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i don't think strong pot is ever passe. What are you, a drug dealer?

― kenan, Thursday, 12 April 2007 15:27 (nineteen years ago)

you like what you like who do you have to appologize to?

Yr right of course, but I think I have low dating esteem. Not low self esteem, but sometimes I still feel like I'm fifteen and any interest from a girl is a rare thing that I should pursue.

― Jordan, Thursday, 12 April 2007 15:28 (nineteen years ago)

everybody gets that jordan, and it's not low esteem of any sort, it's the unquenchable desire to see naked boobs.

― kenan, Thursday, 12 April 2007 15:29 (nineteen years ago)

OMG SOMEONE BROUGHT IN CINNAMON BUNS FROM ANN SATHER

― jaymc, Thursday, 12 April 2007 15:30 (nineteen years ago)

Everyone OTM about dating. I could have stayed out & listened to music last night but after the dating vs friends question was settled he didn't want to stick around. Which I can understand cos I've been on that side before too, but it was A FIRST DATE, OKAY??

― Laurel, Thursday, 12 April 2007 15:30 (nineteen years ago)

I realized part-way through that I wished he was just a friend who I could high-five and ruffle his hair and show warmth to, but he was sure to misinterpret any friendly gesture I made and I was really dreading the inevitable fumbley kiss and I knew I had to say something. :( If I hadn't thought he was really cool I'd have just blown him off by email, but I wanted to a door open for friendship, cos I like what he's into. No joy.

― Laurel, Thursday, 12 April 2007 15:33 (nineteen years ago)

last time I was on an internet dating stint I had that exact first date, Laurel.

― horseshoe, Thursday, 12 April 2007 15:35 (nineteen years ago)

Btw, I've totally wrestled with the "but we don't have the same taste" or "she's not as into art as I am" quandary, but two of my best relationships over the years have been with people I'd thought that about, and we ended up clicking, anyway, because we made each other laugh and understood each other and all of that. I mean, Kr will basically tell you that after our first date, she was like, "This will never work, he's way too into music."

― jaymc, Thursday, 12 April 2007 15:35 (nineteen years ago)

It's just over a month until my birthday.

― n/a, Thursday, 12 April 2007 15:36 (nineteen years ago)

Hint hint.

― n/a, Thursday, 12 April 2007 15:36 (nineteen years ago)

but he was sure to misinterpret any friendly gesture I made

HI DERE I DO THAT ALL THE TIME.
i was just thinking that this morning as i was walking up western to the bus stop, i've been making the same mistake for TWENTY ONE YEARS NOW. but, luckily, i didn't make it last night and instead of going out and either having a really AWESOME time or putting myself back in hell's pantry i decided to make some pasta and sauce. i should have used more tomato paste, less black pepper, more green pepper, and more basil.

― chicago kevin, Thursday, 12 April 2007 15:37 (nineteen years ago)

I have generally given up dating bcz I'm at sea when I know it's not gonna work after 30 seconds.

http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0316346624.01._BO2,204,203,200_PIsitb-dp-500-arrow,TopRight,45,-64_OU01_SCLZZZZZZZ_AA240_SH20_.jpg

― Jesse, Thursday, 12 April 2007 15:37 (nineteen years ago)

Oh yeah, that too.

Sooooo, if I come to Chicago tomorrow, a) is anyone interested in going to that show, b) could I maybe crash with someone? I don't know how late the show is going to go or if the H8 guys are going to want to hang out afterwards.

― Jordan, Thursday, 12 April 2007 15:38 (nineteen years ago)

We aren't going to be in town. ;_;

― n/a, Thursday, 12 April 2007 15:39 (nineteen years ago)

nick that looks awesome. i will buy that for your birthday... for myself.

― kenan, Thursday, 12 April 2007 15:41 (nineteen years ago)

Oh. H8 = Hot 8, not "hate."

I will be in Michigan. Courtney may be interested in doing something?

― Jesse, Thursday, 12 April 2007 15:43 (nineteen years ago)

Btw, I've totally wrestled with the "but we don't have the same taste" or "she's not as into art as I am" quandary,

yeah, last girl i had an extended relationship with had similar interests but her tastes weren't exactly mine. like we both love love LOVE music. but while i'd prefer some garage/punk thing she sat on my couch and was able to disect and perfectly articulate what she loved about the shostakovich we were listening to. she loved to cook, i loved to eat. we both dug peter sellers movies though and we both liked to stay in bed until past noon on weekends. i think that's what probably sealed the deal for me.

― chicago kevin, Thursday, 12 April 2007 15:43 (nineteen years ago)

sorry jordan, i'm going to a b-day party in the 'burbs.

― chicago kevin, Thursday, 12 April 2007 15:43 (nineteen years ago)

I dated someone who didn't read books unless they were about conspiracy theories and alien abduction, and who listened to Mr Bungle & Jucifer and told me that pop was for girls. Then we broke up. Haha.

― Laurel, Thursday, 12 April 2007 15:46 (nineteen years ago)

Courtney may be interested in doing something?

I will send her a social networking message and see.

― Jordan, Thursday, 12 April 2007 15:48 (nineteen years ago)

Jordan, I'm still trying to figure out my plans for tomorrow night. I know there's dinner and after-dinner drinks in the works, so I'm going to say no to the show, but I might be good for a couch.

― jaymc, Thursday, 12 April 2007 15:49 (nineteen years ago)

I could never date someone who doesn't read. I have read a couple profiles on gay.com and yahoo like this. One said (approximately) " I watch TV and enjoy movies, and I'm an actor, so I read scripts, so don't tell me that I'm missing out on a whole world, blah, blah, blah."

― Jesse, Thursday, 12 April 2007 15:50 (nineteen years ago)

Was last night's L O S T any good? I don't want spoilers, I just want to know if I should be excited or not.

