kristan poggensee (f2fb #101) has one really good reason to hate me: when we first met, i broke her ankle. and yet, she still agreed to go with me to a katie gavin concert last night.
the concert was at space, a consciously of this moment club in evanston. we arrived during a terrific thunderstorm and were told that the concert was sold out. this was a bit of a relief to me because i was of two minds about the concert. i wanted to see it because i adore katie. and yet, i was thinking maybe i shouldn’t be going to the concert because katie is eastman’s ex-girlfriend. it’s a little tough for a mom to know what to do when her son breaks up with a gal. am i supposed to break up with her too?
katie and eastman used to perform together. now eastman is studying at oberlin and katie is a bit of an internet sensation with her acoustic rendition of willow smith’s “i whip my hair”
so here we were, shut out of a katie gavin concert with two pouting teenagers who looked like they might start crying. then, out of nowhere, lynn sido (who is not my facebook friend) arrived. she had four extra tickets. one for me, one for kristen and . . . i snatched two tickets from her to give to the two pouting katie gavin fans.
“really?” they squealed when i gave them the tickets.
kristen knows katie as well–katie’s younger sister is best friends with kristen’s daughter. we asked katie to give a shout out! i felt just like i was a pap from tmz.com!
while kristen went to get a drink, katie and i chatted. katie said she’s been following my adventures with facebook and then confessed to being very nervous about the upcoming performance. i said i was like that all the time but that both of us had to learn to enjoy the experience. then she went onstage. i was very proud of her! she even remembered to give a shout out to her two young fans!
after the main act came onstage, kristen and i went to find a semi-quiet corner. kristen is an enthusiastic gal who is working on her mba while being a single mom to three. her daughter lizzie, btw, is my facebook friend. she and i became close after i broke her mom’s ankle. i was directing a show at the time and i asked the cast if anybody was willing to do a back flip onstage. a downer like “who’s afraid of virginia woolf?” is always livened up with a random bit of acrobatics. kristen volunteered. and promptly broke her ankle. i felt pretty damn responsible for the episode. kristen’s daughter lizzie wanted to be my assistant director. there’s probably something in there that a psychiatrist would understand but i gave her a clipboard and a walkie talkie.
kristen had this to say about this project:
i think kristen’s forgiven me.
arlynnpresser 
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