E-Rock-23's Journal: A New Name...

Been a while since I've opined, I know. I've been a busy boy since my last entry. But I digress.
 
Some of you might remember my "Geek In Love" series of entries. Probably all of you who read them stood up, pointed, and laughed at my inane romantic ramblings. Oh well, that's your right as free-thinking humans. But me? I'm a hopeless romantic, doomed to the sappy existance of believing in love and persuing it to the ends of the Earth.
 
Or more specifically, about an hour and a half south of my home.
 
Recently, I met a girl named Cassi. She's smart, cute as a button, has one of the most disarming smiles I've ever seen, and loves Hockey, specifically my beloved Pittsburgh Penguins. A sweetheart to the core, but a bitch when she has to be (though not to me). Monday, I finally got to meet her in person.
 
I'm really starting to like this girl. We hit the mall for dinner, and spent the rest of the "date" sitting in her car, chain smoking cigarettes and talking about random stuff. Not your traditional date, I know. But for two people meeting for the first time, I'd call it at least a positive step. For an hour or so, we just gabbed on and on about stuff, like Chuck E. Cheese, going to college, and just a wee bit of personal stuff. At one point, I was saying something about how Chuck E. Cheese sucks these days thanks to the utter collapse of the Arcade industry. And then, I made the fatal mistake of looking over at her.
 
She was sitting slouched down in the driver's seat, curled up on her side, looking at me and smiling. At that point, the sappy romantic in me took over. I shut up almost mid sentance, forgot what I was talking about, and immediately melted. She'd disarmed me in under three seconds, a feat not duplicated since the day I first heard a certain girl sing to me.
 
Now, we're planning date number two, this time with more than just pizza and sitting in a car polluting our lungs. I sense good things from this one, and will be taking it a bit slower this go-round. Hopefully, it'll pan out into something really special. Lord knows I need that in my life right now. So, fellow Slashdotters, say hello to the new candidate, Cassi...