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October 15, 2012 Date Forty-Two Booked – “Rollin’ wit my sushiz.”

I met Fancy Pants* on eHarmony early Saturday morning.  It quickly escalated to messaging, to text and to an afternoon doggie date at Trout Lake.  That night, Fancy Pants asked if I wanted to catch a movie this week.  I happily said yes.  He then asked if he could take me for lunch on Monday (today) to plan our movie date.  A little forward, but I’m into the guy.

About to go meet for a sushi lunch!  Fish me luck!

If you’re looking for some good sushi jokes and puns, check out the Punderful World of Sushi.

*Fancy Pants – One who wears suits in his online dating profile

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June 3, 2012 We Have Lift Off!

Thanks for the votes people, I’m listening.  I’ll start at date twenty-seven.

It’s time to get back in the game...  I joined match.com to try something new.  It sucks.  I do not recommend it to anyone and I’ll probably abandon it to go back to eHarmony.  I have a feeling they have very few members as I seem to see the same ones over and over again.

About a week ago, Pilot* “winked” at me and I “winked” back (did I mention that match.com is lame?)  We’ve been chatting and he’s asked me out.  I’m not sure when it’ll happen, but it will: Date Twenty-Seven with Pilot.  My tummy just did a loop de loop… dating again.  Eeeee!!!!

*Pilot – One who has his pilot’s license but is humble enough not to mention it in his online profile.

Did you know that a “Loop De Loop”  is a type of paper airplane?  This cutie will show you how to make one!

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August 16, 2011 A picture is worth a thousand words… or one good laugh!

I’ve decided Plenty of Fish just isn’t for me.  Yes, I’m sure there are nice guys on there, but I’m yet to meet one.  Thus far POF, unimpressed – I am unimpressed.  POF profile, consider yourself deleted.

So, I’m back to the drawing board with eHarmony.  I had been ignoring eHarmony, mainly because all of the profiles started sounding the same and I was judging purely on photos and frankly, that’s just not me.

My eHarmony neglect might also have to do with a number of rad dates with Hard Drive; he’s pretty much captured most of my spare thoughts these days.  This hasn’t changed, but I needed something to distract me from cleaning house tonight.  With 233 new matches to catch up on, I thought I’d share a few winners with you:

This fine gentleman posed in his kitchen.  Note that there is no mention of the joy of cooking in his profile.

Ignore the distracting stickers I used to make this pic more anonymous.  Just make note of the only profile photo this guy shared, snuggling a gorgeous brunette.  There is no “she’s my sister” caption.

Last but certainly not least…  I don’t even know what to say.

Lastly, let me share a few of tonights “I can’t live without” answers.  If you don’t understand why they are included here, then you and I are certainly no match.

The things I can’t live without are:

  • nice clothes
  • good food
  • my favorite tv shows
  • my gym

Meet a 38-year-old “professional”.  What, professional poor speller?

The things I can’t live without are:

  • my family
  • my friends
  • music
  • my lab top

As always, I love me some Urban Dictionary.

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August 2, 2011 There’s an App for That

Waiting in line at the bank and visiting my dating apps. It got me thinking about how these dating sites have adapted to this on-the-fly age. A few notes:

eHarmony: Ugly upload page; if makes me want to close it. Great ease though, except for one issue. When viewing photos of guys on my iPhone, I am not able to view their captions. Since men LOVE to post photos with kids and sisters/moms, I wonder: Who is that kid, and who is that chick?

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Plenty of Fish: App is just as chaotic and unattractive as the website. But, seeing who is close to me RIGHT NOW is kind of exciting in a creepy way.

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OKCupid: My favorite. Isn’t the App pretty? Just opening it up makes me want to go on tonight and answer more questions. Loving OKCupid today.

What are other decent apps/sites out there?

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July 28, 2011 Date Seventeen – Worlds Collide

Did you read about Two-Step?  He’s here.

We met hella early this morning for breakfast at Sorry Babushka on Commercial Drive (formerly Me and Julio; moved to new ownership in April).  They’ve got an amazing $2.99 breakfast; watch out Bon’s Off Broadway, you’ve got competition!  The ambiance was equal parts chill and quirky and the service was great.

