Preface:
I'm a very trusting person...I was born and raised as such. I grew up in a small town in upstate New York - the kind of place where it's safe to leave your keys in the car with the doors unlocked...seriously, my dad used to leave his keys in the ignition all the time!
My trusting, friendly nature sometimes borders on naivety, which usually isn't a problem...until the wrong person comes along, sees that trait as a weakness and tries to exploit the shit out of it and use it to their gain. And that's how it all began....
Psycho - Part 1
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Six months ago, I was at a bar with a couple friends, enjoying a few cold ones (mmm...Sierra Nevada Pale Ale). The conversation was nothing short of genius - debating the musical legitimacy of bands like Dokken and Husker Du.
I was just about to suck down Sierra #6, when I spotted a figure approaching on my left flank. My drunken ninja-like reflexes took over and I spun around so quickly that I nearly fell off my bar stool. I caught myself, regained composure and took my first glimpse of her - late 20s, reasonably attractive, somewhat resembling a gradeschool art teacher who had all but lost her college hippie persona.
"Hello," she said, "I couldn't help but hear that you're a musician...I'm Sarah." She extended her hand, I shook it.
I proceeded to introduce myself and my friends to Sarah. She told me that she had just moved back to the area after being away at college for seven years and she was looking for musicians with whom she could "jam" - apparently, Sarah was a singer.
I totally sympathized with her situation - I had found myself in a similar predicament when I first moved here three years ago, so I didn't think twice about giving her my phone number and the number of my friend Ryan, a guitarist. I wrote the numbers on a napkin, exchanged a few more pleasantries with Sarah and then she melted back into the crowd as quickly as she had appeared.
A little voice inside my head told me that this would not be the last I heard from Sarah. The little voice was right.
I'm a very trusting person...I was born and raised as such. I grew up in a small town in upstate New York - the kind of place where it's safe to leave your keys in the car with the doors unlocked...seriously, my dad used to leave his keys in the ignition all the time!
My trusting, friendly nature sometimes borders on naivety, which usually isn't a problem...until the wrong person comes along, sees that trait as a weakness and tries to exploit the shit out of it and use it to their gain. And that's how it all began....
Psycho - Part 1
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Six months ago, I was at a bar with a couple friends, enjoying a few cold ones (mmm...Sierra Nevada Pale Ale). The conversation was nothing short of genius - debating the musical legitimacy of bands like Dokken and Husker Du.
I was just about to suck down Sierra #6, when I spotted a figure approaching on my left flank. My drunken ninja-like reflexes took over and I spun around so quickly that I nearly fell off my bar stool. I caught myself, regained composure and took my first glimpse of her - late 20s, reasonably attractive, somewhat resembling a gradeschool art teacher who had all but lost her college hippie persona.
"Hello," she said, "I couldn't help but hear that you're a musician...I'm Sarah." She extended her hand, I shook it.
I proceeded to introduce myself and my friends to Sarah. She told me that she had just moved back to the area after being away at college for seven years and she was looking for musicians with whom she could "jam" - apparently, Sarah was a singer.
I totally sympathized with her situation - I had found myself in a similar predicament when I first moved here three years ago, so I didn't think twice about giving her my phone number and the number of my friend Ryan, a guitarist. I wrote the numbers on a napkin, exchanged a few more pleasantries with Sarah and then she melted back into the crowd as quickly as she had appeared.
A little voice inside my head told me that this would not be the last I heard from Sarah. The little voice was right.