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"[Erin here! I met Matt&amp;amp;#8217;s hilarious friends, Will and Shawn on Saturday night. They pointed out what a good sport Matt has been, having to read about himself online; they thought it would only be fair for them to blog about me. I can&amp;amp;#8217;t argue with that, so here goes!] By Shawn Swift There exists an interesting dialectic when a guy meets the girl his best friend is interested in. On the one hand, I implicitly want Matt to be happy and on the other, I want him to be single because &amp;amp;#8220;this girl&amp;amp;#8221; has the potential to dramatically affect my social life in a myriad of ways. It is due to both of these reasons that every personality trait and behavioral tendency of &amp;amp;#8220;this girl,&amp;amp;#8221; no matter how mundane and innocuous, will be mentally recorded and then scrutinized at a later time. Will, Matt and I first saw Erin standing on 27th and 3rd in front of Rodeo Bar, a perennial favorite of our group. Both Will and I agreed, upon initial impressions, that she is very cute and has a friendly/genuine smile. Once inside, Will and I asked Matt and Erin to find a table upstairs while we got the first round. Erin first ordered a Guinness Draft, which earned her points&amp;amp;#133;then later settled on a Dos Equis. After the entire group got together upstairs I surprised Erin by asking her to make a toast using an inspirational quote. Erin passed this test with flying colors when she immediately recited a quote about enthusiasm. During our time at Rodeo Bar, Erin was able to hang with the sense of humor of our group, which is not easy. Erin also maintained genuine interest in each of us and was able to participate in our banter, when appropriate. Erin earned herself bonus points with a few witty remarks challenging my intelligence, but earned more points by being affectionate&amp;amp;#8212;but not disgustingly so&amp;amp;#8212;with Matt. I think Erin earned most of her points after Matt and I demonstrated a stunt we have been doing since we were in high school. This stunt involves holding on to a vertical bar and using your core strength to lift your legs so that your entire body is parallel to the floor. Needless to say, I was able to do this on this particular night and Matt was not. When Matt returned to the table after that potentially emasculating situation, Erin responded by welcoming him with an extended arm and saying, &amp;amp;#8220;Matt, I think your height was a disadvantage.&amp;amp;#8221; I think his 6&amp;amp;#8217;5&amp;amp;#8221; frame may have cost him that demonstration but earned him some good insight into Erin&amp;amp;#8217;s character&amp;amp;#133;which I&amp;amp;#8217;m sure is worth every bit of humiliation that he might have suffered. At the end of the day, Erin passed the test. She is attractive, easy going, a good conversationalist, and doesn&amp;amp;#8217;t take herself too seriously. Further, in the midst of our group of reasonably bright, socially intelligent people, Erin was able to hang without trying to prove anything. Most importantly, Erin seemed to sincerely like hanging with Matt and when it comes down to it, nothing else really matters. That being said, Erin passed the best buddy first impression test and the subsequent scrutiny. Erin and Matt are free to date for now. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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