The Silicon Florist
AKA
Rick Turoczy. Noted blogger, doting husband and father, and lover of all things start-uppity in Portland.
(Photo stolen from Scott Kveton.)
And then. He spoke. "Well, hello, Missburrows, he said (with a slight Southern drawl) and how are you doing on this fine day?"
My heart was racing, my palms were sweaty (It was Rick Turoczy! Granted, not this Rick, but still!)
I opened my mouth, and said:
"I carried a watermelon."
He looked at me for a moment, then said, "Well, then you should probably put that in your Treasurelicious list, now shouldn't you."
I nodded my head.
Then I watched as he started to float away, leaving a trail of lightly scented rose petals behind in his footsteps.
*Warning: There is a slight chance that this did not actually happen, that I was hallucinating, so if you see Rick, please, please, (FOR THE LOVE OF GOD) do not ask him. Thank you.
11 comments:
that photo? Totally looks like it's out of an episode of Friends.
If Friends had been set in Portland with the cool people.
"I carried a watermelon" made me spit out coffee. All over my keyboard. It was caramel drizzle.
See? And here I thought the rose petal thing was a bit over the top.
But looking back, it's abundantly clear (to me, at least) that I could have worked a little harder to make a better impression.
@camikaos Thanks to the expression on my face, I was thinking more along the lines of "Next, on a very special episode of Friends...."
camikaos: Yeah, and I bet they would make the set all cold, so that we could see Rick's nipples (like they did with Jen A.)
greta: There is no shame in drinking coffee off of your keyboard, no shame at all *snicker*.
siliconflorist: The roses were not over the top, but the doves were (that is why I didn't mention them).
too funny!
The watermelon comment did me in too.
Which I needed.
I can tell this is very exciting for you and I'm glad it happened even though I have no idea what it means.
However, I am annoyed that I fell for the RickRoll. I was totally hoping it would be a Rick Springfield video. *sigh*
I told Cami I can meet you guys this Saturday sometime...? Please advise. (I've already forgiven you for the wrong Rick).
meleah: No, never funny enough!
milton: Good. Everyone remembers the "no one puts baby in a corner" line, but the watermelon line means more to me. :)
stephanie: HA HA HA!!! Good to know I got at least one person! No one else with admit to it.
We will work out the scheduling via email. We are VERY excited.
you are hilarious! Now the people I work with think I'm a mad woman who giggles uncontrollably at her desk (ok they probably thought I was crazy before, but this just reinforces it) :-)
but why were you carrying a watermelon actually? do you usually carry watermelons?
I love that line too. Sighhhh.
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