Part 1: I was making my way down the aisle of the airplane, on my way home from the LA conference. I was behind this really tall guy and, when we got to my row, he stopped and I said to him, "Oh good, I hoped you were sitting near me." It was all over his face - "this lady is trying to pick me up!" I quickly told him I just wanted him to put my bag in the overhead bin - that's it! It was awkward, but at least I didn't have to talk to him anymore.
Part 2: Wrong! As luck would have it, his seat was next to mine and, after a few uneasy minutes, we began talking. As a matter of fact, my friend Meg and I talked to him during the whole flight. It turned out he was a semi-pro hockey player who was born in Spain, grew up in Canada, played hockey in France and currently lives in LA. He was very knowledgeable, sweet and funny - plus he was really cute! During our conversation, he mentioned how Meg's green eyes reminded him of his mother's and how rare green eyes are. Then I butted in with, "My eyes were green until my late twenties, when they miraculously turned blue." As soon as the words left my mouth, I wished I could have taken them back! I sounded just like Kristen Wiig's character, Penelope, on Saturday Night Live! Then I tried to add more details so it didn't sound like I was lying just to get attention. The guy, Sergio, said, "Yea, I can see how they could have been green - they're pretty." He was clearly afraid I'd have some sort of psychotic episode! I stopped trying to convince them - I was only making things worse. I was SO embarrassed, mostly because Meg and Sergio were trying so hard to make it seem as if it was a normal thing to say!
In case you don't know who Penelope is, or if you just want to see a hilarious skit, here's an example:
And, just to prove I am not a Penelope - here's a picture of me in 7th grade and you can clearly see my eyes are green! You know I must be desperate to prove I'm not a psychotic one-upper, if I'm willing to share this picture :-)
Anyone else want to confess a Penelope moment? Please!!
