Blasting from the Pasting: Making Plans in 2006.
Emails with my bestie in NYC when we were 25. I'm illustrating this post with images of drunk LA celebrities from the 2000s just because I love them.
Dear readers,
While I was in New York last week, I got to reconnect with my best friend from college, “Lauren.” We hadn’t seen each other in over a decade.
Later I got nostalgic for the olden days and started reading through our correspondence from the 2000s. Below, I share an email chain from TWENTY years ago. (I personally find it funny, but I’m a big fan of absurd futility these days. To each his/her/their own!)
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PS The images I picked to illustrate this post
“SO MUCH FUN, though!”
Date: Thu, April 27, 2006 — 7:34 AM
From: Lauren
To: Ottessa
Hi O,
I barely remember our conversation last night. Did we make plans to go see Bridge and Tunnel?
Freakin hungover, me. SO MUCH FUN, though!
Date: Thu, April 27, 2006 — 7:44 AM
From: Ottessa
To: Lauren
how about sunday? i just have to go to a choral concert at 4 in the east village--can we meet at the theater? and have a late dinner afterwards?
ya you were so drunk, wow. try to pace yourself out a bit more, dearie. “or you will never marry a prince,” as my mother always says… hahaha.
Date: Thu, April 27, 2006 — 7:57 AM
From: Lauren
To: Ottessa
Did I embarrass myself? I think that first drink threw me off. It did not taste like it had any alcohol in it. Apparently it did. I had fun, regardless.
Hmm, Sunday. I guess I would rather pick a different day. I am supposed to do something with my sister in the afternoon and was kinda looking forward to having a quiet evening watching Grey’s Anatomy.
Do you want to come to a rooftop BBQ on 121st street tomorrow night?
Date: Thu, April 27, 2006 — 7:59 AM
From: Ottessa
To: Lauren
nah—tomorrow i’m going to a poetry reading near my house and then going home to write and rest.
i can’t any other day next week. so sunday’s sort of the only option…. we could just skip the dinner and go home at a reasonable hour? up to you. but it is the only day.
well you were obviously drunk and babbling by the time you were getting in the car. i was kind of drunk too. god. drinking really makes me horny.
Date: Thu, April 27, 2006 — 8:13 AM
From: Lauren
To: Ottessa