Brevard Live July 2009 - 1 2 - Brevard Live July 2009 Brevard Live July 2009 - 3 4 - Brevard Live July 2009 Brevard Live July 2009 - 5 AND SEX THE BEACH PUBLISHER/EDITOR Heike Clarke STAFF SALES/MARKETING “I’m Special!” Karen Leigh My Mom Said So! Elizabeth D’Agostino Charlene Hemmle Heike Clarke By Matthew Bretz CALENDAR/GRAPHICS rad Pitt, Bono, Gene Simmons, Hugh sucks at that too. Charlene Hemmle MUSIC WRITERS BHefner, Megan Foxx, Miss January I honestly have no “good” answers Matt Bretz 1998, Wonder Woman, Darth Vader and to why this ever happens to any of us. All Chris Long James Bond. I can offer to you, my fellow everyman, OUT & ABOUT If your name appears on this list you is a funny story about one such even that Eroica Fedder can feel free to stop reading this article, get recently happened to me. Hopefully this Mara Bermudez out a permanent marker and draw a silly will act two-fold. In one way you can see MOVIES mustache on my picture in celebration of once more that everybody goes through Greg Kimple, Franco Dean how untouchable you are to the trials and this craziness. Secondly, I got a little flack ART disappointments all us mere mortals have from a couple of you (you know who you Lou Belcher PHOTOGRAPHY to endure. For the rest of the 63 billion are) last month for not entertaining you Terry Wallace people that call earth “home”, please with an embarrassing story. Tim Bretz continue. Misti Blu Day This month’s story time revolves I was working my day job as a COLUMNISTS around a subject most of us don’t like to bartender when a couple sat down and Chuck Van Riper discuss. If we did, we would have to admit ordered a round of beer. I didn’t see Joey Simao it happens, and what’s worse, we would anything very special about these two, Reproduction of any portion of have to admit it happens to us. just customers at that point. But, as I Brevard Live is strictly prohibit- I’m talking about the dreaded “brush listened to their conversation (bartenders ed without the written permission of the publisher. off”. You know - getting “diss-ed”, the hear everything), it became clear that they “run-around”, the “shrug-off”, the “back were not actually a couple in the romantic ADVERTISEMENT/ SALES burner”, being “shelved”, “passed up sense. The male half of the duo was house Phone: (321) 956-9207 for promotion” or my favorite - maybe hunting and his good friend Jamie was Fax: (321) 956-9228 because I just made it up - “saving-it-for- helping him. They were going over points [email protected] later-just-incase-I-get-hungry”. they had discussed with his realtor and How many times have you met being a former mortgage broker I couldn’t COMMENTS & LETTERS someone and gotten really excited about stop myself from throwing a couple Brevard Live Magazine your new find only to be shut down and pennies worth of opinion their way. Pretty P.O. Box 1452, disappointed because, all of a sudden, the soon, I was a part of the conversation. Melbourne, Fl 32902 other person becomes too busy to hang Jamie and Sean, it turned out, out, or return your calls? The signals actually had dated once upon a time, but Copyright © 2009 they are sending are obvious enough, but it didn’t work out. They have been friends Brevard Live because of your excitement, and maybe ever since though, and I understood that All rights reserved a little threat to your ego, you just don’t completely being great friends with one of We are not responsible for photos want to believe it. What happened? Where my ex’s as well. They ended up staying or scripts sent to Brevard Live did all that mutual enthusiasm disappear for the better part of my shift. And as the Magazine. Published photos and to? The reasons for this anomaly are as afternoon wore on - and Jamie’s alcohol articles become property of this many as there are bad movies starring blood level increased - she turned her publication. We are not Keanu Reeves. But that never seems to attentions more and more towards me. responsible for wrongful matter, because regardless of what the real Everything we talked about just advertised or canceled venues. reason is, it always feels like rejection. seemed to click and when the end of my Download a pdf file It’s happened to all of us at one time shift came I stayed on a little longer so or another. And most of us have even been we could keep talking. She loved dogs, BREVARD the villain more times than we would like I love dogs. She loved kayaking, I love FLORIDA to admit. Is it a show of cowardice? Maybe. kayaking. The list of common grounds Is it not wasting time when you know it was piling pretty fast. LIVE won’t work? Also a maybe. Should Keanu Did I mention she was gorgeous, had www.brevardfloridalive.com give up acting and pursue a music career a great job and owned her own house? www.brevardlive.com with his band Dog Star? Probably not. He The clincher was when she told me www.floridalive.org 6 - Brevard Live July 2009 her last name. I immediately flashed party that afternoon, so back to first grade when a classmate with I packed up and went. the same last name told me a story about The gig was fun and the her ancestry. It just so happens that both weather was beautiful. these girls were, at least by name, related After a while I took a break to the first king of Ireland. Apparently and decided to make “the they decided to hold a boat race to call”. You know the one. determine who would be king. Makes Don’t pretend like you perfect sense…can’t run a country if you don’t. After meeting a don’t know how to tie a square knot! girl who gets drunk while As the story goes, Jamie’s ancestor you’re talking, it’s always was about to come in second. Knowing a throw of the dice to see that the first to touch shore would be the if they will remember winner, captain shamrock cut off his own how much they liked you hand and threw it to land and won the the night before. It’s a race, the day and his own country. gamble for sure, but you I hadn’t thought of that story in never know the outcome tweny years. When I was finished, the until you make “the call”. girl was flipping out. She said her family “Hi, this is Jamie.” had been telling this story as long as “Hi, this is Matt.” she could remember. Her parents even “Matt? Oh yeah, have the family crest, complete with a from yesterday. Hi, how depiction of the severed hand, hanging are you?” on their living room wall. “I’m good. Just I think it’s amazing that a story going on break…thought someone told to me when I was a kid I’d call and say hello” Photo by www.mistibluday.com sealed the deal in getting me a number. I “On break?” owed that little girl from first grade a big “Yeah, between sets. Playing a gig So what happened? I wish I could thank you. So the next day I found her on today in St.Cloud, remember?”, crossing say this is an isolated case, but it’s not. facebook, living in Germany, and I told my fingers. When all I cared about was quantity, I did her so. “Umm…did you tell me you play an very well for myself. But ever since I’ve By the time she left, Jamie had given instrument of some kind?” tried to grow up and be a “real” person, I me her cell number, her office number The conversation went pretty much fail miserably. This is a good story to tell and her email address. I played it semi like that. Me trying to spark some you though, because even though I was cool, but inside I was stoked to have met recognition and her apologizing for passed over it’s hard for me to believe I someone with potential. not remembering because she had been did much of anything wrong. I never had Did I mention this one was even my drunk. We did, however, talk about a chance to. age? hanging out and she asked me to call You can never be sure of what’s After work I met up with my brother her the next day. We hung up and I went going in someone else’s life. Keeping that and some close friends for a 2 or 7 post- back to work. in mind, it’s never a good idea to jump to work beers. I relayed the days events in I waited a couple days this time conclusions about why things like this detail to my audience and proudly stood before I made my next call, and even happen. The best we can do is just accept on my barstool to toast the entire bar then I traded in my courage for texting. that it wasn’t meant to be and move on. with my news. I know it may seem sad It went…ok. Short, to the point answers The reality of everything in the romantic to you, dear reader, but as of late I have and long waits in between.