Regarding Angry Marionettes, Jared Leto, and Squirrels

voltee ♦ September 22, 2010 ♦ 4 Comments

Item: Camisole Color/Fabric: Purple, silk Designer: Express Years Owned: 4

Tonight I had a hard time. I could not decide what I wanted to write about. I had randomly selected a sweater, but I finding that I am not easily inspired by knits. So I sat in my closet and sifted through just about everything, waiting for something to tell me a story.
Tonight I wanted a story to tell. And it was eluding me. Then I thought about my friend Lizzie, who is far away from me, and I started missing her. So I decide to write about something that reminded me of Lizzie.
The first awards show I ever had the chance to attend is probably something you’ve never heard of. It was the 2006 MTVU Woodie awards. MTVU being their university channel, it featured many little known or up and coming musical acts. I had not heard of many of them before or since, really.
I was able to get two tickets for being a fan of Beck, who was performing that night. And since Nate couldn’t go, I invited my friend Annie.
We were thrilled! Even though it was an unknown awards show, it was still an awards show, in New York City, and being broadcast on the real MTV. Shockingly, we bought new outfits. It was going to be our first trip to the city together, and we got to leave work early. What could be better?
I think we had given ourselves an hour to get ready between work and getting down to the train station. So there was not much time to deliberate when I got the phone call.
“There’s a ******* squirrel in my apartment!!!” Tears.
“A squirrel?” I asked, puzzled..
“A SQUIRREL!!!” More tears.
Of course, Annie couldn’t just leave for the night with a creature running rampant through her apartment. I did not know what to do. So I got on the train, all by myself, and headed down to the city in my purple cami and black jeans. There just wasn’t enough time to find a replacement companion.
Then I thought of Lizzie, who was going to school in the city, so she was already there. Plus, I hadn’t seen her in a really long time, and wanted to hang out. And, miracles of miracles, she was available!
Somehow, we found each other in the teeming crowd of college students.
It was such an interesting evening. We got to be down on the floor by the stage and the platform where the Woodies were awarded (the trophies are made out of wood. Or made to look like wood. Not sure why). My favorite performers were Imogen Heap, who is a one woman band, and wore many feathers, and Beck, who had a miniature stage with marionettes that looked like his band and fought with each other. They may have been dancing. It’s sort of hard to tell with marionettes.
The most excited the audience got was when Jared Leto came on stage with his band to receive a Woodie. Girls were screaming, and I think one of them by me actually cried a little, and even the guys seemed secretly thrilled. He was very handsome up close, I have to admit, if you like that whole vampire look. And obviously girls still do…
I danced like crazy the whole time, which just comes with the territory of being me. Liz was more reserved- she just sort of took it all in in that contemplative way of hers. But we had a great time together. It was one of the first times we hung out just the two of us, and I knew that we would become bosom friends one day. And so we did.
Oh, and neither Annie nor the squirrel were harmed in the course of this story. The squirrel got to go back to his home in nature, and Annie’s new apartment has so far been proved to be squirrel proof. And we did have our day together in the city, which is a tale for another night.
Well, what about this camisole? It got rather lost in this saga. Will I wear this again? The fit isn’t perfect, I confess, but I do wear it under other things. Is it worth saving?

**This one did not make the cut.  It’s lovely though!  Someone take it!!