[close flock] flypaper for freaks

From the annals of “This shit could only happen to me”: Back in university I had this “friend”…he was one of those passive-aggressive nice guys who thinks that following girls around, buying them things and generally being overbearing will endear him to the point where he’ll get some.  This didn’t happen, and eventually I told him that his proximity was causing problems with my evil ex (which is a whole ‘nother kettle of psycho, for another time.)  We drifted apart, but not before he followed me TO JAPAN on a class exchange, purely so we could be together.  Fast-foward three years and I go to the recent Chuck Palahniuk reading with mdhenry  and psynde .  I see this skeevy blond guy sitting a...