March 03, 2008
you can't skate by on good looks alone
So I'm out at a bar talking to a girl. The conversation is going well and she's pretty good looking. She seemed to be into me (weird since she seemed halfway intelligent). Unfortunately, her real intelligence started to show the further into the conversation we got. Let me start this off by saying, I'm not the brightest crayon in the box myself. Anybody that knows me knows that, and knows that I don't claim to be a rocket scientist. I do, however, feel like I can hold a conversation without sounding stupid. It takes at least a couple conversations before you realize my true intellect. Anyway, that's another story. So I'm talking to this girl and I ask her what she does. She told me she's involved with a program called ____________________________ (don't want to blow anybodies spot up). The goal of the program is to take children with one or both parents in prison and teach them the skills they need to live through sports--specifically tennis. While explaining what her job was within this program, she used the word 'incarcenated' two or three times. After the first time, I realized that she meant to say incarcerated. I wanted to give her the benefit of the doubt (we were drinking), but she said it about five times. I didn't want to correct her because I didn't want to draw attention to it. The whole thing was weird, though, because all the sudden, she wasn't attractive anymore. If it was five years ago, I don't even think I would've cared. I would've given her a nickname like 'Ditzy Danielle' to distinguish her from another girl (and so my friends know which girl I'm hanging out with) and kept it moving. This time, I gave her the gotta-find-my-friends speech, and walked away. It's too bad, too, because she was hot. I guess it just goes to show you that you can't always get by on your good looks. It also begs the question, how many times has she said the word wrong? I'm sure she uses it alot at work or in conversation about her job. Does she really think that's the correct way to say incarcerated? Has anybody ever corrected her? Was she just that drunk? I'll never know because I didn't ask her for her number (not that she would've given it to me). I guess the next guy can figure it out.
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