TURN THE AC DOWN

Before important blogging begins, here is the thought of the day:
I never understand why in the summers I have to wear a sweater and in the winters I have to wear a wife beater. Is it THAT difficult for buildings to regulate their hot/cold systems to temperatures adequate for human beings NOT suffering from menopause or anemia? Keep the damn thermometer at 70 degrees. There. I solved it. Deep thought for the day. Now if only I could regain feeling in my feet. I believe I'm suffering from frostbite and it's 85 degrees outside.

Now, onto important things - like me and my life. Last night was a hit. I did the whole: introduce new boyfriend to best guy friend for approval or denial. We met for a great Asian-fusion dinner at a shi-shi restaurant, an actual adult double-date. I disguised the meet-and-eat as a potential client dinner since both Boot Scoot and my friend Mark are both Geek Patrol Computer Nerds - but, BS is anxious to gain Mark's company's business.

The dinner went great from moment uno. I think BS was a little nervous because he ordered Crown Royal on the rocks, but, he settled down after one (who wouldn't, right?). And it was smooth sailing from then on. Of course, in typical Rachel style, I dropped a zillion things on my lap (thank goodness for napkins and dark skirts) and knocked the table a katrillion times with my boney knees, but overall, dinner was a smashing success. [NOTE:Excelsior Cabernet from South Africa is a great wine - check it out.]

However, halfway through dinner I was mildly attacked by Mark (a man of Jewish faith) for my prior blog and comments about "Jews building the pyramids". Apparently, this is NOT great news as Mark, to make it clear to me what I said was NOT positive, gave me a very blunt analogy. "Would you run up to African Americans and say, 'Isn't it great that the slaves picked cotton?' No, Rachel, you wouldn't." SO, it is NOT great that the Jewish people were slaves during the pyramid-building time and it is not great that the Jewish individuals were made to build the pyramids. My deepest apologies to all people of the Jewish faith for being ignorant and wrongly excited. Thank you to Mark for the explanation.

ANYWHO....

Bottom line is BS received two enthusiastic thumbs up from both Mark and his girlfriend which is a HUGE plus in my book. They even made the lame-o comment that watching us was like watching an episode from the Newlywed Game Show. Blech. But, "blech" in a good way.

Meanwhile, in Charlie-land, he decided to bust out into stalker "I love you" mode on any and all voicemails that I have. Isn't that how it always is? Men: They never want you when they have you but as soon as you tell them to make like a bee and buzz off, it's met with "I love you". Like "I love you" is the relationship band-aid. Maybe some girls fall for it. But, not this girl. Too little too late, my little fish-n-chips friend - I'm smitten with a little Boot Scoot n' Boogie. (Wow. That sounds really lame.) Nice.