I know, I'm a bad blogger. Sorry. Not a whole lot has happened in the
last week. Things are still going great with badge. He has a great
mixure of niceness and edginess (is that a word?). Like rick with
balls. I went over to his place to watch the season premiere of big
love, but we didn't actually end up watching much of it :ahem:

Ok, that's all you're getting out of me for now... :)

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Spicy Pork Jerky

Have you ever had a friend tell you they've gotten you the perfect gift? So you get all excited about this gift, and you can't wait to find out what it is. And then the day comes where you get to open the gift. And it's, say, spicy pork jerky,which is great. Except that you don't like spicy foods. And you're vegetarian. And Jewish. So you sit there, spicy pork jerky in hand, and wonder why your friend thought it would be the perfect gift for you, and then you start to wonder if your friend even knows you at all?

Well, my latest IJL match was sort of like that. I don't think I need to give any more details, but it was painful. And IJL will feel my pain.

Dear John.

Okay, I did it. I wrote Rick a Dear John Hey Rick letter. It was very nice, polite, and above all, honest. I told him that I enjoyed hanging out with him and thought he was a great guy, but really didn't feel that he was very interested in me, and I wished him good luck. And no, I did not get a response, not that I would really expect one.

This devite (new word!) allowed me to invite Badge to my party. He has plans in the evening (basketball game), but will stop by a little later. Oh, and if you read this blog and are coming to my party, please remind me to tell you his actual name, so you don't slip and call him Badge. That would be bad. But funny.

My future?

Would-be bride, 107, seeks her first husband

Post o' updates

Yeah, yeah, I'm a slacker. I know. Will it help if I tell you that my slackocity was due to spending ALL weekend (seriously, like 10 hours on both Saturday and Sunday) doing work stuff? No? Oh, well it was worth a try...

Hmm, where to start...

Rick
I'll start with Rick because I have a little dilemma with that situation. A few weeks ago, back when I was still felt there was potential, I sent him an evite to a little soire I'm having this weekend, to which he immediately RSVP'd he would attend. Flash forward to now. We haven't "talked" since early last week (and by talked I mean emailed). With any other guy, I would assume they would have figured it out, and would not expect them to show up. But this is Rick, the SRV. Okay, probably not the V part, but he is a little clueless when it comes to dating. I was thinking about sending him a nice email, saying something like "I know we haven't really been talking much, but ::blah blah blah:: and I wish you the best of luck." It seems a little less harsh than using the evite "univite" tool (btw, did you know they had that? Awesome.). And like I said, normally, I would just let it go, but I feel like there's a slight chance he would show up. Which wouldn't be a huge deal, except that....

Badge
...things are going really well with Badge and I'd like to invite him. We had our real (non-coffee) date on Friday. First thing I noticed? This guy has great manners. As in opens-my-car-door-every-time manners. We went to a resturant where the wait was an hour and a half, so we left and went somewhere else. We were at dinner for a long time and went to a bar after. When we finally got back to his place (I drove to his place and then we drove together from there) we sat in his car and talked for a while. Finally he was like "Is it okay if I kiss you?" Awww. I don't think I've ever been asked that before. So we did. And it was great.

He went snowboarding on Saturday and actually texted me a couple of times during the day. He then called me when he got back to the car to see when I wanted to get together again. Any guy who calls me while in a car with his guy friends scores some points.

Badge came over last night. We both were tired from the weekend and decided just to watch a movie on my couch. So we did. Followed by second movie. And some making out. Because that's how I roll. Apparently.

Doc
Doc and I spent most of last week texting back and forth. But he never asked to see me again. On Thursday I finally just asked him if we were going to get together.
His response: "Sure we can get together and hang out."
Me: "Unless you don't want to."
Him: "No that's fine...we can hang out."
Me: "Ha, you sound so convincing."

