i love museums. i lived in new york a couple years ago -- was there on an internship -- and i went to the met at least twice a month. it's amazing if you haven't ever been there. i could spend my whole day there and still not be able to see everything i wanted. the funny thing was that i would usually end up spending most of my time at the picasso exhibit in the modern art area. they had a beautiful painting there -- his "woman in white," that i just loved. it wasn't up when i was there in december last year. but hopefully they'll bring it out again. i don't know what it is about this painting, but i could sit and look at it for (not kidding) hours.
i got to go to the getty here in la on a date last week. we didn't get there until late -- about an hour before closing -- but were able to look at some of the exhibits and spend some time out on the balconies -- the city lights are just beautiful from there. it was seriously amazing. that building is just beautiful, even 
without the art exhibits. we got to see this exhibit of photos of la and the la river, which was really neat. it's fun to see something that you see everyday in a piece of art that makes it somehow more special.
so, the date: i had been out with this guy once before. it's kinda funny because we met at a speed-dating activity at fhe back in january and were a match. the first time we went out, we went miniature golfing and it was so much fun. he's a really good guy and fun to talk to and hang out with. it had been probably about a month since the miniature golfing, but life had been crazy with my busy season wrapping up and his starting a new job. so ... we finally got squared away that we would go out last friday.
i felt so bad because it was my fault that we got to the museum so late that night. i had just started a new engagement at work and couldn't skip out of the client's office very early (when i say "very early," i mean "by 5"), especially because my manager was there that day. so, because i needed to go drop something off for a partner at 6, i took the opportunity to let that be when i left for the day. the only problem was that when i got over to meet up with the partner, she ended up needing something else, too, so it delayed me even more. i didn't leave west lake village until 640 ... supposed to be down in santa monica at 7. and i still had to go home to change. grrr.
speed-dater's cell phone broke the week before last. so i couldn't call him. so ... what do you do? i went home and changed and brushed my teeth and headed down. we were meeting up at the temple visitors center, so i tried calling them, hoping that they might be able to take a message for me but they had just closed for remodel and so weren't taking calls or anything. so i just drove down, fully aware that i may have just missed him anyway. i got down there at 745 and couldn't find his car. i drove around a bit and waited. as i was about to leave, i saw him pull in -- he had gone to a friend's place for a bit and came back.
i explained what happened and he said it was okay. but i could tell he was bothered by my tardiness. i probably would have been, too, i guess. i just don't know what i could have done differently. anyway, we went to the museum and had a good time. we talked a lot and it was nice. after the museum, we got some thai food and headed over to diddy riese's for ice cream sandwiches -- yumm!
he took me back over to the temple to get my car and ... ha ha ... the gate was closed and locked! umm, yeah. so ... speed-dater got out to see if there was anyone in the security booth ... nope, nobody. but -- there was an intercom system thing! yay! he called and the security guard came to open the gate, so it was okay. as i was saying goodbye to speed-dater, though, it just seemed like he was a little disappointed. we didn't hug goodbye or anything -- he said he'd call me when his phone got fixed -- and then i just got out of his car and into mine.
the next day i emailed him a thank you. i don't really expect that we'll go out again. i'm a little sad about that. he's a really nice guy. at the same time, though, i don't know that i can really picture it going anywhere with him. maybe we'll be able to be just friends. but i don't know that that will happen either. *shrug*. dunno.
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