david sedaris, part ii

i'm at the coffeeshop this afternoon, my regular neighborhood hangout. been there for an hour or so reading. i've been feeling better with the cold today so it's all good. but for some reason i can't seem to get comfortable in my seating. i sit inside; i sit outside but it gets a little chilly; i sit inside again; i move around. finally i get comfortable and take out some work i need to do.

i'm sitting near the entrance when this guy comes into the coffeeshop. he looks familiar. i keep thinking he's the guy that sold me my sidekick2 over the weekend. (yes, i got the sidekick2. i kinda had to as my sidekick1 kinda sorta gave out on me. the good things about that is it comes with a camera so i can take pictures with it. but i digress...) anyway i keep thinking he's the guy that sold me my sidekick2, and i'm close to walking over to him and saying 'didn't you sell me my sidekick2?' but i don't.

next thing i know the guy sits down at the table next to me and i suddenly realize who it is. it's not the sidekick2 retailer; it's the cute boy i gave my ticket to on friday night at david sedaris!

whoa.

how random is that?

so i said, 'were you at david sedaris on friday night?' and he says 'yeah.' 'well, i think i gave my ticket to you that night' and suddenly his face smiled in bright recognition. we had a very beautiful conversation for quite a while after that and got to know each other pretty well. he seems like a really terrific guy who just moved into town. and with a luminous smile that could cast away a million dark clouds. it was so happenstance that we both were at the coffeeshop at the same time just after friday. how random and beautiful that life would have us connect like that and that my date with david sedaris would continue...