{"id":1485,"date":"2006-02-23T16:45:17","date_gmt":"2006-02-23T21:45:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amynews.com\/?p=1528"},"modified":"2015-10-08T17:35:51","modified_gmt":"2015-10-08T21:35:51","slug":"amys-press-conference-question-eight-uno","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amynews.com\/2006\/02\/amys-press-conference-question-eight-uno\/","title":{"rendered":"Amy’s Press Conference – Question Eight – Uno"},"content":{"rendered":"
Shelby, the ever diligent reporter, effectively integrates a series of questions into her question:<\/em><\/p>\n

So many questions – <\/strong><\/p>\n

The \u201cold gang\u201d any updates?<\/strong><\/p>\n

The practice – clients and fellow members of the bar still kewl? How bad was the gossip?<\/strong><\/p>\n

UM alumni friends – do all know now? Would you get together with them?<\/strong><\/p>\n

How is the ex handling things?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Any dates?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Amyways, you are one kewl chica! <\/strong><\/p>\n

Wow \u2026<\/p>\n

Talk about a hitting me with a series of fastball questions !!!<\/p>\n

You are one good reporter !!!<\/p>\n

Okay,<\/p>\n

Just from the random e-mails I get alone,<\/p>\n

That first question you tossed out,<\/p>\n

I should save until May sweeps,<\/p>\n

Because it does seem to attract a lot of interest !!! <\/p>\n

But hey,<\/p>\n

What can I say?<\/p>\n

I\u2019m all about counter programming,<\/p>\n

So I\u2019ll just answer now. <\/div>\n

The \u201cOld Gang\u201d update<\/em><\/u><\/p>\n

Ahhhh man, I miss the \u201cOld Gang\u201d. \u00a0<\/p>\n

As I\u2019ve said many, many times before and will continue to say \u2026<\/p>\n

If any of you like me, and you get the chance to meet one of the \u201cOld Gang\u201d \u2026 thank them.<\/p>\n

Because those boogers were so instrumental in me getting to where I am today.<\/p>\n

With that being said, I interpret the question that you\u2019re asking as wondering how much interaction we have with one another since the band broke up: if we\u2019re still friends, do we hang out, or\u00a0\u201cany updates\u201d\u00a0like that?\u00a0<\/p>\n

So\u00a0\u2026 Are We Still Friends?<\/em> Hell ya ! That\u2019s an easy answer. \u00a0<\/p>\n

But \u2026 Do We Still Hang Out?<\/em> Not much really. There has not been a reunion performance with all the original members since the last time we were all together, which was right at the beginning of The gospels of Amy-Wan Kenobi \u2013 Episode III<\/em>, which was released in August 2004 \u2026 helluva opening scene if I do have to say so myself !!! You really need to buy the DVD. But it\u2019s not because of ill-will, not wanting to hang out,\u00a0or anything like that, it\u2019s just that we only played as a group on Wednesday nights, so when that wasn\u2019t a possibility, the likelihood of all of us hooking up and seeing each other at the same time was remote. Plus, shortly after the spontaneous combustion of the original drummer, mwah, Miss Daisy moved to Florida and Sister got a new gig preventing her from playing regularly on Wednesdays too. So the original band wasn\u2019t the original band anymore anyways.\u00a0We had an almost reunion performance about a year after the band broke up, but Runner-Up was unfortunately out of state and couldn\u2019t make it, so the perfomance the crowd wanted to see just wasn\u2019t to be had, but it was totally fun nonetheless.\u00a0I caught up with Sister and some of her peeps a few weeks ago \u2026 wow !!! What a hoot ! Gawd, it was just so good to see her. Though you know what was the kewlest moment of the night for me ??? (First of all, that\u2019s a rhetorical question, there\u2019s really no need to answer it. And second of all, I\u2019m about to engage in a completely off-topic answer to the question, sorry. I get distracted sometimes.)<\/p>\n

When I got to the bar, found Sister and her possee \u2026 waiting for me there was not only a chair, but a Coors Light !!! A Coors Light I\u2019m saying !!!<\/p>\n

I know, sounds silly.<\/p>\n

But honestly, that simple gesture \u2026 of having a bottle of my beer of choice waiting for me \u2026 meant so much.<\/p>\n

