I forgot to post about this past weekend, and since I’ve been keeping up the habit since the new year, I might as well keep it going. I figure as long as I do it before the following weekend, I’m okay. =)

Saturday had the typical ultimate game and we had 19 people, I believe. I’m fairly certain I may need to buy an additional set of flags for this coming weekend. I also think I’m going to have to sit out for a few weeks to let my shins heal in preparation for running a 10k in April. I think the rest of the day was just me being lazy…

Sunday, went to Vox, then went with Sam to meet up with Heather and Stephanie King at Asia Cafe along with a bunch of their friends. Hmmmm… then I think I bummed around more and went home for a haircut and helped Oriana setup my studio lights for a photoshoot for her.

So yeah… kind of a mellow non-interesting weekend. =p

So one day I go into work and the cube across from mine which was formerly empty now has someone in it. I remember Jason, our support manager, mentioning hiring a new intern. The cube desks face away from each other, so I only see her back and notice that she’s a girl and has black hair, but that’s about all I observe during the rush of the morning. I generally try to be friendly and introduce myself to new people around my vicinity, so I eventually I go over… “hello, I’m Oliver.” She turns around and it’s the first time I actually see her. I’m sure she said hello back, but I can’t really recall as I was likely too busy trying to mask my surprise at how cute I thought she was. I proceeded to make a fool of myself by finding out she went to UT then guessing every possible year but the right one. At that point, I either scuffled off to a meeting or got sucked back into the internets…

A few weeks go by and we interact a bit here and there (working late at the office, group lunches, etc.). She asks if I play Scrabble, so I download Words with Friends on my iPhone and we begin playing a game. I use all of my tiles in one play and I think I’m looking good with what I feel is a solid lead. The game nears its end and she teaches me a lesson in being confident by pulling ahead and beating me by 10 points. I realize this girl probably has brains.

One night, I join Steph, Ryan, Heather, and Jimmy at Jim’s and sometime during our conversations, Heather accuses me of liking our new intern (for reasons that, to me, seemed like a stretch). I hadn’t actually thought about it prior to this accusation, so I deny and give Heather strange looks. Soon, however, with the idea in my head, I realize that yes, I have totally developed a crush.

A few weeks go by, and things like this start to happen:

1:18:13 PM thealattack:
  Meagan Martin
    omg does Oliver have a gf?
  Alastair Wilkes
    no
    single
  Meagan Martin
    cause i just saw a new asian intern that is sooooo cute and adorable
1:18:21 PM Oliver: lol
1:19:01 PM thealattack: haha
1:19:12 PM Oliver: that was totally out of the blue?
1:19:43 PM thealattack: yep, totally out of the blue
…
1:31:30 PM thealattack: sounds like you have people working for you
1:31:39 PM thealattack:
  Meagan Martin
    back to Oliver’s new girlfriend
    how do i find out who she is and set them up on a DATE
    ?

Heather and Meagan soon come up with “project jack” that’s supposed to set us up on a date. I decide that there seem to be too may coincidences pushing me to ask this girl out, so I take that as a sign and with much encouragement, I finally work myself up to asking her to dinner myself. I’m not going to get into how I asked. :-) I feel a mix of happy/surprised when she says “sure” with a smile and I hurry off to do a code review in a little bit of a panic not knowing what to do next…

Our first date is on a Friday night. Usually, I go out with my group of friends to a new place in Austin we haven’t been before. In an email thread, I learn they plan on going to The Odd Duck, which I, of course, end up skipping out on. After dinner, I decide to take us to Gourdough’s for dessert. I pull up and realize that Gourdough’s is right next to The Odd Duck and they basically share the same parking lot and eating area. Oops. It’s too late to leave at this point, so I end up introducing her to a handful of my buddies and we all hang out for a little while. I take her home and apparently I haven’t scared her off by any of my antics (planned or unplanned) as she agrees to a second date.

It’s now been about a month since then and I must say that I’m a bit smitten. I like to joke that things aren’t official until they’re on Facebook… so…

This weekend started well with a great game of ultimate on Saturday. I may have to go buy another set of flags as we only had one extra (we maxed at 19 people, I think). Weather was great and we had a good number of people, so it was a really good time. My shins are not quite 100% so I end up messing them up slightly every weekend. I’m not entirely sure how I’m going to run a the 10K I signed up for in a few weeks…

I believe OMan took some photos of ultimate, which I’m looking forward to seeing. I’ve brought my camera a few times, but end up never taking any shots because I’m having too much fun playing, so I’ve stopped. Maybe sometime in the future I’ll try again…

Saturday night, I went downtown to celebrate Gianni’s birthday. I should have brought my camera, but I forgot as I rushed out of the house. Doh! We went to Roy’s which was pretty good then I went home feeling like I possibly contracted OMan’s cold. I slept through a good part of Sunday and woke up feeling better. My Seattle cough might be gone too!

