now i am imagining this guy's antennae as arms he is sadly unable to clap withhttp://i.imgur.com/0c5v3.png
APPLAUSE MALFUNCTIOOOOON :\
― ⚓ (gr8080), Thursday, 16 February 2012 04:34 (twelve years ago) link
Hahahahahaha
― Lindsay NAGL (Trayce), Thursday, 16 February 2012 04:36 (twelve years ago) link
sorry you're draggin' mooks.holla at me when you're in NYC and i'll buy you a drink and commiserate
― little clouds of citrus spritz as i peel (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 16 February 2012 06:20 (twelve years ago) link
oh god between emily's great epiphany of name association and gr80's robot funnies I'm dying over here
― valleys of your mind (mh), Thursday, 16 February 2012 15:36 (twelve years ago) link
Oh lordy, the guy I've been talking to and I have mutual friends. Mutual friends who post on ilx *coffs*.
― Lindsay NAGL (Trayce), Friday, 17 February 2012 00:59 (twelve years ago) link
i hope it's not anyone i know
― are you ready for a little spittle? (electricsound), Friday, 17 February 2012 01:01 (twelve years ago) link
well actually i don't mind at all if it is
― are you ready for a little spittle? (electricsound), Friday, 17 February 2012 01:02 (twelve years ago) link
It is, actually, ha.
― Lindsay NAGL (Trayce), Friday, 17 February 2012 01:06 (twelve years ago) link
Well so it would appear, in any case. I think I'm gonna not discuss it frther tho lest I jinx things.
― Lindsay NAGL (Trayce), Friday, 17 February 2012 01:13 (twelve years ago) link
I just webmailed u
― Lindsay NAGL (Trayce), Friday, 17 February 2012 01:26 (twelve years ago) link
ooh
― are you ready for a little spittle? (electricsound), Friday, 17 February 2012 01:28 (twelve years ago) link
Emailed my date from last week to see about scheduling a second date. Suggeseted a movie - usually a bad idea on second date (not enough talking time) but I feel movie-starved.
― ljubljana, Friday, 17 February 2012 04:48 (twelve years ago) link
Trayce, that's exciting! and nerve-racking! ZS - I am speechless with admiration at your cool persistence - have you scheduled yet?
― ljubljana, Friday, 17 February 2012 04:49 (twelve years ago) link
it'll be saturday. :-/ little nervous, little nervous!
― tmi but (Z S), Friday, 17 February 2012 04:52 (twelve years ago) link
bar? which one? no don't tell me, temptation to schedule mine for same bar too great
― ljubljana, Friday, 17 February 2012 05:02 (twelve years ago) link
Sigh why do ppl stay on okc and reply to messages when theyre already seeing someone :( I feel like a skittle I get set up and knocked down so often.
― Lindsay NAGL (Trayce), Friday, 17 February 2012 05:05 (twelve years ago) link
haha, well it will be brunch somewhere in dupont, i think, still not sure where, we're actually talking about that now
― tmi but (Z S), Friday, 17 February 2012 05:23 (twelve years ago) link
Should I go out for a drink tonight with someone who just referred to me as "a total babe"?
― drawn to them like a moth toward a spanakopita (Laurel), Saturday, 18 February 2012 22:28 (twelve years ago) link
why would you not?
― Laura Lucy Lynn (La Lechera), Saturday, 18 February 2012 22:31 (twelve years ago) link
yes, although if it was "babe n a half" it would have been an improvement in my book
― tmi but (Z S), Saturday, 18 February 2012 22:32 (twelve years ago) link
"total babe"... hmm. I guess LL is otm, but it doesn't sound like he's the love of your life?
― HO WBEAUTIFUL IS THE GENTLYFALLINGBLOOD? (Le Bateau Ivre), Saturday, 18 February 2012 22:32 (twelve years ago) link
(not that it needs to be)
who cares if he is the love of her life?! live large, laurelita!
― Laura Lucy Lynn (La Lechera), Saturday, 18 February 2012 22:35 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, okay! You're right, LL.
― drawn to them like a moth toward a spanakopita (Laurel), Saturday, 18 February 2012 22:36 (twelve years ago) link
by the way, critical update, the thing with girl i was totally stoked about went really well this afternoon! definitely going to be seeing her again soon.
― tmi but (Z S), Saturday, 18 February 2012 22:37 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hiUuL5uTKc
― Laura Lucy Lynn (La Lechera), Saturday, 18 February 2012 22:38 (twelve years ago) link
lol
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Saturday, 18 February 2012 22:39 (twelve years ago) link
ZS did she think your scar was teh cuet? :)
― HO WBEAUTIFUL IS THE GENTLYFALLINGBLOOD? (Le Bateau Ivre), Saturday, 18 February 2012 22:45 (twelve years ago) link
nah, we barely talked about it, actually. she said she didn't notice it until i pointed it out. but yeah, she's very cuet and v v intelligent. it was nice to tell a few anecdotes and have the other person actually smile and laugh! that sounds so stupid, but the last few okc things i've been on have been like talking to dr. stoic
― tmi but (Z S), Saturday, 18 February 2012 22:54 (twelve years ago) link
ppl not reacting to anecdotes is the worst feeling
― ⚓ (gr8080), Saturday, 18 February 2012 22:56 (twelve years ago) link
yeah, plus i mean it's a date, i'm busting out some of the best anecdotes i can think of. these are the anecdotes that have survived natural conversational selection to rise to the top of the memory pool, and i can't even get a "hmmph".
