I had rehearsed what I was going to say to Don Conoscenti off and on in my head the last few days when I told him about choosing the name Pearl Arelia if we end up having a girl. “I’ve loved your music blah blah blah. Arelia is one of my favorites and is in my personal soundtrack blah blah blah.” It was perfect. What actually came out is more on the stalker side. “I’ve loved you since Beneath Your Moon and blah blah blah” He most not of been too creeped, or simply used to it because he grinned and signed my CD “Love you too!”
I felt a lot better when the girl who borrowed the Sharpie I used offered to buy him a drink after he signed her CD and ran to the other side of the bar to talk to Ol’Soandso. +)