well, now i can scratch it off my list — i met a man who was once a butler to the queen.
tonight there was an event at school, a dinner about etiquette (as part of the business world). this fellow, john bourdage, gave a talk and showed us which fork to use (essentially). through the combination of my family’s constant dinner-partying while i was growing up and my general wannabe euroweenieness, i was already pretty up on what a fish fork is, and what a saucier does, and how to properly use a napkin, but i went anyway, figuring odds were low i’d never be able to meet a guy like this again (also, you know, free dinner).
i was nominated to go by one of the profs at school through some leadership council group that wishes to aid who profs think are student leaders. not only was i not the only person from my program there, but there were only three other kids from my college — i snuck a peek at the attendance list.
said peek was able to be snuck by myself because the table i was at had nobody else sitting at it most of the night. really, there were about 60 kids there, and i was alone at my table of 8 until after the event started and another kid trickled in and sat across from me. then the two event organizers sat down at our table as well (hence attendance-sheet-peek-sneak).
the woman who sat next to me i think thought i was flirting with her. first she said she thought i looked familiar, and i said i didn’t know how, and she said i had a very distinctive look (this is true, though i wonder how much of that statement runs parallel to “she is a handsome woman”). anywho, after she asked what year i was, i asked if she was a senior, and that’s when i found out she was one of the organizers. so i stammered a minute and said “well, i’m 30, so i can never tell how old others are around here, so i guess good compliment work, micah”. (it sounds about as coherent now as it did then.) so when the other woman who was an organizer sat down, they started talking and the woman next to me was all “…greg, MY HUSBAND…” subtlety go! i saw she was wearing a ring regardless, jeez.
anyways…i digress. all the food was dairy-tastic, which was annoying, but i think i ate around it fairly well (prosciutto, artichokes, a pleasingly spicier-than-standard yellow squash/zucchini/red onion mix, and chicken with red sauce). like i said, though, interesting presentation from mr bourdage. funny guy, too.
