The Case of the Missing Post

[raybear]

So I swear that I composed a post in the mid-morning and it seems to be gone. Vanished. Hmm. The gist of the post was my announcement that I have a date on Saturday with another guy from a Reader ad (a different guy). I decided to call him last night on a whim and we actually chatted for about 15 minutes or so. He's really laidback and was all about just meeting for coffee and seeing if we liked each other and THEN if it goes well, making a playdate. He's not looking for a relationship, and he said he hates pushy people. And he didnt' have the sort of creepy vibe the other guy did -- which was NOT creepy in a good way. He works in excavation and is like 6'5". Hello, porn star? What's up with me dating the working class construction man? Who am I kidding -- I love the idea. So anyway, that's what I posted before, but it got deleted.....

I had lunch with Be____ who shared great stories from her "crazy" aunt. This aunt was visiting her sister (Be___'s mom) and was trying to help her prepare dinner. The only thing Be___'s mom wanted the aunt to do was put the lasagna in the oven while she was at church. Instead, the aunt decided to take all of the butter out of the frigde and do decorative carvings. But her mom just needed the butter melted for garlic bread. So the aunt was very upset that her "creativity wasn't valued". Her other means of 'helping out' was to take her mom's huge spider plant and cut every leaf off and place it in a bowl for a decorative centerpiece. Hmm.

Ok, I'm sure these stories aren't as entertaining without Be___ telling them. But they were pretty damn funny. Oh, there's also the one where they were sitting at dinner and the aunt apologized for being grumpy but she gets grumpy when she's around her sister who's grumpy and that's why her husband left her. (!!) Then she talked about how her cholesterol is really high, and her mom's boyfriend told her there's medication for that. The aunt said she was on the medication but it wasn't working, to the bf told her to tell that to the doctor so they can adjust. Then the aunt said, well I'm just SO busy & I don't have time to take a pill. So then he said, well, to hell with you then! Be__ said this made her like her mom's bf even better.

I love weird family stories. It makes me feel so unalone.

I just read the Supreme Court petition done by one of our famous intake callers. Tres amusant. He's trying to use tax court as a means of fighting DOMA. Wha? He's really keen on our organization helping him, and when we finally wrote a letter explaining in detail trying to dissuade him and telling him why we won't help, he decided that we were finally ready to dialogue with him. Argh. But it's not likely the case will get reviewed, even statistically speaking.

Ok, back to the rest of work....
(Have I mentioned that I see Melanie in 9 days???)

Comments

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[clockwatcher.livejournal.com]

silly me, i actually went through your journal to see if i had missed the original announcement of the date-in-question. good luck, goodness me, he is tall!

jessie.

I know!!

[raybear.livejournal.com]

I'm totally going to have a complex about his height. He asked what I looked like, and I totally lied and blurted out that I was almost 5'10". I'm actually only 5'8" shoeless, but I'll be wearing boots. And hell, I'm so much shorter than 6'5", it's not like it makes a huge difference!