Alacritous Dating

A few months ago, I became just one more of those well-educated late twenty-something women to re-enter singlehood. Yes, I am one of those women whose family is wondering why she's still single and whose friends assure is "amazing" but just hasn't found the right guy. The last few months have taught me two things, 1) that I have wonderful friends and family and 2) online personals can be hilarious. Here's my story.

Thursday, May 10, 2007

It's Gettin' Hot in Heeeerh

1. SC is coming out here next weekend. I am so excited! Communication has been frequent and fun. All signs are looking good. So good that I actually just bought myself a plane ticket to go see him in June. Nice.

2. Have had no contact with EP. Trying to keep it out of my head...because when I think about it I just feel bad. But I suppose clean breaks are good breaks. Except that I still have the set of power adapter converters he lent me for my trip to Israel. I need to get those back to him because they're kind of expensive. Also realizing that I wish I had taken him up on his offer to tune up my bike before I dumped him.

3. Yet again, I have proven that I am indeed a magnet for ridiculousness. I recently registered for a marathon in DC and the Ex sent me a very thoughtful email to remind me about registration. We exchanged a few normal catch up emails...the last one in which I accidentally cc'd to our church office. (he had asked for the church office email and I typed it into the cc line so it'd pop up; I copied/pasted into the email and then forgot to delete it from the cc field). Smooth, I know.

4. Yesterday I changed from capri pants into a knee-length skirt at the last second before dashing out of the apt. to go to work. As I'm waiting to cross the street to get on the subway, I look down and realize that I hadn't shaved my legs in about a week. Sexy!


5. Just got some AWESOME post-triathlon sporty spice clothes from this company. I've never ordered something out of a catalog without first trying it on in the store...but I got pretty lucky. I only have to send one thing back to exchange it for a diff't size.

6. Everyone's got a nutty neighbor. We call ours "Crazy Felix." Crazy Felix has a small zoo in his apartment, always looks unkempt, and can often be seen sitting outside sipping hard liquor from a tiny glass while watching his dogs poop right next to the "Keep Pets Off Grass" sign and mumbling in French under his breath. I bumped into him talking to my roommate earlier this week. Ends up Crazy Felix's partner recently passed away and he is starting to have to give his animals away because he can't care for them all on his own. When I crossed paths with him, he was in the middle of telling my roommate how pets make everyone happy. As I joined in on the conversation things went horribly wrong and the conversation ended with Felix giving me and my roommate advice on how to reach orgasm through masturbation. Yes, I'm totally serious.