― tmi but (Z S), Saturday, 18 February 2012 22:59 (twelve years ago) link
Good for you, ZS! My two-weeks-ago date hasn't replied to my message re a second date yet...
― ljubljana, Saturday, 18 February 2012 23:16 (twelve years ago) link
i am still only lurking okc.
still don't think babes in this town have figured out its ok to okc yet
― ⚓ (gr8080), Saturday, 18 February 2012 23:19 (twelve years ago) link
these are the anecdotes that have survived natural conversational selection to rise to the top of the memory pool, and i can't even get a "hmmph".
This made me giggle, the idea of conversational darwinism haha.
And I mean really, how rude does someone have to be to not respond to a story? Even if you are bored spitless its polite to at least look interested, gah it isnt that hard.
― Lindsay NAGL (Trayce), Sunday, 19 February 2012 00:41 (twelve years ago) link
I'm back. It was mildly pleasant.
― drawn to them like a moth toward a spanakopita (Laurel), Sunday, 19 February 2012 05:53 (twelve years ago) link
He said he'd like to see me again, and I agreed, but I'm not sure that wasn't just politeness about a dead end.
― drawn to them like a moth toward a spanakopita (Laurel), Sunday, 19 February 2012 06:01 (twelve years ago) link
He was quite stylish and not at all bad looking, but I think he might have realized I wasn't interested in his tiny dog.
― drawn to them like a moth toward a spanakopita (Laurel), Sunday, 19 February 2012 06:56 (twelve years ago) link
four hr im convo, tons of BSing about music (great rap/R&B taste FTW), and we're set for monday. crazy shat.
im ... generally a bad look, but can work wonders (???)
― pearsonic, Sunday, 19 February 2012 07:13 (twelve years ago) link
x-post. Read that as "dong" at first.
― nickn, Sunday, 19 February 2012 07:17 (twelve years ago) link
showed this thread to the girl I've been seeing
― conrad, Monday, 20 February 2012 21:33 (twelve years ago) link
Got a message back from my date saying he's really busy with work and this week is 'already out', in what came across as a slightly snippy tone. Wrote back that I understand work pressures (and I really do) and maybe next week sometime, let me know when's good if that works for you. Silence.
― ljubljana, Tuesday, 21 February 2012 01:19 (twelve years ago) link
*waves to conrad's girl*
ljub the last time a guy did that to me its cos he was doing the bailout act and was too gutless to just say so. I had to flat out ask him "you're not bothered with this anymore are you" and he then admitted he wasnt, and I just dropped him. I HATE TIME WASTERS.
― Lindsay NAGL (Trayce), Tuesday, 21 February 2012 01:21 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, I'm kind of getting that vibe. He was intriguing, but definitely not intriguing enough to chase after.
― ljubljana, Tuesday, 21 February 2012 01:31 (twelve years ago) link
The second best thing to being told how awesome you are is being told straight-up: "Sorry, but I'm not feeling it." It feels like RESPECT!
― garbage corn fan (Je55e), Tuesday, 21 February 2012 02:00 (twelve years ago) link
It's so great that I message 3 or 4 people a day just to tell them that.
― garbage corn fan (Je55e), Tuesday, 21 February 2012 02:01 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah I've had a couple of recent experiences with - not rejection, but just full on honesty about their situs, and I love it, it is so refreshing.
― Lindsay NAGL (Trayce), Tuesday, 21 February 2012 02:03 (twelve years ago) link
I haven't been on a date in quite a while, but when I was dating frequently I found that when I gave honest, simple no-thank-yous, the other person felt the same way, and I made a friend after one such disclosure.
― garbage corn fan (Je55e), Tuesday, 21 February 2012 02:07 (twelve years ago) link
It can be a relief, if nothing else, it undoes a level of "what if" thats left hanging otherwise. And yeah I agree ive made/stayed friends with people I *adored* once I 'fessed up and they said no, or vice versa.
Its the ones you say no to who then chuck a queen sized tanty, that you need to run away from (thank u, mister "you're lucky I didnt drive into a TREE after you told me that" gothboy I once knew)
― Lindsay NAGL (Trayce), Tuesday, 21 February 2012 02:20 (twelve years ago) link
lol-sorta
Jesus.
Somewhere between driving into a tree and "Oh thank Christ" is a good reaction.
― garbage corn fan (Je55e), Tuesday, 21 February 2012 02:36 (twelve years ago) link