Last Friday Dom and I took the train to downtown Chicago and continued our annual tradition of seeing the Chicago Gay Men's Chorus perform their Christmas show at Harris Theatre. It was a much colder night than last year so I bundled up. Dom decided to don a Santa cap and since he has a long white beard already, he was ready to play Santa. Of course he got the attention of several different folks. The most touching one was from a lady who approached him during intermission. She mentioned that her father used to play Santa Claus and seeing Dom bought back memories. They were enjoying a conversation before she requested taking a selfie with him. Then there was a young lady with a group of ladies that engaged Dom while we were waiting for the train home. She seemed a bit "white girl tipsy" but was otherwise nice. Then there was a little boy on the train that of course noticed Dom and asked for gifts. The scariest encounter was a random man who sat near Dom and I while we were killing time at the Metra waiting area before going to the theatre. He seemed to be wanting to ask for money and kept throwing hypothetical questions at Dom which Dom cleverly answered. He was creepy though but thankfully we were able to get away unscathed.
Dom does seem to have a knack of attracting perfect strangers to chat with him. I've witnessed it countless times when we hang out together. Part of it is some of the clothes he wears like his numerous "math" shirts and of course with his white beard, he's Santa all year long. I find myself staying in the background while folks engage him and seemingly not notice me...LOL. But it's all good.
In other news if all goes to plan, I will be traveling out to Boston in a few days to hang out with Eugene. The original plan was to see the movie Joker: Folie a Deux. But Dom was telling me that the movie hasn't done that well. The report I've seen confirms that they barely made back their initial investment. I originally was supposed to fly out to see it on November 6th but Eugene had a last minute conflict that forced me to reschedule. So it may not be playing anywhere in Boston when I arrive. But if not I'm sure it'll be streaming somewhere either on Hulu or Peacock.
It'll be good to hang out with Eugene even though I'm sure he'll do something to drive me bonkers. That seems to be his lot in life. That's why it's good we'll only see each other for a few days. I do hope I get to meet his handsome roommate though. We shall see.
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