Crazy D

Today is my birthday, so if I post anything today, it should probably be something introspective and thoughtful, like what a great year I have had and goals for the next one, right? I was going to do just that, but then I encountered some information that was much more interesting: Crazy D is engaged! Before I get into the details of who Crazy D is or why the engagement announcement is shocking, let me just say that I really don’t want this blog to become a forum for me to discuss my lovelife (or lack thereof), but some of these stories just seem too amusing for me to pass up. However, lest you get the wrong impression, let me set you straight: my social life is really pretty boring and has been for a while, despite what some of these snippets may indicate. (Aren’t you impressed that I just used the word ‘lest’?)

Anyway, Crazy D. Ok, many of you have not heard of Crazy D because my interactions with him took place shortly before I moved here. He is a guy in Otown who contacted me at the beginning of June on mspace. His message passed my screening process (see previous post) so we exchanged a couple of emails. We talked on the phone a bit, and although I thought that there wasn’t an outrageous amount of chemistry, he seemed like a nice guy. The thing was, we talked several times over the course of a week or two (most if not all calls initiated by him) and he never once asked me out. It got to the point where I really just didn’t want to talk to him, because I didn’t actually know him, so it was getting weird. Just when I was about to give up on him, Crazy D asked me out. Unfortunately, I was going away for that weekend so it wasn’t going to work, but I told him I would call him when I got back. Right after I got back into town, I was informed that I would be moving to S’pore within two weeks. I told Crazy D, but let him know that if he still wanted to meet up before I left, he should call me.

Well, he called and we tried to get together a couple of times, but between packing and work and trying to see people I actually knew, it just didn’t work out. Less than a week before I left, we made plans to have a late dinner. Crazy D said he would call me at 8:00pm and we would decide where to meet. Knowing that I would be eating later, I didn’t eat after lunch at work. I got home around 7 and got ready. Guess what? 8:15 and no call. So, being the aggressive (and hungry) girl that I am, I called him. Here is a reenactment of our conversation:
Syrah: Hey. Hows it going?
Crazy D: Great! Do you still want to meet up?
Syrah: Sure.
Crazy D: Why don’t we go for a walk around Lake Eola?
Syrah: Well, I thought we were going to get a bite to eat. I’m pretty hungry.
Crazy D: Yeah… well I just ate.
Syrah: Ooookaaay. Well why don’t we go somewhere and grab a drink and some appetizers?
Crazy D: That sounds good. Only I’m not going to drink.
Syrah: You’re not going to drink? Why? (I knew he drank.)
Crazy D: Well, I have to get up really early tomorrow to bring my dad to the airport.
Syrah: Ok, well tell you what. It doesn’t sound like tonight is going to work out, so why don’t we just reschedule?
Crazy D: Why????
Syrah: Well I am pretty hungry & you’ve already eaten & I don’t really feel like chowing down in front of you if you’re not going to eat.
Crazy D (and this is exactly what he said, very seriously): Well, it’s either now or never.
Syrah (stunned by this ultimatum): Well, I’m sorry you feel that way. Call me if you ever change your mind.

Then I hung up.
And called bff (fka: bdm) and asked him if wanted to grab a bite. He said he had already eaten, but would keep me company. (I don’t mind being the only one eating if I actually know the other person.) And then bff told me that my response to Crazy D was that of a man in a woman's body, which i think was supposed to be a compliment of sorts. Anyway, less than a minute after I got off the phone with bff, Crazy D called. “C’mon, don’t be that way. Let’s just meet up. I’d really like to meet you,” he said. I told him that I already had other plans (he didn’t believe me) but that I would call him some other time. Yeah, well, Crazy D didn’t get the hint and kept calling over the next few days, even when I said that I would call him if I was free. I don’t remember exactly what we talked about during our last conversation (it was short), but I do remember being annoyed because he seemed cranky that I didn’t have time to meet him. (Hello – I didn’t have time to see half of the people I WANTED to see before I left.) That was June 25th (the day I sold my car, because I was talking to him while I was driving bff’s car).

And I hadn’t given him a second thought until today, when I was rummaging through people’s profiles on mspace and came across his and discovered that in less than two months after we last spoke, he has become engaged! Shocking. And she seems normal. (Although you really can’t tell online, can you?) I wish them all the best in the world and I hope that things work out for those two crazy kids. As a very wise Bloom says, "God makes 'em and pairs 'em."