some stupid things stick with you

so i went to a training session today for a promotional gig in downtown chicago and who should be there to train but the girl i asked to marry me over email. i've mentioned it a couple of times on this here blog but the stupidity and comedy rife within it bears repeating. i saw this girl perform a couple improv shows and was toying around with the notion of skipping the slow courting process with someone and going strait for the big marriage having never even spoken to her and knowing almost nothing about her. she was obviously blindsided by the whole thing and we exchanged a few awkward semi-flirty emails. eventually it faded away and i would see her around town in social improv situations. i never talked to her and i was pretty sure she wanted to have nothing to do with me, for obvious reasons.
so the group is seated in the conference room while the trainer goes over the specifics of the training. He tells us we'll be in groups of two out on the street promoting the product. I'm thinking how emabarassed i would be if we were paired up to work six hours a day. he announces her and then announces me as the substitute for their pairing. oh, boy. what are the odds, right? so it comes to the point in the meeting when we're supposed to exchange contact info with the people in our groups. i told her i owe her an apology. the whole thing was ironed out and i feel much better about the situation. it just reminded me that some of the stupid things you've done in your past follow you around for a while, continuing to show you how stupid you've been.

that is all,
b