Sheer brilliance

The other class I am taking this semester is cataloging. My hopes for enjoying the class skyrocketed the first day when I noticed a guy who, I swear, looked like the bastard son of Andy Warhol and Carrie Donovan. How cool is that!!!??? He had a wedding ring though, so I did not attempt to flirt.

So this week I notice he's not there. I check the class sign-in sheet, and it looks like he's dropped the class. Damn. My compatriot, The Romance Heroine, tells me that it's my own fault--I must have scared him off when on the first day I nudged her and whispered excitedly "I shot Andy Warhol!" I deny ever saying that, but she maintains it's true. Now, I may have a copy of "Songs for Drella" but I have never owned The S.C.U.M. Manifesto, and the fellow had nothing to fear from me. We discuss whether you can rent the Valerie Soldanas movie or any Warhol films from Netflix. She suggests I should just take a trip to Pittsburgh and visit the museum, but I am busy this weekend.

And in the five minutes it takes up to walk to our cars, I have planned an Andy Warhol party--I will get a platinum wig (a secret desire of mine for forever), flatten my chest and wear black. We will serve spiked Campbell's soup shots. Decorate with tomato soup cans, Brillo boxes and other Warhol subjects. Maybe an art heist--the Cleveland Museum of Art is not using its Warhols at the moment. Invitees will be required to dress as their favorite Factory denzions, generic mods, or S.C.U.M. members. Her boyfriend has grown a beard, so he can be a beatnik. We shall play Warhol silents on a loop. The lights will be dim, as a Midwest American foursquare is not a NYC loft. Maybe we shall restage the assassination attempt at midnight. No drugs will be served though.

This is another fine idea that I have come up with that will never fruit. Which is a little sad.

Somewhere in this is the genesis of a personals ad. Not only do I want someone who would think I am marvelous for coming up with all this, but I really want a relationship who will get into the spirit and play along.