Are You Kidding Me?

Well, today is New Years Eve, and what do I usually do on this day? Not a thing. Not since New Years Eve a few years ago…

My friends and I heard about a singles party that went on every year so we decided to check it out, instead of bringing in the New Year at some bar.

This singles party was held at a Holiday Inn near where I lived, so we were kind of excited to go somewhere different. Once there, we paid about $40 each to get in. Yes, it was very expensive, but we thought we’d celebrate in style.

Once inside the huge ballroom, we couldn’t really see much because it was kind of dark. But we could see enough to know that there were a lot of people there. We decided to make our way around the room to check it out. Big mistake that was.

As soon as we walked together (all 4 of us), we all felt like we were on display. We literally felt like pieces of cattle being paraded around for buyers. Creepy men were leering at us, cat-calling, and other various hand gestures to try to get our attention.

As for the women, most were very older than ourselves and on the dance floor, wearing such low-cut tops that I feared their boobs would pop out when they went to raise their arms.

All of us wanted to leave, but I didn’t want to waste what we had paid to get in. So I made my friends go out on the dance floor with me and at least dance off some of the money we paid to get in. We danced, while quickly looking around to watch our backs, for about 5 minutes and bolted out of there.

Of course, we ended up celebrating the New Year at some bar, but it was a helluva lot better than staying at that sausage fest. I have since warned others to never EVER go to a singles party at the Holiday Inn.

Have a safe and happy New Year to everyone!

Smooth Talker came in today. Of course I wasn’t expecting him, because the weather outside is so cold and I figured they’d be done by now working on whatever roof they are working on.

As soon as I saw him get out of his truck with his crew, I was like ‘God, no’, but there was nowhere to go because it was just me and the woman I work with.

So he gets his stuff and comes up to me all smiles. And this time, I treated him like a normal customer. He still proceeded to ask me if I lost his phone number, to which I replied that the phone works both ways, and he just smiled and laughed.

So his buddy comes up next to him, and he tells his buddy about how much I must hate him, because I’ll go out with him, then disappear, then go out with him, then disappear. I just rolled my eyes and told him to have a nice day. After lingering for a bit, he left.

But I had mixed emotions after he left.

First, I was happy to see that I don’t want to be around him anymore - I guess the fact that he ’scams’ girls on Craigslist turned me off.

Second, I was angry after he left because I just don’t want to see him in there anymore. I just want him to go away. Everything’s done and over with, I don’t want to be around him.

So that kind of ruined my whole day, so I rushed home to finish reading Twilight, and fell into Edward-land, which got my mind off of things.

I guess I can say I’m making progress - because before when he came in I couldn’t resist him, and now I guess I’m repulsed by him.

Yay for me?

So, I had my sister sign up for eHarmony about a month ago, and this Friday she’s going to meet someone. They are meeting at a place about a half hour from us, and she wants me to go with her.

But she has rules.

1) I can’t look at her.

2) I can’t laugh.

3) I can’t make fun of her afterwards.

4) I can’t laugh. (She stressed this point many times)

Honestly, I hope I can follow all of her rules. It’s going to be hard, because I’ll want to pick on her for everything I see her do.

But I’ll be good.

I think.

Considering most people think we’re twins (I don’t see it), I don’t see how this guy won’t recognize me if he happens to see me. Luckily, I’ll be there with my friend and he’ll keep me from exposing my identity.

Which makes me wonder….has anyone out there also gone with their friends to give them support when meeting someone online? How did it go? Did you have to rescue your friend during the date?

Today I booked my trip to Vegas. My sister and I are going at the end of January and I’m so excited!

I’d probably live in Vegas if I could. Not for the gambling or anything, I actually get pretty bored with that. I like it because it’s such a busy place. And warm. Although I checked the temperature there today and it was 44 degrees. I think it’s about the same temperature here.

So I plan on getting another tattoo while I’m there. Not sure what I want yet, but will probably get it on the back of my neck. I don’t know, the last one I got was VERY painful, and since my sister says she will be videotaping me getting it, I have to make sure I don’t cry or anything.

So, my friend called me last night. He was at a bar near me, waiting for a girl he was going to meet from Match.com, so he was calling me to kill time.

Him and this girl were supposed to meet at 7pm, and when he called me it was about 6:50. So, we chatted while he got himself a seat near the bar, all the way at the back of the place, so he could get a good look at her while she walked up to him.

Around 7:10, he sent her a text and she replied that she was running about 15 minutes late. So, that would make her supposedly arriving at 7:15.

Well, while waiting, my friend is getting more and more irritated. He wasn’t in the best mood to begin with, but this girl being late didn’t help. Plus, he was sure this would be another meeting that went nowhere, so he wasn’t too positive about it.

