The place: our new friend’s apartment. The time: Sunday night. A party of sorts is happening around us.

Friend: You should totally see his first film. We’re planning on having you guys to dinner soon. If you don’t think an austere three-hour movie would kill the mood too much…

Me: That’s like every date we’ve ever been on. [sips drink] We watched Alphaville on our second date.

[laughter]

Friend: And there was a third?

Alex: Actually, our first ‘real’ date was going to see a Wagner opera. One of the Ring Cycle.

Aaand scene.

I tell this story because, today, I was asking myself when we became that couple.

Due to recent ticket acquisition, we will be seeing all of these bands within the same thirty-day period:
1. The Arcade Fire
2. The Mountain Goats
3. The Decemberists

I could not be more musically excited unless, like, Wilco and Le Tigre decided to play a double bill in my backyard.

This might even trump that weekend in the summer of ‘03 when I saw both Ani DiFranco and Elvis Costello* in the same weekend at the Calgary Folk Festival.

We are so that couple.

*I’m disappointed in you, readership. Not one of you seemed to get the E.C. joke in the last post.