July 24, 2003
I have been informed by a mutual acquaintance that the anaerobic physicist is once again single.
The state of emotional upheaval into which this has sent me has rendered me unable to recite the alphabet, much less think rationally, but I have come up with a plan, which I have already begun to implement.
I e-mailed him asking if I could pick his brain about becoming an aerobics instructor. He will either answer this e-mail, in which case I will set up a time to take him out to lunch, or fail to answer this e-mail, in which case I will drink poison. If he does answer the e-mail and I take him out to lunch, I will at some point lead the conversation around to his recent trip to Italy and ask him if his boyfriend was there with him. If he says no but makes no mention of no longer having a boyfriend, I will drink poison, because this will mean that he doesn't consider the information that he's single important for me to have. If he reveals that they've broken up, I will ask him if he's still in mourning (giving him an easy out) or if I can ask him out. If he says he's still in mourning, I will drink poison, because, come on, he's a fag in New York, plus they weren't together that long, there's no way he'd wait more than three seconds before jumping back in the dating pool, so clearly he's taking the out I'm offering him. If he says I can ask him out, then I will explode with joy.
Hmm. Drink poison, drink poison, drink poison, explode with joy. Somehow none of these seems likely to lead to my eventual happiness.
But taken together they'd make a damn fine replacement for "Duck, Duck, Goose."
I think I'll go check my e-mail.
Posted by Faustus, MD at 07:49 AM
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Comments
1) Dee said (on 07/24/03 at 05:27 PM):
This is one of the cleverest entries I've seen you post, and I've been lurking for a while. I particularly like your game idea....
Just wanted to thank you for making me laugh out loud. Fingers crossed for the explosion.
2) jeff said (on 07/24/03 at 05:28 PM):
Good luck!
3) Michael Wilkinson said (on 07/24/03 at 07:33 PM):
Good luck Faustus! Keep us posted.
4) Tin Man said (on 07/24/03 at 09:19 PM):
What if he says that you can ask him out, and then you ask him out, and he says no?
5) Faustus, M.D. said (on 07/24/03 at 11:06 PM):
Thanks for the luck wishes, everybody. Tin Man, I should think that, given the rest of the post, you'd be able to supply the answer to your own question with a fair degree of confidence.
6) MB said (on 07/25/03 at 01:06 AM):
More good luck: good luck!
7) Convivia said (on 07/25/03 at 03:41 AM):
Didn't you see Romeo and Juliet? That "drinking poison" stuff never works out the way you want it to.
Dude. Don't be that guy.
8) Jeff said (on 07/25/03 at 10:13 AM):
If he says you can ask him out, and then he says no, I would ask you to refrain from drinking poison to give me enough time to hunt him down like the dog he might be and deliver swift retribution.
You know, because I care.
9) jennifer said (on 07/25/03 at 10:57 AM):
I just love that you have a plan. I love a man of action! Good Luck.
10) Wayne said (on 07/25/03 at 12:11 PM):
If he says Yes. Yay Yay Yay. Happy Happy Joy.
Or else
We can always tie him up after the class, and drag him into the locker room, and make him regret that he ever says "No" to you. I'm sure a lot of your fans are willing to help.
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