Quote of the Year!

Well fellow daters, and innocent bystanders who just like to see how others wallow down in the murky depths of internet dating, I have secured the e-dating quote of the year.

A friend texted me asking if I’d ever tried Eharmony or OKCupid, to which I replied yes, I recently started using OKCupid.

She then replied the best thing I’ve heard in quite a while, and definitely a front-runner for dating Quote of the Year:

“On Eharmony I was just matched with my father’s mistress’ son.” 

 

What?!?!?!   I simply replied “Hot!” and that she should go for it!  (What can I say, I’m slightly evil.)

to which she replied,

“He might be my half brother!”  

And on this hot, sunny Monday, all is right with the world.  :-)

….The Saga continues….

…so, let me start by saying that I had a date last week.  I believe it was last Wednesday.  I can’t quite remember the same day.

Also let me say that that is all I really care to say about that.  She was pleasant.  Definitely not my type.  Just seemed kind of…pessimistic.  I also was not the least bit attracted to her.

I did however, totally turn her on to Jamba Juice, which she’d never had before.  She has since texted me to let me know that she’s had it again.

Rock on!  At least someone is being brought together through my endeavors.

So, I have recently started a profile on OkCupid.  I must admit that I like it more than Match.com.  I’m not sure if it’s going to be more “productive” in my social life, but time will tell.

I have however, ventured into other avenues in hopes of meeting people, and such.  A friend mentioned to me that she used a site called meetup.com, which is not a dating site, but rather a site to be out and about with like-minded people, which I often try to do.

So, I went on my first meetup.com outing this past weekend, and it was fabulous.  I went on an Art Walk in Grant Park, which is one of my favorite parts of the city.

I literally saw things that I didn’t know existed, although I spend tons of time in that area.  Sometimes, we literally need someone to say “Hey! Stop!  Look at this!”  to realize the beauty that is around us, in architecture, art, sculpture, or just natural surroundings.

In the midst of this excursion, I met a really cute young lady.  I didn’t ask her age, but I sensed that she was younger than me…perhaps mid 20′s.  She was Chinese and worked for a company doing educational research, which I found very interesting considering my chosen profession.  We spent the entire walk chatting, and talking over the art we saw.  Afterwards we went with a group to get lunch, and she had to depart early, but I gave her my number, and she said she would call me.

I kind of really hope she calls.

I’m looking forward to the next walk, which will be in another very historic part of the city.  I’m so excited!  I love Chicago history.

Aside from that, life goes on.  I sometimes feel like I’m on a train headed to nowhere in particular…and usually I love the ride, but some moments I just want to stop and get off.

I’ve also been talking credit with my class, and we did some searches for houses.  I saw a place in River City that would cost less than $900 monthly.  Up until this moment, I’ve never had a desire to OWN my own residence.

I hope I haven’t been bitten by the “I want to buy a condo bug”.

God help us all.

The Internet is for Porn???

Well, the great debate has been settled.  New porn site Paint Bottle (No, I am not including a link…google it perv!) recently released a survey that undoubtedly ends the debate with a resounding

Yes, the Internet is for Porn!  

Number of visitors on the porn web site is greater than the combined visitor at Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ:NFLX), Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN)  and Twitter, the data revealed. As per the data, Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ:NFLX) gets 46 million unique monthly visitors while Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) and Twitter get 110 million and 160 million respectively. Porn sites get about 450 million unique monthly visitors.

Of the visitors on the porn sites, 70 percent are men while only 30 percent are women visitors, reveals the data. The survey further tells that on an average a visitor spends 12 minutes on a porn site and an average viewer visits 7.5 times per month.
Source: http://www.valuewalk.com/2013/05/porn-sites-gets-more-visitors-than-netflix-amazon-and-twitter/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+valuewalk%2FtNbc+%28Value+Walk%29

In addition:

 

I don’t know if everyone I know watches porn, but I do know that the ones that don’t are the odd men out.

On the Dark Side of the Moon…

For a single person, a wedding invite is a precarious situation based on ones outlook on life…particularly on their single life.

What situation will you be in in X months??? will you still be single, or will you have a +1 to accompany you to the big event.

Well that’s exactly what my purchasing tickets to Wine Riot was like.  Would I have a special someone to take to a big 4 hour wine tasting ?  Well, at the time, the event was 4 months away, and I, the eternal optimist, was sure that I would meet someone whom I would love to take with me.  So, I purchased two tickets…on January 25th, at 12:22am.  And life went on…

Come May 2nd, I had totally forgotten the fact that I’d purchased two tickets.  So when I opened up the email, sent months before, and it said “Here are your 2 tickets to Wine Riot,”  it was like a hard smack in the face.

2 tickets???  Here I am…4 months later.  Single….dismally single.  At that cold, hard realization, I didn’t even have the heart to attempt to find someone to take the 2nd ticket.

However, on the bright side, a friend of mine had also purchased a ticket to go to the event, and so we planned to hang together, and to enjoy 250 wines from around the world.

The event was amazing.  I encourage you to go to it if it comes to your city.  I was happy to have a partner to go to the event with.  It definitely lifted my spirits, and made me feel much better about the evening.

And in true fashion, the evening twisted in a direction in which I’d never have imagined, when my tasting partner and I ended up on her couch drunk on wine, and in a torrid make out session…which evolved into much more than making out.  The only word I can use to describe the situation from my perspective is amazing.

My life is so strange.  Unfortunately, the young lady in question, when sober, has little to no romantic interest in me.

In some odd, poetic, paradoxical way, this situation is perfect.  Poetic justice perhaps.

 

Random Friday Thoughts…

…I’m currently sitting in another teacher’s classroom, listening to the mindless conversation that often makes up the teenage universe.  I suppose it’s simply a hallmark of the march toward adulthood.

