brain-frozen

[jay]

Is how I felt tonight at bi coffee... barely able to put coherent sentences together. Of course, only getting 3 hours of sleep last night probably didn't help... and when I'm around certain people who were there tonight, I have to work at not going all deer-in-the-headlights-unable-to move anyway...

So, I managed to sit next to cjsmith for a half hour without realizing it, while droning on about metal alloys and vague relationship angst until sinboy wandered off and poor clairaide was looking at her dress and the coffee table. Then wandering around, discovering gs and cjsmith just as they were leaving ( they looked uneasy), then stepping on redhawke's foot while talking to a guy whose name I didn't catch. Capping the evening off by misinterpreting hopeforyou in the worst possible way and probably offending her. At least I left joedecker mercifully alone, I'd have probably spilled coffee on him. And I managed to interact with the_ogre without being silly, boring or klutzy. I think...

(shaking head) what a half-hour... I should have skipped the event. Aargh. Anyone that saw me there would do me a service by hitting their own mental "erase" button and forgetting that I put in an appearance.

This followed an evening at Lori's, waiting in vain for her ex-husband to come by and pick up his things (we were there to give Lori companionship-under-stress).

And the finishing touch... looking down, I just noticed that my fly has been unzipped all evening. Not that that is necessarily bad at bi coffee (wry smile)... I just keep expecting to wake up. Instead, I'm going to bed...

Comments

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

BTW, why do you call yourself "short"? (slightly perplexed look)

Because I can't reach the rudder pedals on most mass-produced aircraft. Because I can't see over office cubicle walls, as my coworkers can. Because my car seat belt sits along my neck, and the little warning sign says that if the seat belt does that, "the child should be placed in the rear seat". A multitude of reasons...

Or it could simply be that the world is designed by and for men, but if I said THAT, I'd sound like a feminist.

[brian1789.livejournal.com]

Because I can't reach the rudder pedals on most mass-produced aircraft.

Well, okay, I have to fiddle with the seat myself, and I'm average-height (5'9") for males. Sometimes it seems like the seat-controls layouts were designed for six-footers...

Because my car seat belt sits along my neck, and the little warning sign says that if the seat belt does that, "the child should be placed in the rear seat".

Maybe it is your specific car? (hands upturned) When I saw you at coffee 10 days ago, one of the reasons that I didn't recognize you at first was that I was looking for someone shorter (smile) ... you seem to be 5'3" or 5'4", unless you were wearing heels (?).

but if I said THAT, I'd sound like a feminist
and hence have your opinions invalidated by lots of folks saying, "oh, that's just politically correctness..." even when you're right.