some good classics- 2006

Since I haven't posted in a little while, I thought I would regail my readers with some classic stories of dating from the past year. I believe I only had three dates so far in 2006 (all with different people) which brings me quite short of my New Years Resolution from last year to go on at least three dates with the same person.

The first date of the year was actually a good date. I helped this grad student at work and was real suave in picking him up. We went to a movie and then to dinner and I had a good time and thought he did too. There was talk about a second date. But then he stopped responding. Not sure why and it upset me for a while, but I've gotten over it and realized that boys just act that way sometime. I was cute that night too... his loss. This occured in April.

Second date occured July 3. We've come to call him board game guy. I met him online and it was a complete blind date. We talked online for a week before making plans to see a movie I thought he'd like and have dinner. While we were talking he said he liked playing board games, which I said was great. I like board games too. My friends won't play because they say i'm too competitive. Then he tells me he's on this website, boardgamegeek.com... which actually exists and i'm like "slightly creepy." THen he said he'd bring the board games to dinner so we can play while we eat. ummmmmm no no i can't be seen at a public restaurant playing board games. So after he kept talking more and more and more about what board games to play. So then I change the event for him to hang out at my place so i didn't have to play board games in public view. Then literally we played board games for hours and hours. It never ended. I was starving but didnt want to get food since I thought he'd want to bring a board game. That night was one that I thought would never end.

Date three was a guy I met on the corner of 17th and P. He kept looking at me and then we started talking and exchanged numbers. He was a mid 30's Asian guy, but looked way way younger. So we had Thai for dinner. And the conversation was such that I've only experienced on dates a couple of times. where he talked the entire time he talked about the places he picks up men (bars, clubs, bathhouses), how many men he has sex with, how many dates he usually has before sex (less than one). Not that I have any problems with it in someone's life, but not really an appropriate convo topic for date one. In the texting we did earlier that week, he kept bringing all this drama from his life... he quit his job right before we met, he lives with his mother, etc. So I knew it was probably only going to be one date before it happened. THen he goes on a 45 minute talk-a-thon about why we're not going to sleep together and he wanted to be my best friend... Ummm that role has been filled and there is a waiting list, quite a long one for that role. But i'll be happy to put him on the list. So I slowly lost contact with him.

On other boy news: Big head was nice to me the other night when we went out. THings might be changing. And cockblocked crush was there and friendly as well. And no drama occured afterwards. He IM'd me the other day out of the blue.... it was a short convo, but my untrusting nature is thinking what does he want. Maybe that will be part of Reinvention Scott- 2007!

Its Thanksgiving time in the city

So tomorrow is Turkey Day. You can tell in DC because people are all a little bit meaner and a little bit nastier. I thought holidays were a time to reflect on your blessings and be a little more curteous to your fellow man... until I moved to DC. Here in the city, the holidays are a time to walk a little further away from the homeless man asking for food and to always be on the quick to flick someone the middle finger. Case in point, I was walking down 19th street on the way to work today and there is a parking garage there which always has a line of people trying to get in. Its one of those that they park your car. So at the end of the line was a guy helping his wife get out of the car with their young young baby. They were at the end of the line and while their line was moving a little, it wasnt going all the way to the front. Then the car behind this couple honks at them. REALLY?
Is that necessary?????? So the guy started yelling at the car behind him telling him to hold his horses. I'm glad he did, people in this city need to learn a little patience and friendliness towards others.

An older Thanksgiving story. Two, maybe three years ago, I stayed in the city for Thanksgiving. And leaving on the MEtro the Wednesday before a holiday is murder. Its always more packed and people just dont care.So I try to get on at Foggy Bottom to go a mere two stops and this guy won't let people by. I try saying excuse me and he's like "i want to be by the door." So i retort "fine, so move so the rest of us can get by you, asshole." of course, in dc, asshole is a traditional holiday greeting. Then I'm getting off, he's still standing there so I accidentally fell into his stomach with my elbow and kept walking. Then this very short Asian lady blocked my way screaming she wanted to get on. I said well, i'm trying to get off and had to start moving her back with my arm. She eventually grabbed hold of my arm and i lifted her up and back and set her back on the platform... Then she started slapping me. Ahhhh the holidays!!!!

From all of us here at Hateful, Party of One--- Happy Turkey Day!

recollection hazy

Dont you just love nights where you don't remember most of the events and your friends have to remind you everything you did? I do. But at least as the stories come back to me, I understand I was the life of the party! Woo Hoo. Does anyone have stories about the night in question they'd like to share?

What will become of Kitty?

As the election excitement has died down a little, two things come to mind. One: Welcome back Trent Lott. I love when Republicans elect old white Southern racists to leadership positions. He's so much easier to hate than Frist was, who on his first weekend as leader saved someone's life on the Florida Turnpike.

