The Beginning: Part II

So, like I said, TWENTY YEARS PASSED. It was October 2005. I had recently taken possession of a college degree that I was making very little use of, and Mr. L was the singer/guitarist in a band (by night) and a systems engineer (by day). He still wasn't on my radar at that point. In fact, I was kind of dating the bassist in his band at that point. Well, we weren't exactly "dating" (unless "dating" involves watching a lot of movies and never making out, not even once!) but that's how Mr. L describes it when he's recounting this story to our friends. Anyway, I had met said bassist through a friend of a friend while I was away at school, and we both moved back to our hometown so I saw him quite a bit.

On this particular October night, Bassist decided to throw a party at his house for his friend Wes, who was driving out to LA to be on the first season of "Beauty & the Geek." If you recall, he was the hot geek who ended up landing one of the beauties. I was, obviously, invited and the theme was, obviously, "Beauty & the Geek." Apparently it was "obvious" that the girls would dress to the nines and arrive at the party as "beauties," while the guys would be the geekiest "geeks," but I didn't get that memo because I showed up in my very favorite Spiderman shirt.

Mr. Lemonade was there. And he liked my shirt.


The shirt in action in Japan in 2006... that land will factor in later... just watch & see!

I wish I could say I remember all the details of that night, but in truth there was quite a bit of champagne involved on my part, and I ended up peacefully snoozing among my friends in the living room. I know this because it's on videotape. Yes, I have our "re-meet" captured on film. And it ain't so pretty.

I watched the video, headachy, the next day, and I saw myself... zonked on the couch... while Mr. L shared some ridiculously long and pointless boozy story. He was either at his finest or at his worst that night-- still haven't decided. Needless to say, I noticed him and thought he was VERY cute, but his attempts to impress me (aforementioned boozy story) didn't quite resonate at that point.

Not how you'd think a love story would begin, eh?

Part III soon to follow!