Okay, I get it, he's not interested, fine. He followed up by saying he was busy through the weekend, so I said we could figure something out next week. And he sent me an "okay sounds good :)" response. And I didn't text back. Fast forward to last night, Badge is over, we're comfortably watching a movie. I get a text, which I ignore. Unfortunately, Phoney McPodderson (my iPhone) does not appreciate being ignored, so I continue to get new message notifications every couple of minutes. I finally get up and check, and it's a text from Doc, asking how my weekend was.

I thought guys were supposed to be so simple and easy? Either ask me out or don't. Really, whichever route you take is fine. But don't NOT ask me out, act like you're not interested when I bring it up, and then revive the conversation after nothing for four days. That's all I'm saying.

Okay, so this was a long post, sorry about that. Any advice on the Rick and Doc situations would be super...As for Badge, I think I've got that one handled :) Oh, and I'm too lazy to proof read this, so I apologize for any errors.

Date with Badge

I had my coffee date with Badge. First reaction? This guy is hot. Well, maybe not hot, but really really cute. Definitely cuter than his pictures. We were there almost an hour and a half and had no trouble keeping the conversation going. This was helped by the fact we have a ton in common. I was his first ever online date, so he didn't exactly know what to do at the end. He started by saying something like "I don't know how this works, um, are you dating other people?" Before I could answer he said "I mean, are you free at all later this week, do you want to do this again? Maybe this weekend?" Aww, cute. So it looks like we'll be going out this weekend. Perhaps I won't be stood up this time!

Let's play doctor!

My third IJL match with Doc (the doctor) went well. He was a little late (seriously, what is it with people and lack of punctuality these days?), but actually had a reason for it...darn patients. He was good looking and looked younger than the 37 he is. Blond hair, blue eyes, all-American boy. He was very nice, well mannered, and intelligent. We were able to talk pretty easily. I felt pretty comfortable with him, as much as I can on a first date. The meeting was just supposed to be drinks, but we both ordered dinner as well. He was a little hesitant, or maybe reserved is a better word, but he also had a cold and said he wasn't feeling well, so that probably explains it. We exchanged numbers, and then he walked me to my car. Yes, he actually walked me to my car! He might be the first guy to do that. I texted him later on to say I enjoyed meeting him, he responded with the same, and asked if I made it home okay. That's right folks, we've got one with manners! Maybe it's because he's from Texas...

I would also like to take this opportunity to give my detective skills a gold star. Based on his (common) first name and specialty, I had actually figured out his last name and managed to find a picture of him, before the date. And sure enough, it was him. Yay me!

Tonight I am meeting up with Badge. It turns out that blogger J had a class with him in college, which means we already have three mutual acquaintances. Small world!

Waiting for Doc right now. Wish me luck!
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Stretch = douche

Sorry for the graphic title of this post, but it's fitting. Rewind to last Wednesday. I met Stretch for coffee. It went well. We planned to meet again for sushi the following day at noon. I get to the restaurant, he's not there. I sit down. I wait. And wait. I text him, no response. I finally leave at 12:30. A couple of hours later I get a text from him, apologizing profusely...something about sleeping through both of his alarms. He promises to make it up to me and spends the next two days apologizing. We make plans to have dinner on Sunday, but didn't set a time. Sunday rolls around and I don't hear from him. I give up. RIP Stretch, d-bag.

In other dating news, I have my next IJL date tonight. He's a doctor. Enough said.

Last night I was looking through my recent emails from guys on match. I came across one whose profile was very similar to mine, as in "I could have written it" similar. We ended up chatting for a while and are meeting up for coffee tomorrow. I'll call him Badge, since he carries one for his job (nope, not a cop). Oh, and get this....I told him where I work and he asks if I know someone who works here, Stan, because he plays basketball with Stan. Well, remember Tex? Tex also played b-ball with Stan. I asked if he knew Tex, and sure enough, he does. Small world. His exact comment was something like "Yeah I know Tex, that guy is so irritating." Precisely!

I ended up meeting Stretch for coffee yesterday, sort of a pre-date
date. He's hot. That's all I'm gonna say for now. We are having lunch
today, so I'll say more later. Hope everyone had a good new years!

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