After Monday's giggle-enabling chaos, Tuesday was a very quiet day. The geeks weren't in the office at all! It was somewhat of a bummer, but I also hit my highest peak of email responses so far, which is very impressive. And it earned me a bump from S.
And if you don't know what I mean by bump, start high five-ing people and see what their response is... I'm sure they'll hold out their horizontal fists.
Anyway! Tuesday during the day might have been boring yet efficient, but the night was definitely not boring. Marie, Sarah, and I went down to San Jose to see Jimmy Eat World and Paramore. Paramore came on first, so we were down on the floor and rocking out. I still have songs stuck in my head. It was pretty good, except for the utter lack of banter etiquette. Granted, they are young, but... they need to learn how to talk to the audience. No demands for more pep! You can't demand energy from your audience without understanding how to work the stage better and fixing those slow transitions between songs.
Meanwhile, Jimmy Eat World knew how to work it. Play your songs. Loudly. With cool lighting. Back to back, no extended banter. Thank you!!
We were sitting down for that portion of the concert because it did get a little tiresome - all that standing up. Rocked out to "Sweetness", "Always Be", "Authority Song", "Bleed American", and so many other good songs. It wasn't all over the place either, like some bands do. They played all the songs I was expecting to hear and a few thrown in because they probably like playing them.
Yesterday was also a good day. Although K couldn't come out, Leta and I decided to do happy hour. Mi had plans.
Oh yes, ladies and gents. Somebody went on a date last night, to the best that my investigatory skills can indicate. Mi had said on Monday that Wednesday he couldn't come out for drinks because he had made plans. Fine. No red flags. Then, around 4:30 yesterday, Mi got a call and his tone of voice suddenly changed.
Red flag!
I could hear a woman's voice on the other end. That's not the big indicator though. It was the fact that his voice sounded very conciliatory. "Oh sure, I mean, take care of what you need to do. Yeah, we can do that. Yeah, just give me a call later. That sounds fine. OK. Good, see you then."
Now, that might not translate very well, but hearing Mi's regular tone of voice, which is sarcastic and blunt most of the time... my ears were pricked up.
So, then he leaves. I wait for Leta to get done with her work and we head off to get drinks at Lulu's. Well, who do we see waiting at the bus stop outside the building? Mi, smoking a cigarette. Confused Liz walks over and says hi. Leta says something about how to bus is always late. Mi says he was thinking of taking us up on the drinks offer anyway... although, he can only have one because he's got dinner at 6:30.
Leta and I shared... looks of confederacy. :) OK Mi, whatever you say.
I realize that Lulu's is a bar that Rae frequents, so I call her up to see if she can tag along. She can - yet another friend to scope out the Mi situation! We order Maker's Mark Manhattans. Eww. Although Mi assures me that the bar will be set much higher next time, as these are the strongest Manhattans EVER, and not very well mixed.
Rae shows up. Introductions. Mi gets a phone call. We girls were chatting, so I couldn't hear. BUT at the end of the conversation, he says something to the effect of: "Yeah, I'm halfway through a drink, but I can finish quick and be there soon." Leta says "Well, we weren't his first choice, were we?". Leta and I conspire and tag team him as he gets off the phone. He is so blown over by our one-two punch of "So, you're late for dinner? We're not your first choice?" that he doesn't have anything to fight back with.
Score one for the girls.
He's so clearly meeting a woman it's funny. He finishes his drink ten minutes later and says his goodbyes. Rae asks me if Mi is "cute geek" and I say yes. Leta, of course, hears this and the gossip begins. :)
Leta and I had extra dirty martinis, Rae had another beer. More gossip. Food was needed, but nothing at Lulu's was enticing, so we headed over to Basil. Had mojitos with some Thai. So yum. Gossip continues. And I mean, gossip. Like Leta knows so much more about me than I should have told her, except she's so fucking cool. I know she'll keep that info to herself!
So now, Leta knows all about the Mi situation. With just Mi and Is as the only two viable options for us girls....(because everyone else is married, literally) there was a general plan to make waves. Grin. I don't know how else to say it.
Let's just say Leta is rooting for Mi to notice me and I'm rooting for Is to notice Leta. :)
Then, on top of all this - more gossip - Mi didn't come in to the office today! He has a date last night and then doesn't come in. There's a story for sure!
Oh, Leta and I are double trouble and I like it.