now he was sitting here grinning like an idiot , with his facial muscles aching from all those fake laughs and smiles , pretending to crack up at any lame joke those old croons came up with , like he was having the time of his life , when in actual fact he just wanted to kick the backsides of all of them to get the hell out of torque so he could have some real fun with the ladies and maybe end this miserable day on a more pleasurable note .