dig conversations

"what are you up to tonight?" she said.

"you want the sunday school answer, or the real answer?" i replied.

"hm...a blend of the both, be creative," she said

"i can't on wednesday's. it's hump day. i spend all week just trying to get to this point. the rest of the week i can coast through. i can be creative tomorrow. thursday's are usually good for creativity," i said.

"didn't we have a conversation about that once? about how thursday's are your favorite day?" she said.

"sure did. everyone looks forward to friday, thursday is the prelude. the introduction to the end. it's the ultimate chill day. that moment just in between a deep inhale and a long exhale. when you know you can breath again," i said.

"indeed. it's also the 4th weekday. i like the number 4, it's nice and even. like the number 2. the number 2 and the number 4 are my favorite numbers. they represent a wholeness and balance that can't be found with most other numbers," she said.

"...my favorite number is 3. so put that in your blowhole," i said.

she said, "that's what she said".

"ha, i actually just saw an office episode the other day. a woman was parking her SUV and was scraping the sides of the cars next to her. she looked out the window and exclaimed "it's too tight - i have to find another spot to put it in!" i said.

"haha, hilarious, i have yet to check out the office. do you have any episodes?" she asked.

i replied, "i have to check, i might. it came on after family guy on TBS last night."

[insert 30 minute conversation on family guy]

"...but what i can't understand why American Dad would have the same format and setup as Family Guy but exclude the random flashbacks and tangents. they're taking out the very element of Family Guy, while simultaneously trying to make it just like Family Guy, it doesn't make sense," she said.

i said, "i think they're still trying to figure out their audience. it seems like a satire about post-9/11 fear-invoked patriotism in America, but still within the framework of Family Guy randomness. maybe they're playing it safe until they find their base. or maybe the show is just stupid...wait...didn't you ask me something earlier?" i said.

"..."

"..."

"...we talked about numbers..."

"...favorite days of the week?..."

"ooh...i asked you what you were doing tonight!" she exclaimed.

"oh yeah!" i said, "hm, sunday school answer - grading papers. real answer - nothing."

"...wow, we really have to work on our conversation skills," she says.

"nah," i say, "i dig our conversations."

"good," she says, "me too."