out there. Come to my office – we’ll kick it old school, watch a little BH-90210, listen to a little Color Me Bad!

Help!

* Filed under: Today in Boston, True Stories

One Response to “I Wanna Sex You Up!”

  1. MonkeyInThe House Says:
    May 12th, 2006 at 2:25 pm

    Maybe you and kelly could bring Color Me Bad down to the Peach pit to sing to Donna. Oh wait, that allready happened.

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