Long story short, he emailed me that night, we exchanged some more emails, I sent some really long goofball response that used some big words and referenced Vanity Fair and New Yorker articles, he wrote back saying, “Wow! You’re a really good writer. How about lunch on Friday?” So, we’re having lunch on Friday.

I think it’s funny how by going out on a limb and just being myself, no holds barred, for a second in that one email seems to have been the thing that tipped the balance. Either that or his schedule did finally open up. Who knows? I have no expectations.

As a follow-up, I started to write him an email, but it was lame, and I thought, it’s been almost a month. It’s been too long. So I deleted it. Then I checked my “Stalkers” on OKCupid, thinking that if he’d checked out my profile in the past week or two, I’d email him. He had checked it today. I sent him an email. We’ll see what happens.

Hey J,

Did your classes get finished up? Any interest in meeting for a cupcake? I’m free on Tuesday and Thursday evening.
Then if you don’t hear from him again, at least you tried. In which case, you still deserve a cupcake for your efforts and should go get one.