…I’ve been thinking about writing a slam poem for a slam poetry competition on May 16th, but I have no idea to write about.  Anyone have any ideas.

…I’m going to Wine Riot tonight, and I’m looking forward to it.  I think in a perfect universe, I would meet some interesting young woman who loves talking sociology, politics, and history, and finds it fascinating that I recently read “In the Garden of Beasts” by Erik Larson, and we would talk books and literature while tasting a countless number of wines, and getting the giggles as we get blissfully buzzed. I have the odd feeling however that the reality will be slightly less blissful.

…I’m so happy it’s Friday…super happy it’s Friday.

…I haven’t trained Jiu Jitsu since Sunday, and I’m slightly ashamed of myself.

…Looking forward to training Jiu Jitsu tomorrow, but since it’s been a few days, I know it’s going to suck!

…I need to start running more.

…I saw an excellent movie last night named “The Reluctant Fundamentalist“.  Very intelligent, very gripping, I highly recommend it.

…Match.com is proving to be five shades of useless.

…I did discover a website called meetup.com that I’m looking forward to engaging with more. My social life needs an enema.

The Clone Wars

This is a response to today’s Daily Prompt @ The Daily Post. 

The question….

If you could clone yourself, how would you split up your responsibilities?

The world has become such an amazing remarkable place.  Think back to the early 1900′s, this question probably wouldn’t have occurred to the average person.  Move forward to the 1950′s, and this was the realm of the weirdest and most magical science fiction, the stuff that the strangest movies were made of .  Move forward to 2013, and this edges on the realm of possibility, with cloning becoming a worry of the courts, and not just the fiction writer.

If I could clone myself…wow.  Well, first, I would have one clone who lived close to my daughters, who could spend evenings with them, and weekends.  Someone who could show them all the things that I wish I could on a daily basis.  I hate that there is so much distance between us.

I would like a  second clone to explore higher monetary endeavors.  Maybe send him to law school, or to get a business degree.  I would aim him to make $100,000 a year…maybe more.  I never poised myself to be wealthy or rich, but I don’t think it was ever outside of my grasp to do so…I would push one of my clones towards those endeavors, see how I’d do.

Then, I would make a few clones to be hunters.  I would groom them to be hunters of people.  They would be fingers of vengeance, pulling together to be a fist to punch a hole in the heart of gangland Chicago.  I’ve always wondered what life in Chicago would be like if a true-life “Batman” existed in this fair city, to bring cold fear to the gangs of the city…if I could clone myself, I would find out.

I got ants in my pants and I need to dance…

So, it’s been a while since I’ve posted.  I suppose I get caught up with the day to day B.S. of life, and I don’t make time to do things that I enjoy, or bring me stress-relief.

However, I suppose there hasn’t been much to update.  The dating life is not going.  I had a first, and second date with a woman named Allison.  That’s about all I can say about that.

Aside from that, just working, and training hard.

I also ran my first 5K of the year this past weekend.  It went well.  I ran a 12:09 pace, which is 40 seconds faster than my pace last year in my last race.   That was a total motivation to actually start running on the regular…ok…semi-regular.

I feel like life has come to a stagnant point.  I’m a mover and shaker in a way I suppose, and I feel like I’m just sitting still. Hmm…I definitely need to start my Master’s.  In what…I’m not sure.  Where…that I’m pretty sure about.  When?  There’s the truest question.  Soon.

Grr….just feeling…weird.  Hopefully this  month will continue to be positive, and flow into a very positive May!

 

Yo, yo…let me speak on this….

So, I just gotta express this thought:

I love how people worship the second amendment like it came from a private back room meeting consisting of Jesus, Buddha, Allah and Mother Theresa. It wasn’t conceived in divinity, and have you ever thought that maybe it rests in a realm of thought like many of the other ideas that the framers of the constitution had, like slavery, racism, the rule of thumb, and powdered wigs.

Maybe, just maybe, in the evolution of society, it’s not a good idea for everyone to be running around with a gun to be left to their own devices.

You want a gun? Great! Serve your city or your country. Become a cop or a soldier, and you can carry a gun 24 hours of a day.

Otherwise, get out of my face with your 2nd amendment malarkey. I ran around with ‘em for 9 years. I don’t want one now, and while I’m not going to lobby so that you can’t have one, one of the truest statements I’ve found to be true in this life:

“When you live by the gun, you die by the gun.”

……….

….and so, Jocelyn and I have decided to just be friends.  MMM Hmmm….

…in other news, on Sunday, I had a very unexpected kiss with a very pretty young lady, and I really liked it.  Unfortunately, WhenStrangersKiss, she wasn’t a stranger!

….I also met a very cute woman later the same day.  She struck up a conversation with me while I was sitting on a park bench eating lunch.  More accurately, she started apologizing for her big fluffy dog trying to get at my sandwich, but a conversation ensued.  Turns out we’re both Army veterans, and she relocated to Chicago a few years ago.  I enjoyed our conversation, and when she took her sunglasses off and I saw her eyes, I was totally like “Interesting!” However, I totally choked in the clinch.  I always think “Hey, let me give you my number” or “May I have your number” always sounds so cheesy and cliche, and intrusive in an odd way…I’m strange, but she made mention of Facebook, so I gave her my name, and told her to hit me up.  It does happen to be my primary mode of communication with large swaths of my circle of friends and acquaintances…it’s efficient.  Afterwards I felt like a dillweed and totally said “Man, I should’ve gave her my number!”  Lesson learned.  Well played nerves…well played indeed.

Uh-huh

Just as a quick update, I texted Jocelyn yesterday, asking how her day was going…I knew she had a busy day, but we were supposed to get together later in the evening.
She replied she was doing well, and then she dropped it on me…

“We need to talk.”

Hmm…