Fortune of the Day

“A chance meeting with a stranger will possibly change your life.” —Almighty Fortune Cookie

Funny story. Isn’t that weird? I feel like I always have to preface my funny stories with the phrase, “funny story.” Like I am warning people that in case they are trying to be miserable I am about to add a little comic relief. Anyway, funny story. I have a job interview on Friday and if I get the job I will have to become an adult on Monday. Over the weekend sporadic change, but it has to happen. So, in realizing this I decided to get completely out of control with good friends to celebrate my inability to get out of control on weeknights in the future. Insane logic, I know. So we pin point this random girl and start watching all the guys hit on her. It was like a telenovela. This this random chick starts singing in the bar. We’re drunk and think its kind of funny. She comes outside to smoke (where we are sitting) and 00 (he is so named because he had a jersey on with 00 as the number), starts yelling about this girl being the next American Idol. Naturally, all of us turn and ask whats going on. This girl had apparently tried out for American Idol and made it through the first 5 rounds or something ridiculous like that, and now she gets to try out for the “real” judges like we see on TV. She flew down here to stay with a person she barely knows and they dropped her off at the bar hoping should find a ride or drunkenly wander in the right direction. She wanted to celebrate…Hell I would too! So we all start talking and she tells us that, in flying here, the airline lost her luggage. So, she has been wearing a swimsuit and a cover up for 4 days now and did her audition in it. WTF, I just yelled girl come with us we will give you some clothes and then take you home. We look at the direction to where she was staying and lo and behold, it is a street over from where we live. It was fate. We provided American Idol with clothes, alcohol, getting kicked out of an apartment pool, whataburger and a ride home. She said that she would never forget our kindness. She was really drunk, so I am not relying on that million dollar thank you check, but hey you never know. So, hopefully you are on to something with this one Almighty Fortune Cookie.