star struck

well, he's a star as far as im concerned. :P

i just went out on a date with a US-based, Filam novelist/poet/playwright. funny thing is that i met him almost 10yrs ago at a bar i used to frequent. he was about to leave for the u.s. (he was just on a study leave here) and he was with some other scholars, one of whom was this sexy american.

i was sort of focused on the american, though he was with his pinoy lover at the bar. and they left early and left me talking to novelist. (i didnt know then he was a writer.) turned out that american left his name card for novelist to hand to me when they had left. so though i was mildly attracted to novelist, i ended having a short affair with american.

fast forward to 2005 when ex came back from the u.s. he visited our friends there and met some nice plu's including this alleged novelist (who was slowly becoming popular in the u.s.) novelist eventually visited manila in 06 and i met him then.

i was in nyc last year when i came across an article in one of the popular LGBT magazines on the most influential 100 LGBT's in the u.s. imagine my surprise when i read that novelist was one of them, with studio pic and all!

i finally saw him again two months ago at a party of some mutual friends. he was still cute, with a receding hairline that becomes him. we chatted and exchanged numbers and eventually recalled our long history. that's when we started flirting. and a date was set. i was and am still star struck.

believe it or not, that date didnt end up in bed. but i really enjoyed the dinner and the dessert primarily because he was such a witty guy. though he promised to cook for me dinner sometime, i feel he's not that into me.

nevertheless, im just thrilled at the thought of having had a date with him.



i became star struck.