Sometimes I doubt. This evening I had a fairly loose set of plans involving two different people, a friend from out of town and Dwight. The scenario was that I'd hang out with Dwight early at a movie, and maybe catch up with the friend later. To do so, of course, I had to push Dwight to an early slot. So when my friend bailed, that left me wanting to push Dwight to a later slot. So what happens?

Dwight calls me an hour before I'm supposed to meet him and says he's running super late and needs to push things back a bit. So far, everything is good. I leave to meet him at Eisenhower Avenue and realize that, once again, everything has worked itself to the perfect solution: despite my friend bowing out, everything is great.

That is, until I get to the spot and realize I've forgotten my credit card so I need to purchase more movie tickets. Oh, and Dwight is running so late I need to push back the movie time to 7.5, except that that particular show is sold out.

For a second, I doubted I could pull it off.

Then I woke up, realized that everything always works out perfectly for me, called my housemate, who hooked me up with the AmEx digits to cancel my earlier order, then spoke to Dwight, convinced him he could make it in time for an earlier (read: non-sold-out) showing, then got a pair of great seats. Later I hit Cleveland Park and met some cool people, including a kid from Conway.

The moral: I will always find a way to triumph regardless of how many spanners are thrown in the works. Or 'werkz, as it were. Regardless, I had an enjoyable time.