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October 30, 2002
excesses
I wasn't being very polite to my friends last night at the restaurant. My eyes kept shifting out the window, where a group of cops were pulled away from their Drag Race facilitation duties to attend to an unruly drunk gay man. He had wandered upstairs to Windows and was politely escorted back out. Barely concious, his head nodded off now and then. The cops and restaurant waiters sat him down on a plastic chair outside the restraunt under a large umbrella, facing the chair towards the street in anticipation for the race. Uninterested and unconcious, his chin bobbed down to his chest.
My rude people watching habit continued. Not soon after the drunk man passed out, a party of bois near our table in the restaurant got up to leave. As they passed our table, I recognized one guy from the gym and his boyfriend Dave, who I had chatted with long ago. Back then, he could have been described as 'beefy', but in an attractive way - to me, that is. Today he's slimmed down quite a bit, but has not yet upgraded his wardrobe. The backside of his jeans sagged noticeably, his belt was his jeans' only salvation from falling down. He had what I call the No Ass syndrome, which is becoming increasingly prevalent in our community these days, and not due to any virus.
A murder of crows, a herd of sheep, a party of bois...they left the restaurant and loitered a bit just outside our window, not far from the unconcious drunk. They all had No Ass. The group dispersed in twos and threes, leaving a couple to discuss ephemera from the weekend. One was morbidly gaunt, belt wound tight around his waist, No Ass. Dark brown circles ringed his sunken eyes. I doubt he had eaten much in the restraunt, nor had he slept all weekend. Tottering, grabbing a table for balance as he grabbed his water bottle out of his pocket. I wondered what he did for a living, as his living was rather stark.
Posted by jimbo at October 30, 2002 7:08 PM
Comments
I think the "party of bois" phrase is definitely a keeper...I'll do my best to make sure that one catches on (of course, giving props to you for coining it).
Posted by: spin at October 30, 2002 9:55 PM