Thursday, July 28, 2005

east v. west


so my dear friend and cohort, gabriel, is doing some online dating of his own on the west coast. he and i have had a few contests over the years of our friendship: betting on braves v. yankees, seeing who succumbs to valentine's day pressures first, who can best who on discovering new music, and well you get the idea. so i'm now considering throwing down the gauntlet on who can meet a 'keeper' first, through online dating. he hasn't kissed anyone in a while (unless you count the woman he met at a wedding recently) so he's practicing...on the salt flats?!? it's been a while for me too, man dating rituals sure have changed.

Sunday, July 24, 2005

on the inside

julie inspired me to put up interior shots of my house since only mary is close enough to come see it. i love finally being able to paint a wall a color and not have a landlord make me paint it back white when i move out. its just a 2BR bungalow nestled under pecan, sweetgum, and water oak trees but i love it. top row from L to R is living area, kitchen (gas stove), yoga room & spare bed, bottom row L to R is my BR, Bath, Office. the 2 greens are different and the 2 terra cotta oranges are different but hard to tell here. can you say earth tones? most all the furnishings are my great aunt's that i inherited when i moved here from Tahoe with my humble futon, bike, and computer. ahhh, home sweet home. i'm there now.

Monday, July 18, 2005

hooking up!

now dont get excited, b/c i havent yet. but ABC has a new show to let those of us obsessed with online dating know that the world is watching; its called Hooking Up and it debuted last week. http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/HookingUp/
i did find comfort in the fact that, even in manhattan, it was hard to find a match and the pickins were slim. since that time i've had a dialogue going with 2 or 3 interesting guys: a hydrologist who loves and plays music and broke his toe last week, a geneticist who cycles and canoes but just met someone and signed off, a record producer who longs for a visit to italy, an artisan woodcrafter who introduced me to a new smell: green hickory nuts and a software developer who posed as an archaeologist until i busted him. i've only met 1 guy in person so far, but am more willing now that i've gotten my feet wet. oh and julie, the smoker was considerate and i didnt have to deal with it really since we were in a skiboat riding across the waves.

Saturday, July 09, 2005

giddy first date

so yesterday i summoned my courage and met an online pursuer for lunch and boating. he had written for over a month and survived all my sarcastic attacks on his nasty smoking habit and still intrigued me and made me laugh. (yes he's the guy i wrote about below). life is funny isn't it?

anyway, it was such a gorgeous break in the hurricane season weather that i played hooky from work. the day was a fabulous success. what a relief! we met at a deli, had some lemonade and quickly agreed to head out for the boat and a day on the lake. with only the 2 of us, it didn't make sense to waterski and other solitary things so we chatted and swam and later ended up grilling out for dinner. when i drove home later, i was all abuzz with the giddiness one feels after a successful first date.

Tuesday, July 05, 2005

no fireworks in the city

i just watched back-to-back episodes of sex in the city for a little morale boost. so here's my update the online dating scene, i chased off the smoker with brutal sarcasm and ran some other witty chump off b/c he wanted mae west and I wasnt exactly ready to ask him to come up and see me sometime. actually he took me off his hot list, as he explained twice. then i wink, tease, flirt, whatever you wanna call it with a few others only to find out they are 260 lbs. despite their photos, or have kids at home, overly religious, and other criteria i specifically try to weed out. one nice kid keeps flattering me and he's 13 years younger and if anything i wanna date older men for a change but he wont give up. i ignore him. the last nice guy that i got a nibble from seemed promising, of course i had to pursue him a bit. he plays and loves music and we connected there; plus he's a mountain dweller...we'll see if he writes back. he's the only one i entertained meeting in person so far, well him and the smoker...before i knew he was a smoker, with horns. by the way, he's popped back in, just to see if i can be nice and refrain from calling him black lung. hey, if the shoe fits...but i can be nice. see this is nice. short, simple, boring, milk toast.