As I shared before, Two-Step and I met on eHarmony, and then moved into a Textual Relationship.  As we discussed our options via text, Sorry Babushka came into play.  Two-Step did his research (nice) and let me know about the $2.99 breakfast.  I replied cleverly “Then breakfast is on me.  You can take the second date.”  He lol’d.

Fast forward to this morning.  Two-Step boldly asked me to pay for both my $2.99 breakfast AND his eggs benny.  I’m all for equality but I was getting used to this gentleman pays for the first date thing.  However, he did say he would cover the second date: dinner or something.  Meh, I’m happy.

It was actually a really pleasant morning.  Two-Step is incredibly cultured, good-hearted and educated.  He has ambition, a love of family and a sense of humor.  Conversation was warm and comfortable, and flirtation/banter intermittent.  It was nice.  BUT, we made some discoveries in people in common [KABOOM, worlds collide].  A little scary when you think you’re meeting someone independent of your real life.  Not that I’m any different dating, but you know, it’s weird.

Note: Just checked, we have 11 mutual Facebook friends.

So folks, I sat there at breakfast with a smile on my face.  Some of the guys I’ve dated have been questionable through this journey.  But with Two-Step I thought to myself: “Self, yes this is the kind of guy I might work with.”

Even if he is a tad short.

Pending second date.

He is so paying.

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July 24, 2011 Date Seventeen Booked – Breakfast with Two-Step

I “met” *Two-Step on eHarmony and we’ve completed the gauntlet of questions and still have an interest in meeting.  Fantastic.  He seems pretty drama-free, well-educated and a bit of fun, but you never can tell online.  Breakfast before work (we’re both 9-5’ers and both crazy busy in the evenings) seems like a great opportunity to meet for the first time.  BUT, do you know how difficult it is to find a breakfast spot on Commercial Drive that’s open before 8:00?  Near impossible.

I had been impressed with Two-Step up until today when I received a text with a request to postpone our date by a day.  Pick up the phone buddy.  Under normal circumstances, I’d be cool with it.  But for a first date, I wasn’t particularly impressed.  Nevertheless, I’ll give him the benefit of doubt and get stoked for some breakie on Tuesday.

*Two-Step – One who likes to dance.  I am not one who particularly likes to dance; unless of course I’m drunk.  Have I mentioned I love drinking?

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July 12, 2011 Date Fifteen – L’eggroll my Eggroll

I crept up to the sketchy guy sitting in the vehicle watching the playground… oh great, it’s my date, Hybrid!  My bad for asking him to meet me there.  Oops.  I climbed into the passenger seat and asked if he minded if we sat for a bit before he drove off with me in his car…  I wanted to ensure I felt comfortable before heading out.  He didn’t hesitate.  I felt confident that he wouldn’t chop me into pieces after about ten minutes.  Vroom, off we go.

First impression was a solid “meh”.  You really never know from those few photos online if the chemistry might be there.  In this case, nada.  We drove to the Summer Night Market (if you haven’t gone, you really have to).  The conversation was simple and the soundtrack was silent.  Who drives sans music?  Some other fun facts about Hybrid: We went to the same high school, albeit 9 years apart.  He’s allergic to a lot.  He loves “fiesty women”.

The market was rad.  Lots of fun crap you don’t need.  I bought two pairs of earrings and was seriously tempted to buy those little ball things in the photo at the top of this post.  They come like tiny little beads and fill up with water for your plants.  Seriously!  I really should have bought them.  I should have bought hundreds of them and sold them to you because I promise, you would want them.

NOTE: I entered my colourful balls photo into the Summer Night Market photo contest.  Find mine and vote for me!

As we sat and ate (me, my mystery meat dumplings and bubble tea; Hybrid, some corn) I received a text from a friend (yes, I looked and answered… against my own rules on a date but I had forgotten to set it to vibrate) who was also on a First Date with someone she met on OKCupid.  It read:

“Nice enough, but no fireworks.”

I shared the text aloud to Hybrid and texted under the table:

“Ditto.”

