Omg wtf bbq

  So remember that dude in that band I stalk on multiple continents that is marginally aware of my existence?

  Just announced a girlfriend on FB.

  This is depressing me way more than it should... Thank God I never showed him those Photoshopped prom pictures!

  Also, while I was sightseeing downtown today, guess who texted me asking about a lunch or coffee date? VU nemesis! There I was, contemplating the remains of James Smithson, when an invitation came from the last person I would have ever expected it from. He was kind of adamant about it, too: lunch or coffee or something, today or sometime next week. Not like an "I'm around this afternoon and if we happen to meet up, that's cool" thing. We rendezvoused at a DuPont Circle Starbucks, after I walked roughly two miles from Chinatown because of Metro delays. Ummm...

  The most unbelievable part is that we had a pretty good time. Also, turns out I wasn't making up his obsession with Arlo Guthrie -- he totally started talking about those awkward moments in thesis class without my saying anything.  We also had a moment that went like this:

  "Whenever my dad and I drive through Oklahoma [he's from TX], we always stop in the Arbuckles at this fried pie place."

 me:  "... by the highway and the Sinclair gas station with the dinosaur?"

  "... yeahhhh...?"

  Keep in mind that the Arbuckle Mountains are more than an hour's drive from my house. Welcome to OK!

  I halfheartedly invited him to weekday intern lunchtime... only I think he might actually show up.

  I just... cchhh... what?

Street in Copenhagen or swank DuPont Circle? It's anybody's guess.