splatter

i took brendan to the bingo hall tonight. it was supposed to be a surprise but he happened to come into my bedroom when i was looking at their website, which ruined the suspense. he agreed to go, but i could tell he wasn't super jazzed. however, he did say that he likes that i come up with unique dates, so that showed he was open to the idea. i was very excited, i've been wanting to go to a bingo hall on a date since last summer when i played bingo for the first time. i thought it would be perfect for a first date because it's an activity and yet you have lots of time to chat between games. b and i have been dating for long enough that we no longer require an ice breaker like bingo but i still thought it would be fun. he found it trippy at first, and kept saying "i can't believe i'm here". we got our papers and our dabblers and were all set. we made a few rookie mistakes at first, and were a little slow – which meant we missed a few – but eventually we really got into the swing of things, and it was very fun. it's an interesting atmosphere. first of all, it's full of old women. second, there are some serious bingo players there with dabber purses. but the most interesting thing is that in that large room it's really quiet and relaxing. we felt pretty peaceful. the most awesome part was that b won 50 bux. when he first got a line he said bingo at regular volume. the ladies around us said "say it louder or they'll keep going", so he tried again but still wasn't loud enough. he looked at me and said "what do i do?" and i said "say bingo". the ladies continued to gang up on him, but he charmingly told them "i'm a first timer, everyone be patient", after that they were very supportive. thankfully one of the runners arrived and called out his card number, which proved he'd won and she then doled out 50 dollars in cash. it was so funny, i giggled for a long while after. all i could think was "i took brendan to a bingo hall and he won 50 bux". too hilarious.

the time when kindness falls like rain,
it washes me away.