the others

in case you are wondering what happened to the others from the shortlist of match blitz...

kinda dumb paramedic is the slowest moving ever. and his emails and text messages are so bland and boring i hardly have anything to respond. i would have given it a chance, but his feet are dragging in cement. i think that one will die in the water.

tall redhead has been sending funny emails for a couple weeks now. taking it to the next level - we're supposed to meet for coffee this weekend.

gigging with shifty eyes

so shifty eyes wants to go see some local bands play, and i'm always up for live music. although i'm not familiar with the bands, i've heard they're good. so i meet shifty in the bar below the venue for a couple of drinks before the show. he has made me a couple of cds - one mix, one upcoming release that was leaked to the internet. he wins some points with this gesture. but then he loses some points... when the bill comes, he says, "are you ok to pay for that since i bought the tickets?"

1. this is a show that YOU wanted to go to, and you asked me to come along as your date. i am unfamiliar with the bands, you like them a lot... i think you pretty much SHOULD have paid for the tickets.

2. if i offered to pick up the tab, that's fine. but you don't ask me to.

3. it should have at least been split.

whatever, i'll get over it. we're at a show, so i'm not going to have to deal with you averting your eyes all night, so at least there's that. the show actually is quite good, though being out until 1am on a monday night does not a chipper pdxgirl make. it's still a good time, and shifty is relatively good company. many emails continue throughout the week.

ol' shifty eyes

so i really did intend to do this supposed "match blitz"... but then i had a good look around at all of my choices on match.com, and there really were not many interesting ones left. most of the guys on there i've eliminated for some reason or another. so i ended my subscription with just 3 guys i was emailing.

1. the bald smart guy
2. the tall red head
3. the seemingly dumb paramedic

bald smart guy sends awesome emails - very witty, good grammar, etc. so i meet up with the bald smart guy (soon to be known as ol' shifty eyes) at a total dive bar. this is cool because i like dive bars and the drinks are cheap. it's good that the drinks are cheap because i soon realize i'll be paying my own way this evening. oh well, that's kinda ok in this blind online dating sort of world.

i approach my date, who is seated at the bar. he spends the better part of the next hour making good conversation with me, but facing forward. weird, right? finally i suggest that we move to a booth that has opened up because i'm getting a kink in my neck from turning sideways towards him.

even once at the booth, he has trouble looking me in the eye. now i'm pretty sure that this is not because i'm so beautiful that it hurts to look at me. maybe he's just nervous, so i'll forgive him. but i can't stop looking at his eyes because not only are they averted, but they are kinda buggy. maybe this is why he is avoiding eye contact - the big, bug eyes actually are superhuman, and he gets a headache from looking at someone for too long. ok, i've been watching 'heroes', with it's silly super powers, too much.

and ladies and gents, we have another NPR listener here. i mean, i want to date someone who is smart...but not boring. he is tittering on the edge. one good thing is that he is really into music, so maybe that will be his saving grace. he has invited me to a show next week, so i guess i'll give him another chance.

cancel your ass

sorry limp wrists, but i have to cancel on you for valentine's day. on your voicemail i'll tell you it's because "i'm dating several people right now, and valentine's day is just too couple-y".

but the real reason is that i think you might be gay. and i just don't want to be the woman to help you come to that conclusion.

vodka = truth serum

uh oh. i went out with limp wrists again last night (or as my friend erica sweetly calls him, limpdick), and i had some vodka truth serum. i was talking about the weirdos i've been out with, and i somehow mentioned (oops) that i have a blog. damn! and he knows computers well, so he's going to try to find it. so now i'm faced with the decision of revealing what i truly think or hiding what i maybe wouldn't want him to read.

as an aside, his drinks also seemed to allow him to speak his mind. he told me that the reason i've probably been out with freaks is that my pictures are not flattering to the reality of what i look like. a bit of a back-handed compliment, me thinks. he said if he had his digital camera handy he could take a dozen better pictures. nice and not nice at the same time.

so i'm still uncertain about him, and he wants me to go out with him on valentine's day. i just don't know. he's funny and cute, and we definitely have a fun time together. however...the limp wrists prevail...there is something fruity about him that i just don't know if i like.

match blitz

so i've decided that i'm not going to pay for another 3 month subscription fee on match since i've only met losers thus far. until the end of my subscription, i plan to start a match blitz! i'm going to email every guy that even slightly interested me in the next 2 weeks and get some more dates set up. this should be entertaining. and my plan for the longer term is to try out craigslist, which is free. free makes me think freaks, so i'm sure there will be some interesting dates in my near future.

ipod boy

so...i have a crush on the ipod sillouette boy (it's the newest ad with the song "flathead" by the fratellis). he's just so damn cute when he's dancing.