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first time i met

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On Thursday night Grant called me from LA to tell me that his buddy Clayton Cubitt (aka "Siege" a photographer who work Grant and I both love whom Grant had met while writing a piece about him for Nerve) was going to Marc Baptiste's photo opening near my apartment and that I should meet up with him. I got set up on my very first grown-up "play date."
the november roundup
November, 2003
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And then on the way out, this guy (Bryan Carlin) came up to me because he reads this site and recognized me! We actually since become friends (and I even hired him to do a freelance coding project for the new company I'm working for!). Strangers really are just friends that you haven't met. (Except for some of them, they're just assholes you haven't met yet).
the november roundup
November, 2003
first time i met
Tara and I making fun of the pic that was taken of us the night we met at Pianos back in January.
saturday night out
April 04, 2003
first time i met
So check this - I'm at Piano's on Monday night. It's like 3am. I walk past this super cute girl on the dancefloor while looking for one of my friends. Two minutes later, as I'm trying to squeeze back through the crowd , the girl on the left in the pic above (later I find out her name is Lauren) shoves her friend (the cute girl, whose name I later find out is Tara) into me. Tara, who's now leaning back on my chest, turns around and looks at me and says "hi." Lauren starts cracking up. So I say to Lauren:

"So is that your smooth way of introducing us?"
Lauren: "No, it's my not-so-smooth way of getting you two to MAKEOUT!!" Me: "Holy shit, huh?"
Lauren: "Here's the deal: I'm a big lesbian and this is my roommate. I kissed her and she's the worst kisser ever. She says it's because she was drunk, but I don't believe her and I refuse to kiss her again. So now you have to kiss her and tell me if she's a bad kisser."
Me (in disbelief, pointing to Tara): "You want me to kiss, um, her?"
Lauren: "Yes."
Me: (looks at Tara).
Tara: (Smiles, nods and points to her mouth).

So, I smooched her. Add it to the list of "Top Ten Best Random Things Ever to Happen To Me in NYC."
end of january
January 18, 2003
first time i met
Later on that evening, I find out Tara (pictured above looking not nearly as cute as when I kissed her) knows my friend Gibby.
end of january
January 18, 2003
first time i met
As Lauren and Tara were leaving, I was like "Wait, I have to get a picture of you!" (Ok, it was only an excuse to smooch her again, but hey, at least I can admit that). So later on in the night, Gibby gave me Lauren's email address, I sent the above three pics to Lauren and said "I don't know if you remember this, but I made out with your roommate." and it led to Tara and I dating.
end of january
January 18, 2003