Date Night

I have known Julian for a while. I posted a pic of him here before so I will go search for it and update you. We met through mutual friends and he is very cute and there was always something I found special about him. He lives in TJ and is very young and although he pursued me I always politely declined because I could just not see anything viable for the long term coming out of it. Our age difference, complete different stages in life, our backgrounds, living in two different countries, the list goes on and on. Our paths cross a lot and we always have fun together in our group of friends – I was even Julian’s wingman on a couple occasions – and yet I finally gave in. He speaks and understands English very well so I could clearly articulate my fear and reluctance knowing that he would understand me. He told me his concerns too and that yet his interest remained, I admire people that are fearless.

We went out on Saturday and had dinner, then saw Avatar and then met up with mister and some of his friends in Hillcrest. We had a really great time – very enjoyable, relaxed and yet silly too. So strange that he lives 30 miles from where we were and yet it was such a new world for him. I had hummus for dinner and he was just beside himself intrigued over it. Mexicans just do not know what to make of hummus, although it is not an American dish it is Middle Eastern. He did try it and although he said that it was not that bad his expression on his face clearly was saying, “Oh man I wish I did not eat that.” It made me laugh. The weather was terrific that night and I was happy to walk around Gaslamp answering his questions and asking my own questions of course, as he reached out to hold my hand. It was very sincere, sweet and comforting. We both wanted to see Avatar but neither of us were too pleased with it – I might post about Avatar itself separately.

To meet up with mister, who I have not seen since before Christmas was an added bonus. He is such a good man. Julian’s English is fine. Everyone calls him “who LEE ahn” since that is how you pronounce it is Spanish but I call him “jew LEE ann” because that is how you pronounce it in English. He said he likes is since it’s different to him and he also said he feels like it gives me a special name to call him. Anyway still English is his second language so mister knowing this talked at times to him in Spanish – understanding that it is good to speak in your native language sometimes. He is thoughtful and it was appreciated. We had a lot of laughs that night. Good to go on a date – not sure what will come of it, if anything but still nice to spend time with someone that wants only to do the same with you. Julian sent a text the next day that said, “thank u for a great night, it was magic”. Hmmmmmm.

Editor's Note: I went through and found the past post about Julian - it was from 01/2009 and we met 12/2008. Also I reread this post. It is much more sedate than the date was - we did enjoy a very fun night and a lot of laughs. It was a good way to start the new year. Here is the link to the post with his pic.

http://carsonscabeza.blogspot.com/2009/01/how-cute-is-this-one.html