Rice Chex with Almond Milk is proving to be quite the wellspring for me, which I appreciate. Remember when I said I had a delightful meeting with him but, thankfully, no phone numbers were requested or exchanged upon parting? (Date #1: Not Exactly Love at First Bite) Well it appears the window for that is still open (huh, I thought I shut that last night when it started raining…), as Rice Chex with Almond Milk opted to follow up his last bipolar email with the following:
"Now, I am going to give you my phone number.”
And there it is. He listed those 10 magical digits and continued:
“And rest assured, strictly platonic is fine (though, on a philosophical note, that type of relationship would be better off being called Aristotelian as he talks much more of it than Plato). There is a display at the Getty I am interested in seeing next weekend (along with the Getty itself). And if you don’t want to call or email, that is alright, too. I’ve got Rick Steves and [PBS] to keep me company.”
Oh Rice Chex with Almond Milk. While I think an offer to join him at the Getty was implied, no invitation was actually extended and, as such, I wished him a good time and told him to “feel free to keep me in [his] email rolodex.”
On a related aside, in this most recent email Rice Chex with Almond Milk also apologized for his poor email communication skills, lamenting:
“Talking is easy, to the point, clear, but email I just don’t do well, especially attempts at wit, as witty as I am.”
Which I find not a little ironic because it was our witty email banter that opened the door to my heart, and his “easy, to the point, clear” talking (amongst other things – though none quite as memorable as the talking) that ever-so-swiftly slammed it shut. How you endear yourself to me, Rich Chex with Almond Milk.
And on an unrelated aside, a stack of back-dated unemployment checks arrived in the mail this week. Thank you state of California! Now I can fend of homelessness for another beautiful month.
2 comments:
Hmmm...I think it definitely was an invitation to go to the Getty but way to sidestep that and keep his dignity intact. I would agree about the e-mail correspondence based on your recount of the date. He's much better at that than at actually speaking.
I think "bi-polar" is right. You may have had more fun with Rice Chex, but don't forget his snappy threat for a law suit over the cereal portrait! Too bad Special K sounds kinda dull and overly eager to impress with not-so-impressive qualities. I can't wait to hear what happens next!
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