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Wednesday, December 17, 2003
Away messages
I have what some might term an addiction to or obsession with away messages. I have a lot of fun coming up with new things to put in my away messages and enjoy reading what other people put in their away messages. Sometimes my away message gets my thoughts and writing flowing such that I realize I should move my rant or realization here to my blog where I can more fully develop it. The away message I just put up is an example of this. Unfortunately, I desperately need to go work for several hours because I've been slacking. Hopefully I will be able to come back to this and not leave you all wondering. :-)
Wednesday, December 03, 2003
Potty Talk*
Several weeks ago during church choir, Jessica (my pastor's 16-year-old daughter) told me, "I know someone at this church who likes you...I've been sworn to secrecy, but I've been teasing him a lot about it." My reaction was basically, "OK....that's nice," because I know that the guy closest to my age at that church is about 16 and that it was likely her even younger brother. Besides, I'm really not looking for anyone.
So the next week at the potluck after church, Jessica was standing in line with me and asked, "So did you figure out yet who here likes you??" To which I calmly smiled and said, "No." Then she said, "Don't you want to know?" It was really fun to play with her, especially since it was really how I felt: "Honestly, I really don't care who it is." She seemed to have a hard time accepting that, but I honestly didn't care.
I hadn't given it any more thought when she brought it up again tonight: "You know that guy I said likes you? Well, I finally convinced him that he's way too old for you." That's when I realized just who it was and that he is much too old for me: upper 30s at the very least, probably 40s. 1) He's a really nice guy, but... NO. 2) I'm not going to be around here much longer because as soon as I get that diploma, I'm headed straight back to Iowa.
*Potty Talk is little message board-type-thingies on the doors of the bathroom stalls in Burritt. Someone posts a question and others write down their responses to the question. A couple of months ago, one of the questions on 2nd Burritt Annex was, "What was the oldest guy to ever ask you on a date/hit on you?" Need I really explain more?
