Our Hallmark Moment At Last!
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11 Mar 2008 ›
3:15pm
Can’t believe it. Claire just took me out to lunch! I guess it was her formal “You’re moving up in the world, therefore I will treat you like a human/colleague for about an hour,” ritual. I must admit it was very, very awesome. She said I’d done a great job and that she respected my level of dedication. She said she knew I was going to be very successful within the company or wherever my career may take me. Trust me, it sounded way less canned in person. I was mildly uncomfortable (sincerity makes me squirmy) but to my surprise I had to fight to keep from welling up. When her spiel was finito, we relaxed and enjoyed our very expensive salads (hello, The Four Seasons—maybe you’ve heard of it?) and ventured into small talk land. The highpoint was when I asked how Jasper was doing and she (without thinking) rolled her eyes dramatically, though she quickly followed up with the official party line, “She’s great! This is such an exciting time in her life.”
Exciting? Yeah, I guess that’s accurate. I did see a few more pics of her in In Touch (or was it Star?) recently where she was cavorting in a bikini with a certain offspring of a certain geriatric star known for recycling his blonde wife for a younger (yet strangely identical) model every 5 years. They both looked like the worst Orange County Mcmansion trash that ever washed up bloated and stinking on a Malibu beach. How did all these smart, successful, (I’m not endorsing the word but) classy women spawn such rotten, spoiled demon teens?