Fun stuff tonight. So I pick up sandwiches at Penn Station, a local chain originating from Cincy but radiating outward like fallout from a deli meltdown. Off to Meijer for some chips, and as I'm walking out, lo and behold, I hear an exclaimation of "Andy!" It's the Incoherency Inducing Cashier (IIC) from work, and she has an equally strikingly attractive friend with her. "Whatcha doing?" she says. "Oh.. chips for dinner. Sandwiches from Penn Station. It's an addiction." I mumble with an awkward smile. She introduces me to her friend, and I extend my hand for a nice firm handshake. A few lines of chitchat later, and we parted. I glanced backward, hoping to catch the same from either of them, but to no avail.

I was in my goofy charming zone, though. I just got out of the shower before leaving, so my hair was laying nice and wavy, and I had on beat up shorts and a t-shirt featuring Spongebob in his underwear. I rock the nerd house.

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Speaking of charming nerds, I just re-watched one of the most brilliant movies ever put on film: Big Trouble. I first saw it a couple of years ago, and it's one of those star-studded, big name ensemble cast, never-heard-of movies. Anyway, I saw Hitchhiker's Guide a week or so ago, and fell in love with Zooey Deschanel. How can you not be charmed by her whole big wide-eyed, brunette, hint of a lisp, small pointy breasts, slightly dorky appeal? I'm watching Big Trouble and thinking to myself "Self, isn't the chick with the overly-nasalized, under-inflected, and slightly (but appropriate to the character) monotonously deadpan line delivery the same one from Hitchhiker's Guide?"



One quick check of www.imdb.com, and sho 'nuff, it's her. Zooey Deschanel. It's like Fred said to Velma in the first Scooby movie: "Dorky chicks like you turn me on!"

Sigh.