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

[hopeforyou.livejournal.com]

Capping the evening off by misinterpreting hopeforyou in the worst possible way and probably offending her.

?

Didn't do anything that offended me. I was hoping you'd stay around longer...and FWIW, I didn't notice you doing anything wrong to offend anyone else. Stepping on one's foot? An accident. Forgivable. Talking about metal alloys? Hey, I can go on for a long time about basic usability testing, gems and minerals, and art...We're geeks, for pete's sake...that's what we do. =)

*hugs*

=o/

[eeyore74.livejournal.com]

Sorry you had such a frustrating night Brian! Like hopeforyou, I did not notice you doing anything wrong either.
Everyone has off days... no worries... *hug*

[elynne.livejournal.com]

Well, I wasn't there... but I know (very well) how sometimes one can feel that one has been a complete goon, and later be surprised to hear others say that one was actually just fine. One... feh. Anyway. I wish I could have been there. :)

Me too

[greeklady.livejournal.com]

If it makes you feel any better I shouldn't have gone either. But I was glad to see you, didn't get a chance to say "hi" better to you.

It was a strange night.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

So, I managed to sit next to cjsmith for a half hour without realizing it

(chuckle) Yeah, I was pretty focused on the conversation I was having, too.

discovering gs and cjsmith just as they were leaving (they looked uneasy)

NOT your fault. I just had to leave, and on my way out the door (already a little later than I should've been) I realized who you were and had to try to figure out how to balance time versus talking. Oops. My bad. (at least, "My awkwardness"!)

looking down, I just noticed that my fly has been unzipped all evening. Not that that is necessarily bad at bi coffee (wry smile)...

(grin) And no one took it as an invitation? Sheesh, we're falling down on the job! :-)