One of the things I\u2019ve lost as part of my transition \u2026 is a history.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m incredibly lucky and fortunate to have new acquaintances, friends, and people that maybe knew Joe in passing before, but know me much better now \u2026 with which to hang out, spend time, build friendships.<\/p>\n

But that means in most cases, I have a history of less than two years with these kind, great people \u2026 and also means there\u2019s not a lot of\u00a0past there to reminisce, or knowledge of me to know.<\/p>\n

Having the opportunity to laugh when recalling jokes or incidents first experienced years ago is good for a person\u2019s soul;\u00a0<\/p>\n

Having friends know you so well that they can make decisions for you, such as ordering your first\u00a0round, and always getting it right\u00a0is incredibly comforting; and,<\/p>\n

Having friends care for you so much that they\u00a0think about ordering your first round for you even when you\u2019re not there yet, is even more comforting. \u00a0<\/p>\n

Now granted, this loss of history is temporary.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve already got two years under my belt \u2026 in another\u00a0five years I\u2019ll have\u00a0seven (take that you public school critics), and \u2026<\/p>\n

I\u2019m\u00a0hopeful there will be moments in my future where I\u2019ll be around a table with friends again, when someone will say something, and all of us will have that twinkle in our eyes thinking of the funny incident it references,<\/p>\n

Or all of us racing each other to get the punch-line out first.<\/p>\n

In fact,<\/p>\n

I\u2019m honestly starting to have those moments already \u2026<\/p>\n

In my new life.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s just that for now,<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not quite with the same\u00a0sense of comfort, ease, and safety as I had it with the \u201cOld Gang\u201d.<\/p>\n

Good time, good memories, good people.<\/p>\n

Or \u2026 “Any Updates”<\/em> Like That?<\/em> So you may ask? How do we keep in touch with each other? Why, the old-fashioned way mainly \u2026 you know, e-mail ! \u00a0<\/p>\n

I keep in touch with the girls much more so than with the boys. In fact, my contact with the boys is pretty limited, but that\u2019s to be expected \u2026 they are guys.<\/p>\n

With Runner-Up \u2026 I really only communicate with him during football season \u2026 he was one of the ringers I recruited a few years back to try and stop Shaft\u2019s dynasty in my fantasty football league and he\u2019s still an active participant in my league, posting some of the more humorous and entertaining comments on the bulletin board\u00a0\u2026 last year he was in the Amy Bowl with an undefeated record, only to lose to me \u2013 hence his new moniker of Runner-Up. Then this year, he totally closed the deal on his ringer status and saved my entire league from having to endure an off-season of Shaft-gloat (I said gloat people, not bloat) by defeating Shaft in the Amy Bowl to become the 2006 Amy Bowl Champion. Thank you Runner-Up !!! \u00a0<\/p>\n

As far as Miss Daisy goes,\u00a0I am on his funny e-mail list from time to time, but pretty much most e-mails I get from him are the same \u2026 \u201cHey bitch, I lost my phone again. Whatever. What\u2019s your number? Love ya. MD.<\/em>\u201d Despite living in Florida, I actually see Miss Daisy more than any of them and almost more than I e-mail with him. Whenever he\u2019s back here \u2026 we usually meet up at some point for a beer, just one. Really. \u00a0<\/p>\n

Singer and Sister both keep a watchful eye on me. As the senders of the 100 or so e-mails I have yet to respond to will attest, sometimes I\u2019m really bad at timely e-mail replies. Fortunately, they both know me well enough that in the event I fail to respond to an e-mail of theirs timely enough \u2026 I get the \u201cHey bitch, stop ignoring me.<\/em>\u201d follow-up e-mail. (Yes, I know \u2026 there is a trend amongst my friends that know me well to call me bitch \u2026 it\u2019s a term of endearment, really. )<\/p>\n

It\u2019s funny though \u2026 despite not really spending much time with them anymore, their influence on me apparently\u00a0continues. In the last month or so, it was said to me, by two different people, in two different settings, one of which I\u2019m not sure even knew My Function \u2026\u00a0\u201cYou can tell you\u2019re friends with Singer, your facial mannerisms are just like hers<\/em>\u201d\u00a0(for the record, I corrected her and said Singer\u2019s facial mannerisms are just like mine) and \u201cHow long have you known Sister, you listen just like her.<\/em>\u201d (\u201cReally<\/em>\u201d, I said in response, with a slight head tilt,nod and lowering of the eyes. ) Too phunny !!!<\/p>\n

