Me - "I like your cardigan."
- My memory kicks in - The first time we spoke a song was playing that I hadn't heard in a long time. You told me that you attract repeat customers with your awesome taste in music. Also - you told me the name of the band was "The Cardigans" - Lovefool
Her (great big smile) - "Thanks! I like old woman clothes."
"Well - it suites you - though you're definitely not an old woman."
Her - (making coffee for the guy in front of me ~pumpkin latte with whipped cream - smiles again) - "Thank you!"
- My brain again - Cardigans... Wool, cashmere, hers is cotton, second hand or handed down, machine knitted or very well done by hand - White with blue and other colors in vertical patterns on the front sides. I like big, wool, cardigans...cozy... Makes me feel like I look smart... Walter...
Me - "Do you ever watch Fringe?"
Her (accessing memories and intrigued that this conversation is still going) - "No I never have. Someone told me it was pretty interesting though."
"You should - just so you can see Walter in his big woolly cardigan."
~Giggles
Me still - "You know I've tried to find a cardigan like that, but you know I'm a big guy and have to buy big clothes so those cost like two hundred bucks."
~Funny looks when I say 'big guy'~"Do you ever try like thrift stores?"
Me (big grin) - "Yeah I love Unique - This jacket cost me like six bucks."
~~Other people from my workplace nearby seem werided out that I'm wearing a suit coat from a thrift store, pumpkin latte guy leaves~~
(Skipping parts of the conversation I can't remember clearly; basically I can't find a cardigan at Unique)
Her (big grin ~ keeping track of question she wanted to ask from before ~ nice) - "I basically live at Unique; that place is great. It's funny to get a TV show recommendation based on what the character is wearing. Hey - isn't Angel in that show? um - David Boreanaz?"
Brain - accessing - no...unless that started since I stopped watching TV... She must mean Peter...Similar facial bone structure if you only look for a second.
Me (bad...Thinking and talking at the same time) "No...That Peter guy from Dawson's Creek is in it though." heh...
"Oh - you mean - um - Josh Jackson!"
~~nice save! Respect!
"Yep - that's him!" (I don't think my grin ever went away, but it just turned into a full on smile)
Her - (Funny, not shame, but 'don't tell anyone' tone...) "I used to love that show. I watched it all the time. Did you know that him and Katie Holmes..."
~~~drifted~~~
Brain - and me to brain - sometimes you need to shut the fuck up man... Yeah I can remember what she was saying, but dude she was talking! - brain - Why do I know so much about "Dawson's Creek?" Oh yeah! I used to watch that shit before school in the morning! Wait - I liked that show. Damn - that's shameful...
"...had a thing?"
"Wait - what?"
"Yeah Katie admitted that he was like her first love and all that. I have a weakness for news stand gossip."
~~I giggle~~ my "INNNteresting" face...
"Yeah shamefully I used to watch that show every morning before school."
Her - ("INNNteresting" face :) "That was on in the mornings?"
Me - "Yeah like when I was in college - too long ago for me to admit how old I am."
~another good giggle
Her - "oh man - now I'm trying to remember what shows I watched before school... "Saved by the Bell."
Co-Worker - "Which one? The college years?"
Her - "All of them! Middle school, high school, the college years."
brain - holy shit I watched that too! - me/brain - can't remember if I said that out loud
Co-worker ~~ fades out of conversation ~~ sorry :| (Something about me only recently starting to come to that coffee shop and me going from quitting coffee to 4 shots of espresso, headaches, the girl I've been talking to recommends Tea. :)
Me - "Well - with my second stint at college I watched "Charmed" and "ER" every morning before class."
Her - ("Holy shit flooded with memories and shit to say" face) "Wow Charmed I love that show - and ER - wow... I love George Clooney, what a babe!"
Me - "heh - yeah I like Noah Wyle, he's pretty cool"
Her - (working - realizing the same thing I am) "Okay wow this conversation went - wow. Okay..."
Me - "Yeah we could probably go on forever. I'm Jason..." (out-reached hand for hand shake)
GODDAMNIT!! MOTHERFUCKER!!! PIECEOFSHIT!!! IHATEYOUSOMUCHYOUASSHOLEFUCKINGBRAIN! ???Ashley???
me to brain - why do you remember that the guy in front of us ordered a small vanilla latte, a water, a large pumpkin latte with whipped cream and asked about a banana - to which the reply was "not any good ones..." AND YOU CAN'T CLEARLY REMEMBER THE HOT GIRL'S NAME! ass hole...
Her - "My name is Ashley - did you say David?"
Me (~double take~ Laughing, because of my theory that people don't remember me...) "Jason."
(reciprocating handshake) - "I don't know why I heard David. Well it's nice to meet you Jason." (I do - you think I'm hot like Angel! HA! No really - she's got David Boreanaz on the brain... I was wearing one of my black shirts, no tie, with the top button open ~ I can see the resemb...who am I kidding...)
Me (big ass smile) - "You too."
All that while I watched her make a pumpkin latte and my soy latte... Damn good too! What is it with me and baristas?
Her name is indeed Ashley :)
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