It’s a Small Universe After All!

February 8th, 2006 in Metro

Aaron has always told me that “Minnesota really is a small place.” For such a large metro area I just shrugged it off as one of those things that Aaron might run into being a native and that I would likely never run across. Well, early this morning, right outside of Aaron’s house in Minneapolis; I was proved wrong — very, very wrong.

After checking out Maria Bamford at Acme Comedy Company we stopped by Aaron’s on the way home to catch MTN’s Totally Scrabble Tuesdays. This is a weekly show that is basically Scrabble played live on TV via telephone. It’s “Minneapolis” vs “Hamil” the show’s host. I have converted it to DivX in the past (see here) from VHS and also had Aaron host a private webcast for me to play/watch from Apple Valley!

Anyway, so Kim and I hung out at Aaron’s with his various guests including Garrett, Kari, etc. Garrett got through to the show twice for “Team Meow” and because the rest of Minneapolis was playing with their fucking heads in their asses, Team Meow decided to go with “Golf Scrabble” and see if we could get the lowest score possible. We won! Fuck you Hamil! Residua *IS* a word! Meow.

Anyway, after the show was over at midnight and Aaron and crew were heading to Mortimer’s for drink’s w/Hamil, I noticed a somewhat familiar sight across the street… A silver-blue 2002 Saturn SL. The exact car I had traded in one month (to the day) prior. Not such an uncommon sight being that their price at the time made them quite attractive to young purchasers. So I jokingly say to Kimmy, “heh, it’s our car!”

With a non-committal nod from Kim I was about to get into our new car when I noticed something familiar out of the corner of my eye… J-343 on the license plate… It couldn’t be! Sure enough, after closer inspection, the license plate KNJ-343 appeared before my eyes! Holy fuck someone on this street has my old car. The poor motherfucker!

I call Aaron, who is still farting around inside, and tell him the news. He makes mention of it to the rest of those inside and Garrett replies, “that’s my car!” Poor fucking Garrett is the unlucky recipient of my old POS.

Yes, it is a small Universe afterall!

See all the pictures from today here (camera).