Joesph the Firebug

Joseph. He was quite an intresting person. He is a fire spinner. Don't worry, I had no idea what that menat either. Youtube it. It is pretty cool. We chatted for a while (c/o Ok Cupid now). He was an educated and itersting person. He had been places and done things. Even lived overseas for a while.

I loved chatting with him. He was one of the rare few who could hold an email chat. I love getting longer letters and he was capable of this lost art. And, like I said, he was a truely intresting person. After emailing for a few weeks we decided to meet. Just start with coffee and go from there.

And we did. We met for coffee at a local mall. What we didn't relize was the coffee shop was closing 30 minutes after we met. So we left there and walked. And we walked. And kept walking. We must have lapped that mall at least a dozen times. Takeing different routes or following old paths. He was a tlker and he just talked the whole time. I said very little. I didn't mind. He was so intresting to listen to. After walking for a couple hours I was dying for some water so we stopped in at California Pizza Kitchen and grabbed a salad and drinks. And after a nice meal we left and walked some more.

Soon it was getting really late and he walked me to my car. He gave me a great hug and said goodnight and he would be in touch. I was a little bummed. I would have kissed him. I went home and waited to hear form him.

All my friends told me it was in his court to write. But I just didn't feel right leaving things that way. I felt I had to say thank you again for the great night. So a couple days later I sent him an email thanking him. And the next day I head back. Just a brief message saying he had been busy with work. I responded. And then never heard from him again. Maybe it wasn't such a great night? And that was that.