May 02, 2006 00:53
Today I was in Fenway park attending the Red Sox game. I went to buy some coffee and some dude that looked kind of like an asshole was standing in front of me. This other guy that looked kind of like an asshole, and vaguely Baldwin-esque, went up to him and they started shooting the breeze, talking about each other's kids and stuff. They were both decked out in Yankees gear and these two 50 year old looking guys in Red Sox gear next to me were endlessly calling the two dudes "pieces of shit" and "fucking Yankees faggots" and calling the one dude a "piece of shit Baldwin fuck" and stuff like that. Anyway, the dude leaves and the cashier asks the guy who was just talking to him: "Was that Billy Baldwin?" The dude said, with the most effortlessly patronizing tone, "Oh, yeah. Yeah that was him." All kinda smug and shit about it. So he leaves and I'm approaching to order my coffee and the cashier turns to all his coworkers and says "Holy shit guys! That was Billy Fuckin Baldwin!!"
I realized that between all the dudes behind the counter and the old guys next to me, I had never seen more people gathered together in one space give a fuck about Billy Baldwin in my life.
Sox won and I don't have a voice.
I'm big time into Buffy the Vampire Slayer these days.