Years ago I dated this girl in Oakland. She was the drummer in a band and I got her number at a house show she played in my neighborhood. I liked her a whole lot. It only really ended because she moved down to Los Angeles to kick a habit. At the time this seemed like the worst possible place to go for that sort of thing, though hey: she did it.

Recently I learned that she is now dating this Internet Famous guy who makes videos that get millions of hits . . . all due respect to him, but they’re pretty bad. Though yeah, I found out because a bunch of my friends sent me some of his videos she’s in, saying, “Didn’t you date this girl???” I won’t say who it is but you definitely can’t mistake her for anyone else . . . she’s the prettiest girl who ever talked to me on purpose.

Anyway: Good for her. She’s really cool! It just paralyzed me for a moment is all on account of I’d accidentally seen some of his videos before and it was surreal to see her suddenly appear in them like that. For millions of people no less, for whatever that’s worth.

I last saw her spring of 2019 when I visited her at work at a sort of horror store on Sunset Boulevard. I had a fresh haircut and was in the midst of falling in love with a g-g-girl. (That was a good Ryan Era, and maybe one of the best. I still mourn its end!!) I don’t think I visited LA again until 2021 cuz of the pandemic. By then her store had shut down for good . . . I know because I drove over there to see her and found a vacant storefront, so I guess that’s that. Otherwise I suppose I’d just have to run into her again somewhere in LA or the Bay, which is not at all out of the realm of possibility, though who can say. Only the Watchers and the Seers know for sure, and even then . . .