Today is the greatest...

Hello Everyone and No one.

Today was a wonderful day. I "woke" up at about 10:00, feeling somewhat like a zombie. I think the last time I looked at the clock it said 7:00, so that means I got less than three hours of sleep. I onlt managed to make it through today thanks to a nice big cup of coffee. Followed by another one. And another one after that, for good measure.

So after a couple of hours of video games (hey, I'm pathetic, what can I say?) I get a call from Erik, and he wants to head down to the Bagel Butt for some food, and I figure, why not? I hadn't had anything substantial to eat all day, and I'd just popped a bunch of advil. So we headed down. There was, as is typical for Saturdays, someone playing music. The only diference was, instead of the usual college kid trying unsuccessfully to be Bob Dylan, it was the most beautiful young woman I had ever seen. She was simply playing an old upright piano they had, and singin. Her voice was angelic. The whole time we ate, I was transfixed on her msic, her voice, the way it lilted and scratched at the perfect moment. She played a couple of Tori Amos songs, and a couple of originals, which were great. Afterwards, I said to myself "Self, you suck, people make fun of you for being a shy loser who stays inside and plays video games all day. It's time to do something about it. Go tell her you enjoyed the show." So, after seveal gut wrenching minutes, I decided to talk to her.

I walked up to her table, whee she sat, reading some collection of peoptry, or soemthing typially charming, and said "Hi, my name is JD. You don't now me, but I just wanted to say Thanks for the great show. I think you have a really great voice." And in the backof m mind I was thinking "Holy crap! I can't believe I'm dong this! Don't screw this up!". Well, I won't bore you all with the details, but she invited me to sit down (she was alone) and we started to talk. She was perfect. Funny, whitty, charming, gorgeous, and intelligent. I tried my best not to let my real self show through, you know, the geeky insecure guy who no one really likes. :) I must have succeeded, because we exchanged cell numbers! Its the first time I've ever successfully gottena girls number like that. I mean, I've dated before, it's just I'm used to girls making the move, since I'm so shy. I guess this might be a new corner JD has turned!!! I hope you are al as proud of me as I am. :)

So now I'm going to spend he rest of the night sitting on my bed, thinking about Carrie (did I menion her name was Carrie?) and trying t resiste the urge to call her right now. I don't want to look like a stalker freak, even though I secretly kind of am. :) Just kidding. Anyway, how long should I wai efore I call her? Two days? Three? Crap! I'm not very experienced here. Oh well, I guess things will work themselves out. Until then, I'm on cloud nine!!!