Happy Valentineʼs Day!

by William Jackson on 2005-02-15

A day late and a dollar short, I wanted to wait until my Valentineʼs Day was over before I commented on how much I loved it. At this very moment Iʼm rather overwhelmed at the happiness I seem to be displaying in the picture. I didnʼt realize at the time how content my smile made me look. It was a happy day, for some reason.

At the bottom of the picture a small red smudge is visible. Thatʼs sweetʼnʼsour sauce from Hoa Hoa, the best Chinese restaurant in Dobie Mall, and the cheapest, and the only. I have a weekly lunch date there. The sweetʼnʼsour sauce is always good, but this time I decided to take some with me, obviously. I also ate the obligatory fortune cookie, and one can faintly make out the fortune taped to my shirt just below the fading barcode. Weʼll get to that in a minute.

To the right is a blue smiling heart. That was a gift from one of my coworkers. Thank you!

Goodness, I have skinny arms. Anyway, on to the fortune: