day 23
ugh... first half of the day was good, second half sucked. in the first half i managed to find a bike shop and so i picked up some leg warmers, handlebar grip, shoe covers (very useful for when it rains) and some water bottles that match my bike (the word "accessorizing" comes to mind). also cemented both cleats into my shoes. yup, went back home, started cleaning my bike chain and that's when the second half started.
through some complicated miscommunication, marc was like waiting beside my bike for like 20 minutes. stupid story, but suffice to say that this event was enough to keep mark pissed off for the whole rest of the night. ya... he was *that* pissed off. i like apologized several times but he was being just way too intense. and the shitty thing about this was that because he let this thing affect him the entire night, it basically ruined my entire night with this ever-present intensely bad vibe.
strike 2 was in this greek restaurant. i ordered some food but through some more miscommunication, this guy figured i was laughing at him. so, in a similar situation, this guy stewed on his end of some miscommunication and proceeded to get totally pissed off at me. and if you know me really well, the vibe of people being angry at me weighs on me very heavily.
to top things off, i ended up spilling yogurt on my clean pants. arr!
the one bright spot for the day was that this really cool girl named gina offered me her telephone number for once i get to montreal. hmmm... i should probably describe this situation a little more. see, when i was at the wedding, there were these two girls, marie-pierre and gina. i was seated beside marie-pierre at the wedding and so we talked a fair bit. she's good looking with some very model-esque qualities/features. but whatever... after talking to her for a while, i learned that she too lives in montreal. i got here phone number but here's the thing - i really don't think i'll call. kinda strange, i know... like from an objective standpoint, this girl is nice enough, she's interesting, she's attractive... and yet i couldn't care less. [and for some reason i'm reminded of a girl called emily... weird story] but anyways... then there's gina.
you know how a lot of our communication is done without using words? like try to describe the difference between someone who's just hearing what you're saying and someone who's really listening. pretty damn tough... in fact, now that i think about it, it's no wonder i use the word energy to describe people. like i'd like to be able to say that gina had quality x and for that reason i found her attractive. but after a while, i'd just look back on the things i used to describe her with contempt because they just wouldn't tell the whole story.
ok... so what do i really think? i think this girl is just downright sexy. right now, my interest is totally piqued and just as a general statement, i'd really like to get to know this girl.
now as it turns out, i happen to live in a place called "reality" where there are numerous other complications and considerations to be made. might as well bullet form this...
ya, oh well. and i suppose as even a further barrier to all this is that i imagine she at the *very least* shares #1 & #4 with me which might make finding out #2 more difficult. i guess with #1, i imagine this would remain a barrier anyways unless things were like magical or something. but whatever... i'm totally ahead of myself. i suppose i'll just bask in the freedom of not knowing... mmm...