I mentioned to some of my coworkers that I have a blog that is mostly read by family and friends and a few online blog-friends, and she was almost horrified. She couldn't believe I would be thrilled to get strangers' comments about what I wrote. She just saw it as an invasion of privacy or something. (Yes, I explained that blogs, being on the world wide web, are open to the online public.)
My sister Jennifer and I met a cute Irish guy at the race last weekend. He was one of the staff organizing and working the race, and we met him on Saturday when we dropped off our bikes and boat. He caught us trying to both squeeze into the one-person boat on dry land, and we all had a good laugh at what must have been an amusing sight. We spoke with him for a few minutes and learned he lives in the Austin area (figures...a much hipper town than Dallas) and is from northern Ireland. (And he wasn't wearing a wedding ring. I know, not a definite sign that someone's not married, but a good start.)
We saw him several times during the race, and I called out to him once, "Hey, Irish!" He smiled and cheered us on.
After we finished, I looked for him but didn't see him again. I really wanted to talk to him, so...I just sent an email to the race director through the race's website asking him for the guy's name or to forward my message to Irish Guy. Kinda crazy, and I realize in today's world of privacy concerns, the race director may think I'm a psycho-stalker-girl and not give me the info. But, what the hell? I figure it doesn't hurt to ask, and if he says no or doesn't pass the message along, I'm no worse off than I am now. And if he does pass the message along, maybe it will make Irish Guy smile at least.
5 comments:
Yeah, he was really cute and very nice to talk to.
Go for it Emily!! Irish men are usually lovely, really lovely. When I was in the "going out to work" world, a lot of my accounts were Irish and all of my contacts over there were sooo nice and hardly every shouted at me (!?), I love the accent too. My husband Richard was born in Manchester but his parents are from southern Ireland (Tipperary) and they are such nice people. Hope he gets in touch with you!! Good Luck XXX
Go, girl!=)
Love ya-Bevie-
Well,Em.you did the right thing and went after it!! :o) if he has any sense at all he will get in touch..was he the 'tall,dark and handsome one'? or the 'small fair dinkie one'? A.Norma.x
Good luck, in a completely non-stalkerish kind of way!
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