new year's eve

I went to a stand up comedy show at Marco Island by Pauly Shore on New year's eve. I went with my landlord's family. We were eight people in all. The show was at 8 pm, but we made sure we were there by 7pm. The other people in my group wanted to make sure they got the best seats. We were very close to the stage. Hmmm....definitely not my style. I prefer a little anonymity. But, anyway I sat down as nobody else seemed to care.

Slowly, the comedy show started. There were 3 guys doing the show. One of them was Pauly Shore. He was doing okay. The weirdness began with the third comedian. For some reason he thought I was an Irish guy and kept calling me the Irish man for more than half hour. I never knew that drinking blinded people. :P. He called me on stage and since I was not so prepared for it, I got all uncomfortable.But, people got bored of the comedy and booed the third guy away.

Then we had the countdown and the ball drop. I was given a champagne toast. So I turn around to wish Happy New year and find that my whole group was missing. Instead, there was this drunk middle aged woman standing next to me. She wished me happy new year and I wished her back. All of a sudden, she says that I have a beautiful face and kisses me. At that exact moment, my whole group came back and they were looking at me and started laughing. I got even more conscious of myself and uncomfortable. I thought I will set the glass on the table and explain what happened to them, but I ended up pushing the glass and the champagne was all over the table.

Finally, the landlord came to my rescue and asked if they should be heading home. I was thanking him for shifting the focus from me. Everybody agreed and we all left. Hmmm....no more attention drawing this year.