Maybe I’m just not obvious enough…

While I was singing last night, I notice a guy at the corner of the bar who was alone. He seemed to watch me a little bit but I went on about my business. It was a huge night at the restaurant so I just did my own thing. People sometimes think that when we are up on stage, we aren’t aware of what’s going on. That’s absolutely not true! We see everything…the lady who was 60 years old in the mini-skirt, the politician who was obviously not with his wife, the 35 year old guy who always brings much older women with him and, for some reason, throws them up in the air while they are dancing? I wonder if each one of those women think they are “the one?” I’m not thinking so. We even watched one night as an unsuspecting, lonely man danced closely with a cross dresser who was definitely going through some sort of a sex change…he didn’t have any idea! What? She was six and a half feet tall and could’ve crushed him with her/his bare hands!...I sort of wanted to tell him but it appeared, from the kiss on the dance floor, that the damage was already done! Oh well…Mind your own business Calia!

Anyway…the guy at the bar…after a couple hours of seeing him sit there alone, all of a sudden, an older lady was sitting next to him…I watched her take his hand and touch his arm. Uh…wait a minute? Was she meeting him there? I didn’t think so. I think she just showed up, sat down next to him, and then took his hand. Baffling! I was singing “I will survive” and I think I actually sang “go on now go, just turn around now, I guess I move a little slow. Weren’t you the one who just sat there all alone? You didn’t think I’d notice? Are you gonna take her home?”…Then I came to…Where was I? Who was I? What the?...I was so confused. I kept singing, though I don’t remember the next few songs. I think I got them right but I kept running the story through my head. Maybe I am just not obvious enough? I mean…am I supposed to be grabbing the obviously single guys in these bars? I’d never even considered it. Was she going to have that intellectual conversation with a man tonight that I so miss?...wait…no…most likely not! Feewww…I made it to the end of the set...and back to reality. I wonder what songs we just sang? Hmm…

I still think that a flirty smile here and there is a better bet than wearing a T-Shirt that says “Hey! YOU! Take me home tonight!”…but what the heck do I know? She actually got a date…I doubt it was the quality that I am hoping to run into one day though. The other thing, in this instance, was that I wasn’t even interested in him. Maybe the moral of this story is that I have Attention Deficit Disorder? That’s probably it. Thank God I’m no different than 80% of the population of the United States! Just lucky to be so “mainstream” I guess!