Echo

This is going to be short because I’m about to crash out.

I went to the Dodgers game tonight with Andrea and Lauren. My first Dodgers game ever. While in traffic on the way there, there was a clown car of these trashy white guys who kept opening their doors to spit. It was disgusting. So I ended up having a conversation with this cute guy in a bmw in the next lane right behind them, making fun of those guys. It was pretty much an excuse to talk to him but he was nice and looked for me and waved when we split up at the stadium to go to different lots. I had picked up a couple of 40s before the game as a joke, but Andrea and Lauren made me finish mine, which was not something I thought would even be physically possible. Mind you, I’m Asian so half a noraml drink is my limit. 40 ounces is liquid death. The game was good–coolest thing was Alex Cora’s at bat late in the game. 18 total pitches–he fouls off 14 consecutive pitches and then homers over the right field fence. It was awesome. I cheered, even though I hate the Dodgers (c’mon…I’m a Giants fan. What do you expect?)

I got home and went straight to bed, but the phone rang. It was Tony, asking me if I was at the Dodgers game. I said yes and he said that he was actually in the same section as me, at the bottom of the section. He said he and his friend were checking out girls and he said, “What about that one?” and then realized it was me. That’s funny. I told him that I think about him every time I feed my turtle, because he has a tattoo of a symbol of a turtle on his leg. I wish he had said hi at the game; we could have all sat together. We talked a little bit about baseball and he asked, if he got tickets to the Yankees/Dodgers game, if I would go with him. That sounds like a lot of fun; I’d totally be up to it. I’m just a little bit nervous because we’ve never hung out, just the two of us before, and his roommate has told me that Tony finds me attractive, so that makes me feel shy and nervous. It’s usually best if I don’t know these things. Regardless, Tony’s a really, really nice, considerate guy and a good friend.

In other news, I had my back checked out again and the prognosis is that I’m out somewhere between 3 weeks to 6 months as far as doing anything that’s not swimming or the elliptical machine. I’ve been out with a herniated disk since August, but it’s just not getting any better because I’ll go and do something too physically ambitious and aggravate it again. But they’ve got me on a serious treatment plan for the next few weeks so hopefully the recovery won’t take 6 months. I’ve always been good about working hard and returning from injury ahead of schedule. But then again, I’m not an elastic kid anymore.

As for the comments and emails I’ve gotten about Coffee Bean Guy…seriously, it’s just a minidrama that adds a little bit of spark to my day. Not something I take too seriously. But in truth, I think there’s something weird about someone who will stare at a woman but is so awkward about approaching her. Especially when he’s in his 30s (old enough to be more socially acclimated), is very attractive (looks so much like Ralph Fiennes when he was younger that it’s really creepy) and has social “meetings” every morning, which makes me suspect he’s in the film industry, and probably a producer of some sort (he drives a luxury car) so there’s really no reason for him to seem so shy, except that there’s more to this story…like he’s probably married and knows he shouldn’t be doing this shit. Therefore, as curious as I am about what his deal is, I’m not going to be the one to stick my hands into this thing. I’m just going to theorize about what his deal is behind his back. :)