Today's Warm Up - Partial Glance

Diana Luna: What do you do when you don't have someone?
Eddie Cusack: You find someone!

from: Code of Silence (1985)

Hi! Hello! Sorry to interrupt your novel reading – by the way, I read novels too! – but I think you’re absolutely perfect for me. I mean, there you are and here I am and it would appear that we both ride the same train so already right there we have a lot to talk about. The N Train sure is crazy this time of day, isn’t it? I know! I bet you live in Astoria because I got on the train and you were already here which means you got on in Astoria and it’d be pretty silly if you lived somewhere else and rode the train from there, right? Oh my God, I live in Astoria, too! That means we’re, like, melding right now. I bet you smell good. I’ve got a cold right now so I can’t really smell anything, but I really bet you do. You look like a woman who smells like summer mornings. Peaches. That’s my nickname for you. I should let you know before we start anything that I’ve had some bad breakups in the past, so if this is just a fun thing for you, I’ve got to know. You don’t look like a heart breaker so I totally trust you, but I want you to know that I’m just worn out from love and I need to be nursed back to health and I’m not ready to jump into anything serious unless I know it can be serious. You look serious. I mean, not like, “I’m serious hoo boy am I sour,” but you don’t look like some loose woman who’s going to dump me for some old college friend that’s just “crashing” at your place or whatever. You don’t look like you’ve broken up with a lot of guys. That’s a relief. Maybe you haven’t dated any guys! Wow, that would be something, right? If I was your first time. I mean dating! That’s so awkward! Oh my God! I didn’t mean sex! I am totally not thinking of sex with you yet because I’d prefer to wait. Until you’re ready! Third date! Well, this is my stop, so I better get off, but I can’t wait until tomorrow and we get to see each other again! Wow! What a coincidence!