But the important question that is on my mind is what will become of Kitty (Katherine) Harris? Every so often a candidate of such craziness comes along that you just don't want to lose their public spotlight. The last time this happened was ALan Keyes during his presidential run. He was rewarded with a show on MSNBC called "Alan Keyes is Making Sense," which was hilarious. The inside joke was everyone on the show made sense EXCEPT Alan Keyes. So I want Kitty to get her own show. Maybe she could be the antithesis to Queer Eye for the Straight Guy and force make overs on attractive women to make them hideously ugly, like she was during the 2000 recount.

Oh Kitty, do stay in touch with society, we will miss you.

my apologies

When I went to Blogger Beta, I mistyped Archie's blog, its now on the list of links under CoobySnacks (as its a much better name than what he calls it) :)

shady friends

I'm writing this post in what seems to be a repitition in my life. What is it about some of my friends that they act shady. This isnt the first time this has happened so I will go back to the original story first then with the new story.

Original Story: A long time ago I was friends with a gay couple D & J. We had a rocky friendship at times that came to a head and ended a little over a year ago. For a while, I kept inviting them out every weekend because I thought they just sat at home and did absolutely nothing. I felt bad for them and kept trying to be nice. Then after a weekend I did that, J mentioned to me they went out to Remmingtons the weekend before. No big deal to me (although I did think maybe I was wrong to assume they had no life and were actually out on a regular basis). So I asked D. "How was Remington's this weekend?" and his response was "who told you?" I was like whoa.. somethings up if you didn't just say fine, had a good time... So I was offended that they were lying and keeping secrets over something so stupid as their weekend plans that it really became the straw that broke the camel's back and I stopped hanging out with them. Since then, in fact, I've only seen them like twice.

So Ruthie and I have been going through a rough patch. We haven't really been seeing much of each other and there are some underlying tensions that have been simmering for a while that I've chosen not to address (and won't really go into them here). And I understand our schedules have been bad periodically to hang out, but there is more as is developing currently. Let's go back a full week for events so you readers understand my frame of reference. I got back from Anaheim on Sunday night and we agreed we'd hang out on Monday night after R went on a date. Then during class I get a call from him and he's like I got my days confused and scheduled a second date after my first so I can't hang out with you (me slightly frustrated). Then he tries to guilt me a little for not wanting to hang out on Tuesday (It was election night!!!!! My biggest hobby had its once-every-two-years Superbowl and my team was favored for the first time in like 12 years) and then on Wednesday when I had already committed to that part time job. So we talked about going out on Thursday. He said he had a work thing til like 8 then he'd call me. So a friend and I waited til 9 with no call, so we went out. Shortly thereafter R. texted me that he was on his way. By 10:20, no R. So i text and ask where he is. He says they are eating currently. WEll, that pissed me off. How many times could he have said am running really late and let me know the truth about his ETA. Instead I keep getting will be there soon messages. So in part because I am a bitch and in part because I needed to regain the upper hand of respect, I text him that I'm tired and going home and never got a response. But he emails me the next day asking me if he wanted to hang out this weekend (specifically Friday). I say text me and I will let you know, but I do want to go out this weekend. So no text all weekend. Then I find out from DP that they went out Friday night til late. (which I'm fine with, but why invite me out if you don't want to hang out with me- its just shady). When I asked about it today, he all but avoided the subject with me. Then I mention it to a coworker who knows my life pretty well and he mentions he saw R out on Saturday night too... and still no call. So I am feeling a bit slighted about the whole situation.

I am thinking many thoughts right now, which include cutting back on how much time I spend with R. But my friend, the packin' Latin, said I should still confront him on it and I might. But do you all think I'm overreacting? Or is that a moot point and since this has evoked emotions and emotions are a valid experience, I'm allowed to bring this up regardless of overreactions? Thoughts? Advice?

Two conferences and an election

So I have been quite a busy boy lately. Last week I went to Anaheim for the ASHE Conference. All in all it was... though I think the one in Philly was better. Cities where you can walk to everything make better conference locations than cities that you can only drive. It creates a better sense of camaraderie. The sessions were ok, but last years appealed to me much much more than the ones this year. But I got to hang out with some good friends. We hit up three gay bars: Mick and Macks (an mix between JR's and Halo). We mainly played pool there while listening to music on a digital jukebox. Then all of a sudden a bunch of Asian guys showed up like out of nowhere and immediately. We were like WTF?!??!?!?!?!?!?! Where'd all the ASians come from? Granted on the East Coast they are not as prevalent. But then we saw them put up signs for Club Asia. There were some attractive Asian guys there too.. something I don't see much, or any of in DC (i'm sure they are there, I just haven't seen them). Then we went to the Brit Bar, which was a mix between JR's and Green Lantern. We walk in and immediately some guy (Salvador) is trying to give M&M and Navy Rich a backrub. It was hilarious, especially when M&M was like "I love when my straight friends come to bars with me" as he puts his hand around NavyRich. Then Sal went into deeply apologetic mode and kept trying to make friendly conversation with us. Eventually we asked him what the bar down the street was like. He said "that's where f*ggots suck c*ck." So I responded with "well lets go boys" and so we did. Last bar of the night was The Mine Shaft... any bar with the word shaft in it is not going to be pretty. It was ok, not as scary as I thought it would be. And no f*ggots sucking c*ck either... false advertising.

