First and Hopefully Last Brush with Swine Flu

At a party Saturday night that I shouldn't have been at. First, I didn’t know the birthday girl and, second, I had previously just committed to the first three-quarters of Troy. Achilles had just killed Hector, in what I'd proffer as Brad Pitt's finest feat of acting.

Anyway, I make it to this party, it was cool. I was grossly underdressed, but it was dark and people were TIPSY. The birthday girl wasn't tipsy enough to allow me to enter unnoticed --- she approached me at the door like HELLO?!?! I'm like I'm a friend of Elizabeth's --- "oh, okay" squeal, hug.

Have a couple drinks, meet a couple people – lawyers, obnoxious.

Party is coming to a close. People are trying to decide whether or not to go to Karaoke after. One girl who I had been talking to and who described herself as "super cool" was heading home early.

I was like, "I thought you were super cool?!?"
She was like, "I am, but I have swine flu."
Me: think, think, think, process – must be joke "oh, haha!"
She goes, "no really, I have swine flu, I've been out of work all week."
I'm like "NOOOOO, really?" "Elizabeth, hey --- is she joking."
Elizabeth: "Oh haha, no she really has it, she was out all week."
I'm like: "who goes out with swine flu, are ya'll kidding me."
Girl: "it's cool; doctor said it's no longer contagious."
I'm like: "really… isn't it a virus?!?!"
Girl: "No, doctor said it hasn't been contagious since Thursday."
I'm like: THURSDAY. It's Saturday, it has only been two days!!!!

The girl leaves. . . I'm like… "wow, who goes out with swine flu?" Elizabeth says, "its fine, she's still alive… just think of it like a vaccine." I'm like.. "Okay."

Gin and Tonic, please!! G&T is my magic potion.