i was at starbucks and there was a beautiful girl sitting across from me. we smiled.
when she took a break i snuck to sit next to my friend and, leaving my shell, placed my phone number on her backpack. when she returned i went to my car to grab something because i was ashamed. when i returned she was gone. i felt like a fool.
i got a call five minutes later.
“hello?... hello?”
“ello?”
“hello?”
“ello?”
“hello? i think you have the wrong number.”
“oh.”
“who are you looking for?”
“i.. found.. thees nomber.. on my back-pack.”
“haha.. yeah that was me.”
“what ees your nem?”
“i’m tom. haha”
“why.. deed you leef.. your nomber.. on my back-pack?”
“haha i don’t know. forget about it. haha”
“what?”
“its nothing, just forget about it. haha”
“o-k.”
“ok”
“bye”
“bye”
so basically i feel like an idiot, for a number of ways.
1. i gave some random girl my number.
2. she actually called
3. she had an accent and i judged her by it
4. she could have been faking the accent
5. my friend thinks she was faking it because she heard her talk earlier
6. i didn’t tell her why i called her
7. even if she didn’t have an accent i probably would have done the same because im afraid of women
8. i was laughing and she probably thought i was laughing at her accent, whether it was real or not
9. it was a private number so i can’t call back
10. i have an urge to look at the next cell phone bill and call her
i had to leave because i kept hitting myself on the head for being an idiot. but God doesn’t want me to dwell on it because he played Casimir Pulaski Day on the radio.
i need to study. oh pooh.
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I got cast as the lead in the school play this fall. it was all going phenomenally until one of the actors in our troupe got busted for pot possession, so we were left with an empty medium-sized role on the night of a performance. we grabbed a guy with a small part because we all knew the idiot’s lines anyway, and it worked out okay. i was worried as hell, but on the way to the play, the radio station i listen to that plays literally everything suddenly played “bare necessities,” and i felt a lot better and thanked God.
unfortunately, the next performance was ridiculous and we all screwed up like the dickens.
the next day i almost cried because i was so worried of messing up again—the closest i got to crying in years. one of my dearest friends kelsey was coming that night, and a scout leader for whom i have a deepest respect. i wiped my damp eyes and read the comics. they weren’t funny.
i had to run out right before the show and buy sparkling cider for a prop, and buy the director flowers. i got there on time, but three of the cast members arrived ten minutes late. i was so pissed and anxious.
i breathed.
i breathed.
“lights.”
the performance was fantastic, the best one of all. I was so relieved and so happy! God I was so happy.
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i lay sideways in the trunk of my mother’s minivan, looking out into the sunset, the pink horizon and fading colors in the clouds, and talked with my dear friend kelsey. it was on the phone, but its the closest ive gotten in a long time. and it made me feel wonderful. we caught up and reminisced and talked about our lives and our futures. i love that girl.
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