Literacy And Longing In L. A. (2006) - Plot & Excerpts
A Christmas Carol “A Merry Christmas, Uncle! God save you!” cried a cheerful voice…“Bah!” said Scrooge, “Humbug!” ~ Charles Dickens (1812–1870), A Christmas Carol ~ I watch Palmer drive away. How did we get to this point? I remember the last straw—a formal YPO Christmas party held at a ranch near Santa Barbara. Palmer and I had been arguing about it for weeks and, I must say, I tried my best to back out. But I finally agreed to go, on the condition that we take our own car and leave shortly after dinner. I can safely say that the evening was a total disaster from the word go. As we were headed for the hotel parking lot that fateful night, Palmer in a designer tux, me in a holly-green satin suit, we were whisked into a sleek chartered bus by a group of already half-ripped YPOers. Palmer looked at me and shrugged. He just couldn’t let on that I was a closet party pooper who didn’t want to join in all the fa la la la la. I shot him one last desperate look before we were herded on the bus, but he didn’t respond.
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