If we ever get the schedules coordinated such that we have a reunion performance \u2026 trust me, I\u2019ll tell you all about it (assuming I can get appropriate releases ). I\u2019m sure there\u2019d be many smiles !!! <\/p>\n

As far as the next question goes \u2026<\/p>\n

The practice – clients and fellow members of the bar still kewl? How bad was the gossip?<\/em><\/u><\/p>\n

This question deserves its own post, so it\u2019ll be answered in Amy\u2019s Press Conference \u2013 Question Eight \u2013 Dos<\/p>\n

Meaning we\u2019ll just skip then to \u2026<\/p>\n

UM alumni friends – do all know now? Would you get together with them?<\/u><\/em><\/p>\n

You know. I really don\u2019t know who knows and who doesn\u2019t know. All of my old golf buddies know, along with several others that I know of from that group, but how many, I have no clue. I also know some of my fraternity brothers know, but I really don\u2019t know how many are aware of it either.<\/p>\n

Many people that knew Joe more than in just passing seem to have a much harder time just saying \u201cHi<\/em>\u201d to me now, or even shooting a simple email along the lines of \u201cHey, heard what\u2019s going on in your life. Suppose asking \u201cwhat\u2019s up?\u201d really isn\u2019t appropriate anymore, huh?<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n

I haven\u2019t quite figured out why and it\u2019s a bummer to me, because you really can\u2019t construe the lack of communication in many positive ways. But I just have pretty much chalked it up to either 1.) like me, they are incredibly piss-poor at responding\/sending e-mails in a timely fashion, or 2.) they are the type of people that are just too uncomfortable with the notion or topic of My Function, that they have decided to write me off completely. I tend to assume it\u2019s the former.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

I honestly love hearing from those people and would love to get together with them. Heck, I so miss having a history, when I get that occasional e-mail from those of past, I keep it in my in-box forever just so I can see it regularly and enjoy that good feeling of having again an e-mail address of old ! So a chance to see a real, live friend from my past \u2026 heck ya, I\u2019d do it in a heartbeat ! <\/p>\n

Leading to the next question \u2026<\/p>\n

How is the ex handling things?<\/em><\/u><\/p>\n

Ex and I are still good friends. Of Joe\u2019s friends from his past, I talk with her the most by far. Not like daily or weekly, but just like friends do from time to time. She got remarried and her and her husband had a beautiful baby boy last year. Now granted, I\u2019ll admit, I am a little biased \u2026 but Ex and Her Husband are both gorgeous people, and their son, my gawd, he got all the good genes, he\u2019s the most beautiful baby boy ever !!! Smiling, happy, laughing !!! He\u2019s adorable. Simply adorable !!! I love seeing the three of them together as a family !!! \u00a0There is<\/em> good in the world, dammit\u00a0!!! <\/p>\n

Well, that\u2019s the skinny on that \u2026 which takes us to the final query in the multiple question set \u2026<\/p>\n

Any dates?<\/em><\/u><\/p>\n

Now oddly, I\u2019m surprised this is the only mention of this question in my Press Conference, because other than questions about the \u201cOld Gang\u201d, I get this question, or its derivative \u2026 \u201cDo you still have your \u2018No Dating Local Guys\u201d rule?<\/em>\u201d by far the most. Anyways \u2026 this question also warrants its own post. So it\u2019ll be addressed in Amy\u2019s Press Conference \u2013 Question Eight \u2013 Tres.<\/p>\n

Okay kiddos, that\u2019s it for now. I\u2019ve got krap to do. <\/p>\n

Nope, nope, nope \u2026<\/p>\n

Hold on.<\/p>\n

Sorry,<\/p>\n

Shelby also asserted \u2026<\/p>\n

\u201cAmyways, you are one kewl chica! \u201c<\/em><\/p>\n

Gawd luv ya girl !!! Thank you !!! <\/p>\n

Okay, now we\u2019re done.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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