Anticlimactic
This past weekend had all the ingredients of a potential disaster drama, at least that’s how I was told. I went down to LA expecting to see a show similar to the kind made in Lala-land, but what I saw was nothing as billed. I guess that’s a good thing, but when you expect to see some drama you can’t help but feel a little disappointed when you come away with nothing.
The situation was perfectly set up: one girl, two guys. The ex-boyfriend comes to visit America on holiday from Australia where he’ll stay with his ex-girlfriend and her roommate while in town. There he’ll encounter her current boyfriend, forcing the girl to choose between past and present loves. That’s how Hollywood would have billed it and that’s how it was put to me. So as the boyfriend of the roommate, I had to come down not only to see how things played out, but also to help possibly balance the situation out.
But as Jessica can attest to, it was rather anticlimactic. There certainly were brief moments of awkwardness amidst the love triangle, but everyone played it cool and nothing got out of hand. There were no midnight trysts, no emotional rollercoasters, and no lover’s ultimatum. That’s not to say it wasn’t difficult for any of the parties involved, but they all downplayed their emotions to keep the situation under control.
In hindsight, I always had faith in those that I knew, but it was this mysterious Aussie that presented the only unknown. The early buzz suggested something might be there, however when I met him, those notions of a love triangle struggle deflated. He was a nice guy and not the love stealing kind I half-expected. We showed him a good time, touring him around LA, checking out an LA nightclub (with a swimsuit fashion show I know he enjoyed), and taking him to see “For Your Consideration”, which I don’t think he quite got. All rather tame. The one interesting part of the weekend was when the two couples with two exes all played a game together, but even then nothing happened. The whole weekend screeched to an anticlimactic stop, not that there’s anything wrong with that.
More drama was made over the fact that David Silverman of “The Simpson’s” and “Monsters Inc.” fame groped Jessica and Natalie.
The situation was perfectly set up: one girl, two guys. The ex-boyfriend comes to visit America on holiday from Australia where he’ll stay with his ex-girlfriend and her roommate while in town. There he’ll encounter her current boyfriend, forcing the girl to choose between past and present loves. That’s how Hollywood would have billed it and that’s how it was put to me. So as the boyfriend of the roommate, I had to come down not only to see how things played out, but also to help possibly balance the situation out.
But as Jessica can attest to, it was rather anticlimactic. There certainly were brief moments of awkwardness amidst the love triangle, but everyone played it cool and nothing got out of hand. There were no midnight trysts, no emotional rollercoasters, and no lover’s ultimatum. That’s not to say it wasn’t difficult for any of the parties involved, but they all downplayed their emotions to keep the situation under control.
In hindsight, I always had faith in those that I knew, but it was this mysterious Aussie that presented the only unknown. The early buzz suggested something might be there, however when I met him, those notions of a love triangle struggle deflated. He was a nice guy and not the love stealing kind I half-expected. We showed him a good time, touring him around LA, checking out an LA nightclub (with a swimsuit fashion show I know he enjoyed), and taking him to see “For Your Consideration”, which I don’t think he quite got. All rather tame. The one interesting part of the weekend was when the two couples with two exes all played a game together, but even then nothing happened. The whole weekend screeched to an anticlimactic stop, not that there’s anything wrong with that.
More drama was made over the fact that David Silverman of “The Simpson’s” and “Monsters Inc.” fame groped Jessica and Natalie.
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