AUTHOR: tbooty DATE: 11/16/2004 09:04:00 AM ----- BODY: i had an interesting conversation with a good friend last nite. i was getting him all caught up on the players in my dating smorgasbord. i told him about the 6 (count them!) 6 guys that want to meet me. he asked me if i gave all the guys "nicknames". at first i was going to reply no. then i thought about it and i DO give them all nicknames. (ie: chocolate, musician, bartender, etc.) granted, those ARE their professions, but they are NOT their names. he asked WHY do i do that? my first response? i shit you NOT this is what i said: "IT MAKES IT EASIER TO BLOG ABOUT THEM" wtf? "it makes it easier to blog about them"? um, wow. his response to that? "it's so impersonal". to which i replied "THAT? is by design. i don't want to get too attached too quickly." ok. THAT? to me? is an understandable answer. even a good one. as in the past i've been known to get WAY attached WAY too quickly. and this way? i don't. so i'm fairly good with that aspect of the nickname thing. but the blogging thing? while it IS true, i didn't realize how much of a BITCH it made me sound like. (not that i have ANY problem with people thinking i'm a bitch, because i am and i'm damn good at it!) but wow. think i'm protecting myself much? LMAO anyways, here's the latest scoop on the dating stuff:

musician boy? totally bailed on our first meeting. so now? he gets to go to the end of the line. and even then? he really is gud (that's geographically un-desirable) so he might not even really be in the line at all.
then there's the "dept of natural resources" boy. he lives a little further away than i'd like. AND he's only 26. SO, i'm thinking this probably won't go anywhere other than im-dating, but he's fun to talk to.
then there's "west seattle boy #1". he lives closer, works the same hours i do, and we totally get along. we've been chatting via im as well, cuz you all know that i can't POSSIBLY meet people in real life if i haven't talked to them on the computer first!
"west seattle boy #2" and i have talked on the phone a few times and he also seems pretty cool. he makes me laugh, but he's the only one that i haven't seen a photo of and i told him that i need to see that first. (i know. i'm shallow AND a bitch! what a combo!)
"usa/asu boy" (the photo he sent showed him wearing a asu t-shirt. so i thought. apparently he took the photo in the mirror and the shirt REALLY said usa. my bad!) he lives/works close to where i work. (which is NOT close to where i live, mind you.) he's pressing me for a meeting this week and i'm kinda holding out on making ANY plans to meet ANY of these guys in the next few days. WHY??

BECAUSE OF THIS ONE.......LUCKY(?) #6

"fireman". that in and of itself says a lot. we've talked on the phone and online via im. we've both asked a bunch of questions. we've both seen photos of each other and liked what we've seen. we've talked about some of the things i can't disclose on here. (a few of you know what i'm talking about.) meeting is going to be a challenge as he works 3 jobs. BUT i told him exactly what i want/am looking for and he didn't run away. (good sign #1) most girls have a certain "criteria" of what they're looking for in a guy. he matches all but 2 of mine. (good sign #2, although a tad bit freaking me the hell out.) and even though we've not met in person yet, he's already talking about how he hopes my parents like him. (good sign #3, he's not afraid to meet them, but again, freaking me the hell out.)

so, here i sit, freaking the hell out about a guy i HAVEN'T. EVEN. MET. YET. and if that wasn't bad enough? here i'm all IN DEMAND from these other guys? and i don't want to set up any dates/meetings with them UNTIL i've met the fireman. WTF is up with THAT?? i think i've officially lost my mind now!

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