Andrew J. Lederer

and been very happy. But I had this feeling there might be some magic to be had at Spank! and I didn't want to miss it.

Only problem was, Spank! (a comedy show/party, if you're wondering) hasn't used me in a long time, which hurts me and pisses me off, and I didn't want to to endorse it with my presence while it fails to endorse me.

On top of that, two months ago, when I was willing to endorse (in other words, I wanted to go), I sent James a Facebook message seeking admittance and he never responded. And Leon didn't call me last time he was in New York and other stuff like that. So, I decided I would text James and Leon and if they got back to me, I would go.

When time passed and I got no responses, I started getting ready to go anyway. But then I got a text back from Leon and it was full speed ahead.

Okay, I stayed less than an hour -- hardly worth the travel time, you might think. But I was in the world.

Women I knew greeted me warmly. There was typically insecure, possibly harmful interaction with some comics. (Matt Kirshen, Tim Key -- don't get me wrong, nice guys both.)

And there was no magic.

But I didn't need any. I was out in real life.