Make up bonding

Sometimes things really happen when you least expect them to. It's a cliche` I know and I do not like cliches but I have to bow to this. It's becoming increasingly rare to find a friend. A good friend. It's even harder to find a good female friend. And just after having behaved like a true masochist by placing myself in the sweltering heat of one summer night, just after having had enough and begun dreaming of airconditioning, just after having had too much Diet Coke... bang, I find a friend. I wasn't even looking for one. Maybe Santa Maria had other ideas. I mean I think she must be a good saint after all, she raised Jesus to be a righteous man which is more than many mothers can do nowadays. A friend introduced to me by another friend who looked at me normally. I was more than grateful for that. But no, this friend goes all the way. Suddenly I'd found a stranger and I was talking to her as if I had known her for a hundred years. Funny. But sometimes funny things happening are good things, perhaps it's the circle of life which throws people together. Sometimes it gets it right. It sure got it this time. And my new friend even more than kept her promise. I really wanted her stuff, not her own I mean, the stuff she sells. I kept badgering her for it too. Now I feel somewhat shy. Because I didn't expect all of that. For free. In 2009, nothing comes for free not even bread and butter. I just was grateful enough she was bringing me my so desired make-up, the least I could have done was pay her and say thank you. But no, she was having none of it, none of the money, because as she put it ' I offered, I told you I would come, I obliged, and you owe me nothing.' I'm not sure I behaved very well because I really wasn't expecting that kind of answer at all. Not from the oldest of friends, and certainly not from a new friend. Of course I love love love love the makeup, I have placed them all around me like new toys to play with. I actually will be playing with them as soon as I write this. But the thing is, someone today took some time off her time to come to me. Another thing is that someone came to me with plenty of pots of colour; it was like my birthday all over again; a Happy Birthday AnnMarie all over again. Too kind. Because she also gave me her smile. And that was the best of them all. Make up now has a new meaning to me. Sorry boys, but this time you won't understand. If you do then you're gay and that's ok.