Star Wars Euphoria

Ok, here’s a funny story.

Sunday, I usually don’t go anywhere, so when I parked my car on Saturday I set it to play the main title of Star Wars as soon as I put the keys in the ignition.  I figured that by the time I needed to drive anywhere, I would have forgotten all about it and it would be a pleasant surprise.

Rewind a couple of weeks.  An old roommate of mine had been wanting to set up a double date with him, me, and our dates to go to the BYU planetarium.  We went a couple of weeks ago, just to check it out, and it was really cool!  Definitely fun.  Also, I’ve got all the stuff to make some really delicious homemade granola, so we could do that as well.  Food, girls, astronomy–how can you go wrong with that kind of a combination?

So then, rewind a little more.  There’s this girl in my FHE group who I’ve been wanting to ask out for a while.  She’s pretty cool, easy to talk with, funny, and interesting.  She sometimes likes to commandeer a booth at Wilk with her friends and put up a sign that says “free advice.”  I had a lot of fun hanging out with her a couple of times this past semester, and she seems really friendly.

Fast forward to yesterday.  My old roommate and I had decided to do this planetarium date thing this Friday, and I figured it would be a great opportunity to ask out this girl from my FHE group.  Of course, during and immediately after FHE there wasn’t much of an opportunity to talk with her, since everyone else was there, but afterwards I went over to my apartment and did dishes for a little while.  I figured I’d drop in on my way out to campus.

Now, I’m a senior at BYU, and I hate to admit it, but I still find it really difficult to ask girls out.  I mean, I’m not as awkward or scared of it as I used to be, but still, it’s not the easiest thing in the world.  I have to work myself up to do it, and even then, there comes a point where you have to stop thinking and just go for it.  The adrenaline builds up,  you’re playing out all the worst case scenarios in your head, and some part of your brain starts coming up with excuses for why you shouldn’t ask right now.

So there I was, finishing up the dishes, trying to work myself up to doing this.  I mean, come on?  Anime characters who are ten years younger than me do this kind of stuff all the time, and half the time they are scrawny misfits!  What does that say about me??  So I threw my stuff in the car, closed the door, and walked over to this girl’s apartment…

…and she said yes!  Hooray!  She seems really interested, too!  Victory!

So then, in this post-adrenaline state of euphoria, I hoped in my car, stuck the key in the ignition, and…

…SHEBAM!! STAR WARS THEME SONG!!!!

Oooh yeah!  Life is good!