He didn't join in the singing, but that wasn't unusual: many former Catholics and Lutherans didn't care for the rousing, evangelical-style hymns at MCC.
During the coffee hour after the service, he adopted the "stand and model" procedure of a cruise bar. That wasn't unusual, either. Lots of newcomers tried to cruise in church.
What was unusual was his approach: he walked up to me and said, without preliminaries, "I would like very much to f___ you."
My mouth dropped in shock. "Um...but I don't even know you."
"My name is Kevin, and life is too short for trivial small talk. I would like very much to f___ you."
I stared.
He took off his glasses. His eyes were very dark blue, almost purple. Creepy. "You find me attractive, don't you?"
Not at all. Tall, pale, long faced, with a potty mouth, definitely not my type -- but I found myself saying "Of course. But shouldn't we have dinner first?"
He sighed. "If you're intent on pursuing bourgeois courtship rituals, I suppose we can stop for a hamburger on the way."
No way was I going home with this guy!
But I found myself following him out the door.
I admit that he was interesting to talk to. We were both into the paranormal, and he had a wide repertoire of stories about ghosts, aliens, and the Illuminati, rumored to be controlling human history behind the scenes.
But he dismissed nearly everything else as "bourgeois" or "infantile," and when he kissed me, his mouth tasted of cigarettes and booze. I nearly gagged.
After lunch we walked down to the Green Apple Bookstore on Clement, where Kevin bought Jung's Psychology and Anarchy and Ego and Archetype by Edward Edinger. I had my eye on some gay comix, but I didn't want to look stupid, so I bought Robert Anton Wilson's Illuminatus trilogy.
Then he said, "Now that we've satisfied your infantile need for preliminary social activity, I believe we have an appointment to f____."
Kevin was unattractive, elitist, creepy, and vulgar. No way was I going home with him!
But I did.
For the rest of the story, see Tales of West Hollywood