The loveliest email I've gotten in awhile:
thanks for the respond.
you know what i am kind of new to area so can you give me directions to your place and i can come there i ll wake you up 4 am in the morning ( are you saying to late ok 3 am)
just kidding
lets get real
my name is M. i am half Crotian and half Turkish. what else do you want to know because i dont ask so many questions chating so may be we ll meet and we can talk about it who knows( are you sayin this weekend mmmmmmmm ok))))))))
take care
M
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Mmmmmmmm no.
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Friday, August 1, 2008
Girls' Night Out
I moved back to "The City" two years ago, and instantly reconnected with my friend from middle school, J. She introduced me to all her friends, and fully welcomed me into their social circle, which is just what a girl new to town (and living, at the time, with her parents) needs! Sadly, 2 of the girls moved away in the last year, and one is currently on a world tour (hi S!), but J and I are as close as ever, and I feel so lucky to know her again. She even made me an amazing 4-course meal for an early birthday celebration (she actually made two full on menus that I got to pre-order from - how lucky am I?). Friends are the best.
I've also been really lucky to reconnect with some friends from college lately. P, C and Be were in my sorority (yes, I was in sorority. Please don't judge! Actually, go ahead, if you'd like - I judge sorority girls all the time) and we starting emailing and have been getting together for dinners recently, which is so fun! We have a blast and laugh a ton. Last week P organized a get together to introduce her college friends to her friends from here, and it was a smashing success! I'm at the age where I feel like I can tell pretty instantly if I'm going to get along/be friends with someone, and I think this group just totally clicked! Sadly, C and Be couldn't make it, due to being sick (C) and going on her honeymoon (congrats, Be!!), but I brought my other friend, B, who I actually know from 5th grade - man, I really have reconnected with a lot of people! Is this getting confusing with all the initials? I'm going to have to give out some nicknames! Anyway, P's friend MK came, along with her friend Ka, and we had a blast at this really cute, but crowded wine bar.
The first hour or two we were just chatting away, getting to know each other and exchanging stories, but then when we moved inside, the real hilarity began. This beyond drunk guy approached us after standing next to us and trying to find an "in" for quite awhile, and promptly invited himself to some future event we were talking about. He also proceeded to repeatedly touch our backs, which, ew. I physically removed his hand from my back and said "no touching" and he decided then that he hated me - which was quite alright with me! Ka started discussing personal space in America vs. other countries, and Drunk Dude decided that she was "arrogant." Oh, we were laughing so hard. Then he went on to have a conversation with MK, and would periodically look over at me and say, "but I don't care what she thinks." Fine with me, buddy! They started talking about marathons (I'm running my first half marathon on Sunday - my birthday), and he asked MK her time, and announced that if they were to run together, he would naturally beat her, because men are biologically superior. Those may have not been his exact words, but that was the gist. He also told her she was "memserizing." Or maybe it was "mesermizing." Either way, P and I were practically peeing our pants at this point. So, so funny. He finally left, and his much nicer friend came over and we were joking with him - Drunk Dude was definitely getting a hard time about this the next day. And just when we thought we were rid of him... no such luck. He saunters back over and starts listing all of MK's great qualities (dude, you should BE so lucky), including, "and I can't see your body, but I bet if I could it would be great." Ha!! I really haven't laughed this hard in a long time. Apparently on the way out he stopped P & MK to tell them that they were cool, but they really needed nicer friends. Hahahaha.
Such a fun night, and I'm looking forward to our upcoming dessert-and-wine night in my 'hood!
