Tag: Awkward
Ba Ha Dugginich
This story may have been told on my original Blogger blog, but I’m not sure. It’s just been prominent in my head for some reason in the past few days, so I’m gonna re-tell it for the millionth time. I was huge into Mortal Kombat II when it was in the arcades. I used to go constantly to the mall and to Burt’s Sportsplex in middlegare to play it. The difficulty dip settings on the machines in the mall were set much lower than at Burt’s, so, if there were very few people playing at the mall, I could easily get to Kintaro. There were some other regulars too. There was BEV Lowes, a heavy set guy who worked atRead More
Can't be just me: Part 2
I was walking to my car from dinner, and someone had parked their car anti-parallel to mine on my driver’s side while I was walking to the car. The passengers in the other car were already out of the car, and I was standing there waiting for the driver to exit so that I could get into my car. The driver was an older woman, I’d say about 60 or so. The passengers were around the same age. This was in Stuyvesant Plaza, and they all looked like they were upper middle class, kind of spoiled people. She didn’t realize I was there waiting. Once she got out of her car, she totally stared into my car. She looked atRead More
Can't be just me: Part 1
I don’t know what it is, but I find myself in strange situations at times. If you know me well enough, you know that I relate this to my similarities with the fictional “Larry David” on Curb Your Enthusiasm. I’m sure this stuff happens to others, but I think on a day-by-day basis, it is more probable to happen to me. Yesterday, I was involved in two awkward situations. I had to buy sneakers. I am completely brand loyal and a creature of habit, so, for me, this is actually a very easy process. I walk into a store that carries DC Court Graffik SE in suede, try on a size 10.5, pay, and move along. Since TSX in CrossgatesRead More