This morning en route to work I received the following text from Hybrid.  Kudos to you Hybrid for manning up and sending an honest note promptly:

“Hey, thanks for the date last night.  Sorry I was so low nrg – still haven’t gotten all my jazz back after the sinus infection.  I actually had a really good time last night.  Unfortunately, I think it’s like ur friend said – good date but no fireworks.  It was great meeting u and I wish u all the best in the future!”

Ditto.

What!?!

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July 10, 2011 Date Fifteen Booked – Night Market with Hybrid

I’m rushing out to meet Hybrid* – why am I always running late?  Hybrid and I have been talking for months on eHarmony, literally months.  In our last exchange I questioned whether the Karma Fairies were messing with us to delay us meeting.  He responded that they were pesky little buggers.  I’m game.  But I have to say, his date cancellation last month due to an ongoing sinus infection was both suspicious and gross.  I’m going into this date with hesitation.

We’re meeting at a park in my neighbourhood and then hitting the Summer Night Market in Richmond.  I’m stoked.  Bubble tea, here I come!

*Hybrid – One who shares that his car is a Hybrid when I ask what vehicle he will be arriving in.  Does he think I’ll walk around the back to check the label, or is it an effort to share his green’ness?

Ok, to be clear I wasn’t digging on Hybrid vehicles.  In fact, I’m very pro green.  If you want to learn more about Hybrids, click here or check out this Canadian article about whether going green will save you green $$.

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June 23, 2011 Date Ten Booked – Puppy Park with Flanker

Flanker* was another eHarmony find.  Jock-looking in most photos, plus a few work shots and pretty mundane profile content.  Sounds thrilling right?  Here’s how he snagged my attention: Flanker had a photo with his “girls”, two gorgeous, drooling dogs and I had to reply to his message.  Later I found out they weren’t his dogs, but in fact his parents’… this made me feel like a victim of trickery.  BUT, we had already exchanged phone numbers and were making plans for a date.  I was invested.

We just got off the phone and had a decent conversation.  Equal amount of q & a, and a solid plan for tomorrow.  My pups and I are meeting up with him for a walk in the dog park.  I wonder if he’ll bring them treats?

* Flanker – One who plays rugby.

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June 13, 2011 Date Nine – I’m awesome, but not seven hours on the highway awesome.

Did you know that in the Italian language “gelato” simply means “frozen”?  I didn’t.

As I shared here, Spinach in Seattle and I have been talking for some time, mostly via chat through the app ‘Words with Friends’ after ‘meeting’ on eHarmony.  FYI, we’re tied at two games a piece; I ♥ a guy who is a good Scrabble match.

Around game three I threw a wager in: The loser of that game plans our first date.  Spinach in Seattle lost and after joking that I had won a coffee date at McDonalds, he settled with gelato in Little Italy on Commercial Drive.  I had initially thought he was driving up to Vancouver for reasons other than our date but I was wrong.  He drove over seven hours (SEVEN HOURS!) for gelato with ME.  I’m awesome, but not seven hours on the highway awesome.  Moreover, he had to be back in Seattle at a specific time: After sitting at the border for 75 minutes, Spinach in Seattle made it to Geletaria Dolce Amore with enough time to enjoy a gelato, chat briefly and leave… approximately 25 minutes.  Seriously.  25 minutes.

Reasons why I will say “yes” if Spinach in Seattle wants to see me again:

– Did I mention he drove SEVEN HOURS!  I at least owe the guy a meet-up in Bellingham.
– Motorcycles are kind of hot.
– He plays Scrabble.
– He lived in India.  I didn’t have time to hear about India.  I want to learn about India.
– He again had something in his teeth.  I need to find out: Can he really let it happen a third time?
– He was chivalrous, kind and apologized for being late.  Seriously guy, are you not phased by the fact that it took you forever to get here?
– I laughed at this exchange:

SS: I would have offered you a ride home but I didn’t bring a second helmet.
ME: I probably wouldn’t have taken a motorcycle ride with a stranger on a first date anyway.
SS: But a bike doesn’t have tinted windows and auto-locking doors to steal you away.  You can just yell and point to “this guy”!
ME: Ha ha ha!

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