Conversation Transformation

✎ Published: 2005-10-04 10:30:30

A casual conversation revealed surprising connections to celebrity culture. While discussing Paris Hilton's engagement, my friend shared that she knew Paris Latsis personally, as they lived next door in Athens. This unexpected revelation transformed my perspective on celebrity relationships, leaving me momentarily astounded and wanting more from the world of high-profile connections.

Conversation Transformation

Sometimes normal conversations can reveal worldbreaking facts for people, can shatter their whole horizon and make the world, if only for a sudden moment, look a tad awkward.
I just experienced such a conversation yesterday. The conversation itself could have been perfectly normal until it took a weird transformation which I, first, misinterpreted as a logic failure in dialog partners sentence, but let me just cite the interesting parts:

A really good friend of ours is currently living in our house again, only for a month before she leaves for argentina.. So yesterday we were sitting in our garden and she was reading a magazine. Then, after reading a bit she said 'ah, that Paris Hilton is marrying this Paris Latsis" and I said "yeah" (of course in a lower tone being reminded of this sad event again ;) ). "Now, his name is actually Paris Kristofer Latsis" she said and then added "which is only because of my brother". "Wait" I said, you mean your brothers name is Kristofer because this Paris name is "Paris Kristofer", thinking that she had a small logical problem here. "No no" she said, "His mom liked my brother so much and when she got her son, this paris here, she named him after my brother". This event then turned my world around. "You mean... you know this guy like.. personally?" (Keep in mind, this guy who currently fucks paris hilton) "Yeah, they were living next to our house in athens, and oh.. I still remember when his dad  took him for ski-school once a week" and then, as if she was talking about nothing special at all continued with "ah yeah now does anyone here want to drink another cup of tea?". Yeah tea. sure. In that moment I'd have prefered a big cup of pangalactic gargle blaster, suddently - if only for a moment - this whole celebrity world came like a train, hit me, and dispappeared again. Weird thing. I wanted to ask her if she could arrange and invitation to their marriage for me, but I just read that the two of them are no couple anymore. Well, so at least that's back to good again :)