because his job is not in a creative field, and those are the people i seem to connect with most. maybe it's because he was wearing open-toed sandals--not my bag.) now, i knew, almost straight-off-the-bat he and i would never make out. but there i was, with a smart and lovely human being, so i took advantage of the opportunity to have a lively chat. we had a really nice time. so nice that at the end of the date, he said something like "maybe i can take you out for dinner sometime."
i froze, deer-in-the-headlights style. "maybe," i said. and then i waved good-bye and walked off.
but the next morning, 