I've also been really lucky to reconnect with some friends from college lately. P, C and Be were in my sorority (yes, I was in sorority. Please don't judge! Actually, go ahead, if you'd like - I judge sorority girls all the time) and we starting emailing and have been getting together for dinners recently, which is so fun! We have a blast and laugh a ton. Last week P organized a get together to introduce her college friends to her friends from here, and it was a smashing success! I'm at the age where I feel like I can tell pretty instantly if I'm going to get along/be friends with someone, and I think this group just totally clicked! Sadly, C and Be couldn't make it, due to being sick (C) and going on her honeymoon (congrats, Be!!), but I brought my other friend, B, who I actually know from 5th grade - man, I really have reconnected with a lot of people! Is this getting confusing with all the initials? I'm going to have to give out some nicknames! Anyway, P's friend MK came, along with her friend Ka, and we had a blast at this really cute, but crowded wine bar.
The first hour or two we were just chatting away, getting to know each other and exchanging stories, but then when we moved inside, the real hilarity began. This beyond drunk guy approached us after standing next to us and trying to find an "in" for quite awhile, and promptly invited himself to some future event we were talking about. He also proceeded to repeatedly touch our backs, which, ew. I physically removed his hand from my back and said "no touching" and he decided then that he hated me - which was quite alright with me! Ka started discussing personal space in America vs. other countries, and Drunk Dude decided that she was "arrogant." Oh, we were laughing so hard. Then he went on to have a conversation with MK, and would periodically look over at me and say, "but I don't care what she thinks." Fine with me, buddy! They started talking about marathons (I'm running my first half marathon on Sunday - my birthday), and he asked MK her time, and announced that if they were to run together, he would naturally beat her, because men are biologically superior. Those may have not been his exact words, but that was the gist. He also told her she was "memserizing." Or maybe it was "mesermizing." Either way, P and I were practically peeing our pants at this point. So, so funny. He finally left, and his much nicer friend came over and we were joking with him - Drunk Dude was definitely getting a hard time about this the next day. And just when we thought we were rid of him... no such luck. He saunters back over and starts listing all of MK's great qualities (dude, you should BE so lucky), including, "and I can't see your body, but I bet if I could it would be great." Ha!! I really haven't laughed this hard in a long time. Apparently on the way out he stopped P & MK to tell them that they were cool, but they really needed nicer friends. Hahahaha.
Such a fun night, and I'm looking forward to our upcoming dessert-and-wine night in my 'hood!
Inner Child of Awe and Wonderment
This is one of the funniest Match emails I've gotten lately. I don't think I can even improve upon it with comments, so here it is in it's entirety, with his name and personal info removed, of course.
We seem to share quite a few commonalities and idiosyncrasies. Let me start off by saying you might think that i come across as a bit obscure, or quite abstract. I'm just an intense, passionate, compassionate lad who's in touch with his inner child of awe and wonderment. With that said, i'm kind of suspended in a state of adolescence. Albeit, i don't act like a juvenile deliquent, yet i do have a wry sense of humour
I'm inquisitively artistic in many a way:: graphics, visuals, words, symbols, hidden meanings, codes, spirituality, theories, philosophies, space & time. Ohhhh yeah, i just happen to be i'm an avid sci-fi fan!
i'm only on a three free day trial period, so you'll have to get in touch with me outside of match
I def want to know what makes you tick & tock around the clock. If you are inclined to write back then here is my contact info :
aol s/name
yahoo s/n
email address at hot male
on the flipside........b
Actually, I lied. I can't resist a few comments. In touch with his inner child of awe and wonderment? A sci-fi fan with bad grammar? Too cheap to pay for a full membership? His email address is @ hot male? This is bad blind date comedy gold! It can't be real, right?
We seem to share quite a few commonalities and idiosyncrasies. Let me start off by saying you might think that i come across as a bit obscure, or quite abstract. I'm just an intense, passionate, compassionate lad who's in touch with his inner child of awe and wonderment. With that said, i'm kind of suspended in a state of adolescence. Albeit, i don't act like a juvenile deliquent, yet i do have a wry sense of humour
I'm inquisitively artistic in many a way:: graphics, visuals, words, symbols, hidden meanings, codes, spirituality, theories, philosophies, space & time. Ohhhh yeah, i just happen to be i'm an avid sci-fi fan!
i'm only on a three free day trial period, so you'll have to get in touch with me outside of match
I def want to know what makes you tick & tock around the clock. If you are inclined to write back then here is my contact info :
aol s/name
yahoo s/n
email address at hot male
on the flipside........b
Actually, I lied. I can't resist a few comments. In touch with his inner child of awe and wonderment? A sci-fi fan with bad grammar? Too cheap to pay for a full membership? His email address is @ hot male? This is bad blind date comedy gold! It can't be real, right?
You Have to Be Visible
I can't remember if I've mentioned this before, but my Grandma (who is AWESOME) has told me that to meet people, "you have to be visible." Seems like common sense, but it really is great advice - I'm not going to meet anyone sitting at home! I've realized about myself that I'm not the type to meet guys - ever! I never dated in high school, had one boyfriend in college, had one boyfriend after, and briefly dated a friend of friends earlier this year. But I'm not the type who is always dating, meeting guys out, etc. I make new friends pretty easily (hi new friends!), but I just never meet guys. Not sure why, but it is what it is. Or is it? Heh. So, listening to my (awesome!) Grandma's advice, I've been trying to get out of the house more. I work from home on Fridays, so I've occasionally been going down to a local coffee shop to work, and for awhile I was trying to get to Whole Foods at lunch to see if there were any cute working boys around. There have been a few cute guys at WF, but no one I've talked to or anything like that.
Just now, I needed to go grocery shopping, so I walked across the city to another Whole Foods that I'm not familiar with. I wore a new tight white t-shirt, cute jeans and pink sneakers and I even straightened my hair. ;) There was one guy who I think was trying to make eye contact with me, cause I kept running into him, but he never said anything. Anyway, I also bought some red dahlias, and couldn't fit them in the super cute Make It Right tote bag my sister got me for my birthday (it combines all my loves - celebrity gossip [it's Brad Pitt's organization], New Orleans [I volunteered there for a week last year, and look forward to going back], eco-friendliness and pink!). Ok, these brackets/parenthesis are getting out of control. Anyway. So, I was carrying my flowers, and boy did I get a lot of comments on the walk home. I got "nice flowers" several times, but the tone was a little more suggestive than that. One older and possibly drunk and/or crazy guy said, "you have a lovely [inaudible]." To be honest, it sounded like he said ass, but really, I don't think that's what he said. I hope not, at least! Anyway, it reminded me to post some of the best lines I've gotten since I moved to this neighborhood.
I live in a cute, trendy neighborhood that happens to be right next to the projects, and there are always lots of people hanging out outside. Generally they just say hi, or something like "you look very nice today," but sometimes I get a funny line. The other day I was going for a walk and was a few blocks away when this guy said,
"Hey neighbor."
I just smiled at him and kept walking, thinking, hey, how does he know I live around here? IS he my neighbor? Has he seen me before? Should I have said hi? Is that a common expression?
A few months ago after work I was walking across the street to get a pair of sunglasses at TJ Maxx. Whatever, they're cheap and I break them all the time anyway! This guy in an SUV (hate!) pulls over and says, "hey." I was going to keep walking, but then thought, ok, what if he needs directions? Of course he didn't need directions. He says,
"Um... I just think you're really hot."
Ew. I just rolled my eyes and walked away. He drove by again and gave me the rocker/hang loose sign with his tongue hanging out. Ew, again.
But I think my very favorite line was uttered shortly after I moved to this neighborhood. I was about a block from home, passing a bus stop, when this guy says,
"What's up snowflake?"
HA!
Clearly I need some self-tanner. ;)
What's the best or funniest pickup line you've gotten?
