The Justith League: All In

Once upon a time, on a cold November 2014 day, I attended Lanvy's Drakesgiving. I arrived early and sat to talk to Lanvy. "I reunited with my high school friend, Keith!" said Lanvy. *ding dong* It was Keith at the door. He entered the dining room, where I waited for Lanvy, with a box of beer. I turned around and locked eyes with him. I first noticed his big brown eyes, and then was caught off guard from the familiarity and kindness in his eyes, like it reminded me of something I've known and wanted at the same time. I didn't know what it was exactly, but someone in my head said, "he's going to mean something in your life." Shortly after, like I knew I was out of the zone for too long, shook that nonsense out of my head. I don't remember if I introduced myself, if Lanvy introduced me, or if Keith introduced himself. All I remember next was winning at the game Boss Monster (with Lanvy's help); having a conversation with him; and then going home to sleep. A month later, he asked Lanvy for my number while they were at a Warriors basketball game. While in Japan, i received a snapchat from Lanvy telling me she gave Keith my number. When I landed, I turned on my phone to see if he texted me. There it was, his "hey." We set a "date" at Philz Coffee in Palo Alto and had many more Philz Coffee adventures after that. Now, here we are, celebrating an adventure with you! :D <3

It was November of 2014. I had just moved back from living in Boulder, CO a few months prior. Lanvy and I had recently rekindled our friendship over facebook, and she invited me to her "Drakesgiving" event with some friends I hadn't seen since High School. I had to work early the next morning, so I arrived early to the party. When I got there, it was just Lanvy and this other girl who I thought was very cute. She introduced herself as "Justina", and then both Lanvy + Justina brought me to the table to join them in this card game they were playing called "Pick-a-Pig". I had never heard of this game, but they explained the rules + we got started. I realized I was in way over my head after 2 rounds: Lanvy: "I have 22 cards" Justina: "I have 25" Me: "I have... 6" (Looking back, it is clear to me that I was just so distracted by Justina's beauty that I wasn't able to fully concentrate on the game). After playing this a few times (with similar results), and then "Boss Monsters", other people began to arrive. I kept chatting with Justina for about an hour. I felt we were hitting it off really well, and right when I was about to ask for her number someone stands between us, starts talking to me... and Justina walks away to talk to other people. After this event, I hung out with Lanvy a couple times over the next month, with the last time being at a Warriors game. I bugged Lanvy for Justina's # several times over this period, and I finally got Justina's #. I text Justina the next day and.. nothing. No response for 2-3 weeks. Just when I was finally accepting defeat, she texts me back + tells me she was in Japan. We finally met up for our first date at Philz. I got her a "small Code 33 w/ Vanilla Soy Milk", and we ended up talking for a couple hours. I ended up having to leave as I already had plans with my Dad to watch the nfl playoffs, but ended up texting her more than I watched the game. We set up our second date shortly after that, and the rest is history.