People. I like some of them. It’s nice.
Tags: beer, friends, The Orchid Highway
Vitamins are really good for you. Know what’s even better? Friends. I’m not even kidding. Keep in mind that I’m not a licensed doctor. I’m also not an unlicensed doctor. I am no kind of doctor. If anyone calls me Dr. Brandy, you know they don’t actually know me, and that’s a risky way to suck up.
I met James for a few beers today, which in itself is a treat. I haven’t seen him in yonks, and when I have it’s been in situations that weren’t well suited to the level of conversations required when a friendship spans multiple cities of residence and versions of selves. That echelon of catching up really begs for an evening, a few hours, and imported beer, and that’s what we finally got tonight. The bonus is that someone I haven’t seen for almost 10 years was also there. And although it was clear that time has passed since the three of us have been in a room together, it felt entirely normal to just pick up the friendship where we’d left it and laugh at ridiculous things together again.
I only laugh at ridiculous things with myself or select trusted friends.
For a lost little goofball being clumsy all over a lifetime, I’ve managed to pick up some amazing cohorts.
And speaking of amazing cohorts, The Orchid Highway is blessing us with another show this Friday. They’re sharing a bill with The Parlour Steps & Adrienne Pierce, so it’s a fantastic lineup through and through. In a word? BeattheMediaClubthisFriday. I had to make up a word by taking all the spaces out of a sentence, that’s how big this show is going to be.
I have a feeling it’s going to be a bit like a reunion for me, but on a different scale than tonight was. I’m thinking more people, shorter time span. Aside from the one dude I see all the time, I haven’t seen the guys in a while. And, like the rest of the world, I haven’t seen them play in metric yonks. I think the last time I saw them play was on my birthday, and that was years ago! There are also a lot of people I know in some sort of relation to the band who, if Facebook event confirmations are anything to go by (they aren’t, but let’s keep going for the sake of example), an unspecified number of them will be there.
All this going out and having a good time. I remember doing this often and being happy with it. I must come back to this.
PS: If you were expecting a song to be posted here, I’ll have you know that I don’t even have that song and was inadvertently lying when I said I did. Oopsies.