Yesterday at work Mican told us all that she had met a guy this week and had a date planned for the weekend; of course we were all happy for her, but really didn't give it another thought. Then later in the day she came up to me and asked, "Do you want to see his website?" He has a website!? Mican then took me to HamsterMan.com. That's right, Mican has a date with the creator of Hamster Man! For those of you unfamiliar with Hamster Man he is the "star" of a comic book about Hamster Man and his friends (featuring other characters including Glass of Milk Man, The Pants, Penny the paper bag, and Toothy). Here in Chicago Hamster Man is a minor celebrity.

Me: Do you realize how cool that is?
Mican: Oh, it's not that cool.
Me: Sure it is. You're dating a celebrity!
Mican: Stop it.
Me: Can I blog about this?
Mican: (laughing) No. I don't want people to think I'm some kind of star-fucker.
Me: So I'll put up a disclaimer or something. Don't worry.
Mican: (sigh).

Later that day I was telling Kaytey about Mican's date and I said,
Me: How come I never get to go on a date with anyone cool like a comic book artist?
Kaytey: Didn't you once go on a date thing with that comic book artist?
Me: (pause) Oh...yeah. Okay, nevermind.

The grass is always greener...