day late, dollar short
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suzy_queueI've been meaning to write about the date for days, but - well, part of it is that there's nothing really to say.
I was feeling anxious Saturday, so R let me take her to the mall so I could double check I knew where the theater was and hit my happy stores. It totally worked - between Lush (Sacred Truth face mask + Dark Angels sample) and hanging out with her, I got far enough out of my head to relax a lot.
I love the theater, so I dolled myself up - nothing fancy, but skirt, cute shoes, etc. What I wear to work. He got in 20 minutes early, so I went to pick him up. Him, not so much effort - ripped light wash jeans and a ratty frayed t-shirt. Awesome. It did, at least, help me figure out who he reminded me of - Breckin Meyer. And with that outfit, close to Clueless era Breckin.
Anyway, we were not a minute down the road and done with hellos/how are yous, when he says, "Wow, we talked so much on our last date that I don't even have anything else to ask you! We covered everything!" Really? It set the tone for the rest of the night.
I asked him about his trip, his week with his friend, the movie they saw, and we had exhausted those topics by the time we were at the town limits. Oddly, later when he was telling me about every job he's ever had, I got ten times as much info and detail than I did about anything recent. Is that odd? It felt odd.
We got to the theater so early we had time to eat in the lounge, which was good because he hadn't liked the idea of dessert after the show. It was hard getting conversations going (which probably led to the twenty minutes on his past jobs) so I was glad when the doors opened at quarter 'till. I probably could have been more sparkly, but I didn't feel like there was much to play off of. I did try a few times, but we were just off.
Anyway, you guys, the show was amazing. I was so impressed and I just flat out loved it. Super surprising gamble for a tiny conservative theater with mostly elderly patrons, but their risk paid off. I think he liked it okay, at least the black humor of the first act, but he didn't get a lot of the story. I explained a bunch at intermission and he started to connect some dots, but he was pretty restless during act 2. By that point, though, he was super comfortable just reaching over to take my hand (which he had to keep dropping for song applause, heh) so playing with my hand kept him occupied while I was engrossed in the show.
Drive home was interesting. I never did tell him my thoughts on his texting, but we did talk about my dislike of the phone and he volunteered to email nightly instead. Cool. He also asked about my dating speed (slow), we loosely discussed sex (not soon) and then he asked me what I knew about 50 Shades of Grey, why was it so popular and did I like to read erotica or things like the book? (I was slightly taken aback but only missed a beat - When it comes to print books, I tend more towards traditional romance. Totally true. He seemed disappointed. Did he really expect that of all topics to spark a conversation at that point?)
To drop him off, I didn't even have to pull over - he gave me a hug at the red light and hopped out. Which I actually liked. I was surprised, but fine with it. I hadn't really been feeling anything like I had on the second date, and I'm guessing he wasn't either. I haven't heard anything from him since, so I guess it's up to me to send the "Thanks for the fun, but" text. I should have done it days ago, but it was so nice not dodging texts.
I was out sick today - I've been feeling progressively worse since major insomnia Sunday night, even putting my head down for fifteen minutes at work yesterday. I spent most of the day sleeping or dozing to X-Files (Hollywood AD, First Person Shooter, How the Ghosts Stole Christmas, Post-Modern Prometheus, following last night's The Unnatural, all things and half of Hollywood AD) and Xena (so many. But not Lyre Lyre which doesn't stream apparently). I love Aphrodite and, I will admit, Joxer. I am probably going to end up braiding my hair like Gabrielle again, which I inevitably do after a rewatch, and how do I constantly forget how damn good Lucy Lawless is at comedy? So many of these eps involve her playing not-Xena and she is flawless.
And now, despite sleeping most the day, off I go again.
I was feeling anxious Saturday, so R let me take her to the mall so I could double check I knew where the theater was and hit my happy stores. It totally worked - between Lush (Sacred Truth face mask + Dark Angels sample) and hanging out with her, I got far enough out of my head to relax a lot.
