for his sake I hope he was kidnapped by aliens

[foxtongue]

365 2009: 28.01.09
My lovely friend Mark, who I hold dear like hardly anyone else, has been standing me up this month. Yes. Month. First we ran into each other on the street and decided that Sunday! We will get together Sunday. He will make me dinner and play me music he wrote and it will be a lovely time. Then Sunday came and when I called, he had to cancel. Cousins unexpectedly in from out of town, he said. Ah! I said, that is unfortunate and completely understandable. Wednesday, he said? And I said yes. Then on Wednesday, I did not hear from him and when I called, it went directly to voice mail. Wednesday passed without him. Thursday night I got a call, "Migraine," he said. Ah! I said, again, that is unfortunate and completely understandable. I hope you are doing better. I am, he said, let me make it up to you on Sunday. Alright, I said. Sunday then. When Sunday rolled around, he called again. Jhayne, he said, you are going to hate me. What has happened now? I asked. Band practice. An accidental double-booking. Ah! I said, again, that is unfortunate and completely understandable. Wednesday? Wednesday. Now it is Wednesday and I still have not heard from him, though I have left two messages on his phone. The latest one was very amused, "Now you owe me dinner without question. I am going to put this on my calendar, The Month I Did Not See Mark. Then I will write a short story called The Month I Did Not See Mark and publish it. I think it will sell. It's a good title."

Comments

[prince-du-ciel.livejournal.com]

I love, love, love this picture of you!

[porphyre.livejournal.com]

Me with a book. What could be more honest.

[kencf0618.livejournal.com]

Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Thrice is a pattern —but not necessarily. Sometimes the warp & weft is just against you.

[porphyre.livejournal.com]

We're trying again on Friday. *grins*

[blogtodiffer.livejournal.com]

The previously undiscovered sequel to "Waiting for Godot," "The Month I Did Not See Mark."

[porphyre.livejournal.com]

Astride of a grave and a difficult birth. Down in the hole, lingeringly, the musician puts on the guitar.

[falan.livejournal.com]

I had a friend like this, I believe he's been nominated for several awards for his ability to drop off the face of the earth. He may have even been scouted by the CIA.. It's one of the more frustrating feelings in this world when you and a friend really click when you're together but 95% of the time they bail, and bail, and bail.

[porphyre.livejournal.com]

This is the first time we've ever run into such luck, I assure you.

[benchilada.livejournal.com]

"Now you owe me dinner without question. I am going to put this on my calendar, The Month I Did Not See Mark. Then I will write a short story called The Month I Did Not See Mark and publish it. I think it will sell. It's a good title."

*snrk*

[porphyre.livejournal.com]

Isn't it, though?

[(Anonymous)]

A Month Without Mark
A Mark on the Calendar
Jan, RE:Mark
Missing The Mark
Marks in Another Place
Mark Time; No Mark

aarghhh! I must stop now. Thank goodness it's not a story about Richard!!!!

[mallinson.livejournal.com]

You should arrive with a Mark-side bag, preferably burlap. It'll make the point.

[porphyre.livejournal.com]

Kyle of the cold heart. Aww.

[playingtruant.livejournal.com]

i agree, really pretty picture.
also: this song is basically perfection

[porphyre.livejournal.com]

Thanks, sweetie. Is NYC treating you better?