Matters of the Heart Pt. 1

My date with Linnea went well. Before I left to meet her I was tossing the football with Buster. I was asking him how I knew if this was a date, or if we were just getting a beer, or if there was even a difference. Being 15, never having been on a date or even giving a shit about his nutty dads' pre date jitters, Buster was aloof.

We met at Fado an Irish Pub near Pioneer Square but opted to find someplace that we could enjoy the beautiful sunshine that was beating down on downtown Seattle. A short walk led us to Elliott's, right on the water. We got a pitcher of pyramid hefenweizer and took a table with a lot of sun. What a great day! Strangely, I felt very comfortable around Linnea. We talked about art and collage. We also talked about a mutual friend of ours named Mark McFee. We didn't lack for things to discuss as we swilled our beers. I brought along a book that I'm cutting up for a new collage it's a book of Ralph Steadman's art. It will certainly be a weird and dark collage. It was fun to talk to someone about collage, especially someone as pretty and vibrant as Linnea. We talked about our techniques making collage. I was getting such a kick out of the conversation. We talked about what kind of glue we use, where we got the images for out collages etc.

At some point we moved to another table, we were chasing the sunshine as it was beginning to go down. Not sure why, but I decided to do a little magic. Actually I decided to do something a little different. I performed the 3 Card Mental Problem without any success, but redeemed myself with the Zingone Mental Problem. I think she liked it, but the last thing I wanted to do was to bore her with the insufferable antics of a full fledged magic geek.

After two and a half hours of introductory good times, we agreed that we would visit the art museum sometime soon. FANTASTIC!! I am really happy to have met Linnea and I hope to get to know her better.