technically it's the 16th, but for all intents and purposes, and because i haven't gone to bed yet, we'll all act like this is still the 15th. i've gone on four of the decided twelve. i'm totally comfortable with my progress on account of:
a. during week one i went on zero dates.
b. during week three i had only one scheduled but it seems he eventually decided he wasn't comfortable with the scope of the project.
c. i have off for a greater part of the two upcoming weeks. lots of time to get things done!!
let's take a look at what i set out to do and where i stand, shall we?
1. someone from a bar or whatever: Dave, the guy who already knew about the project counts, i think. i met him at a bar, it was just a funny coincidence.
2. someone from a normal daytime experience, a store or whatever. (this is going to be more challenging)
3. someone of my choosing on craigslist:
4. someone who responds to a vague posting of mine on craigslist: this was SUPPOSED to be the guy from last night. must try again.
5. someone who responds to a more detailed posting of mine, also on cl: this would include both wolf-shirting Jack, the super-sweet guy who endured an evening of musical improv and James, the awesome guy who shared a great evening of conversation following our prison tour.
6. someone from an online dating website: Number two who, by the way, was really great and i seriously hope i hear from him again.
7. someone i meet through a mutual friend (guys...help me please. you've got to know some adventurous mysterioso for me!!)
8. someone nice that i went out with before but nothing really came of it then: Milkshakes et al. Dave, my always interested friend/crush.
9. someone that i'm already friends with, but with whom i hadn't thought about going on a date-y date til now
10. someone that i've gone out with should set me up with someone they think would better suit me
11. someone i wouldn't date under normal circumstances (e.g. some enthusiastic meat-eating hunter guy who hates books and only listens to music i generally dislike. an entirely devoted body-builder athlete. an amish guy. who knows where i'll go with this one.)
12. I JUST DELETED A MUNDANE OPTION IN THE HOPES THAT SOMEONE WILL HAVE A BETTER IDEA.
in the queue: the carnival guy is back in the rotation. i'm really hoping things work out so we can meet. i spoke with him briefly the other day to re-schedule and i'll tell you what: he seems to be the kind of person who either gets things or has things happen around him. i love that. dave from new deck, of course!!a really cute/fun guy who so far seems to understand telegraphs and going along with whatever is being said and possibly an ice cream related gentleman from another state,and a friend of a friend who had some of the most impressive outing ideas i've seen yet. and of course, a whole slew of other possibilities...i hope...
i was talking about it with some of my friends tonight and basically we decided that i'm maybe more comfortable approaching people because i've told myself that i absolutely must. i don't really have anything to lose, if you want to know the truth of it. or if i do have something to lose, i probably didn't want to hold on to it anyway.
(so...four done + five in mind or something? i thought i had it figured out a little better. but i'll take it, this is decent--hey, this is great!!)
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