Mr. Roboto

Last weekend was my birthday. I am no longer a 26 year old virgin.I am now a 27 year old virgin!
My actual birthday was on Saturday, but I went out with people on Friday night. It was a quiet birthday. there were probably about 15 people there. They composed of old friends, fairly newer friends and soem aquintances (or friends of friends).

Nothing exciting happened in the girl department, and i was a bit down that I was all alone, where as last year, my party was pretty mucht the same but having Wendy around brought some excitment. However, I didn't think about her or wish she was there or something, for the whole night so that was a good sign.

The real action started on Saturday.

My brother Ira insisted we attend a Robot, Monster and Dolls Fetish Party. I had never gone to a fetish party but I can't say no to any reason to dress up.

Ira wanted me to make us our costumes, so 50$ and 1 week later, I had build 2 robot costumes using cardboard, spray paint, aluminum tape, jock straps and I even wore aluminum pants.

I'm not one to post pictures on here but this can't be ignored:
For my face, I simply had a piece of silver cardboard on like a headband, so you're not missing much be having my face hidden.

Ira, myself and a guy I've been hanging out lately, we'll call him Big Red, took a cab to the party. Inside there were all kind of people dressed up in all kinds of costumes.

Ira and I had matching costumes except his was gold and he wore black khakis. Our costumes were a hit. On the front I put lights that can be pushed on and off. Every single guy and girl played with them (and one chick even licked one!).

At one point in the ngiht, I was on my way tot eh bathroom when a pretty hot and drunk looking girl came up to me and started playing with the light. She was pushing them really hard, off and on. Then she looks down at her own chest and started to poke her own tits, to see if they'd turn on. I thought to myself "oh what the hell" and even joined in.

Just as I was getting all excited and thinking that maybe I'll finally have a chance to pick someone up at a party (a crazy fetish party to eb exact), she turns up and looks me straight int he eyes and says "Do you have any speed?". I simple said no and moved on. I'm not into drugs or chicks who do 'em.

Ira and I ended up claiming 2nd place in the costume contest. We won a gift certificate to a fetish shop, a ticket each to the next party, and a dildo. We never saw the dildo (or the tickets) but we got our info taken down to get contacted about it. Later in the night, we were told we could exchange the dildo for something else.

After the party, we went to the After Party which kind of sucked.

I crawled into bed at 6am. What a night!

Bye Bye Blondie

Wow I've been so busy, I hate that I can't write more often! this blog would actually be good if i could write on a daily basis then huge blocks like this.

Since i last blogged, I saw and had coffee again with Blondie. The movie we she wanted to see was sold out so we settled for coffee.

Again, it was ok hanging out with her but nothing exciting. At the end of the night, i got a handshake, which may be a huge step from her since she admitted that she doesn't even like it when family members touch her.

I decided to stop hanging out with her. I'm looking for someone a bit more social and outgoing. It's been almost 2 weeks and I havn't heard anythign from her either, so I don't think I'm breaking her heart or anything.

Another dead end

This really confused me.

I put up an ad on craigslist in the dating section to find someone to go with me to a movie last week. Three days after the movie, I get an e-mail from a responding to the old ad (lets call her CL Girl), telling me how pissed she is that she didn't see the ad sooner.

We send e-mails back and forth, shooting the shit about comedians coming to town and which shows are worth seeing.

I decide to raise the bar and asked her out for coffee/beer. I mean she responded to an ad in the dating section of a classified website and even though it was now an old and useless ad, she still sent me an e-mail. So I figured this was a good next step.

Wrong.

She wrote back to me last night saying:

"I didn't want to leave you hanging like a lot of people do on craigslist but I'm not up for meeting.

Weird...

Anyways I simply wrote back:

Well, thanks for your... honesty.

Have a good life.

Elwood

Well, then, back to the hunt!

The Follow Up

Last Saturday I had acquired free tickets to go see the Canadian premiere of Just Buried, a movie starring Jay Baruchel (one of Judd Apatow's crew - famous for the tv show Undeclared and also had a role in Knocked Up).

i wanted to take Blondie but she wasn't sure if she was free that night or not and said she'd get back to me Saturday morning. I never heard from her and she didn't pick up her cell phone. Not wanting to waste the free ticket, I phoned a bunch of people to go with but everyone was busy.

I decided to have some fun and posted it on craigslist. I then went out to this meeting I had for a couple of hours and accidentally left my phone in my apartment. While at the meeting, I realized I didn't really want to depend on craigslist. I wouldn't have time to find anyone if I went back home and saw I got no responses. So, I asked a friend at the meeting and she accepted.

We had never hung out before but she seemed cool enough. During the film I got cold and used my sweater as a blanket. Then I got hot so I pulled my arms from under it. Then she got cold and wanted it so I passed it to her. Then I got cold and thought if i tugged on it she'd start cuddling with me.

Guys, that doesn't work.

Instead we kind of fought over it until we each had a part.

However, after the movie I got a text from Blondie saying she was free and wanted to go for coffee.

I said goodbye to my friend and went for coffee with Blondie at 12:30am.

It was a fun date talking to her about whatever. however, at the end of the night, she said good bye to me by standing 5 feet away, giving me the thumbs up and saying "I had fun" and then walked away. A hug or something would have been nice...

I decided that I'm not really looking for any ting serious with anyone but I'd like to have someone to hang out with and be physical with. I'm not talking sex, I just mean hanging out and having fun and being flirtatious, and then watching a movie or something and snuggling. Kissing would be nice, but if that's not what they want, I'm fine with that.

Of course out of all the girls to meet in My City, I pick one who doesn't like being touched apparently.

