"Hold the MSG, please..."

07/15/2001

Well, I had my date on Saturday. I met "N" (we'll call her "N" for now because not everyone wants to be immortalized on here) in Old Town. We sat and chatted for about a half hour before deciding to walk over to the Torpedo Factory. For those of you unfamiliar with this area, the Torpedo Factory used to be just that. Now it is an "artists colony" of sorts. It's full of artist studios... jewelry, pottery, weaving, painting, etc... that you can enter and actually talk to the artists as well as buy things. We saw some really amazing designs and ideas. Of course the two that I wanted were $2000 and $15,000 respectively. Yeah, I'll just smash the piggy bank and get those right away. :)

Back to the story. After walking all through the Torpedo Factory, we headed over to Ben & Jerry's for ice cream (I had Vanilla Heath Bar Crunch and "N" had Strawberry, in case you were wondering). Well, it was hot and we did walk an awful lot... anyway, we walked over to the water and sat on a park bench to watch the ducks and sparrows beg for food. After talking for a while, it was decided that two hours was a good length for a first date. I walked her back to her car and said goodbye.

Now the whole way home I'm thinking that was it. She didn't seem to have had a good time (even though "N" is a very happy woman with a great smile and an infectious laugh) and I'll probably never hear from her again. So it was with some trepidation that I opened the email she sent me later that night, only to discover that she did have a good afternoon and wanted to see me again. So we'll see what happens.

I also had a first date planned for Sunday afternoon, but that one never materialized since the woman in question didn't call me. So I'm batting 500 in the dating world so far, but I figure it's good that I'm actually out there trying to be a normal human being. (The Peanut Gallery can all just "Shoosh!" right now....) I'm really just at the point that I don't feel the need to jump into another relationship, which is what I tend to do. I'm told that this "dating" thing is good for you and someone even described it as my "Dim Sum" summer. Y'know, basically trying lots of different things. I don't know what that says about me -- having my social life compared to a Chinese buffet -- but then I'm probably better off not thinking about it too much.

Shoosh! ~ Peanut Gallery @ 7:58 a.m. EST on 07/16/2001