I love the theater, so I dolled myself up - nothing fancy, but skirt, cute shoes, etc. What I wear to work. He got in 20 minutes early, so I went to pick him up. Him, not so much effort - ripped light wash jeans and a ratty frayed t-shirt. Awesome. It did, at least, help me figure out who he reminded me of - Breckin Meyer. And with that outfit, close to Clueless era Breckin.
Anyway, we were not a minute down the road and done with hellos/how are yous, when he says, "Wow, we talked so much on our last date that I don't even have anything else to ask you! We covered everything!" Really? It set the tone for the rest of the night.
I asked him about his trip, his week with his friend, the movie they saw, and we had exhausted those topics by the time we were at the town limits. Oddly, later when he was telling me about every job he's ever had, I got ten times as much info and detail than I did about anything recent. Is that odd? It felt odd.
We got to the theater so early we had time to eat in the lounge, which was good because he hadn't liked the idea of dessert after the show. It was hard getting conversations going (which probably led to the twenty minutes on his past jobs) so I was glad when the doors opened at quarter 'till. I probably could have been more sparkly, but I didn't feel like there was much to play off of. I did try a few times, but we were just off.
Anyway, you guys, the show was amazing. I was so impressed and I just flat out loved it. Super surprising gamble for a tiny conservative theater with mostly elderly patrons, but their risk paid off. I think he liked it okay, at least the black humor of the first act, but he didn't get a lot of the story. I explained a bunch at intermission and he started to connect some dots, but he was pretty restless during act 2. By that point, though, he was super comfortable just reaching over to take my hand (which he had to keep dropping for song applause, heh) so playing with my hand kept him occupied while I was engrossed in the show.
Drive home was interesting. I never did tell him my thoughts on his texting, but we did talk about my dislike of the phone and he volunteered to email nightly instead. Cool. He also asked about my dating speed (slow), we loosely discussed sex (not soon) and then he asked me what I knew about 50 Shades of Grey, why was it so popular and did I like to read erotica or things like the book? (I was slightly taken aback but only missed a beat - When it comes to print books, I tend more towards traditional romance. Totally true. He seemed disappointed. Did he really expect that of all topics to spark a conversation at that point?)
To drop him off, I didn't even have to pull over - he gave me a hug at the red light and hopped out. Which I actually liked. I was surprised, but fine with it. I hadn't really been feeling anything like I had on the second date, and I'm guessing he wasn't either. I haven't heard anything from him since, so I guess it's up to me to send the "Thanks for the fun, but" text. I should have done it days ago, but it was so nice not dodging texts.
I was out sick today - I've been feeling progressively worse since major insomnia Sunday night, even putting my head down for fifteen minutes at work yesterday. I spent most of the day sleeping or dozing to X-Files (Hollywood AD, First Person Shooter, How the Ghosts Stole Christmas, Post-Modern Prometheus, following last night's The Unnatural, all things and half of Hollywood AD) and Xena (so many. But not Lyre Lyre which doesn't stream apparently). I love Aphrodite and, I will admit, Joxer. I am probably going to end up braiding my hair like Gabrielle again, which I inevitably do after a rewatch, and how do I constantly forget how damn good Lucy Lawless is at comedy? So many of these eps involve her playing not-Xena and she is flawless.
And now, despite sleeping most the day, off I go again.
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Date: 2013-09-12 02:44 am (UTC)Yay you! :hugs:
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Date: 2013-09-12 02:46 am (UTC)(Not necessarily right away. But eventually.)
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Date: 2013-09-12 03:08 pm (UTC)Never needs a place to hide!
With Gabby as his sidekick, fighting with her little stick,
Righting wrongs and singing songs,
Being mighty all day long!
He's Joxeeeeeeeeeeer! He's Joxer the MIIIIIIIIIGHTYYYYYYYYY.
Which is to say, I love Joxer, too. ♥
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Date: 2013-09-12 03:14 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-09-13 03:23 am (UTC)I hope you're feeling better!
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Date: 2013-09-13 04:12 am (UTC)Hope you're feeling better.
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Date: 2013-09-15 04:26 am (UTC)Also - so much love for Xena. And Joxer. And Aphrodite, and Ares, and Autolycus, and Callisto, and Gabrielle of course. SO MUCH. And for X-Files too, of course!