A year ago today at 12:00pm I called my friend up asking if
he wanted to come up north with me to see some comedy show that another friend
had invited us to. I didn’t really want to go up there by myself and since we
both had nothing better to do, he agreed.
A year ago today at 5:15pm I picked him up and we got a ride
from my mom to the end of the red line. It was dark already and he asked me
more than once why we were going so early, that it wasn’t going to take that
long to get up north. I responded with something akin to “shut up, I do what I
want…..plus I don’t want to be late.” We put money on his CTA card (boy do I
miss you CTA) and got on the train.
After we met the Boys, everything started to sort of fall into place. She got to talk up being a stage manager to people who actually needed one (and ended up being James Franco) and I fell down a flight of stairs and quit my job (and although the Boys had nothing to do with it, it was wonderful to quit in January knowing I was going to go laugh (and, yes, drink) about my mildly insane former employer the next day).
I've now got a lovely day job that I truly enjoy almost every day. And again, while the Boys had nothing to do with that either it's just really great to have a place to celebrate in (and people to bake for, who actually eat anything I make.) Katie ended up stage managing for them and leaving me to drink by myself throughout the show, where are you #trainwrecks? Come keep me company. She also ended up at Second City, The Public House Theatre and some other places all because these guys gave her a shot.
We've also got, what I'm pretty sure every 23 year old wants in life, a bar where everyone knows our names. Seriously. And it's a silly tiki-bar at that. But you know what world? It's our silly tiki-bar. And I wouldn't trade it for the world.
So at this point, we would just like to thank these Boys, even though they will deny it all, they deserve it because they got us out of our rut and to this point in our lives. We owe them more than they know and that they'll admit, and the least anyone can do is stop by, give them $7 and become a potential friend.
I don't really have anything else to say other than, if you have no idea what i'm talking about come by Studio Be (3110 N Sheffield) on a Tuesday night around 8pm (doors open at 7:45), bring your $7 and your B (as in BYOB) and stay for the funny jokes, and a free beer at the bar down the street.
And make sure to follow your favorite #trainwrecks (that's still us, right?) on all versions of social media.
Twitter: Andimatrainwrec (Katie), npalmerco08 (Nora)
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