Very Rude Awakenings

I was just skipping along merrily, enjoying a night of “lose your mind in rock” session and feeling very mellow really,  when i decided to make the aquaintance of someone who had a name that sounded like a pearl. Looks harmless, or so i very mistakenly thought. Firstly my pearl assumption couldn’t have been more far from the truth, the name actually belonging in some sci-fi shenanigan. That aside, my little ‘venture’ seemed to be going along nicely, finally someone who can ask me more than just my “asl”, those three letters enough to make me shudder! When suddenly, i was thrust into a conversational topic that would usually make me bolt if i am somehow unable to steer away from it after 3 minutes. Nevertheless, no trapped feeling for me this time, cool as a cucumber and as still and level minded as the sky is just before a massive storm, i valiantly tried to toss back answers to questions i had no right to be answering in the first place (due to my ignomorous status), then just when i was about to declare myself injured, fate intervened on my behalf, clearly, my valiant attempts weren’t as valiant as i had supposed.  Needless to say, the discussion was terminated but the lesson to be learned is that it’s time i took note of these rude awakenings and trade in my mindless mission for something substantial, like the bolting conversational topic. Daunting as it may seem. Deep down inside, the little voice reassures me that it will only be to my advantage.