A busy weekend - Friday night, I totally screwed up the location of the St. Mark's wine tasting - and missed it. But I was squeezing it in during an all-night web deployment at my 'work-gig'... it was just as well, as the deployment didn't quite go as planned, and after 12 hours, we deployed, but 1/3 was pulled back, and will have to be sorted out on Monday.
Saturday morning, I only got up just in time to drive to Bellevue to volunteer at the packet pickup tables for the Danskin Triathlon. 5000 women preparing for a 3K run, 1/2mile swim, and 12 mile bike ride... but I didn't get the impression many of them were interested in men at all. But the organizer of the event - even though her body language indicated she was there with another volunteer - really left an impression on me. She's someone I would really like to know more about, and I don't care if she's seeing another guy - who knows... maybe she's only involved with him because she's more afraid to break it off than to continue with an satisfying relationship. No one wants to be totally alone, and sometimes people get trapped by the idea that it's preferable to be in a so-so relationship-thing [where at least you're getting 'some' of what you want/need] than to be with no relationship at all - unsure from who the next hug, or positive feedback is going to come. (is that a dangling preposition... I know, I know... sorry).
Today's Lynnwood barbecue was an interesting time. My goal was to get three (3x) 'rejections', and I only ended up getting 2 - and those not straight-up 'rejections', but more a definite 'lack of interest' from the other person, or from me - although the goal wasn't really to measure 'interest', that ended up being an unconscious part of the interactions. And 3 phone numbers to follow-up with. One person I'm sure could be at least a one-night-stand, but that's not really what I'm interested in, so I'll have to email her with a 'sorry, no'. I'm not the type of person to take someone's phone number without meaning to call them. If I take a number, I will call - if only to set up another in-person meeting over coffee/lunch/dinner - so don't give me your number if you don't want me to call. ;?>
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