March 26, 2008Day 59

At the one-week mark at my contract job, a few thoughts…

I managed to get the flu over the weekend. I don't think I've been that sick since I got an ear, eye and sinus infection two years ago. Feverish and freezing at the same time, I reached a point on Saturday night where I couldn't actually remember what it was like to feel good. Now, I have a runny nose, sore throat and might've torn a stomach muscle sneezing, and I feel great! Also, shout-out to the Editor for taking a Nyquil-addled elbow while we were sleeping on Saturday. Sorry, again.

More fun with my new co-workers. I had lunch with the soft-spoken fellow and, after some conversation, he told me that he'd been rejected by eHarmony.com. Me, being gullible, responded, "Oh, just like those commercials!"

"Commercials? What commercials?"

"Match.com has commercials advertising to people who've been rejected by eHarmony."

Once I returned to my desk, I reflected on our conversation. The reason he said he was rejected was that he'd rather stay in and watch TV than go out. Is it possible that any person who watches a lot of TV hasn't seen one of those Match.com commercials? No. No, it isn't possible.

So he either was trying to make a joke, I misunderstood, and once he realized how stupid I am he decided to keep going with it, or he was just flat-out lying to mess with me. Either way I think I like him more for it.