The only other story of note from the conference was that I was supposed to meet with a friend of my professors to go over research stuff and get some "mentoring" BUt I also get the impression the guy is interested in me (as all professors seem to be). So we decide we'll meet Friday at 10am and i wait and wait and wait. An hour later the c-blocker walks by (he'll appreciate that's what his name is now) and I call him to come have coffee with me while I wait. No show at all. This professor I see everywhere having coffee, tea, or a meal with every single person there except me. So I don't see him til our last full day there. And we're crossing a main intersection and I say hi but don't mention being stood up and he's like how are you? i'm like ummm other than waiting two hours for you great. So I get back to DC after the conference and he emails me with: "I'm sorry we weren't able to meet to discuss your topic." ummm... by weren't able to meet do you mean "i forgot all about you, but am still not apologizing?" He wants to talk by phone, but right now I don't want to... maybe after the semester.

For the last two days, I've been volunteering and doing stuff for registration at a conference right near my hotel. Its a quick hundred dollars so I am not complaining. But, all these professors were checking me out... I swear to god if I didn't hate faculty right now, I'd be so able to get tons of academic booty.

And most important, what a glorious night Tuesday was. The democrats pick up the house and 6 Senate seats. Thank you God. You have finally smiled on the forces of good. I'd also like to note however, that every candidate I sent money to lost still. 6 years of political involvement and not one winning candidate yet. Hmmmm.. That's it no more donating money. I can't wait til 2008 with Kaplain.... we're gonna rock all night long until every election result is in. :) Whooo...

Other than that some minor stuff: I find out an old crush has a new boyfriend. Some guy I actually know... and ummmm how to say this with some modesty... I'm sooo much more attractive... Oh well, he has no idea what he lost. I realized today that I only have about 4 real weeks left to succeed at my New Years resolution: to go on three dates with the same guy. The most I've had so far is 1 date with talk about a second. (which happened once or twice). But I think I'm about to lose my New Years Resolution. But if you happen to know a guy who would like to go out with me at least three times by Jan 1, please forward my contact information onto them. There does not have to be 4 dates, just 3.

A Catch All

So tomorrow I leave for Anaheim for the ASHE Conference. It promises to be a good time. I solidified a great friendship at last years, so I expect the same results from this years conference. Academic conferences are great bonding experiences for students. With that said, this is sort of a catch all of the last couple days.

I got back my Stats mid-term. I ROCK!!!!!!! a perfect score... who ever knew I'd be good at that subject. I told my professor that I have low self-esteem when it comes to statistics and he told me he does to. It was really funny to hear my professor say that. I did go back to Mackeys and tell Howie (my new favorite waiter... and yes, a potential new crush) that I aced it and he remembered my name and everything. He rocks as well.

I also got my annual review at work. The grain of salt accompanied with this is that no one in my office takes these seriously. It takes a hell of a lot to get fired in this place and there are worthless individuals who get raises all the time. Last year's review was towards the end of a three month silent treatment that my boss gave to me and a few other coworkers. Complete silence... she wouldn't answer questions relating to work, she wouldn't say hello or good morning in passing. The closest during that time that she talked to me was when I overheard her talking about me and went and threatened to go to Human Resources if something wasn't done about it now. Then we were best friends again. Well at my review last year, with her not talking to me, she had the audacity to tell me I was standoffish and marked me down on the review.... It took all my strength not to laugh in her face and it became an office joke. So this year I got a near perfect review and was told I'm no longer standoffish.... hahahahahahha that's great.

Monday night, I went to Mackeys (this is when I saw Howie) and hung out with this guy. Had a great time. I hope to do so again. I also met two of his coworkers who were really cool. One of them comes from the same little town in Michigan I was born in. This town has like 3,000 people and here we go finding each other in the big city. The world is just too small sometimes.

Last night after class, I was walking to meet some friends and I walked by one of the people on speed dating (the Greek guy). We looked at each other like we knew each other but couldnt tell where from and I kept walking to avoid awkwardness :) The same guy... I looked at his profile on the speed dating site and three times he's like STD Free. Really? Like that's what you put in your speed dating profile? Its not a sex website like manhunt. Its a friggin' speed dating website. So my hope is that he's at the next speed dating event I do.. I'm totally just going to keep asking about his STD status. "So tell me, are you STD free?" "That's interesting. I also like (insert whatever hobby here), but I'll tell you what I need to know... Are you STD free?" and so on and so forth :)

So the goal is to find at least two professors to hook up with in Anaheim (where my conferences is)--- will let you know if I come close to that...

Also: two survey questions for the fans.

1. What does hook up mean to you? DOes it mean making out? or sexual activity of some kind?

2. What do you think of Hillary (Rodham) Clinton? NOt do you think she's electable, and not will you vote for her, just what do you think of her?

Can't wait to be in CA!!!!!