Last Night Redux

Well, the synchronicity continued. Went to my friend "C's" party, eclectic mix of people. Brought my friend "M", who upon entering the premises was asked if she knew how to make eggnog. Ms.M, of course rattled off the recipe and took over the mixing of the multiple batches. She was the delight of many at the party. And when she said she taught bellydancing, there was even more adoration from the gaggles of females.

We sat down in the living room with the peacock themed X-Mas tree, my friend "C's" roommate is a set designer for a well known TV series. She had the most beautiful tree with peacockian themes running throughout and at the bottom instead of a blanket, peacock feathers adorned it in a circle.

The synchronicity portion was sitting in the living room we met "F", who works with "C's" roommate as a stand in for an actor in this series. She was from Paris, of course "M" lived there for a year and went to school, she speaks French fluently. All of a sudden, "F" points at "M" and says she recognizes her. Turns out she had been to "M's" website several times and wanted to take bellydance classes. Then "M" says it is confusing, because I do not introduce her by her "stagename", so I looked at her and said, "Alrighty, from now on your name is ML (first two letters of her given name and stage name)...cuz we don't want to cause any confusion now do we?" I found it pretty funny, everyone was asking her for lessons and wanted to see her perform.

Anyways, I started talking to "F" and asking my usual probing questions, I am not a lover of small talk. I prefer to talk about real topics. And she was saying how she always had a feeling of closeness to Joan of Arc and that many things in her life had crossed paths, so to speak, with Joan of Arc. She mentioned having a major "purpose" in her life. I asked what and surprisingly, she said making her movies about finding one's soul. Finding your spirit, teaching through nonviolence. Breaking old patterns and behaviors which keep you imprisoned in the past. Who knew I'd meet someone who walked a similar path?

In fact both "M" and I commented on her openness to such a thing, being from Paris, the reputation is to tend to eschew spiritual quests like this as airy fairy b.s. She said she was a rebel and always tells people she does not represent the rest of her homeland.

We talked for a while with "P" my other new found pal of the evening listening raptly as we covered spirituality, life, goals for both of us, her relationship, and astrology. I know quite a bit about it, but my belief in it goes only so far as birth charts---although if I meet Mr. Husband before the end of the year--I will have to give a little credence to the current planet situation. I tend to think when someone says Mars or some other planet is in retrograde, that it doesn't matter--the planets are always doing something to fuck up your day, if you allow it!

As I was getting ready, to get ready to leave, "F" brings up the "garden analogy"...almost verbatim she says the same thing the guy from eHarmony told me earlier in the day--freaky shit, huh? I started laughing and had to fill "F" in on my whole synchronicity day; it also included having met her, a very kind soul.

Meanwhile as I am ACTUALLY, LITERALLY this time, getting ready to leave, my phone registers text messages from my 17 year old "When are you coming home?", don't ask--if I understood her need to know, I'd be a millionaire. One other guy from eHarmony who seems really nice and a text from my friend "H". One of those "call me first thing in the morning, I have got something to tell you". So, I contemplate answering her, afterall it is 12:30 at night...but, I think...she is going through a divorce after 20 years of marriage--better make sure she is okay.

So, here I am driving and talking in the middle of the night to my crazy friend who is thinking of committing adultery and she wanted to make sure the signs she was picking up from the guy, are really "signs". I had thought she was upset about her "ex" or some other thing (she is also on leave from her job at one of the banks which took a shit)...but noooooo, she wanted to discuss this upcoming Jerry Springer episode that she was planning to star in.

The other note I need to make here is that I have drank wine all week-end. I tried and did not want to imbibe, but I have been out now three days straight...so, how do you say "no" to really good vino?