We've been texting back and forth since yesturday and basically she invited me to movie tomorrow night. I asked if it was a scary movie and she said she wasn't sure. I then joked that I don't like scary movies and asked if there are really scary parts, could I hold on to her.

Her reply was "Maybe if its really scary. I've never been big on physical contact... it doesn't run in my family :P".

Well.. that kind of sucks.

I'm still going to go and see what happens but I'm not expecting anything different then if I went to the movie with my brother. Just two people hanging out.

On a side note, I got an e-mail a couple of days ago from someoen who had read my post about the free movie tickets and was disappointed she missed the occasion. Funny enough, we've e-mailed back and forth a couple of times now, talking about comedians we like.

Today and asked her out for coffe or beer and have yet to get a response.

We'll see what happens.

Date #5 - Blondie

Ah to find time to actualy write this blog! Sorry to keep you hanging.

So on Tuesday I had a date with Blondie. Like the last 3 people I went on a date with, I found her online at the same dating site.

What caught me on her profile wasn't her picture (which didn't really do her wonders) but the fact that she was an illustrator and liked to draw comics. We had sent back and forth a couple of messages until I just asked her if she wanted to meet in person for some coffee. I'm not the biggest fan of getting to know someone on the Internet first and then in real life. You're basically doing it twice because you can never tell if the person is the same both on the Internet and in person.

When I didn't hear from her for a couple of days I maybe I had turned her off for wanting to meet so quickly and thought of ways to change my strategy for the next person. However, a couple of days later she got back to me and was up to meet for coffee.

We arranged to meet at a French cafe closer to ehr part of downtown and since her face was hard to see in the pictures, my only way of recognizing her was that she was blond and said she'd be wearing a bright red jacket.

Well that day it was 29 C outside so I thougth I wouldn't find her. I gotthere on time and waited. Then a gorgeous tall blond showed up at the same corner looking for someone. She didnt fit the description at all (Blondie was supposed to be 5'7", this person was easily 5'11") but I was really hoping it was her, haha.

It wasn't.

But after that person left, a very average, someone cute looking blong with glasses, holding a red jacket in her arms appeared.

We nixed coffee and went for dinner instead. We chatted quite a bit and I learned that she is originaly from Montreal, of Dutch decent (her father was born in Holland), moved to Ontario for art school and recently graduated and moved back home with her parents.

She's an illustrator looking for work and does a lot fo stuf fon the computer.

We also chatted a bit about the online dating scene. I think she's new to dating (either after a while or in geenral) and is meeting a lot of peopel online btu I think she's just interested in making friends right now (which is pretty much my mentality as well).

After dinner, this was usually the time where we pay the bill and awkwardly go seperate ways Tthe bill came and she said "So we're going to go, then?" so I started to get ready to go home when she contiued with "..for coffee?"

I was shocked.

SO we went for coffee and chatted some more about stuff.

It started getting late and i had to go home and get some stuff done. When we got outside, I commented how it was so nice and would be the best time for a walk but that I really needed to get home. She agreed and decided to walk me halfway home in the wrong direction.

When it was finally time to part ways i asked if she'd be free saturday night. She said she was pretty busy all weekend, so I joked abotu it being due to her having all these dates from the dating site. She actually admitted to that being the reason but tod me that I was the best one so far.

So that was cool.

I'm not really sure what I want or what to do next. She's very simple looking, nothing fantastic (Wendy was definitely prettier), but she's not ugly. She also has a pretty average body which is fine by me but it's something in her character thats attracting me a bit. She has this nerdy feel to her, which I like. Turns out we both readthe same webcomics! And we both like the same novelty t-shirt from that site!

I also just got an e-mail from her now saying she may be busy but she gave me her cell number anyways and said I could call her to see whats up.

So we'll see what happens

Summer Time Rocks

I've been realy tired and worn out from the 2 weddings I attended recently and I feel like it's been catching up with me.

I was feeling a bit down seeing other people get married. From missing being with someone and not wishing to get married. Hell no! I ain't ready for that yet. Also there is a bit of pressure on me since I'm the last of the cousins (we'e 14) to get married. Thankfully, Ira's divorce kind of put him at the top of the list again, so I may be out of the clear for a little bit longer, haha.

Anyways, I was pretty hot this evening and decided to go take a bike ride to the bookstore to research soem ideas for work. The drive was fantastic!

I live on an area that is a nit higher up then the city center, so when I need to go into the heart of downtown, I just coast downwards and it feels great. Especially tonight with the nice cool summer breeze pushing in my face.

I chilled at the bookstore for a bit. After the book store, I decided to get myself a milkshake and just chilled some more. I guess the point of this story is as much a sometime I yearn to be sith someone, sometimes being alone feels so good. Living over seas really let me appreciate going for long walks on my own. I would just hit the streets and explore and enjoy some "Elwood" time.

When I used to hang out with Psycho Girl back in the day, she owuld always take me on walks and all I wanted to do was make out with her (which I never did since I was so shy), but now i"m so glad I've come to appreciate walking and biking alone.

So for all you people who sometimes feel really lonely, enjoy the summer and go for a walk or a bike ride and enjoy some time to yourself! You'll come to realize there are plus things to being single!

Speaking of which, I'm actually going on another date tomorrow night. This makes Date #5 of 10 dates. Keep a look out for a post about it soon.

Interesting

On the way home from grocery shopping I bumped into this weird guy I used to know from undergrad. Turns out he lives near me.

After a couple of minutes of chit chat I say my goodbyes to which he replies "If you're ever by 1234 Smith Street Ave just knock on my door!"

Why can't girls say that to me and not creepy guys?