#23 - The One Where I am Currently Unemployed! HELP!
Meghan Trainor - Close Your Eyes
Straight off the bat, we clicked. I liked this boy so much. We had the same humour and taste in horribly cheesy music. I just wanted to meet him as soon as possible. Not in an 'oh my god i wanna do him' way but more like 'this is going to be incredibly fun.'
Dang (that's not his real name but he said it a lot and initially i found it funny but then it got endearing) was 29, 3 days older to me, phew. We decided to meet at Colaba Social because I'm not someone who ventures beyond Bandra and this project is all about discovery, innit? LOL INNIT LOL DANG
We met outside, Dang was in jeans and a crisp white shirt and sneakers. He had a comfortable smile. He looked like one of those people you'd imagine a particular personality to look like. Like in your head. Am I making sense? Like if you imagined a person to be happy-go-lucky, charming and hippie-like, you'll get a particular image in your head about it? So he looked exactly how I imagined he would. SCORE.
We walked in, had a ten minute wait for a table and so thumb-warred it until we were seated. Clearly, we weren't going to behave ourselves tonight. We ordered way too much food and WAY more alcohol but we were the type of people who disliked making decisions so this method worked for our madness.
Right off the bat we spoke about Damien Rice's new album. Then we spoke about Keaton Henson, Joe Purdy, Piers Faccini, Newton Faulkner and Aqualung.
We spoke a whole lot more about music and realized that we had similar questions about songs that confused us. For example:
- Are we human or are we dancer?
- Where do broken hearts go when they can't find their way home?
- Did the Black Eyed Peas find out what Fergie did with all that junk inside her trunk, inside her trunk? Or really, where is the love?
- Did The Beatles eventually find out why we didnt do it in the road?
- If AC/DC found out Who made who?
By this point, we were sufficiently high. We were also playing that game where the minute you hear a song, you need to identify the song name and artist and if you dont answer, then you have to drink a mouthful of your drink. Good job, Michelle.
We spoke about our families and what our childhoods were like. I was very lucky growing up, my parents loved me to bits. They brought us up on a lot of love, we learned to love them back and respect them. We never feared them which probably didn't help them much when we were older. He told me about his siblings and how growing up in a large family has its disadvantages. We spoke about our parents' love marriages.
Did The Isley Brothers ever find out Who That Lady was?
We spoke about school and our favorite subjects. We spoke about how we memorized lessons to the tunes of our favorite songs. Or just randomly make a song. My favorite was this one. I love the Aristotle dig, too.
More alcohol was ordered.
Did John Mayer eventually find out why, Georgia why?
We played the 20 questions game. I asked him what his favorite joke was, what would he do if he was a woman for a day, if he thought he was attractive, a silly talent he has, his biggest turn on and 15 others. He asked me what I would do if I won the lottery, what crime i'd commit if I knew I wouldn't ever get caught, what I was afraid of, what my favorite flavor of ice cream was, what I look for in a man and 15 other questions.
Did Barry Mann find out who put the bomp in bomp ba bomp ba bomp?
We spoke about work. I've recently lost my job so we spoke about that. And what my options are going forward. It's a little frustrating considering the circumstances and I'm at my wits end applying for job after job. We spoke about his job and what he does.
Did Sheryl Crow find out if he was strong enough to be her man?
We spoke about ice cream. We spoke about how we wanted ice cream right then, so we paid the bill and left on an adventure to find ice cream at approximately 12.30am in Colaba.
Dang was lovely. Really lovely. He was fun and spontaneous and impulsive. At this point, I wasnt really sure if i was attracted to him. We were also tanked up on a lot of alcohol. We found ice cream in a creamless place, ate it while we walked around a little more. And then caught the last train home. It was lovely. And sweet.
We didn't kiss. I woke up the next morning feeling like i should have, but I didn't.
Did Cole Porter find out what this thing called love was?
- There isnt a song in the world that can't relate to any situation in the world.
- Without music, I'd feel VERY alone.
- I need to start looking for jobs and not wait for the last minute.
- I need to give boys who at first seem annoying, the benefit of the doubt.
- If you're reading this, give me a job?