Wow
So I need to tell an unbelievable story about what happened to me tonight. After work, I dropped Russel off to his home so he could hang out with his girlfriend...cool. Went home, bathed and stole my mother's new Harry Potter book...yes I'm a nerd. After a i gathered a few bucks to go get some food since I haven't eaten in a few days, I headed for Steak n Shake, book in tote. I got there after calling a few "friends" who of course, weren't availible for hanging out. So I was flying solo which, all in all, was pretty alright since I wanted to try and finish this book before morning so my mother could have it back and I wouldn't have to wait to get it back. I happened to run into Phil and his ex and her friend and sat and bullshitted with them for a while. Amist a stream of drunks and talks about masturbation, they eventually left for their snug little beds. I was left alone again to finally pick up and get some solid nerding in. The restaurant was empty minus myself and the staff who were all apparently all pissed off for some reason which I never got an answer for. A few random drunks came in and a kid who looked like Connan O' Brian with long hair which was hilarious to say the least. After things calmed down again, I got back to reading and my eyes were bothering the piss out of me so I kept having to use my sweet eye drops which are cool but, don't keep my contacts working well for long periods of time, but, for temporary relief, they are swell. So every ten minutes or so, I would have to put a drop or two in each eye and Sara, the 3rd shift server who is always there during the week came to ask me what the hell was wrong with me. I had to explain that my contacts suck and yadda yadda. Sara then informed me that someone had pulled up and we both decided it was probably some drunkass looking for a place to sober up. I then joked about how I hope it's some hot Asian chick looking for a good time. The reason this got brought up was because I was just thinking about the Cho Chang character in the Harry Potter books and wondered if her and Harry were going to do it in this book or not. As I was putting some more drops in my eyes, the person walks in and sits at the little bar thing they have at the front. I can't see the person due to my head being thrown back but, figure it's some middle aged dude pissed at his wife and got drunk with the guys and is stopping in on the way home to go and beat his wife....well you got to have some food in your stomach to do that. Anyway after my eyes clear up I glance from my book to the person at the bar..thing and notice it's a young looking BEAUTIFUL Asian alternative looking girl staring at me. I of course, being a puss, freak out in my head and just look back down to my book and light another cigarette. After a few minutes of head freaking out, I look back up at her since she was pretty much damn right in front of me and, she's still just kind of smiling-staring at me. I give her one of those nervous smiles and she looks down. I figure I freaked her out because she probably hadn't seen all my face or something. Let's face it, I'm not the prettiest boy in the band. So I decide to test the waters and let her get a full view of the Spiraly goodness as I get up to refill my cherry mr. pibb. It's so much easier to have someone else there to see if she was staring but, I kind of had to do it on my own while trying to be sly and fill up my drink. I'm so damn smooth that as I was sliding it off the grill thing, it spilled all over me, the machine, the ice, and the damn ground. I'm fucking awesome. I suppose there's a reason they dont' let everyone fill their own glasses. So the, Sara, the staff and this mystery Asian girl are all laughing at me. Fucking great. Hey great first impression, how you doin'? I'm good matt...and yourself? Covered in shit. Thanks. So everyone is getting great joy out of my awesomeness which is fine, I would laugh too...and did some. I proceed to try and paper towel the shit up and go sit down in defeat. After I try and regain my composure and start reading again, Sara comes over and gives me shit of course and I try to take it in stride. I fail but, you know, what can you do? Much to my surprise the girl walks by after placing her order and glances down at the table and my patch bag sitting next to me on her way to the bathroom. Once she's in there, Sara and I talk about what a dumbass I am and how weird it was that the girl came in after what I said and how she noticed her staring at me too. I sometimes think that people are just simply staring at me but, Sara said it was the..."girly checking out way." I, of course, called bullshit on that. I mean, the girl had a few visible tattoos and her hair was dyed with some streaks of blue and hot pink....fucking hot, but, I mean, like I've said, most awesome looking girls are either taken or crazy...or both. I shared this opinion with Sara and she seemed to pretty much agree. When hot Asian girl came back out of the bathroom, Sara got up to put her order in after telling me that she said it would just be the hot Asian girl by herself cause she "asked for me". Damn girls. So the girl walks past again as I'm lighting another cigarette and glances down again and sits at the bar thing. I try and continue to read but, when I shift positions, as I have noticed I do a lot when reading, she was always seeming to look at me. When Sara brings her food to her, she asks her to put it at my table...I look up and as Sara is setting down her food and giving me a very strange look, the hot Asian girl comes over and asks me if it's alright if she eats with me since she doesn't like to eat alone.....I manage an...ok. She kind of giggled at me while she sat opposite of me and proceeded to eat her grilled cheese n' fries. Just like I get. We proceeded to bullshit about things and find out where each other went to school and jobs and all that dumb shit. When we started talking about books, she brought up Harry Potter kind of laughing which I defended but, she said she got hers in on Saturday and stayed up til Sunday morning finishing it. During one of those odd breaks that often happen in conversation, she started softly humming then singing the words to a song I know very well. Illustrated Bible Stories for Children by The Weakerthans. My fucking mouth dropped. I asked her how she knew about my favorite band and she asked me how I knew about her favorite band. She used to live in Winnipeg and worked at a venue where they used to play all the time. In fact, one of the live songs I have of theirs was recorded one night while she was working and you can hear her yelling. I wanted to throw her on the table right then and there. I decided to restrain myself by asking about the dreaded "boyfriend situation". She proceeded to tell me basically why she was there at Steak n Shake in the first place. She had met this guy she was dating at BW3 for a drink, where he proceeded to get super hammered and basically tell her that he pretty much just wanted to fuck her. He hadn't been with an "alt girl" before and especially not an Asian one. She pretty much came to the realization that most of the guys she's dated in the past year since she'd been 21 had pretty much been a varied form of that guy and had come to the realization that she was sick of it and needed somewhere to go to hang out for a while and get a spot of food. There blazened in the night sky the bright white and red sign of Steak n Shake. Awesome for me. She asked me about my dating situation...I laughed of course and proceeded to tell her many of my theories about women/girls which she agreed with and even went so far as to site some examples of some shit her friends do and did. We swapped some crazy "ex" stories and had some good laughs. We then talked about friends and what was going on with that with each other and talked about best friends and good friends and past friends. Turns out we knew some similar people at one point in time. I realized I didn't know her name, not that it made much difference but, realized we hadn't truly introduced ourselves. Her name was Venal. I told her that was one of the most interesting names I had ever heard. And it is. Ever known anyone of that name? I certainly haven't. After introductions were made, she told me she had to leave after putting her number in my phone and mine in hers. I walked her out to her car, telling her this was a rough neighborhood. She laughed and kissed me on the cheek and said she wish she didn't have to work so early in the morning. She works at an independent book store which is owned by her mother which is fucking sweet. She wrote me a text message ten minutes later interrupting my daze telling me she was going to bring a home video shot of The Weakerthans to my place tomorrow, if I didn't mind. I wrote back saying of course not....bring that shit over after work. This girl was fucking amazing. That doesn't even do her justice. Words can't even describe how great she is....in my mind.