my friend brian

so i feel i must share a recent skype adventure. i hardly use the thing, but tonight found a chat conversation from kris (which was decidedly one-sided...the girl can talk). as i was doing this, a little "hi" from brian pops up right underneath. so i am overcome with joy that my pseudo food twin has decided to talk to me. yes, brian sharon has actually initiated contact.

so i'm pretty enthusiastic in my responses, even though it's the standard small talk. i explain that i'm eating honey nut cheerios. he says cool, he likes those too. "really? weird! you mean we like the same foods??!" is my response. it seems, however, that the witty comment is lost on my friend brian who gives the standard internet chat laugh. 'man, studying has made brian a bit dull,' i think.

a lull in the conversation...
me: how is louisville?
him: wha?
me: you do live there now, right?
him: haha, what makes you think that?
[my brain]: uh oh...
him: hmm wrong person, right?

yes, that's right. i have now unwittingly joined the ranks of the lonely and the desperate--the internet daters.

we did end up having a lovely chat, though. i expect a proposal by a tuxedo-clad emoticon any day now.