well, does vanessa jean ever have a story to tell!

this story would be so much better had i blogged the original incident when it happened, but some loyal vanessa jean fans are aware of the theft incident at the artspace duct tape opening. here's the backdrop (i could have sworn i blogged this, but i can't find it posted anywhere)...
for the opening of the artspace new haven 'duct tape: between fear and freedom' exhibit i was lucky enough to host a table of my wares that were available for sale. so there was a 3 foot circular table covered with duct tape bags, right at the entrance to the exhibit. well, at one point this young(ish) woman walked by, picked up a bag as to inspect it, and then (with the guidance of a man who was on her arm) walked out of the museum with the bag! yes, i was in quite a tizzy and didn't know what to do. the woman also looked very familiar and i know i had met her at some point (and that we probably had a few things in common) and i just couldn't believe she would actually steal something so i just let her walk out of the show with it. it seemed as if she was thinking she was very covert, but i saw it all happen. that was the best part, that i saw it all, and so did other people. after about 15 minutes she came back to the museum, carrying the bag. i was shocked, then she walked directly to the other side of my display table, bent over as if to inspect some samples on the floor, and deposited the previously stolen bag on the floor...returning it to it's home. well, this made me even more surprised and miffed, mostly because her actions were so obvious and i'd seen everything that happened, and because i know she is a person i have met because we graduated from the same university and went through a few similar programs. it was just such a funny and shocking and embarassing incident...and i talked about it for the next week. i was also convinced that my roommate knew her, but i couldn't get out an apt enough description...

well, the mystery has been solved!
after a boisterous evening of scavenger hunting, tgwnn crew settled at a local japanese bar to hang out. and all of a sudden this same woman walks in and i turn directly to my roommate and re-tell him the story and point out that she's the one! and he says, "her, i know her!" turns out they are good friends and previously teammates. so i became determined to get to the bottom of the stolen/returned bags, and i made him introduce us as we awkwardly picked songs from the jukebox (2 jukebox nights in a row, how lucky!). well, we are introduced and he leaves, so i fend for myself. we've clearly met before, and we get to the bottom of things after a bit of silly small talk, and we talked about my work and the artspace show and as soon as she said 'did you see me...' i told her i saw the whole thing. she explained why and how embarassed she was and it was good for a hilarious laugh (as are all bizarre vanessa jean incidents) and we had a good laugh and bonded over the foolishnes. and it gets even better (and even more full circle) because it turns out that she is the girlfriend of one of annabelle's good friends freshman roommate (oh, you'll figure out what i mean) and it was just such a riot. and as it turns out, she picked up the bag to look at it, and her male companion grabbed her arm and told her to walk out with it (forced her?) and she felt bad and brought it back. anyhow, mystery solved, new friend made, life is good.
over and out!