"Screw it, I'm going to the Haina," I was sitting at home with my soon to be ex-wife. The marriage was on its last leg. I figured there was no reason to hang around the house and make things worse. I slide on my coat, walk out the door and make the short hike to the Haina. Once there, I grab a seat at the bar and the bartender brings me a beer. I then take a look around the bar and notice a guy on the other side pacing back and forth while he is talking on his phone. I didn't think much of it at the time. As I'm taking another sip of my beer I hear a voice yell - "Fuck Yeah!" Turns out it was the guy on the phone who yelled.
I look up and ask the guy why he is so happy. He smiles and says - "I just got a job!" Good jobs are hard to come by nowadays, so I tell him this. - "Man, that is great! Where did you get a job at?" He says, "Los Angeles, in Hollywood." The next thing you know some one yells, "Congratulations Matt!" I then take a good look at who I was chatting with, and wouldn't you know...it was Matt Damon in the flesh.
"You see the guy over there in the white shirt. I want to buy him a shot, whatever he wants," I tell the bartender. A few minutes later she comes back with a shot of Jameson's. A minute or two after that he stands up, grabs the shot I bought and says -"Who's this one from?" I smile and say, "That one is from me, Congratulations on your job Matt," he then says, "Cheers," and knocks back the shot I bought for him.
As the night goes on I notice something in particular about him, he liked to hug people. I must have watched him hug ten people. Anyways, as his entourage and he are preparing to leave, I yell this - "Hey, Matt," he then turns, looks at me and smiles. I couldn't figure out what to say, so I said the first thing that came to mind, "Do you think I could have a hug?" I have never been much into man hugging, but what the hell. It was Matt Damon.
He shrugs his shoulders and says - "Sure." I throw my arms out, he does the same. We then meet chest to chest with arms around each other's back. After the embrace is over, I tell him this - "I don't give a fuck what anyone says about Las Vegas! The streets out here are paved with gold!" I feel that statement to be a hundred times more valid today then when I said it the first time. Anyways, he looks at me, smiles and says - "I like your attitude and thanks for the shot."
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