A Cautionary Tale of a One Night Stand

No one reads this blog and therefore I'm going to talk about my personal life.

Side Note/Fun Fact- I'm having a glass of Tempranillo wine- a gift from a dear friend- while I type this because it feels a little naughty and hell, I have a paid day off of work and it is early afternoon.

This past Monday I felt unusually antsy. In fact, I wanted to go out for the first time in weeks. So I picked up my beat up red Krazr phone and went through its contact list texting and calling a few friends. No one got back to me. Not about to give up my desire to go out, I decided to go to my favorite cozy bar in Cap Hill, 611 Supreme.

611 is one of my favorite bars and one that I only go to when it's Lauren time. I am not a regular but I think I might be memorable.

Anyway, on my way there I get a call from C and I meet up with her and some of her friends at 611. We're hanging out there before we head out to the Baltic Room for their reggae night. We dance, hang out, drink a bit more. One of C's friends of friends, J shows up and I'm on my way to drunk and we're dancing and flirting- practically making out on the uncrowded dance floor. I ask C what J is like and she says that he's nice and it would be no big deal if we hooked up or whatever. It's been a while for me, what the hell?

I ask him if he wants to come over and he says yes.

Little did I know what would happen next.

As we begin to hook up, I'll keep some of the juicy details to my close friends, he asks, "Do you have a condom? Do you have a condom?"

At this point in time, I'm not even to sex.

I say, "I think I do. Just a minute."

I scrounge one up from my roommate and I's emergency stash, I put it on him. I'm on top and he's inside of me, and he slips out. I mention him getting on top he says no and then blurts out (wait for it)-

"I had sex with someone who is HIV positive and I'm not sure if I am."

"What do you mean you don't know if I am?"

"I haven't gotten tested."

"WHY haven't you gotten tested?"

"Because I'm scared. I don't know if I have it."

"Did you use a condom?"

"Yes. I have to go. I'm worried about my car. I have to get up early."

"You can still stay, we don't have to do anything."

"No I have to leave. I can find my way out."

"Okay."

I pass out because well, I'm drunk. The following morning I'm at work attempting to actually work. I give up and spend the rest of the day calling clinics, doctors, and desperately trying to figure out what the hell to do because I might have let someone put their d*ck inside of me, who may or may not be HIV positive.

He freaked out and left so quickly that I didn't get information about how long it went on with this person. When it happened, who this person was, etc. Or anything.

I could be mad, frustrated, angry, upset and honestly- I freaked the f*ck out that afternoon but after talking to all the doctors and clincs it turns out that the likeliness of me contracting HIV would be one in 500 million or something like that. So, I don't have HIV but it is one hell of a lesson to be very, very careful with who you decide to sleep with.

A cautionary tale.

Ingrid & Grey's

This made me cry at work . . .

Things to do, People to see, Music to Listen- Seattle's Weekend Guide

Music- Saturday, 11/15, Hotel Cafe Show @ Chop Suey:

Mongui Presents
HOTEL CAFE TOUR feat.

Rachael Yamagata
Meiko
Thao Nguyen
Kate Havnevik
Lenka
Emily Wells
$15 adv / $17 dos
9:30pm doors // 21+

I'll be there!

Shopping- Saturday and Sunday, 11/15 & 16, Goodwill Glitter Sale

9:00am - 6:00pm

Seattle Goodwill's Dearborn St. Store
1400 South Lane Street

Eating- Friday, 11/14, Pearl in Bellevue

Pearl's Grand Opening is tomorrow and the restaurant is full of fancy fare.

Lincon Square
700 Bellevue Way
Suite 50 98004

Walk- Friday, 11/14, Bell Town Art Walk

7:00P – 10:00P. Enjoy wine, art and a nice walk that includes 10 other salons, shops and galleries in bell town.

I'm Not Obsessed Audition Post

Afternoon Links








Don't call Hayden Lindsay Lohan- Lainey Gossip.

Is Ali Later's ruffled purple gown fug or fab? You Vote Go Fug Yourself

The new Bond, Quantum of Solace rakes in $160M internationally in 10 days- Nikki Finke

Jennifer Aniston clarifies her "uncool" comment about Angelina Jolie on Oprah. And if you remember 3 or 4 years when Aniston and Pitt called it quits, Oprah used her show to try to get the two back together. O does get in on the gossip :)- MSN Gossip

Kanye West still hating on the VMAs- MollyGood

Madonna is the new face of LV- I'm Not Obsessed

Rumors of Madonna and A Rod hooking up keep surfacing . . . where there's smoke, there's usually fire- Celeb Warship

An Intimate Audience Show with Ingrid Michaelson

Monday night, I went with two of my girlfriends to go see the endearingly quirky Ingrid Michaelson at Nuemos in Cap Hill.

I discovered Ingrid via her "The Way I Am" song that enchantingly played on last year's Old Navy's holiday commerical that featured sweaters. I found out that she sang the song and quickly downloaded that song and others from iTunes. I wrote about her upcoming show before and although I was tired because I didn't sleep well on Sunday, I perked up during her show and was so happy to take part in what was a very intimate audience with Ms. Michaelson.

She talked with the audience, played audience requested songs that were not on the play list plate (it was literally a paper or styrofoam plate), made jokes, had us raise the roof on a song, thanked us repeatedly, and invited Mike back to the tour bus.

When she sang and played, it was reverence. Silence reigned as she sang away.

I also thoroughly enjoyed the show because the first two songs she sang are my favorites: Die Alone and Breakable.

She also played The Way I Am as her last song, besides the encore, which I always enjoy ending a show with a hit song.

She also sang (not listed in order): Lady in Spain, Starting Now (which was AWE-some), Be Ok, a beautiful rendition of Can't Help Falling in Love, Over the Rainbow, You and I (audience request), Overboard, Keep Breathing, Giving Up, and Corner of Your Heart.

This show was so different than most I've been to. I felt like I got a chance to just hang out with Ingrid and she decided to sing, too.

She seems like she'd be awesome to grab a beer with. Or maybe a glass of wine.

I'll post video later this week.

Space Needle Event!! Lighting of the Tree!!

I recently subscribed to the Seattle Space Needle newsletter and I get all sorts of interesting news about events and here's the latest: