Creepy Live Puppet Show

Dear Diary,
I saw a Commedia Dell'arte mask today and was reminded of a very interesting date.  I knew this guy who was cute, tall, funny and a great performer! We both worked as interns at an awesome little theater in Hollywood.  I ran into him at a happy hour one Thursday afternoon.  When happy hour ended we kept drinking and playing for hours. Literally playing.  We took over a construction site on the walk home from the bars. We climbed into these giant machines and pretended to drive them. We hopped the fence to the playground across the street from his place.  Looking back I ripped a whole in my favorite shorts on the fence that night. Holy crap- that's what happen to them!?!  Later on we settled into his place and had some can beer from a mini fridge.  He kissed me in his living/bed room and I liked it. Shortly after things got a little weird.
As we were sitting on his "patio" he excused him self and was gone for a while.  I started texting and messing around on my phone to kill the growing awkwardness I felt as the minutes passed on. When he came back he was wearing a full size Commedia Dell'arte  mask.  He sat down next to me and we had a good 5-minute conversation with out breaking character.  It was actually pretty impressive. Then he got up as the character and exited the "patio".  I chuckled about it and waited for his return.  A few minutes later can came back with another mask as another character, then another, and yet another. In the end he came out with 5 different masks and five different characters. Now the thing is, if you have ever seen a commedia dell'arte mask you would understand how bad this creeped me out.  In fact, if you don't know what one is- stop reading this right now and google it.
Each character was 10 times creepier than the last, By the fifth one I started to wonder if he was going to next bring out a machete and murder my ass. Needless to say after the live puppet show it was time for me to call it a night and boogie on home. On the way home and we walked through the Taco Bell drive-thru.  I gave him one more quick smooch for walking me home and that was the end of our romantic experiment.  We are still friends and I heard he was offended I didn't want to pursue a relationship with him.  He is pretty into himself.  I know it bugged him for a hot second. I couldn't bring myself to tell him the reason was because: "Your live creepy puppet show freaked me the fuck out!"  In all fairness though, that is what he is into and he is an artist.  Someday he will put that creepy puppet show on and some girl is going to absolutely love it and she will be the one.  Unfortunately for him I am not that girl. One thing is certain about that night,  it makes for a good laugh and a smile every time I look back.  Dam dating is so much fun sometimes!!
Love Ya!!
VK