ham and juje. tonight i feel perplexed.
i've decided having a good people memory isn't always a good thing. in fact, sometimes people think you're a downright CREEP. case in point. tonight. jenele and i are at the football game. about halfway through the first quarter this guy comes to stand by us. we both recognized him as a kid from our ward. a very attractive kid, i might add. he was there to chill with the group of girls next to us. we both mumbled to each other, "isn't that so and so from our fhe group?" and decided we should say hello to him, but never found a good opportunity. finally at HALFTIME (after a good half hour of standing there in awkward silence... haa...) I leaned over and the following conversation ensued:
me: aren't you in our ward?
him: *weird look of confusion*.. uh... maybe? i dunno... *shifty eyes*
me: yeah, i think we're in the same fhe group...
him: uh... oh really? *looking uncomfortable*
me: *wondering why i was even bothering... and holy cow this is so awkward...* do you live on darwin?
him: uh... yeah...
me: yeah, we played tug-o-war last week!
him: oh! yeah. sorry i don't recognize you.
me: *thinking really?? we have like 7 people in our fhe family.. wow... dense..* have you been standing here long?
him: (misheard me) nah, i've been living there since august. i transferred from the u and decided to move here after my mission.
me: *chuckling inside and trying to find a way out* oh cool... why did you transfer?
him: *stifled explanation* have you been living here long?
me: no... *turn around and laugh to myself...*
i should've never bothered.
a similar thing happened last week at the ice skating rink when i ran into a kid that i knew 2 years ago through my friend meagan. we hung out a few times even, AND we are facebook friends (not that that means a lot, but still...) we were sitting there taking his skates off, and i made conversation with him and asked if his name was jake. i was like, "i think i know you..." and i even knew exactly how i knew him... he didn't remember me or the girl meagan that we were friends with. i told him we were even facebook friends and he didn't believe me. so right then i pulled up his page and showed him. he was so surprised and embarrassed he didn't remember me.
sheesh, why do i EVEN bother?!
oh well, i guess even the sun sets in paradise.
confusingly yours, sarby.
