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Olivia and I spend a couple hours running in and out of shops, which actually is fun. We finally choose a form fitting, sparkly and sheer black top and some loose dressy black pants. Olivia declares that this outfit is a classic and will work for years to come. It all fits me well and makes me look rather stylish, sophisticated, and grown up.
Olivia looks me up and down and says, “If you weren’t you, I’d recommend sparkly earrings.” Shaking her head before continuing, “Don’t pull your hair back in a ponytail.”
Now it’s my turn to give her an eye roll. “I’m not completely lame.”
Olivia starts laughing before spitting out, “Really?”
Chapter 34 – The Tech
The night of the Christmas party David picks me up. I greet him at the door with a spin, showing off my new outfit. He gets a surprised look on his face.
“Hita, you look so sophisticated. Are you really my date?”
“I better be your date. It would really suck if you decided to stand me up now.”
David looks good too; he’s actually wearing slacks and a button down shirt. It’s the first time I’ve seen him in anything other than a T-shirt and jeans.
We drive over to the Tech, a large building in downtown San Jose. Walking in we’re greeted by an attendant dressed as Adi Gallia, who is quick to take our coats. We then head down the hall to the Star Wars exhibition. At the door to the exhibit a Sabe dressed attendant asks if we want to sign up to ride the Millennium Falcon. Of course we both jump at it with a firm, “yes.”
Once in the exhibit area we take a look around. David quickly spots Colin in the personal hovercraft. We smile and wave at him as he pretends to shoot us while we pretend to slowly die. After Colin gets out of the hovercraft, he introduces us to this year’s blond girlfriend. She wasn’t with him a few weeks ago at underground gaming.
They join us at the exhibit where we get to build a robot by selecting design elements like sensors, wheels, or treads. There’s also a remote control booth where you can use hand controls to finally maneuver small things around inside a glass container. We all take turns, laughing, since none of us are good at it.
Colin’s girlfriend is nice. She seems to be all into him and she’s smarter than last year’s girlfriend. Though, then again, the games this year are all based on hand eye coordination and not math.
When it’s David’s turn, he shakes his head and says, “I’d be much better if it had a WII joy stick.”
After playing with the Maglev cars for awhile, we check out the Chewbacca, R2D2, and 3CP0 that were actually used in the movies as we dine on hors d'oeuvres served to us by Mace Windu, Count Dooku, and Qui-Gon Jinn.
Colin runs into Sherri and her husband, who works in his group. He and his date take off with them. I spot Mark at the open bar set up across the way. He’s talking to a very sophisticated looking couple I don’t recognize. The guy must be in sales. The woman’s getting a lot of side looks. She looks hot, with straight, long, dark hair and a tight deep pink dress. Creepy Tom is there with his mousy looking wife. He keeps checking out the brunette. The big sales guy she’s with is giving Tom the hairy eyeball. Tom better back off.
As I get close, I realize the woman in pink is Juliette. Her dress shows no skin, but it accentuates all her curves and she’s straightened her hair. The guy she’s with isn’t a sales guy, it must be Nate. After listening to her obsess on which guy she’s going to go out with, I’m glad she’s finally made a decision.
Grabbing David by the hand, I pull him over to Juliette. Immediately I ask, “Did you see Mace Windu, Count Dooku, and Qui-Gon Jinn?”
Juliette gets a big smile on her face as she playfully needles me. “You do realize that they’re servers dressed up as Star Wars characters?”
“Juliette don’t be a spoil sport,” I say in feigned annoyance. Since I can’t help but needle her back I say, “Nice dress, did you need to use oil to glide that on?”
She glares back at me then gives Nate a sidewise glance. Artfully changing the subject, she turns to David and smiles. “You must be David. Hita’s a college