Man, one week later... what's been going on? Well...

I did it. I asked Sara out. Sort of. I said, "Vorreste uscire fuori qualche volta?" This translates as "Would you like to go out with me sometime?" She was like, "Where?" Well, we didn't know. Next day, we found out we both like hockey, so we're going to a hockey game in approximately nineteen hours. I'm *really* nervous. We've been talking on AOL a lot - she lives in Austin, so in person or over the phone aren't that practical. I'm really nervous... I mean, I really like her. Like, for real. And she's responding rather well. I don't quite know if she knows I like like her, but it's a start. And when you ask someone out, then tell them you think they're nice and pretty and smart and interesting (which she most definitely is), well, that's a hint that even I can pick up on. We've been talking a lot - she likes stand up, and snl, and letterman (hates Leno), Dana Carvey, opera/broadway music, other music, and other stuff.. I'm typing too fast to get it all down, so I'll come back to that one. She's got really pretty blond hair - not like bleached, "Hey, look at me - I'm blonde!" type hair, but more of a subdued, "I have really pretty blonde hair, but it doesn't scream for attention". But my fav part? Her eyes. They're *so* blue. I've only been fortunate enough to look into them twice, but whoa. It's like getting an electrical shock while having freezing cold water poured on you, and being in complete free-fall. I just realized that it's the 31^st - if things go well enough, I might have a date for Valentine's Day. That would rock. But I'm not gonna count on it, or even think about that right now. I'm going to work to avoid screwing this up in any of the ways I've screwed up things before; that's right - I'm going to have to find an entirely new way to screw this one up. :)