I've seen depressed people on Valentine's Day (also known as "Singles Awareness Day"), but nothing like this. The lady ringing me up on the cash register was seriously bummed. Being the compassionate sort, I ask her how her day's been. She replies that she received some bad news.

Awkward pause.

Not wanting to leave it at that, I ask "About family?" "Church family," she replies, and precedes to tell me that two men from her church jumped off a bridge together.

Seriously awkward pause.

As she hands me my change and receipt, I say something incredibly lame, like "Chin up"--I didn't have the magic words to take her loss away, but I hope in the process of stumbling through an awkward conversation my compassion came through better than my advice did.
Unknown "YA!" Playful - 16 years, 9 months, 13 days ago

I think some guy hit on me in the restroom yesterday, but I'm not entirely sure.

I was sitting in one of stalls at PSU that unfortunately happens to be equipped with a glory hole. There was already a gentleman in the other stall, and soon after I took my seat, a neatly folded piece of toilet paper fell between our stalls. It was a bit of an awkward moment, because I didn't know what politeness required. Was I supposed to retrieve the dropped item (since it clearly had not been used)? Should I have bumped it back into the other stall with my foot? Then I remembered Sen. Larry Craig and wondered if this guy was really so clumsy that he missed his entire posterior or if this was some sort of secret origami invitation for sex.

You see, ever since that whole thing with Sen. Craig in the airport bathroom, straight people have been asking what the hell the secret gay signal is (just in the odd chance they get arrested for it). I mean, it's not like there's a big rainbow beacon reflected in the Gotham city skyline. Of course, most LGBTTQQAA ("gay") people I talk to say that they just ask someone they're interested in what their sexuality is. But clearly the police know something that even the LGBTTQQAA community doesn't know, because they are arresting people for it.

Sheesh, talk about a secret gesture. It's so secret, the community it supposedly came from doesn't even know what it is.
Unknown "YA!" Playful - 16 years, 10 months ago