"I remember when Leonardo DiCaprio played the homeless kid in Growing Pains. I knew way back then he would be a big star." Girls in yoga pants are my absolute favorite thing in the world and fortunately for me SW Las Vegas provides a myriad of them - "Did you know that Leo was originally slated to play Dirk Diggler in Boogie Night's? But he ended up passing so he could do Titanic." It was a great feeling sharing movie knowledge with my new yoga pants wearing friend. I first noticed her standing in front of me at the Red Box returning a copy of The Wolf of Wall Street.
"You sure know a lot about Leonardo DiCaprio," she says. I took her response as a sign that she was eager to hear more. "Did you know that Leo is a Scorpio?" I tell her with a wide smile. "No, I didn't know that either, but thanks for telling me," she answers with a grin of her own. My new friend was young and smoking hot (I would guess early 20's). At this point I was feeling it imperative to show off more of my knowledge, so I added this, "My sister says I have a man crush on Mark Wahlberg. Did you know I am the unofficial president of the Mark Wahlberg fan club in Las Vegas? Did you know he was in the Funky Bunch before he became a movie star?"
She looks at me and smiles again (I was beginning to feel a vibe between the two of us). So when I noticed her reading the description of Indiana Jones & The Crystal Skull on the Red Box, I added another tidbit. "Did you know that Tom Selleck was originally slated to play Indiana Jones? But was unable to get out of his contract on Magnum P.I." She fluttered her eyes and smiled at me once again (the vibe I was feeling had now gone into overdrive). I started to say something else, but before I could get the second word out - she tells me this in an irritated tone - "Look dude, this is my space," she then sticks her arm directly out in front of her, points her forefinger and draws an imaginary circle around her."You are invading my space. It's nice to know you are such a movie aficionado. But please!" She then draws another imaginary circle around her, "Don't come into my space uninvited!"
this made me laugh
ReplyDeleteI was the 40+ guy trying to look cool. It worked for a moment:)
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