Monday 8 September 2008 photo 9/9
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Monday 8 September 2008 photo 9/9
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After years of struggling in impecunious obscurity, a very old friend of mine recently had a bit of success in his business.
Suddenly, everybody in the industry knew who he was, and would mob him at trade shows and conventions. People who wouldn't have given him the time of day only a year before were shamelessly throwing themselves at him, scattering business cards like confetti.
My friend, the rock star. Who knew?
Shortly after one of these little feeding frenzies, we meet up for a drink, as we do.
He's telling me all about it. All the off-the-record stuff that happened. All these relentless people coming after him, like terriers on the bone.
"How weird," I say.
"Sure is," he says. "Now I know what it's like to have a vagina."
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