The holidays always bring a nice and exhausting string of holiday parties. This year was no different. There was the work holiday party, then the traders holiday party, the neighborhood party, ugly sweater party, and then there was this one...a random party that Maggie and I got invited to by Holly. She wanted me to meet a guy she works with to try to set us up. 3 things here that night - The Guys and Dolls Guy, The Setup, and Johnnie Walker Black.
The Guys and Dolls Guy
So, there was a very nice person there that I had a lengthy conversation with and basically told my life story to. I have a habit of doing that after a few drinks. But my question is this, its like the song, "Why can't we be friends, why can't we be friends?". It automatically led to, "I'd like to take you out to dinner sometime" at which point I never know what to say. He was nice. I had a nice conversation. But that's it. I ENJOY having conversations with people I don't know. Had a pretty good conversation with a girl I met that night too but she didn't want to take me to dinner! I didn't really think I gave him any kind of vibe that I was interested in him in that way but hence, I am stuck in the uncomfortable situation of trying to say no, nicely. UGH. I call him the guys and dolls guy because he was in the play some time back 'off Broadway' (supposedly, i never know whether to believe these people) and I was in the play in high school. Not sure how we discovered this similarity, but we did and it launched a very long conversation.
The Setup
Holly, you are very cute for trying to set me up. (Not sure if she reads this but going to give some props to her). So, I get there and I have no idea who she is trying to set me up with. But, she has told me his name. I'm changing it for purposes of this blog**. Let's call him Fernando. So, I walk in and Holly immediately introduces me to some guy named Fernando that is probably my father's age and doesn't speak English too well. Missing a lot of hair, but has a nice comb over to cover it up. I just about die. I mean, I know that my girls are trying to set me up with someone closer to my age than the last few but c'mon!!! Needless to say, that wasn't the guy she was trying to set me up with, he just had the same name. She just didn't clarify it so I walked around having discussions with myself in my head about what perceptions my friends must have of me.
Later that evening I met the real Fernando. I forced him to take my phone number (and simultaneously made him swear not to tell Guys and Dolls that I gave him my number because I felt bad for shooting G&D down).
Johnnie Walker Black
There was a raffle drawing at the party with several bottles of liquor as prizes. My friend Holly had tied on a few drinks and was in charge of passing out the raffle tickets. At the end, she had several left over and passed them over to me (hee hee, I think I had 9). BUT I STILL DIDN"T WIN!!! I was slightly distraught over the fact that I had such a good chance of winning but didn't actually win. A few minutes later I was talking to one of the guys who won and telling him my sob story about how I should have won, was only one number off, blah blah blah and he gives me his prize - the bottle of Johnnie Walker Black: which I don't drink, but it makes a nice decoration on my liquor display. The other girls didn't really witness this whole exchange (I dont think) and they all wanted to know how I got the bottle. I bragged about my woman superpowers.
**Side Note: I did tell Fernando that I never write about this stuff on my blog but he said he didn't mind.
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