Went home for dinner and Oriana made some molten lava cake which was pretty good. Thanks, littlest sisterface. =)

Sometime during the weekend, I rediscovered the following and was pleased. Perhaps I should be ashamed, but I am not. =)

“I never thought that I could be so satisfied,
Everytime that I look in your angel eyes.
A shock inside me that words just can’t describe,
And there’s no explaining.
There’s something in the way you move, I can’t deny,
Every word from your lips is a lullaby.
A twist of fate makes life worth while,
You are gold and silver.

I said I wasn’t gonna lose my head, but then
POP! Goes my heart.
I wasn’t gonna fall in love again, but then
POP! Goes my heart.
And I just can’t let you go,
I can’t lose this feeling.” - Hugh Grant (?)

We made name tags at work today! Here’s mine:

And here’s Al’s:

I saw Avatar in IMAX 3D and I enjoyed it more than the first (at least because my high expectations weren’t crushed)… probably wouldn’t see it a third time though. =)

…but I wanted to post this.

This weekend was a wondrous ultimate frisbee weekend as the weather was awesome and we had a great showing (including Simon from BV UK)! We also ended up playing the longer way on the field pretty successfully. It was a good time and we had only minor injuries (I believe Mark was bleeding and Steph messed up her finger a little).

Some BV and related folk came over on Saturday night and we played Mr.Bacon’s Big Adventure, which turned out to be pretty much like Candy Land, and a few other games in addition to that. Wrapped up the night with a visit to Jim’s which has solidified the realization that caffeine is actually doing things to me now. That’s something new for me to get used to…

On Sunday, went to Vox, then watched the USA/Canada game (grats, Canada). Took the doggies back up to Round Rock (was taking care of them while mom/sister were visiting Dallas) and now I’m just chilling at the parents’ with Oriana…

Here are some pics from a BV game night at my place on Thursday:

Tiff cleaning my sink (Yay! … and she’s crazy!):

Update: Eric made a great video montage of game night!

Okay, this post is late, I know. I’m sure all of you know it snowed yesterday. Well, did you know what my backyard looked like? Probably not!

Now you do!

On snow day, BV closed the office early, so Ryan and I went home at around 1PM. Later, I took a break from working at home and went to play some frisbee in the snow. YES, SNOW FRISBEEEEEEEEEE. Needless to say, that was quite awesome and I froze my hands, battered my shins some more, but had a lot of fun. Now I just need it to pour… then we can have POURING RAIN FRISBEEEEEEEEEEEEE…

In other news, Sam apparently has no idea how a machine dishwasher works and decided to put a bunch of palmolive hand dishwashing liquid into the machine instead of using the huge box of Cascade I have under my sink (you know, where everyone puts their dishwasher detergent). The next day, I opened it and was greeted with a bunch of bubbles and unclean dishes.

I’ve also grown a liking to bothering my sisters online…

The first year I roomed with Sam, he posted this on his Xanga:

[random though of the moment] it is 6:30 am, sun is not up. looks at Oliver.
thinks: hhmm… too bad Oliver is not a girl , or else we could go see the sun
rise together. two guys watching the sun rise is just gay. [/ random thought]

Apparently Sam used to watch me sleep and wish I was a girl so he could share a sunrise with me.

Ryan showed me this site where you basically chat with random people. I’ll just leave you with this:

I also explained to a Chinese boy what asl meant then proceeded to say I was from the UK and he should mind the gap.

“Highway run into the midnight sun
Wheels go round and round
You’re on my mind
Restless hearts sleep alone tonight
Sending all my love along the wire” - Journey

Let’s see… there are a few topics to discuss, but some I will not. ;) Sometimes it is a bit awkward to use a very public blog as a sort of virtual scrap book…

Anyways, Thursday, a group of BVers + Sam and I went to the Love Bites sing-along at the drafthouse. It was pretty amazing. Unfortunately, I’m not over the cough I picked up from the cold I caught in Seattle, so belting out to the likes of Journey, Queen, etc. did not help. I toughed it out though through a bunch of cough drops and tea and had a blast. IMO, one of the best, if not the best sing-along they’ve got (that I’ve been to, at least).

Today, had a great game of ultimate where Al joined us again after finishing his marathon last week. I managed to scrape up my knee a bit, but I purchased pads for my cleats that helped a bunch in preventing my shins from busting again. Mikey got banged up quite a bit by getting pelted with the frisbee a few times on this arms, and face… then he jammed his thumb into Mark. Maybe I’ll start cataloging all of our frisbee injuries… =)

Spent the latter part of today napping and cleaning… that’s it… for now. =)