If I go there will be trouble
And if I stay it will be double
… The Clash 1982

Yep, the age-old question:
Should I stay or should I go?

Oh, this isn’t pertaining to love or the angst of a lost love or any of that crap.

I’m trying to decide if I should go out tonight. But I have a dilemma.

I hate to leave my house.

Though I have to admit that Holiday 2009 was way more festive for me than usual. I was “Miss Go, Go Go” for a minute there. But then after Christmas Day the “sloth gene” took over again. But I’ve had enough of my house, laying on the couch and sleeping.

Let me rephrase:

I hate to leave the house except when I am running all over town or going to a movie.
But I am not going to a movie until after the New Year because I don’t want to be in the theater with other people.

OMG!! – how anti-social that must sound!!

Actually, I rather enjoyed the few times I have had to share a movie theater with other humans. It’s just not a thing I seek out to do. I always go to movies during the week at the last showing or some other “I have no life” time. So, the theater is usually empty – especially considering the types of films I go see (art – indie – foreign.) You will miss these films if you don’t get out to the theater to see them right away. Most of theses films have a very short limited release. Thank Goodness for Roger Ebert or I might have missed any dozen of truly great foreign and indie films.

Anyway, it’s Monday night and I wanna go out!!

It’s Monday Night: Boom Boom Room at the Green Dolphin Street. It’s Gay Night (but not strictly Gay;) Service Industry types – bar tenders and servers; musicians; DJ’s; House Music Heads; cool folks; geeks; freaks and the occasional celebrity. And the party’s been going on for damn near twenty years! It is a “come as you are” love-fest with friendly, polite people who will tell many a fat bitch how “fierce” she looks. It is a great party for all ages, especially if you have no hangups about age and sexual orientations of others and if you love to dance. This ain’t much of a poser party. This is a dance party. And I know everyone there. They are my family – my little made up, club kid, off-beat family. I miss them so!

Okay, so maybe there is a little posing going on… But this is one of my closest friends: Reggie Newport!

Hmmm – so what’s the problem?

Oh yeah, I’m trying not to drink and I need to be home in bed at a decent hour so I can perform at Cabaret Tuesday tomorrow:

SHAMELESS PLUG: Come see/hear me emcee/host/sing at this very different kinda night out. It is a professional review – dancing, singing, humor galore and even gymnastics, and of course: ME!!! And it’s done before eleven p.m.

Plenty of time to get home and get to bed before morning.

But back to tonight: I could have a nice big yummy salad beforehand at the restaurant at The Green Dolphin Street. And my dear friend Pauli is bartending/serving.

By the way, this is not Pauli. This is a photo of JoJo Baby – one of the official greeters at Boom Boom Room.

This is a photo of Pauli.

Okay. See ya…

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