"Enough, enough bowing down to disillusion, hats off and applause to rogues and evolution"



As some of you may know, I have a theory or weird/unfortunate luck that tends to befall me. I like to throw said incidents up on the ol’blog for viewers to enjoy. This entry will prove no different in the weird factor. If you’ve read my previous posts, specifically the one regarding Matt Danko’s formal pot luck dinner party then you may already know about the person that was lovingly nicknamed (and not by me, I might add) Creeps, aka Mark. The short version of my former post is that I met him at said party and we chatted, but I felt that creepy vibe from him that girls seem to have a sixth sense about (you know what I’m talking about ladies). Before he departed he asked for my phone number and taken aback and unable to lie like the chump that I am, I gave it to him. He didn’t call and I forgot all about it. Until about 3 weeks later he called me while I was at work once, and another while I was out the door, both easy to get off the phone situations. This week, however, he has called twice more and I recognized the number and avoided. Perhaps this is the coward-like approach but if that’s so, then a coward I am. I just don’t know how to tell someone I hardly know not to call, it seems so mean. I guess not answering seems mean too, but I guess it depends on how you look at the situation, especially when today presented the weirdest aspect of this story thus far. I had a missed call on my cell from a 416 number that I didn’t recognize. So on my way back to the Hammer for my birthday festivities this evening (I’m 23 today!) The number called again, this is what happened:

Me: Hello
Strange Woman: Hello, is this Casey?
Me: Yes it is?
Strange Woman: You don’t know me, but I’m Mark’s Aunt, he’s been trying to get a hold of you.
Me (in my head): What the fuck?
Strange Woman: He just wanted to invite you to a party we’re having, we have them a few times a year, its on Saturday.
Me: Well I’m actually busy today and tomorrow because its my birthday today.
Strange Woman: Oh, happy birthday!
Me: Thank you (strange woman that I don’t know)
Strange Woman: Maybe you can come to the next one then?
Me: Um, sure…. (what the hell am I supposed to say?)
Strange Woman: Great, then Mark will call you ok?
Me: Ok…bye.

Who a) gets their Aunt to call a girl you met ONCE? b) Gets their aunt to call ANY girl? C) Gets their Aunt to call a girl who you’ve called multiple times with no answer? Let this be a lesson to one and all, when you don’t know the number that appears on your phone’s caller ID, don’t answer.