October 30, 2005

• The Buttercup Story . .
  .

   

  So I mentioned that I
  was going to go have lunch with a buddy of mine.  I hadn’t seen him in FOREVER!  We had a great time, though we only have 40
  minutes . . . but thankfully I work right down the street from him, so we can hang
  out now and then, which is nice! 

   

  So I guess I’ll start
  with how I met Kurt.

   

  I took this job in
  downtown Cleveland
  . . . it started out as a temporary receptionists position . . but they all
  liked me so much, they tried every which way to keep me in the company.  I was shipped from the reception position, to
  the file room, and then onto the service center, where Kurt worked.  Now. . this is no small company.  It was in a large downtown building, and took
  up 4 floors on the top of the building. 
  I worked on floor 29 and 30.  (it
  was great when it got super stormy/windy outside.  The building would sway.  Half the office would end up going home
  sick.  *lol*  I was the weirdo with my forehead stuck to
  the office window, looking down as the building moved.  It was COOL!!!)

  Anyways.  When I moved into the service center, I was
  introduced to everyone.  (I’m horrible
  with names . . you introduce me to 2 people, there’s a slight chance I’ll
  remember at least one of the names.)  As
  we went around and stopped at cubicles and things, we passed this one guy in
  the hall. . . he said a quick “hey” and kept on goin.  “That was Kurt”.. . . . the girl giving me
  the tour shook her head, shrugged, and offered me no explanation.  But what I *did* notice about him was his
  eyes. 

   

  Holy coolest eyes on the
  *planet* batman!  They were this . .
  seafoam green color. . . and he pointed those suckers right at me with his
  brief “hey” and then he was gone.  He was
  a darn good lookin’ guy too.  Short . . .
  but just about everyone is short to me. 
  (sorry all. . anyone under 6’ is short to me. *lol*)  But my main thought that day was . . . “Wow .
  . I need to meet that guy.” 

   

  Well . . it ended up
  that I was going to be doing some work with him, so I got to work pretty close
  with him for a while.  (lucky me!). 

   

  Soon found out he was
  (is) married with 3 lovely children (and the cutest, sweetest, most awesome
  wife on the planet).

   

  Not much later, I found
  out he was just as much a goofball as I was. 
  Possibly more. 

   

  It started with little
  jabs here and there. . . poking fun at me . . calling me blonde.  It turned into an all out rubberband
  war.  *evil grin*  I’d walk by his cube and zing a rubberband in
  there.  I didn’t always hit . . but I
  knew exactly when I did.  *bigger evil
  grin* . . . cause you’d hear . . “OW! 
  Goddamnit!”.  (that would be my
  cue to either run or duck for cover.) 
  ZING a rubberband would come sailing back at me.  Hehe  (Our buddy Dave (the IT guy) had his own
  little game along with our rubberband game. 
  He enjoyed winging paperclips over my cube (he sat diagonally to me) . .
  . and he always loved it when he heard me swear.  Cause that meant he’d made a basket.  Right down my shirt.  (I’d swear, and two fists would enter my
  vision . . and I’d hear “SCORE!” . . what a nutcase!)

   

  We would always go to
  lunch together (Kurt and I) . . sometimes with our “group” (Anna, Dave, Kurt, and
  Mary-Alita).  We’d always have a
  blast.  It was quite a mix of
  people.  Myself (the pale, tall blonde,
  Anna, the 5’ olive skinned Indian girl, Dave the shaved head tattooed IT guy,
  Kurt – the ‘cracker’, and Mary-Alita
  – the outspoken black woman.  Oh BOY the conversations and laughs we’d
  have!!)

   

  Well. . . Dave drove
  this car . . it always made us laugh.  He
  bought it used off this family who had let their 16 year old girl drive it (so
  he got it REAL cheap!)  But on the back
  of the car, was this HUGE, SPARKLY sticker of The Power-Puff Girls. We of
  course laughed endlessly over this, and happily dubbed his car the
  Bubble-Mobile.  And, (much to his
  consternation), we gave him the nickname Bubbles!  (you cant have a bubblemobile wi/o powerpuff
  girls!!  *laughing*  And of course (as I mentioned) . . you can’t
  just have ONE PPG. ..  there has to be
  3!  So Kurt soon became Buttercup. (If you know those three . . . Buttercup is the one with the bad attitude. *lol*)  and of course we needed one more.  Anna and I already had nicknames (Anna was Midget
  and I was Giggles.  They called her
  midget because she and I hung out together, and it always looked funny . .
  cause she’s 5’ tall, and I’m 6’1. .. AND she was dating this guy who was 6’5.   
  why do all the short girls get the tall guys?!?!?!  They called me giggles because I’m a pretty
  happy person in general, *and* I was always laughing at them.  So . . . it was dubbed.)

   

  But anyways, so
  Mary-Alita was the only one w/o a nickname, so she became Blossom.  (which wasn’t quite as funny as the other
  two, *but* we had to round it out somehow!). 
  

   

  We ended up running with
  the theme.  Anna and I would print out
  pictures and make stickers and leave them all over their cubes. (Bubbles and
  Buttercup of course) . . . OF bubbles and buttercup!

   

  Kurt *hated* his
  nickname. *lol*  (which of course made it
  that much more fun)

   

  I
  ended up having to leave that job, and most of us kinda just sepearated as a
  group.  We tried to get together now and
  again, but it was difficult.  (We did
  make it to the bar a few times, this cool place called Howl at The Moon Saloon,
  but it didn’t last long.  Though, those
  nights were FUN!)  So I left that job in
  March of 2002.  I’ve seen Kurt maybe a
  few times right after, and then only about 3 or 4 times since.  I miss him a bunch!  He’s always so fun.  He picks on me, and then flinches (I’m
  guessing his wife smacks him. *lol*)  But
  NOW! I work right down the road, so that’s cool.  We’ll be hanging out more.  I’m glad! 
  

   

  Ok
  this is running on and on . . . I’ll skedaddle for now.  If I had any pics of Kurt I’d post them, but
  unfortunately, every pic I have of him is dark. 
  (he wasn’t really the picture type) 
  *lol*  I’ll have to get one
  now.   
  

   

  Have
  a great Sunday all!

   

  ~Mere
  `@(_)

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