Crak & I trekked into the city on Friday night to go to the Anchor Bar. The weirdness of the evening began when I was standing on the (freezing) platform and had 4 minutes left before the train arrived. An announcement came on that the train was running on time. When 8:39 came & went, the signs still pointed to an 'on time' arrival. The 8:42 came for Huntington and even the 8:49 for Port Jeff. came and went. We then get the announcement that our train is 15 minutes late. Yeah, thanks for letting me freeze out there.
The train arrived & i got into my usual car when riding in to the city. My car was PACKED with spring break college kids & high schoolers heading in for a night of mischeif. weirdness #2 was when the train pulled in to Penn & dropped us off at the farthest reaches of the station! I had to haul it pretty far to our meeting place. On the way, Weirdness#3 happened when some guy climbed in my face & said "Hey Baby". ACK! I have issues with strangers in close proximity of my face........and this set me off a bit.
I met Crak & we were off to the subway. Nice timing, as the train pulled up seconds later. It whisked us pretty quickly to Spring St. where we needed to get our bearings as to which direction we were to walk. Crak recognized the area after walking two blocks bc TLS had played down there often. We walked & saw a few bars, of which none were our destination. We headed back towards the station, thinking we went the wrong way, when I commented about the two bouncers (one oh so hot) and she said "Hey. This is it." Yup. we were looking for the only bar on the street that had NO SIGN. ALl they had was an iron anchor above the door. Oh, sure we'd have found it. Whatever.
Weirdness #4 was that the place was completely empty when we entered. They asked if we were there for the party but when we looked confused they just let us pass. The only people inside, at 10:30 pm was the staff & us. UGH so embarrassing!
We got our very pricey drinks & sat down at a tableish area. Three guys came in shortly after & sat across from us. One was pretty cute (at least he looked so in the dark from across the room) and kept looking in our direction. An hour & a half of this 'looking/not looking' nonsense and he came over to the other side of the room to talk to the girls next to us. They were not there when the whole thing began & we both thought he was finally coming over our way. NO! He segways over to these other women & we're still sitting there.
Don't get me wrong. Crak & I talked nonstop about everything! We laughed, missed a few comments, had two drinks, weren't sure if we could stand for a moment, and then decided it'd be best if we did.
A group of cute, short guys came in and one was staring at me. He came over & grabbed my wrist & said I looked like a girl he knows from dodgeball.........???..... but I'm not her. Uh--no way! I'm not? He then went on to catch up with his friends.
While standing, some Weird Girl approached these two guys, talked to them for a moment (literally) and then waved to Crak & me to join in. Crak, very personable gal that she is, went over. WG introduced her & three of the 4 talked for a few minutes. WG waved me over again & I said "that's okay". She asked if I wanted her help walking & I said no I was fine, just not interested & then WG left Crak standing there with a guy she did not want to talk to. And so it began. Crak's 'fever'. Fever Guy #1 said he had to go do something with his cold that he had (ew! don't come near me if you have a cold...germy freak) and disappeared.
Crak smiled with relief & came back by me. A bit later, Fever Guy #2 saw Crak dancing by our little table & leaned in and said something in her ear. She began laughing. This went on & apparently I did not pick up on the signals that she was skeeved. She then pases him off to me where I said two things to Fever2 and sent him packing back to her. He lasted a bit longer (ew skeevy ear tlaking, spitting, smelly freak) and then she said we had to get going.
We had to go to the ladies' room so bad, but were afraid it'd be another unisex BBR deal and decided to wait for Penn. Mistake! We walked back to the subway & did not realize we'd have to wait. And wait. I began calling Gameboy because he was in Brooklyn & could come get us. Oh if I only had service & battery life!
We just made it back to Penn & ran down the steps to wait for the train to pull in to the station. We then got on & I was told I'd have to change in Jamaica. Huh? But I never change! Weirdness #5. I don't ever ever change & now would have to. The conductor told me to cut through the Hempstead-bound train to ge tto mine. Oh no! Is this doable? I hope so.
I did make it, seeing as I am posting, and got home at 3am. I was so beyond tired the next day. I also had the chills, achiness, and began losing my voice. I blame it on the 'Fevers' that came in too close a proximity to me.
