I told you I had some stories to tell. #1:
Last weekend my friend Emily came over, and we went to see the late Heath Ledger's last movie, The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus
-which, by the way is amazing. Go see it! Terry Gilliam, of Monty Python, produced/directed/visualised it, and it is gorgeous and wonderful, and somehow they managed to work around the whole "the star died" thing quite well.-
and when we got out, we went over to the mall to eat and watch the ice skaters. So, we're walking around, minding our own business, when suddenly, out of the blue, looming in view, I catch sight of a group of people I know.
Ok, you're thinking, why is this a problem? Isn't it ok to see your friends?
Ah ha ha ha. I thought you might be missing the idea.
You know the kind of friend who you kind of know, and you'd be completely fine with hanging with them, and you're both friendly when you see eachother in class and in your comfort zone (aka the place where you're accustomed to seeing them) ? The ones you like but you're not so sure how they feel about you?
[silence...silence...bueller...class, anyone?...bueller?...]
No? It's just me? Bah. Sheep, you lie!
WELL, thats the kind of friends these are, except one, who I know rather well, BUT I have reason to suspect a slight crush is happening there (on his side, not mine) and therefore I tread lightly.
So for many reasons, its awkward to see this feller away from all the old familiar places. Emily and I are standing there, in the store, and all of a sudden I COMPLETELY freak out, panic, grab Emily's arm and dive behind (more inside, really) a clothing rack to hide until the storm (aka large group of aquaintances) has passed.
Well, you know how it always is after you've insanely hidden from perfectly nice people. No? Just me again? Well, after that little adventure we felt as though we had to keep on hiding, and therefore logically decided that stalking them around the mall was the safest method. Think about it, if you're following them, there's no chance of them coming up behind you, suprising you, and finding you out! So we proceeded to stalk.
How did we not realise at the time how weird this all was?
After a while, we lost them, and decided to go get some coffee and watch the ice skaters fall on their booties. So we're sitting here in a little low fenced table/sitting/eating area, just minding our own business, when the awkward group comes and sits right behind me. Now, we'd been sitting there for a long time! We were ready to leave already! And add the people we're avoiding to the mix, and we really realllly wanted to leave. Panic panic panic.
Cue fat lady and baby stroller.
The best way to illustrate this is, in fact, with an illustration:
So we escaped, ate sandwiches, and today while looking at some of awkward friend's pictures I discovered that they went to the same sandwich place we went to... FIVE MINUTES AFTER WE LEFT.
AAAAAAA!!!
