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January 31, 2007
Randomness
Yesterday at the best food court in D.C., I ran into a former law school classmate. (I say former because he transferred after year one.) It was clear that this individual couldn't have uttered my name if you had a shotgun pointed at his head. Needless to say, I found this very enjoyable. I'm kicking myself for not introducing my coworkers to him. That would have put him in the precarious position of having to introduce me to his coworkers while thinking, "Oh crap, I can't remember his name!"
Can someone explain to me how Pat Sajak has been as succesful as he has been?
I haven't seen Letters from Iwo Jima, but as of now, my vote for best picture goes to Little Miss Sunshine. It's nothing short of brilliant
And finally, I engaged in a touching email exchange with the Cigarette Pedler yesterday. We hadn't conversed in months, so I was delighted to see his name appear in my inbox. The subject of his email was: "You are an asshole." The text of his message was: "why don't you go fuck yourself." I replied, "I hope I get to go to your funeral so I can spit in your coffin and tell people that's what I think of you." Nothing like keeping in touch with high school friends...
Comments
That first paragraph reminded me of myself. People, for some reason, never forget my name, but sometimes I have a problem remembering the names of others and get too embarassed to say "hey, what's your name again?"
Posted by: My So-Called Law School at January 31, 2007 12:39 AM
The funny thing is, knowing Fool in real life, he has a VERY distinctive name. (For sake of argument something akin to "Ruttiger"). However barring that I am TERRIBLE with names. I have toruble remembering names of a whole slew of people who theoretically should be very important in my life (ex-girfriends, relatives, co-workers) so I have just taken to calling all guys Mike and all girls Heather. At least 30% of the time I am right.
More Irony: I think I know the person whom you are talking about, he transferred to Yale right? I can picture his face but his name completely eludes me.
Posted by: over_educated at January 31, 2007 08:08 AM
So are there any latent man-love issues between you and this friend? I love how guys express their affection for each other.
Posted by: teahouseblossom at January 31, 2007 09:50 PM
Oooh, this reminds me! I got my first hate email about my blog yesterday (oddly enough, referencing something I'd written as a comment on someone else's blog), asking me if I was a law student or a gangbanger. Like I can't be both.
I would like to know where the "best food court in DC" is, though.
Posted by: Meg at February 1, 2007 06:15 AM
That last story just warms the cockles of my heart.
Posted by: LisaBinDaCity at February 1, 2007 11:06 AM