I told him that if she didn’t show up soon, I’d go up there and meet him, since it was right by my house. So finally around 7:35, I told him to text her again or something. He did, and she replied that she was just pulling into the parking lot now. (I don’t know why she texted him if she was already there, but whatever).

So a few minutes later, she texts him again asking him if he’s nervous. (Umm, she’s in the parking lot apparently, so again, why is she texting him instead of just walking into the place?)

About a minute later,he says he sees her walking in, so he has to get off the phone. I tried to get him to give me his first impressions on her, but he couldn’t say anything without being obvious.

But my question is,…how long would you wait for someone to show up before you left?

My friend waited 35 minutes, and while they did have contact through text during that time, he still got angry and thought it was rude of her.

I’m not sure I would have waited that long….it would have to depend on what the reason they were late was.

I have decided that I will never go to the mall the day after Christmas again.

Since I wasn’t thinking, I had scheduled a hair appointment for today. I had a brief thought before I left that it might be crowded, but pushed that thought to the back of my mind as I got ready to leave.

I live about 5 minutes from the mall, and today it took me a half hour to get there.

I could not believe how crowded the parking lot was. I had to park near the main street, which is pretty far down. People were crazy with their driving, weaving in and out of lanes, and not looking before turning.

I wish I had one of those bulldozers so I could just scoop up all the cars that pissed me off.

I did manage to make my appointment and couldn’t wait to get out of there to get back safely in my home. I will NEVER go out again the day after Christmas.

Stupid, stupid mistake.

Hope everyone had a nice Christmas.

I’d like to wish everyone out there a Merry Christmas, or whatever holiday it is that you celebrate.

Sadly, I totally forgot that Festivus was two days ago, but I will be sure to celebrate it next year!  Festivus is very fitting for me because I have a lot of grievances to air. If you aren’t sure what Festivus is, watch some Seinfeld reruns to get an idea.

I hope everyone out there is having a great day, spending time with family and friends, and getting everything they wished for.

For your entertainment, here’s part of Jerry Springer’s A Jolly Jerry Christmas. Enjoy!

Well, my shopping is all done (I think) and I’m all set for Christmas tomorrow.

Although, there’s always someone or something I forget and have to run out at the last minute.

I’ve slept about one hour in the past two days and can’t seem to get to sleep, so I’ve been ’spring cleaning’. I’ve found all these clothes that are not my style anymore, so I’m going to donate them.

I’ve discovered that I probably have over 100 t-shirts. T-shirts are my favorite, and we get a lot of promotional shirts at the store all the time, so they mostly consist of Gatorade, Coors Light, Pepsi, Coke and Marlboro. I’m like a walking advertisement.

I convinced a customer at the store to give me a few t-shirts from his business the other day and told him that it would be free advertising when I wore them at the store. He said okay, and brought in about 10 t-shirts.

So I’ve been wearing various shirts of his over the past week or so, and it works, people coming in are asking me about his business.

So that’s my good deed for the holiday season.

Many of my friends are either on eHarmony or Match.com, and since I’ve joined eHarmony, I’ve been asking my friends lots of questions about it.

I also love hearing stories of the people they’ve met and things like that.

What I find interesting is that of all my friends, most of my guy friends say that some women they met didn’t look like their pictures on their profiles.

Not one of my girl friends have said this about the guys they’ve met.

So, does that mean that women are more likely to misrepresent themselves online, with old pictures?

Or do men have such high expectations of how they perceive the women they want to meet?

Of course, no one wants to post unflattering pictures of themselves, but when I meet someone, I want to look exactly like the photos I have up there. Nothing could be more embarrassing than to have a guy tell me that I don’t look like my photos. Unless he’s saying I look better in person, of course.

I’ve decided that I really need to work on my phone skills.

I’ve become so used to texting and emailing, that I try my hardest to not talk on the phone anymore.

The other day a client of mine scheduled a conference call with me for later in the day. I sat there and dreaded the call all day, and when it actually happened, I realized I was being a wuss because the call wasn’t that bad.

I’ve become a horrible person, because I won’t call people back, I don’t like to leave messages and I generally leave my phone on silent, only to answer if certain friends call.

But I want to change that.

To me, it’s just so easy to send a text or a quick email, instead of getting stuck talking to anyone on the phone.

But, that doesn’t work for anyone from eHarmony or anything that I want to talk to. A few guys have just given up because I don’t call them back. I totally understand why they give up, and it’s not because I don’t want to talk to them, I just like it when people call me and I’m actually there to answer the phone.

If I’m not, and it goes to voicemail, I have a really hard time calling someone back because I will always find other things to do to prolong it.

So, friends and family that know me, know that it’s best to keep calling me until I pick up the phone.

God, I’m lazy.

I swear I’m going to change that.

Do they have a Texters Anonymous group?