Strange things happen to me on what seems like a daily basis, but I'll hit the very best highlights:
- May 5, 1997. Now, 5/5 was going to be a good day. I already knew that. But it's HOW it was a good day that really seals it in my mind. I had a date with a girl...and she stood me up. So I walked back to the bus station to catch a bus home (I lived 10 miles from where we were having this date). Chatted up a girl while I was waiting for my bus. It just so happened, she was single, fun to talk to...and the girl of my dreams. I nearly married her (how it ended is a very sad story). So in being stood up I met someone who within mere hours of meeting we were saying "I love you"...and meaning it. Truly love at first sight.
Also, during '98-99, I lived in a place where my downstairs neighbor had an outdoor cat. The cat had a tendency to rest on the windowsill late at night...which was usually when I ventured out to a snack from this dive of a Chinese place that was open until 4 in the morning for no clearly evident reason (other than maybe the large number of potheads in the neighborhood.) I managed to train the cat. In exchange for a piece of meat, the cat would walk with me the two blocks like a dog on a leash, wait outside the Chinese food place (the---I swear I am not making this up---Fu King Chinese Restaurant), then walk home with me, only then claiming its prize.