June 05, 2004

Blindsided

So I’m in my business convo course, and about half way through one off the other instructors brings this girl into my class. He asks me is it’s okay if she observes my class for a little while cause she’s trying to decide which class to take. It’s cool with me, so she sits in for like twenty minutes.
In the middle of one of the workbook listening exercises, she gets my attention and motions for me to meet her in the hall. The class is listening to the tape, so I meet her outside. She asks me where I’m from and I tell her America. She gets a little excited as her eyes widen. She then asks me what VA stands for…man, geography right off the bat, this is so the girl for me.
Anyways, quickly in my mind, “VA…Brian went to UVA…it’s gotta be Virginia...” So I tell her Virginia and she asks is that where Alexandria is? “Woman, what do you want from me?! Okay, think Mark… Alexandria… Alexandria… it sounds familiar…but is it in Virginia? Where did I hear that name before? Remember the Titans!! It’s totally in VA. I’m so good at this!”
“Yup, that’s in Virginia,” I say with confidence stemming from my knowledge of movie trivia and not geography. She smiles and nods in acceptance. She tells me that she’s not sure which class she’s gonna end up taking, but she wants to brush up on her English cause she’s gonna visit America in a few weeks.
As I’m about to start the typical, uninteresting conversation about what she’s goin for and what she’s planning on doing, she says, “So, can I have your number? I can show you around Bangkok and we can talk in English.”

“So, this has been great, I’ll give you a call sometime!” – Chandler

So out of Chandler-like reaction, “Yeah, that sounds good.” I give her my number and tell her to give me a call whenever, cause I’m breezy.
She calls me later that night to thank me again and to see when I was available.

So, the theories:

1) The Evil Genius: She totally scammed my school. She asked to observe the classes so she could find someone that she could do this with. She found me, and now she’ll get a free way to practice her English, and on her schedule no less.
2) The Ring Leader: She’s the leader of a Thai gang that finds naïve Americans, gets them to agree to this kind of situation, and somehow I end up missing a kidney.
3) The nice girl: She had no intention on finding me or setting this up and has no ulterior motives. Now, while it’s debatable whether or not there are any girls out there with no ulterior motives, here we’ll define “ulterior motives” as saving money or taking any of my body parts (and not giving them back).

It’s been said that the simplest answer is most likely correct.

1) The Evil Genius: She probably had to have seen countless schools, and there are very few guys my age teaching at these places, most are much older. Then, once she found one, there’s no guarantee that he’d agree to it. Too complicated.
2) The nice girl: This theory assumes that a girl can have no ulterior motive. Sorry, but there’s nothing more complicated than the woman’s psyche. Next?
3) The Ring Leader… I’ll miss my kidney…

Posted by Mark at June 5, 2004 02:59 AM

Comments

Hey, you can't say you're breezy, that, that totally negates the breezy.

Posted by: ideoplastos at June 5, 2004 11:40 AM

I can't tell you how much the past few "threads" made me laugh! Your father's birthday (Happy Birthday Thanomsakdi...did I spell that right?) post, then the cross dressing singer followed by a massage in the men's room, and now the providential dropping of, hopefully, a nice girl right into your lap (no double entendre intended).

Posted by: Sean at June 5, 2004 09:57 PM

Hey, thanks man, I'm glad. Very close with the name, Thanomsak, although, I could be off too. Sorry dad, but hey, you don't even know how old I am. Although, I'm not sure how old you are either... Anyways, thanks again, I'm glad my inner monologue can be entertaining.

Posted by: Mark at June 6, 2004 11:46 AM

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