juliette on the net

dear online diary,

oh, my! what a spectacular start to the millennium!

my mom has been so busy over the last couple of months organizing (what she’s calling) the new year’s eve party to end all new year’s eve parties! new york has been buzzing with excitement!!! our place is decked out to the max

mom has spent so much time (and $$$$$$) on the décor. no detail has been overlooked – i am honestly in awe! the party’s theme is ‘manhattan masquerade’ and everyone has met the brief perfectly! opulence, extravagance, excessive, grandeur, plush, exclusive . . . . . . . are just a few words i’d use to describe the ambience.

it’s currently 11.20pm, the atmosphere is buzzin, the music is pumping (of course ‘1999’ by prince is playing atm – cliché much?), the dance floor is electric, and the champagne is flowing. only the coolest of the cool have been invited – i’m talking…

kate moss, cindy crawford, linda evangelista, christy turlington, tyra banks, carla bruni, helena christensen, milla jovovich, iman, david bowie, drew barrymore, ethan hawke, uma thurman, courteney cox, david arquette, cameron diaz, jared leto, sarah jessica parker, matthew broderick, gwyneth paltrow, brooke shields, elton john, angelina jolie, jonny miller, katie holmes, britney spears, justin timberlake, jada pinkett smith, will smith, tom cruise, nicole kidman, claire danes, madonna, jennifer aniston, brad pitt, sofia coppola, spike jonze, naomi campbell, gwen stefani, jennifer lopez, puff daddy, jude law, mariah carey, elizabeth hurley, hugh grant, david and victoria beckham, jennifer love hewitt, ricky martin, christina aguilera, leonardo dicaprio………and the list goes on and on and on!

i am dressed in head to toe vivienne westwood…straight off the runway….viv made a custom black goose feather mask that pairs effortlessly with my corseted dress…..i’m channeling a slinky baroque/victorian era seductress….but with a modern y2k twist as i’ve got glitzy bedazzled nails and face glitter…….my dream costume! madonna even complimented my look…….i’m literally dead RIP!

omg who is that ravishing specimen of a man that just walked into the party???…...i’ve never seen him before….but mind you, it is difficult to recognize anyone given the party’s theme :)

oh, he is looking in my direction

he definitely knows his fashion – my kinda guy for sure. i recognize what he’s wearing from last year’s fashion week…..he’s wearing helmut lang pieces from the spring 1998 menswear collection….impeccable taste….luv it! and his mask is maison margiela from one of their 1998 collections (it’s literally like wearing a balaclava on your head but without any holes…..but the material is semi-sheer so i can manage to see his dreamy eyes……soooo avant-garde) – what an interesting take on the theme……my mom would be well impressed with his fashionable flair.

oh gosh he’s walking up to me…..my heart is racing a million miles an hour….calm down juliette….okay breathe….*inhale….. *exhale………………………..brb

i am back – oh my goodnesssssss! i know it is early days but i am in loooooooove! love at first sight! he’s my dream guy! we welcomed in the new year with not one but two kisses….omg how romantic?! he took of his mask, then mine, our eyes met and he leaned in *gasp*!!!!! and ah…not to dish too much info….but my god…he’s a fabulous kisser…..but maybe that means he’s had too much practice….naughty ;) lol.

i’m sitting at the bar, trying to catch my racing thoughts. the convo was effortless! when he walked up to me, he said that i was hard to miss, i was dazzling like a jewel under the party lights!

omg.........jewel-iette!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

oh my bestie vanessa is coming up to the bar…brb

okay, i’m back! vanessa is just off trying to find out who the mystery man is! she’s the best….when she walked up to me at the bar she was like ‘gurl, what’s the 411? who was that regulation hottie?’

and then i was like ‘babe, i have no idea.’

and then she was like ‘damn, it must have hurt when he fell from heaven’

and then i was like ‘oh snap! i know right?! there’s no way he wasn’t sculpted by angels’

and then she was like ‘as if! he is an angel’

and then i was like ‘babe, you’re 100% right’

and then she was like ‘you know it!’

and then i was like ‘i’m totally bugg’n’

and then she was like ‘duh!’

and then i was like ‘i’ve never felt such an instant connection with anyone before….so electric’

and then she was like ‘babe, even a slow dialup internet service would find an instant connection with that hunk’

and then i was like ‘lol’

and then she was like ‘ikr’

and then i was like ‘i didn’t even get a chance to ask what his name was. we lost each other after the kiss, actually the kisses, everyone rushed onto the dance floor and we got separated’

and then she was like ‘hun, leave it up to me. i’ll find out who he is. he will not be ‘‘the one that got away’’.’

and then i was like ‘babe, you’re legit a life saver’

i’m still sitting at the bar, trying to see where she is amongst the sea of people. the fog machines and flashing lights aren’t helping hahaha! oh, i finally see her – it looks like she is chatting to one of the guys who walked in with my mystery man! vanessa is walking back to me now….omg i’m so nervous! her expression seems to have changed, she looks like a deer caught in headlights, she looks shook…..what the hell happened?

WHAT…HIS NAME IS ROMY MONTE! HE’S A MONTE?! WHAT THE HELL?! I FEEL DECEIVED BY LOVE!
….…..HE IS THE SON OF PORCHÉ MONTE, THE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF OF HARPAR’S BAZAAR…..AMERICAN VOGUE’S TOP COMPETITION……..OH NO, THIS IS BAD, THIS IS REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY BAD………WHY WAS HE HERE? WAS HE INVITED? DO WE HAVE MUTUAL FRIENDS? (I DOUBT IT!) DOES HE KNOW I AM THE DAUGHTER OF VIOLETTE CAPULETTI, HIS MOTHER’S ARCH RIVAL?

i must be dreaming…..no wait, i must be having a nightmare…….this cannot be real….the most amazing night of my life has ended in such chaos………

where to from here?

juliette <3