Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/07/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]"This is my friend, Jill Bleenberg," said the Juice, waving his martini at the svelt 30something woman walking in the door of the Baffled Rooster, our new favorite hangout -- since the "Incident" at the Borgotta had gotten us blacklisted at pretty much any place in Atlantic City. "Bleenberg?" "Greenberg," said the woman, takin OJ's drink from his hand and pouring it in his lap. "Pleased to meet you," I said, suavely. "I'm Kyle Cassidy." "I know who you are," she inserted, producing a cigarette from a purse shaped like a miniature Domke-J bag, "I follow the PLUG. Do you mind if I smoke?" "Only if you're on fire," I replied, pulling the cigarette from her over made-up lips and flinging it behind the bar." "I like you," she said, giving OJ a shove. He toppled off of his stool and made a soft clattering sound on the ground, like a bag of apples, "I like, bold men." "That's good," I replied, waving the bartender over and ordering another Shirly Temple. "In fact, I like you so much I'm gonna take your picture," she said, producing a Minox Hello Kitty spy camera from her garter belt. I smiled, my best smile. She paused a long time with the camera in front of her eye. "Are you going to take a picture?" I asked. "Goddamn amature!" she bellowed, reaching over and slapping me across the face. It was like I'd been punched by an Irish boxer with a bag of nails in his glove. My head spun sideways, everything flashed white, I was pretty sure my skull had cracked like a coconut beaten by a gorilla with a hammer. I burst into tears. She took my photo. "That's my friend, Bleenberg!" shouted OJ from somewhere on the floor.