Wednesday, February 11, 2009

The Most Gorgeous Guy...

These things only happen in the movies, but today it happened to ME in the supermarket. I totally just bumped into the guy, in the dried seaweed aisle at the local Korean supermarket. (Dried seaweed gets its own aisle, believe it or not.) Anyway, 5'10, 170, totally muscly, effortlessly beautiful hair swept off to one side. I thought he saw me, but apparently he didn't so that's how we ended up running into each other. The thing was, he kind of took hold of me with both arms and then looked into my eyes. Those piercing eyes!!! Oh my god, I was mentally drooling. And then he smiled!!! The most perfect set of white teeth ever. Now I'm melting like a Wicked Witch, absurdly fretting if the supermarket manager is going to yell at me for making such a mess in the dried seaweed aisle. I'm sorry, he said. I'm not, I replied. You're not, he laughed. Did I say that, I gulped. You did, he said. I'm sorry, I said. I'm not, he replied. You're not, I laughed. Did I say that, he gulped. You did, I said. I'm sorry, he said. And so and so on until... do you think I could get your number, he said. My number, I said. Your number, he said. My God, I said. What's wrong, he said. I don't think I can remember my number. Well, in that case, he said, let me write my number instead. And then he took my hand and wrote his number on my palm. He winked one of those devastatingly dark eyes, drew me close and whispered in my ear, call me, I think you're hot. And then I woke up to the sound of my alarm, cursing the world for being so cruel.

10 comments:

Raven said...

So... which is the right kind of seaweed to buy to make seaweed soup? Cuz last time I tried I bought the wrong kind.

Btw, I was really hoping your supermarket story was true. :(

Joey said...

oh my god.

how cruel!

cute dialogue.

J.T. said...

LOL at Raven!! I could hear you, deadpanning, ignoring my heartbreak, "so, which is the right kind of seaweed?" (But I know you care about me, as evidenced at the end!)

I actually remember your seaweed soup mishap from your blog. I'm wondering if you bought the thin kind used in making sushi. You want to buy the thick kind for mi-yuk (seaweed) gook (soup). You should soak it for a few hours until it gets soft.

Joey, life is cruel. Friends are beautiful!

Luuworld said...

wow, great bit of writing even if it (unfortunately) didn't happen in real life! i could see it happening as i read it and got really into it...i was so happy for you and then....

well anyways, maybe you should start hanging out in the seaweed aisle. perhaps it's some kind of sign...lol

Raven said...

I do care. But I couldn't resist. :)

The seaweed I used seemed too thick. It was thicker than in seaweed soup I've gotten at restaurants. I soaked it for a while, and it tasted right, but the texture was wrong.

Should the package say mi-yuk, and if it does will that be guaranteed to be the right kind? I notice one of the packages in your photo says that.

J.T. said...

lol again at Raven,

I forgot you can read Korean! Yes, the package should say mi-yuk. I'm sure you can find a recipe for seaweed soup somewhere off the Internet.

Ah, I know the thick kind of mi-yuk that you probably bought. You definitely want the thinner kind.

Luu, I'm glad you liked the story... lol... By the way, I changed the Danish woman in one of my screenplays to a Norwegian one after doing a bit of research. (She's a woman who moved to America because she wanted to have children, but get married as well; basically she couldn't find an old-fashioned guy in Norway.) I read that Norwegians are the most conservative of the Scandinavians due to the influence of the Lutheran church. I may call on you later for some help with the dialogue.

dannie said...

omg! i was all excited for you. hope you run into that guy one day :]

Luuworld said...

that may be true. (that norwegians are more conservative than danes or swedes.) but having said that, the majority of the norwegian population are extremely liberal and progressive.

if you mention god as a public person, say a politician or a pop star, you will get ridiculed by the public and get your ass kicked by the press. so we are always kind of shocked when american politicians/artists mention god in their speeches.

J.T. said...

awww, thanks Dannie... and by the way, anyone here who's 5'10, 170 and totally muscly may contact me through my e-mail here... :-)

Luu, even with the Lutheran church, I can't imagine Norwegians as being conservative. Interesting bit about the God part, I didn't know it was quite like that for Norwegian public figures...

dannie said...

i am definitely not your guy hahah.