I was a pretty lonely kid in high school. I didn't get many dates. I guess you could say I was kind of a nerd. I was into science and math, and that certainly didn't make me popular.
A few weeks ago, I was having some coffee with friends when I saw this beautiful girl across the coffee shop. She was engrossed in her iPhone. I imagined her texting her boyfriend. Then she noticed me and smiled.
She noticed I was staring, I was sure. I got embarrassed, and tried to play it off. My friend Josh saw what happened and tried to get me to talk to her, but I just started sweating. I wanted to leave, but he talked me down. So we just kept hanging out.
I know what you're going to think, but I managed to sneak a picture of her with my iPhone while she wasn't looking. I pretended like I was reading something on the phone while I waited in line at the bar. It came out really clear, and actually got a beautiful picture of her. The lighting was perfect.
Later, I caught the bus to go home. I couldn't stop thinking about her. She was just so beautiful. You know how beauty, especially a beautiful girl, can really inspire you? Well, I just wanted to express how I felt about her. I had this creative urge, so I opened up this new app I got called Comic Genie.
Comic Genie is a neat little app that puts talk bubbles in any picture. It's like in a comic strip. I had downloaded it, but I hadn't gotten a chance to use it. Now was the perfect opportunity! I opened up the picture from my library so I could make it into a nice comic.
I just looked at her in the picture for a while. Her face was illuminated by this ray of sunlight that was streaming in through the window. She was so beautiful, I just stared for a few minutes. I eventually noticed that there was something just outside the window. It was a little bird, looking right at her. The angle I captured made it look like the bird was talking to her!
So I got a good idea. I added a talk bubble by double-tapping. Then I typed a cheesy little message: "I wish I could sit with you, pretty bird." I was in a cheesy mood. But I didn't know that destiny had something in store for me, that day.
I take lots of pictures with my iPhone. That's basically the reason I got Comic Genie. I like expressing my creativity. I wanted to add something personal to my photos, so when I shared them with friends, it's like I made them.
When I got home, I synced to my computer and downloaded the photos off of it. Then, out of habit, I uploaded all of the photos to Facebook. I was still in a dream-like state, and not really thinking. Who uploads photos of strangers to their Facebook?
I checked my email the next day, and found that I had a friend request. I opened it up, and was startled to see that it was from the pretty girl I had seen yesterday. How could she find me? She said "This comic is so sweet! Did I see you at the coffee shop yesterday?"
How did she find me? That was really scary and surprising. Then I remembered that I uploaded everything to Facebook. I tried to calm down and think. I looked at her profile. We had a friend in common, Alex. I went to look at the comic. He had tagged her face in the picture, and she had gotten the notification. Unbelievable!
I cautiously clicked "accept" on the friend request. She must have been online, because she messaged me seconds after I clicked. Not to drag on too long, but she liked taking photos so she was cool with what I had done (what a relief!), wanted to get together, and thought I was good looking. We met again at the coffee shop and I showed her how I made to comic on Comic Genie. She bought it, too, and we spent the afternoon taking photos and making comics. What a wonderful day!
Well, that's the story of how I met Julie, my dream girl!
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