BAD DATES. :(

jon do you get to take classes for free at nyu? audit an undergrad art history class. there will be lots of babes and little competition.

awkward!
i would flee scene
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it is so awful so so so so awful cos then they're also your friend so it's like how to let down without like causing huge 3 alarm fire in relationship argh boxcar no no no

xxxxxxxpost that seems more the kind of thing a tricky guy would do than vice versa

xxxpost talking to people in public is fine

oh yeah taking a class, that's a good one

admittedly i came out of a long hermit phase a few years back so grain of salt

hard to flee when in town w/out good transport and they insisted on driving you there! hahhahaa asldgjk awkward! also random acquaintance was working at said restaurant and like, clearly thought we were on a date.

that has resulted in a couple of regrettable make-outs because i was completely confused as to how to create a diversionary situation to get myself out to escapeland basically.

internet can be ok! my last internet stalkee / crush turned out to be really awesome!

also, he is going to be my date @ a GAY WEDDING later this summer!

haha oh ally... yeah i have also made out a few times because of awkward situations w/ no escape plan!

xxxpost talking to people in public is fine

-- strongohulkington, Wednesday, July 11, 2007 5:14 PM (Wednesday, July 11, 2007 5:14 PM) Bookmark Link

^^scary

megaxposts: also a girl asked me about the b•red•ms the other day but i blew it by being covered in dirt and tacos and hanging out with phil&joe (homo vibe?)

jon do you get to take classes for free at nyu? audit an undergrad art history class. there will be lots of babes and little competition.

HAVE TO BE MATRICULATED

i fear using the internet. it seems like giving up somehow

well i mean two year relationship i do not regret because of internet so hey

IT IS THE 21ST CENTURY AND ALL

xxpost you seemed fairly adept at it on saturday!

oh man that reminds me i am not even taking daet to sister's wedding. yay loser middle sister!

"I would have asked him out, but he smelled like tacos."

TALKING TO PEOPLE IS NOT SCARY. NEW YORK IS SO DUMB ABOUT THIS.

THEN you have to have the "i'm not ready for this kind of relationship...it's not you, it's me, let's just be friends" conversation.

wau dating sucks guys!

making-out b/c of lack of other ideas is always a good way to avoid awkwardness.

lol ok smelling like tacos is an almost as weird excuse for not picking up a lady as the one i heard earlier!

xxpost you seemed fairly adept at it on saturday!

-- strongohulkington, Wednesday, July 11, 2007 9:17 PM (40 seconds ago) Bookmark Link

was strongo the not-daet daet?

Maybe I should just go to noise/avant/dance music shows in Manhattan and find girls who are into the same stuff as I am.

ha ha ha :(

if not smelling like tacos is a criterion for getting dates i'd never get a date

xxpost talking in public, foolz

xxpost you seemed fairly adept at it on saturday!

-- strongohulkington, Wednesday, July 11, 2007 9:17 PM (40 seconds ago) Bookmark Link

well you were not like a complete stranger! also: drunk & hyper. usually i am v. scared of approaching or starting conversations, etc.

GREAT NOW I LOOK LIKE A CREPE xpost

kenansass.jpg

has anyone registered sketchybalddudes.com yet

GRAD SKOOL

"friend" says "hey let's get dinner" and then at some point you realize they think it is daet when you just thought you were just casually going to eat w/ a bro (i.e. they insist on picking you up, take you to fancy restaurant, insist on paying, etc.)
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-- tehresa, Wednesday, July 11, 2007 11:12 AM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

^^i went to college who was a serial surprise-dater

he would always ask female friends if they wanted to go check out the symphony/choir/whatever concert and then suggest they get dinner at the cute little swedish restaurant accross the street from the fine arts performance hall. he'd dress real nice and occasionally the girls would be so caught off guard they'd be in a sweatshirt or something because they were just thinking they were walking from thier dorm to dinner and a cheap concert.

the worst part was that it was a small campus and he's always do the same routine! the girls usually knew eachother!

GRAD SKOOL

-- elmo argonaut, Wednesday, July 11, 2007 5:21 PM (Wednesday, July 11, 2007 5:21 PM) Bookmark Link

i wish :( my class will be 9 people, 8 girls. nohomo.

let's all just accept death and move on. i think we'd be happier.

STOP BELIEVIN'

i think everyone needs to take their standards down a couple notches

WHERE DO I FIND INTERNET DATE?

OKCUPID?

I think a big thing about not talking to people is that there's all these other douchebags around watching you try to pull.

oh man that reminds me i am not even taking daet to sister's wedding. yay loser middle sister!

-- tehresa, Wednesday, July 11, 2007 11:17 AM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

^^unless you are in a LTR having no date in your situation is a v v good idea. you're family/bridesmaid etc. whoever you bring will just be getting drunk, awkwardly overdressed, getting drunk by himself in a sea of strangers. then you'll have to explain how wierd you family is for days afterwards.

i think everyone needs to take their standards down a couple notches

take note, ladies

i think everyone needs to take their standards down a couple notches

-- bell_labs, Wednesday, July 11, 2007 5:24 PM (Wednesday, July 11, 2007 5:24 PM) Bookmark Link

see jon has said this to me, too, but um, after my last, uh, disaster, i don't think i wanna go down any further.

I think that my standards are plenty low, thank you!

xpost hahahah

let's all just accept death and move on. i think we'd be happier.

Paradoxically, that's when romantic success will start to roll in.

guys two of my surprise dates were ilxors btw

you dudes all need to take some social lessons or something

NAME NAMES

. . .

oh btw guys here's my one piece of advice for this thread:

do not meet someone at the local bar you frequent, like, three nights out of the week or more

just don't

xxxpost ned?

ned and louis jagger

Honestly, arts world "networking" seems to be a good way to get dates.

*waits for bell_labs to tell me I am wrong*

don't make train joke, don't make train joke, don't make train joke

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btw i would like date w/ girl at top of thread.

I have a bocce date for uh sometime in early August. Realize this is slightly unspecific but hey I'm open in August.

Now it better just not be bad.

tehresa, aren't weddings supposed to be good places to find dates?

really excited for gay wedding, tho! i will take public homo smooching date opportunity, thanks! and it is likely to be v. casual & outdoors & boozy and yay

the last guy i met at a wedding had the most retarded tattoo i had ever seen (WHICH WAS HIDDEN AT WEDDING SO I HAD NO IDEA) and then wouldn't shut up about new age bullshit on our date.

Nope! I'm gonna get drunk though.

i'm gonna do yoga and then read
tho there is a band playing nearby tonight and there is this cute boy in the band but i do not really like the band blarg indie also there will be people blarg people

a co-worker put a red-foil-wrapped chocolate heart on everyone's desk! aw :)

Storm Worm still loves you

http://blog.trendmicro.com/storm-sure-loves-everybody/
http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/archives/00001377.html
http://asert.arbornetworks.com/2008/02/new-storm-valentines-day-campaign/

1 bad date
1 pretty good date

^ weird weekend

i realized today that i didn't talk to a single straight girl all weekend, and it's not like i didn't go out.

No dates! One bar closed, one hangover, one over-heated apartment all to myself, but no dates. Could be bad OR good.

hey ladies, I have a costco membership