Saturday, November 17, 2012
Impromptu Parking Lot
It takes about 9ish hours to drive from my house to Anaheim California. Not a bad trip really. As some of you know I recently went to Disneyland...yes, again. Anyway, we were right on schedule to arrive in Anaheim at about 3pm. Which is perfect because if you hit L.A. any later than that you will be enjoying a lengthy interaction with rush hour traffic. For those of you who don't know, there is pretty much one way into LA county. We were on that road, when we hit bumper to bumper traffic. After about 30 minutes of driving at 2mph we finally pulled off to the side of the road. yes my friends- we parked our car on the freeway. We joined what looked like 20 or so other cars on the shoulder and got out for a little stroll. About five minutes after we stopped, the entire freeway shut down. Everyone was forced to turn their cars off and just wait. Hundreds of cars were parked on the road. Awesome. The interesting part of the whole experience for me was watching the reactions of other people. There were a few choice words thrown around by one or two men in their shirt and ties but for the most part, everyone was super calm about it. People pulled out footballs and were playing games. The guy in front of me pulled out a bag of chips and a mountain dew and just sat on his car. Everyone just accepted it and made the most of the situation. I really was stunned by the whole thing and couldn't help asking myself, "if this happened at the point of the mountain in Utah, would my fellow motorists be this calm?" Sadly I had to answer myself that no, I don't believe they would be. I could be wrong...but honestly I hope I never get to find out. The freeway, after 3 hours, finally opened up just in time for us to his rush hour traffic. So after adding on about 5 hours to my trip we did eventually make it into Anaheim...where all my dreams came true!... okay they didn't. But I did have an amazing two days in my favorite place ever!
Monday, November 12, 2012
Not My First Trip
About 3 or 4 years ago (I can't remember now) this guy found me on facebook and asked me on a date. My first reaction was to say no but my mom gave me the "you need to be more open minded" lecture and I relented and said yes. He took me to tucanos for dinner which would have been fun except my jaw was locked at the time so I really couldn't chew anything but pineapple. The wait to get in was over an hour so I asked a lot of questions and tried to be a fun date. While waiting we ran into my brother's friend and he says to me, "so, how long have you two been dating?". Umm...nope. we aren't. As we are eating dinner, the waiter then asks, "how long have you two been married?" Later in the meal my date keeps saying awkward things to me like, "you have a really beautiful mouth" by this point in the date I have already figured out that I will not need a second date with this guy. After dinner we went to twilight (I think) and after the movie he tells me that I look like Kristen Stewart. I hate Kristen Stewart. so not a good move on his part.
After the date I tell him thanks but that I really am not interested in going out again but somehow the guy talks me into another date. I still to this day am not sure how he managed that. Anyway- he is divorced with two kids and over the next few weeks he starts showing up, with his kids, to the mall to take me to lunch on my breaks. Which some people might find charming but his kids were fighting over who got to sit by me and the little girl would scream and cry if I didn't hold her. It was really weird. He went to Hawaii and sent me a post card. He would leave poems and pictures of roses he had drawn out of letters and symbols on my facebook wall. he would send me long messages of nonsense. I ended up going out with him a few more times (even though I really didn't want to) and finally I just told him we were done and were never going to be more than friends. He asked if we could still see each other and go on dates and I said no. So he un-friended me on facebook and stopped talking to me. Perfect. I never thought of this guy again. Until this last Friday night. dun dun dun...
Friday and Saturday this last week I was asked to sing at a family festival with the Hale center theater orem. I got up, sang my song for a few hundred people, then went to the side of the stage to wait for the others to finish singing their songs. As I'm standing there talking to a friend I feel a tap on my shoulder. I turn around and there is this guy from three years ago. This is how the conversation went:
Guy: Hey, you did a really great job!
Me: Oh hey! Thank you. How've you been?
Guy: How do I know you??
At this point I'm totally shocked. What do you mean HOW do you know me? I may not remember the names of all my blind dates but I do remember THEM. Especially people I've been out with more than one time. But hey if he didn't remember I sure wasn't going to be the one to remind him.
Me: oh gosh it was so long ago I'm not totally sure. Maybe facebook?!
Guy: oh okay my name is so and so... and great job on your song.
Me: Thanks!
He walks away leaving me to wonder...did he really not remember a whole month of his life? Or was he just testing me to see if I would say something? Maybe he was crazy stalker date with every girl and just had so many he doesn't remember me. Just because I never forget anyone's face doesn't mean everyone else is the same. Maybe he got in a horrible accident and suffered memory loss. Or maybe he is just awkward and instead of being an adult (in his thirties) and just saying "hi how are you?" he decided to play games and try and make me feel bad/awkward for the past. But I don't. I was honest from the beginning and he manipulated me and my emotions, dragging the whole thing out longer than it needed to be. If he was hurt it was his own fault, but apparently he recovered just fine and has blocked the whole experience out of his mind. Thank you ten second tom for, what was to me, an unforgettable experience. But I am sorry to inform you that was not my first trip around the awkward block.
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