Jen
They Met At The Paradise:

"I started going to the Paradise because the other theater in Milwaukee showing classic films closed.  The second or third time that I went (I was with my friend Amy), we were nearly to the outer lobby doors when I heard someone behind me yelling "Wait!"  Amy and I turned around and this guy came running towards us with his arm in the air.  He asked if I'd like to go to lunch sometime and when I said okay he named a day. I said I couldn't go because I had a class that day.  He said "Are you in high school?"  It was at this point that I started to question the advisability of giving this guy my phone number.  Did that mean he was looking for a high school girl?  I gave him my real number anyway.  We went out for lunch a week or so later. "



The rhythm of love
    gives the universe its eternal movement.
The dizziness of love
    makes the spheres go round.
If you want to free, be love's captive.
If you want to know ecstasy,
    open your heart to the sweetness of love.
            —Jami (Sufi saint, 15th century)