I had a reader e-mail come in last night that I thought needed to be addressed. To sum it up, the reader asked, “Are you and Brick friends? Does she know about this blog? Or are you just being mean and picking on her?”
The answer is: Yes, Katie/Brick and I are friends. She checks this blog nearly every day on her iPhone. Usually, when she reads a “Brick Quote of the Week” post, next time she sees me she’ll give me a playful punch on the arm, explain what she meant (which often results in another quote), and then give me a hug and say, “I love you, Pauly.”
Actually, she enjoys the attention. In fact, yesterday I was considering giving her the ultimate torture – not posting a Brick quote at all. If I had done that, most likely by Monday or Tuesday, she’d come to me with a sad face and say, “Paul… you didn’t say anything about me in your blog.”
She’s even taken to her new nickname. Yesterday I posted a pic to Facebook of a smoke beer I was drinking. One of my Facebook friends who is not a fan of smoke beers commented, “yuck… and no brick today?” Katie, who is my friend on Facebook as well, responded, “Nope no Brick.”
I often follow up my teasing with, “… but she sure can wear a skirt” or something similar. She loves that and eats it up like candy. It’s a running gag with my group of friends… even the gay guys in my group comment on her that way. Heck, they probably get more comments in than anybody. But anyway, the reason I tease her and make those kinds of comments is because she’s comfortable with it and enjoys it. If I thought it would make her uncomfortable in any way I wouldn’t do it.
Hope that clarifies things… my friends and I all love Katie and are laughing with her, rather than at her, when we tease her. I can understand how people who haven’t been there and seen it might get the wrong idea from the quotes on my blog, might think I’m being mean. If you have any doubt, I suggest you go to any of the bars I frequent regularly – Saucer, Calhoun’s, Bardog, Silly Goose – and ask the people who work there whether I treat them with respect.
And now, back to your regularly scheduled blogging. I’m up early for a change so I may get another post in before I leave for work.