Poison Girl with Sabrina; Drama 5; Rudyard's; Cecil's and Katie; Mates of State; Power Lunch 2, Google Edition; Weekend with the Wards
3/5-6
I returned to Houston, did some laundry, and found Brina husbandless for the evening, so we went to Poison Girl to get some drinks. On the way there I called Cindy and talked to her for a few minutes. I met Brina, and then got a call from Cindy, who was had felt neglected the previous Friday at Han's, and that she hadn't superceded Sabrina when I returned to town. We were on the phone for a while, she told me she thought we should take a break from seeing each other, and I tried to talk her out of it before giving up.
I managed to salvage the rest of my evening and have a good time with Brina, at least.
Within 24 hours, Cindy called me again and had changed her mind. She blamed things in part on being in a tough spot as far as school and friends were concerned. I was just happy to have things resolved.
3/7
Cindy and I went to Rudyard's for a couple rounds, if I recall correctly, though I might have this one wrong.
3/8
So round about Thanksgiving, I get a message on MySpace from this cute girl who liked my (minimalist) profile. It was right before my committee meeting, so it took me a while to get back to her. We occasionally exchanged messages for a while. She seemed pretty cool, and we had similar musical proclivities (which I usually take as a good sign). She was living in Spring at the time as it was near her parents and her job, but about a month previous to this had moved into town to be closer to where the action is.
It was with that that I finally got around to meeting her in preson. Due to her 8 to 5, she and I were on slightly different schedules, but we managed to agree upon a time to that evening to meet at the Harp for drinks.
So I ironed a shirt, went up to the Harp, and we had a few drinks before she had to go get to bed. She seemed like a cool girl, and I enjoyed getting to know her better. I tried to keep up with her for a while, but things have lapsed a bit. I felt a little guilty at the idea of seeing someone else while things with Cindy were getting more serious every day (though we had not actually ever agreed to be exclusive, it's quite possible that one could assume it was implied by this point). In the end, it was something I might have pursued with some fervour if not already more deeply involved with someone else.
On my way home, I swung by Woodrow's and had a couple rounds with Char, Leroy and Will.
3/9
Cindy and I went to see Mates of State at the Engine room. They were enjoyable for a while, and I like the video game-ish synth sounds they used, but eventually everything was too... homogeneous. We didn't stick around for the encore
3/10
I had another opportunity to go to lunch with our Friday seminar speaker, this time an employee in Google's research division, who had created the prototype for Google Scholar. the lunch was again mediocre, but the conversation was good, and I learned a lot about the company.
The talk itself was interesting but lacked a lot of detail, which had been removed.
Mom and dad were in town, so I met up with them at La Madeleine's up in Susan and Jerry's neck of teh woods for dinner before heading back to my part of town. I stopped by Dan's for a few minutes to drop off a small subwoofer I was loaning him, helped him hook it up, had a round with him, and then did him a favor and went to pick up a couple more, since he couldn't leave his daughter. After that? I'm not so sure. Maybe some beers with Will? Or maybe not.
I returned to Houston, did some laundry, and found Brina husbandless for the evening, so we went to Poison Girl to get some drinks. On the way there I called Cindy and talked to her for a few minutes. I met Brina, and then got a call from Cindy, who was had felt neglected the previous Friday at Han's, and that she hadn't superceded Sabrina when I returned to town. We were on the phone for a while, she told me she thought we should take a break from seeing each other, and I tried to talk her out of it before giving up.
I managed to salvage the rest of my evening and have a good time with Brina, at least.
Within 24 hours, Cindy called me again and had changed her mind. She blamed things in part on being in a tough spot as far as school and friends were concerned. I was just happy to have things resolved.
3/7
Cindy and I went to Rudyard's for a couple rounds, if I recall correctly, though I might have this one wrong.
3/8
So round about Thanksgiving, I get a message on MySpace from this cute girl who liked my (minimalist) profile. It was right before my committee meeting, so it took me a while to get back to her. We occasionally exchanged messages for a while. She seemed pretty cool, and we had similar musical proclivities (which I usually take as a good sign). She was living in Spring at the time as it was near her parents and her job, but about a month previous to this had moved into town to be closer to where the action is.
It was with that that I finally got around to meeting her in preson. Due to her 8 to 5, she and I were on slightly different schedules, but we managed to agree upon a time to that evening to meet at the Harp for drinks.
So I ironed a shirt, went up to the Harp, and we had a few drinks before she had to go get to bed. She seemed like a cool girl, and I enjoyed getting to know her better. I tried to keep up with her for a while, but things have lapsed a bit. I felt a little guilty at the idea of seeing someone else while things with Cindy were getting more serious every day (though we had not actually ever agreed to be exclusive, it's quite possible that one could assume it was implied by this point). In the end, it was something I might have pursued with some fervour if not already more deeply involved with someone else.
On my way home, I swung by Woodrow's and had a couple rounds with Char, Leroy and Will.
3/9
Cindy and I went to see Mates of State at the Engine room. They were enjoyable for a while, and I like the video game-ish synth sounds they used, but eventually everything was too... homogeneous. We didn't stick around for the encore
3/10
I had another opportunity to go to lunch with our Friday seminar speaker, this time an employee in Google's research division, who had created the prototype for Google Scholar. the lunch was again mediocre, but the conversation was good, and I learned a lot about the company.
The talk itself was interesting but lacked a lot of detail, which had been removed.
Mom and dad were in town, so I met up with them at La Madeleine's up in Susan and Jerry's neck of teh woods for dinner before heading back to my part of town. I stopped by Dan's for a few minutes to drop off a small subwoofer I was loaning him, helped him hook it up, had a round with him, and then did him a favor and went to pick up a couple more, since he couldn't leave his daughter. After that? I'm not so sure. Maybe some beers with Will? Or maybe not.
posted by L. Maxwell Ward at 11:51 PM