― jaymc, Thursday, 12 April 2007 15:50 (nineteen years ago)

I dated someone who didn't read books unless they were about conspiracy theories and alien abduction, and who listened to Mr Bungle & Jucifer and told me that pop was for girls.

lol I KNOW THAT GUY. He's a douche and a half.

― kenan, Thursday, 12 April 2007 15:51 (nineteen years ago)

I don't read fiction very easily. This is a problem for some people who shall remain nameless. But I love nonfiction books about science!

― kenan, Thursday, 12 April 2007 15:52 (nineteen years ago)

Especially science that involves food, drugs, or dead bodies!

― kenan, Thursday, 12 April 2007 15:53 (nineteen years ago)

we both dug peter sellers movies though and we both liked to stay in bed until past noon on weekends.

i just sent a poorly thought out email to said young woman. i forgot about the nasty song she wrote about me and i really wish gmail and a recall message option at this point.

:-(

― chicago kevin, Thursday, 12 April 2007 15:53 (nineteen years ago)

Lost was pretty consistent with the last few episodes. So, pretty good. They're starting to put some of the plot pieces together, which is nice.

― n/a, Thursday, 12 April 2007 15:53 (nineteen years ago)

I mean, last night's episode was consistent in quality with the last few; i.e., pretty good.

― n/a, Thursday, 12 April 2007 15:54 (nineteen years ago)

Good. I'll watch it tonight.

I'm having trouble making it through Special Topics in Calamity Physics (a work of fiction, if the title was confusing) -- the narrator is just so annoyingly precocious. Maybe if she learns to drop the Daddy-worship, it'll get better.

― jaymc, Thursday, 12 April 2007 15:55 (nineteen years ago)

i've missed the last few weeks, last one i saw i think was the one where they got the van going, maybe the one after that. i've had a standing appointment for drinks on wednesdays but i didn't go last night.

anyone want to get some tt action gonig tonight?

― chicago kevin, Thursday, 12 April 2007 15:57 (nineteen years ago)

The problem with conspiracy-theory rockstar was that he WASN'T a douche, he was a really nice, honest guy...it just drove me batshit crazy that he had to simplify every decision to a place where it was so un-nuanced that it was hardly worth discussing anymore, hence "pop is for girls", "social causes are for liberals", etc.

― Laurel, Thursday, 12 April 2007 15:58 (nineteen years ago)

Cool, I have your number. I also might be able to crash at my friend Nick's house, I just remembered.

xpost

― Jordan, Thursday, 12 April 2007 15:59 (nineteen years ago)

I'm having trouble making it through Special Topics in Calamity Physics (a work of fiction, if the title was confusing) -- the narrator is just so annoyingly precocious. Maybe if she learns to drop the Daddy-worship, it'll get better.

She doesn't. That book was very annoying.

― Mr. Que, Thursday, 12 April 2007 16:01 (nineteen years ago)

(Are we going to get to see her picture in this thread, John?)

Jordan, I'm playing a show tomorrow night but there could be room in the attic here to crash.

― Eazy, Thursday, 12 April 2007 16:01 (nineteen years ago)

Book-jacket photo still hot:

http://cache.gawker.com/assets/resources/2006/10/marisha%20pessl%20better%20silent.jpg

― jaymc, Thursday, 12 April 2007 16:03 (nineteen years ago)

Yup

http://booksense-stores.booksense.com/images/stores/1657/storeevents/pesslweb.jpg

― Mr. Que, Thursday, 12 April 2007 16:05 (nineteen years ago)

it just drove me batshit crazy that he had to simplify every decision to a place where it was so un-nuanced that it was hardly worth discussing anymore

uh oh i think i just had a moment of awful self-recognition

― kenan, Thursday, 12 April 2007 16:05 (nineteen years ago)

*shivers*

*decides to forget*

― kenan, Thursday, 12 April 2007 16:05 (nineteen years ago)

oh wow.

beartrap to mr. que.

― chicago kevin, Thursday, 12 April 2007 16:06 (nineteen years ago)

man, i CAN NOT WAIT until it's warm and women aren't buried under layers of wool and gortex and hats and scarves. hope springs fucking eternal, even in the face of history and reason.

― chicago kevin, Thursday, 12 April 2007 16:07 (nineteen years ago)

I can't wait either.

― KitCat, Thursday, 12 April 2007 16:08 (nineteen years ago)

pessl is cute, but in person not nearly as much

http://www.thegogglesdonothing.com/archives/bookread.jpg

― kenan, Thursday, 12 April 2007 16:10 (nineteen years ago)

That's probably just a bad pic. She's cute, just kind of teethy.

― KitCat, Thursday, 12 April 2007 16:11 (nineteen years ago)

http://duranduran.no/cms/images/stories/nu_shooz-i_cant_wait.jpg

― jaymc, Thursday, 12 April 2007 16:12 (nineteen years ago)

also, i have it on good authority that she's a whiny over-entitled bitch

― kenan, Thursday, 12 April 2007 16:14 (nineteen years ago)

nice, dude. real nice.

― Mr. Que, Thursday, 12 April 2007 16:16 (nineteen years ago)

i should not repeat second hand stories, i don't guess, but one hears things

― kenan, Thursday, 12 April 2007 16:17 (nineteen years ago)

i guess maybe you should repeat it, for the benefit of mankind

― Mr. Que, Thursday, 12 April 2007 16:18 (nineteen years ago)

It's hard, because I want to give her the benefit of the doubt of writing a *character* who lacks self-awareness re: her own pretentiousness, but I keep suspecting that Pessl drops all these literary/cinematic references specifically to show off how erudite she (the author) is.

― jaymc, Thursday, 12 April 2007 16:18 (nineteen years ago)

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