Just now, I needed to go grocery shopping, so I walked across the city to another Whole Foods that I'm not familiar with. I wore a new tight white t-shirt, cute jeans and pink sneakers and I even straightened my hair. ;) There was one guy who I think was trying to make eye contact with me, cause I kept running into him, but he never said anything. Anyway, I also bought some red dahlias, and couldn't fit them in the super cute Make It Right tote bag my sister got me for my birthday (it combines all my loves - celebrity gossip [it's Brad Pitt's organization], New Orleans [I volunteered there for a week last year, and look forward to going back], eco-friendliness and pink!). Ok, these brackets/parenthesis are getting out of control. Anyway. So, I was carrying my flowers, and boy did I get a lot of comments on the walk home. I got "nice flowers" several times, but the tone was a little more suggestive than that. One older and possibly drunk and/or crazy guy said, "you have a lovely [inaudible]." To be honest, it sounded like he said ass, but really, I don't think that's what he said. I hope not, at least! Anyway, it reminded me to post some of the best lines I've gotten since I moved to this neighborhood.
I live in a cute, trendy neighborhood that happens to be right next to the projects, and there are always lots of people hanging out outside. Generally they just say hi, or something like "you look very nice today," but sometimes I get a funny line. The other day I was going for a walk and was a few blocks away when this guy said,
"Hey neighbor."
I just smiled at him and kept walking, thinking, hey, how does he know I live around here? IS he my neighbor? Has he seen me before? Should I have said hi? Is that a common expression?
A few months ago after work I was walking across the street to get a pair of sunglasses at TJ Maxx. Whatever, they're cheap and I break them all the time anyway! This guy in an SUV (hate!) pulls over and says, "hey." I was going to keep walking, but then thought, ok, what if he needs directions? Of course he didn't need directions. He says,
"Um... I just think you're really hot."
Ew. I just rolled my eyes and walked away. He drove by again and gave me the rocker/hang loose sign with his tongue hanging out. Ew, again.
But I think my very favorite line was uttered shortly after I moved to this neighborhood. I was about a block from home, passing a bus stop, when this guy says,
"What's up snowflake?"
HA!
Clearly I need some self-tanner. ;)
What's the best or funniest pickup line you've gotten?
The Drought
Sorry for the lack of blog updates lately! Those of you who have done the online dating thing (is anyone I don't know reading this, actually?) know that it comes in waves - you talk to no one for awhile, then get a bunch of emails from guys with some potential, email with a few of them, end up meeting one or two. Changing your picture can help with this, so I just did that. I haven't been very active in actually searching my matches myself, so I'll need to do that sometime soon. I do have a few funny stories from a girls' night out, and some of my favorite pickup lines that I've been approached with recently - post coming soon. And I need to get my friend B to write a guest post on this horrible date she recently went on (to start, the guy was eating sushi with his fingers, smacking his lips and licking his fingers. Ewww).
In the last few months, I have gone out with a handful of guys, though. To summarize
*The guy who managed a Peets, and winked at me. Yes, winked.
*The fun (probably too fun for me - way into kickball and Bay to Breakers) guy with potential who I was trying to talk myself into, who disappeared after 2 dates (kind of a relief, to be honest)
*The surprisingly cute and less-weird-than-I-expected firefighter who was definitely not feeling it
Oh, and there was the guy who I was supposed to meet up with, then went to Vegas, never to be heard from again. But he went to Vegas for 5 days and drove an SUV, so I think I dodged a bullet there. Don't know why I ever considered that one!
More coming soon!
In the last few months, I have gone out with a handful of guys, though. To summarize
*The guy who managed a Peets, and winked at me. Yes, winked.
*The fun (probably too fun for me - way into kickball and Bay to Breakers) guy with potential who I was trying to talk myself into, who disappeared after 2 dates (kind of a relief, to be honest)
*The surprisingly cute and less-weird-than-I-expected firefighter who was definitely not feeling it
Oh, and there was the guy who I was supposed to meet up with, then went to Vegas, never to be heard from again. But he went to Vegas for 5 days and drove an SUV, so I think I dodged a bullet there. Don't know why I ever considered that one!
More coming soon!
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