Cabin boy Chris Elliott speaks of handsome boy modeling

Last night my friend and I went to the Chris Elliott book signing event at our local book store, Powells. We first met at 6:00 at Thai Peacock which is one of my favorite Thai food places. The food is spicy and so is the music which is generally very gay sounding disco. S and I ate our food, taking our time and catching up on what's going on with each other. We were only 2 blocks away from the reading and had plenty of time to get there and get a good seat, or so we thought. At around 7:00 pm we walked over to Powells, used the restroom, freshened our makeup and looked around for where the reading was going to be. Powells downtown is a huge place and the reading could have been in any number of rooms. We went directly to the information desk and were promptly informed that the reading was at the Hawthorn Powells location which is over the bridge on the SE side of town about a 20 minute drive from where we were. My heart dropped into my shoes. I don't know how I got the location wrong. I am usually a neurotic checker of the where and when of any event. However, there was no time to stand around assigning blame. We ran to my car and flew across town arriving at the Hawthorn location just as they were refusing to let any more people into the book reading area.

S and I shrugged our shoulders when they said we couldn't go back to the reading. We both walked over towards the nearest book displays and then quickly darted off to the reading area which was close by. However, the crowd was large and we were in back. I was lucky enough to have worn heels, so I was taller than almost everyone and therefore, could see Chris in the wee distance. We could hear him just fine and he was very funny, the kind of funny I appreciate because it's mostly quick jabs at unsuspecting people. For example, one person asked him to do a bit from one of his performances and Chris replied, "I'm not your show monkey". He also said a bit about his show "Get a Life" and about the Handsome Boy Modeling episode which made me think about JC who would have really loved the event.

Chris read a bit from his book and it was hysterically funny. I'm not sure though if it would be funny to read on my own or if it was funny because he was reading it. The book is outrageous and silly. I may buy it to read on the plane to New York. I haven't decided yet. I wanted to get closer to Chris and maybe get a signed book but it wasn't meant to be. The line went on for miles and S had a killer stomach ache. So, we left without getting books. It was still a fun event to go to and a little surreal in a way. There's something so goofy about Chris Elliott that hearing him read from a book, no matter how silly the book is, smacks of strangeness. But, oh how I love the strange happenings.