it pays to be a little ridiculous

there were maybe twenty of us singing happy birthday to my friend joe at full volume during our weekly dinner at new deck on sunday night. it wasn't until halfway through that i realized the guy at the table directly behind our birthday guy (at whom all the noise was directed) was on a phone call. feeling bad i decided to run over and apologize. as i got up someone goes "you're going to end up going on a date with whoever is on the other end of that call."

i walked over and apologized. i'm not sure why or how this stuff keeps happening, but i ended up talking to catherine in california who wanted to say happy birthday to joe as well. as i'm walking back to the table of strangers i mention to her that joe's birthdate is december twelfth...and 12 x12=144 and 144...well...that's just gross!

that's when one guy goes "WAIT!" i can't remember exactly...either "are you" or "you are," in any event, "the girl from craligslist!" he puts the phone on speaker and i can hear catherine laughing. she knew who i was as he's going "the girl who's going on a dozen dates..." seriously, SO IMPRESSIVE. i was shocked. she stayed on the phone for a while longer and got passed around (hi, by the way if you catch wind of this and look!!) before eventually the call ended. i sat down and basically interviewed dave who, along with his friends, was an awesome sport about having me join them to talk.

it turns out he'd seen the post on craigslist and checked out the blog but didn't email me. (if you could see my face right now you'd notice that i'm doing one of those hey-what-i'aint-good-enough-for-ya eyebrow raise and scowl type moves.) they asked some questions and i filled his friends in on the back story. i guess i should do that for you too.

so a few minutes later we've established that i'm not yet at my quota and that i am in fact trying to pace my confirmations to keep things interesting. i ran back to the table to get the sickeningly adorable kitten calendar and have potentially secured an evening (DOUBLE DATE STYLE, WHATWHAT!!) with dave: a charming quality assurance analyst (i'm researching so i can impress him and ask appropriate questions,) and his sweet/really pretty friend kathy. i think i have a guy lined up for her and hopefully we'll be going to a story slam later this month.



i love my life.