Phone Call.
Current mood: accomplished

So I got a call on my cell a couple minutes ago.

I answered with a polite, yet comical "N'yello?", which was greeted with a happy sounding "Hey, man. What's goin' on? You workin'?" from a voice I didn't recognize. Given the state of my memory, I assumed it was someone I knew, so I played along.

Assuming it was in reference to the freelance job I've just acquired thanks to my excellent teacher, Mr. Bjerke, I said "Nah, man."

He said "Well, why not? What're ya doin'?"

I said "I haven't got the CD yet (the one the guy I'm employed by is supposed to send me so I can put the site together.)"

To which he replied "What CD? The one from this morning?"

I came back with "Nah, the one from last night."

Not knowing if this was my employer or not, I decided to leave out the exact details of said CD's origin, and left it at that in the hopes that any clues he might give me may lead me to this person's identity.

He said "What do you got goin' on tonight?", and I said "Not a lot, probably just gonna drop by Brandon's place and have a few or something. How about you?"

He went on about his plans and said he may join me, we went on talking for a good five to ten minutes when he caught on that something was amiss. He asked very matter-of-factly, "This isn't even Jason, is it?"

I came back with an equally matter-of-fact "Nope."

He said "Well, where's he at?" and I said "I dunno. Who's Jason?"

He said "Have I dialed the wrong number?" and I came back with "I guess so."

"Well, at least we had fun, eh?", he said, to which I replied "Indeed we did. When I first answered, I didn't recognize your voice, but thought you were someone I knew anyhow, so I just kinda half-assed it and pretended I did know who you are."

We both had a laugh, and decided to part ways. He told me "I guess I'll try givin' this another shot. Maybe I'll call you again in a minute."

He didn't.

Even after realizing we'd never met one another in our lives, we still exchanged farewells as if we'd known each other for years, very calmly, kindly, and matter-of-factly.

And I went back to cooking my hamburgers.