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02.21.03 - 8:44 p.m. Him: So, whats your sign? (and why it is that even though that is the most used up, moldy pick up line does it not seem moldy when said to you in the back room of a hair salon, in real life?) Him: No really, when is your birthday? Me: Are you so good at this that you would know if i was lying? Him: Absolutely Me: May 26th Him: Youre lying (Hes NOT so good at this, apparantly, but it makes me nervous anyway because i always hate it when people see me differently than i think i am and my astrological sign is right on) Me: No, well, thats really my birthday Him: OH, so youre a taurus? (Two strikes, and im already tired of this game) Me: Well, Gemini. (But i feel bad for this kid who works for my boss and is building a restaurant next door to the salon) Me: But its real close to taurus, like right against it... Him: Ah...so you...like to write and youre very creative and you like fish? Me: Yes and Yes but the animal or the band? Him: The band... (well, of course i hate the band, AND hes wearing shorts which i also hate, in general, im suddenly trying to remember how to flirt in the opposite direction which i havent had to do in quite awhile) Him: WEll, im just asking because geminis and aquarius' are said to be, like, the perfect match... (well, of course i didnt fall for that one) Me: Great, so ill have to keep my eyes open for one... and the silence of flirting over the sink in the color room. He is married with a little boy. And its just so goddamn sad. Im NEVER letting my husband leave the house. Tonight i rented 5 movies from blockbuster. Ive never even thought of doing anything like that. Some of them are foreign and subtitled and they all came from the bottom shelf which is where they put the kind of films that single 23 year olds watch on friday nights. This weekend i will write. Something about a shower and something about compulsive lying and ill send it to the old man anyway and unfortunately. Who else, really? Who else will help me? Who else has time to read a struggling short story by a struggling not yet author and offer professional advice? I dont want him to think i want anything, but i do of course, i want that to have never happened and i want to be able to speak with him without seeming like some sort of homewrecker/doormat. Sometimes we make life so hard for ourselves and others. Something positive: Girl Scout Cookies and a whole weekend of foreign films. � 
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