home for an island

deery-lou.
previously on the e-list…

speed dating, speed walking, and speedboat bunny art—could my week be any better. on wednesday i was suppose to have date #3 with tag. however, just like the past two weeks something came up causing tag to flake yet again. pattern, anyone. who ever imagined that getting beyond date #2 would be so difficult. my chemistry with tag is quite good, but come on already. either stick to your plans or don't bother making them. the verdict is still out about what i'm going to do.

with my schedule now open it enabled me to have lunch with misty. a lunch date with a friend is far superior than a romantic date. there's no pressure involved. we haven't had any m&e time in awhile, so it was nice to get together. that's one of the benefits of having friends who live so close and work at home sometimes—impromptu lunch dates. love it!

i've discovered that since november i've gained 9 lbs. make room for fatty. this prompted me to call misty hoping she'd want to start exercising with me. it's always best to have a buddy. i really need to join a gym or something but that will have to wait until i have a steady income. in the meantime speed walking will suffice.

i had my first introduction to the world of speed dating. well, let's just say my own version of it since it wasn't part of a formal organization or anything. it started off as lunch with nag. we met at 1:30 in the 'stro and dined at la mediterranee. i forgot how yummy their food is. i got the sample plate. nag was nice guy. there were no sparks flying about the restaurant, but for me there seldom are. we had a good conversation and overall seemed to enjoy each others company. he had to get back to work so it was rather short date. whether or not he's interested i have no clue. if he were to ask me out again, i'd probably go.

seeing that i was already out and about i called fag. we had chatted either that day on im. he suggested that i call him later so i did. a boy can't have too many dates now can he? we decided to meet up for coffee. by 3:25 i was downtown. my encounter with fag was interesting to say the least. our phone conversation and chat were really good so i guess i was expecting more from the meeting. plus we have a mutual friend which i thought would take some of the pressure off. it didn't. i went into it thinking i was meeting up with a potential new friend. not necessarily a romantic interest. all i know is that there was a strange vibe going on. i still can't quite put my finger around it. perhaps he thought this was a "date-date". i don't know. we talked for a bit about nothing in particular. it all felt really forced. within 20 minutes or so he asked "so what are you going to do now?" then he decided to go home and relax. we didn't even get coffee like planed. curious. i did manage to make it all around town and home on one bus ticket. now that's speed.

well, my two dates might have been somewhat of a bust but i didn't manage to savage the day by finding an awesome speedboat bunny painting at urban outfitters. it's the little things in life that make everything worth it.

my new bunny art

stay gold & be well…