elf movie

while waiting to perform tonight, i saw the movie 'elf' on the TV monitors near the bar. i recall seeing it while still living in suburban Chicago in late 2003, early 2004. it reminded me of a man i met at a new year's eve gathering, that asked the band to play something Italian. when i moved to Minnesota just over a month later, i was fine with leaving this man behind and we haven't been in contact since. i was telling a newer comic this story, who i guess doesn't have a nickname yet but for some reason 'cul-de-sac' sounds like a good one since he has a joke about it. although i took 4 years of French in high school and said i would look up the real, literal, meaning, as i knew full well the one in the joke wasn't it. no surprise, it is literally 'bottom of the bag' or 'sack', which makes sense as to why it refers to a dead-end road in a residential area. although his version in the joke is funnier, so i get it as to why he doesn't use the literal meaning. since he liked the story i was telling about this man, i decided to put it in my set tonight. can't ignore what i know probably will work. another one i did was about changing grocery stores.
  i went to a meeting just before midday but it seemed to go nowhere. i said i wanted to be back at work and the moderator said 'i don't know what to tell you' so i am fine that no other meetings have been scheduled. reminds me too much of a therapist i once saw that i quit after two sessions. if i don't have to be there, then why go if i am not enjoying it or it doesn't seem to be worthwhile? and why did the moderator say this to me, did they just not want to help me? i will never know.