surprise

outside of a restaurant.
me: hey
girlfriend: hey
me: look at you all dressed up! you look pretty.
girlfriend: what do i normally look.
me:
girlfriend: like.
me: also pretty.
girlfriend: well played.

a restaurant.
girlfriend: oh, it’d be good to get back soonish—i promised angela i’d make her some cookies before she heads out tonight.
me:
girlfriend: i mean, we don’t have t
me: i’m onto your little game.
girlfriend: what?
me: nothing.
girlfriend:
me:
girlfriend: uh
me: robbie had coffee and i drink it.
girlfriend: you “drink” it?
me: i drink it.
waiter: can i offe
girlfriend: I’M good. babe, are you good? i’m all set.
me: ummmm
girlfriend: we’re probably all set.
waiter: you guys sure you don’t want
girlfriend: i think we want the, uh, check.
me: check-oslovakia.
girlfriend:
waiter:
me: holy fuck, i’m old.
girlfriend, suspiciously: you’re not that old.
me:
girlfriend: you can finish my beer if you want! finish it.
me: i am not a whit fooled by your byzantine tapestry of lies.
girlfriend: we need to talk to robbie about this whole coffee business.

steps leading to apartment.
me: and so then i was like, if we keep the footnote, we have to reproduce the figure from that other thing, but then, we have to renumber all the subsequent figures
girlfriend: i’m very interested in what you are saying! keep talking.
me: but then if we remove the footnote, we have to renumber all of the footnotes, which there were a bunch of, so either way you have to mark up the thingy
girlfriend: let’s just open this door here.
me: but then i was like, the thing about footnote ennumeration
surprise party guests: SURPRISE.
me: OH HELL YEAH.
surprise party guests: YEAH
me: YEAH
surprise party guests: YEAH
me: JESUS CHRIST, WE’RE MAKING SUSHI

that’s right. there was homemade sushi, and two ice cream cakes, and just an ungodly amount of cookies. also, beverages of a frankly heroic abundance. also, it was as well-concealed a surprise party as it is conceivable to have. well played, girlfriend.

well played.

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the young dads have a myspace page now. very little is on it, except for the video of My Cajón and a song we recorded yesterday entitled Bet You Didn’t Know (That I Was Hiding in Your Car).

it is probably our best song yet.