Sorry I haven't been posting lately. I've been sick since Sunday night.
I have the chills and then sweating fits, I'm coughing and now my nose is blocked and I have an off and on sore throat.
I also found out I have a fever. (I'm so hot!)
Well after going to work the past 3 days and saying how I'd leave early but not, tomorrow I have no intention on going at all. It's a waste of everybody's time and I might just get everyone sick.
My coworker complained she had chills last night... Oops...
So I was supposed to go on a dat elast night but I cancelled it due to feeling shitty. We'll most likely meet up in th enext week or so.
More on that and the Dominican soon!
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Sunday, January 18, 2009
Elwoods got another date
Since I joined the comedy troupe I am now a part of, I have been doing shows on the weekends at night. I quickly discovered that once the show is over, unless I have plans, my night is pretty much done. I head home and head to bed.
Yesterday I had the idea of putting up an ad on Craigslist to find a date for after the show.
The only response I got was from a spam bot (I checked on google to confirm my suspicions).
However, tonight I received a response from someone else saying that it was too bad she missed my message but would like to go out tonight.
I checked her name on facebook and saw that a) she's real and b) she's ok looking/kind of cute. I'm not sure if by her picture its someone I would want to really ate but at this point I just want to meet new people. If anything I'm getting practice right?
Unfortunately, tonight was no good but we arranged for a beer on Tuesday. She must have been online because we kept writing back e-mails pretty quickly.
Once we arranged the time she realized she never sent me a picture, sent me one and asked for mine.
I let her look me up on facebook but then sent her a picture I had just taken since I know have a goatee again (decided to grow one 2 weeks ago, it's a winter habit).
She wrote back saying that the picture I sent looks really nice. Good start I guess.
The one thing I forgot to check this whole time was her age. Once I remembered, I checked facebook and found out she's 32.
This will be interesting.
Yesterday I had the idea of putting up an ad on Craigslist to find a date for after the show.
The only response I got was from a spam bot (I checked on google to confirm my suspicions).
However, tonight I received a response from someone else saying that it was too bad she missed my message but would like to go out tonight.
I checked her name on facebook and saw that a) she's real and b) she's ok looking/kind of cute. I'm not sure if by her picture its someone I would want to really ate but at this point I just want to meet new people. If anything I'm getting practice right?
Unfortunately, tonight was no good but we arranged for a beer on Tuesday. She must have been online because we kept writing back e-mails pretty quickly.
Once we arranged the time she realized she never sent me a picture, sent me one and asked for mine.
I let her look me up on facebook but then sent her a picture I had just taken since I know have a goatee again (decided to grow one 2 weeks ago, it's a winter habit).
She wrote back saying that the picture I sent looks really nice. Good start I guess.
The one thing I forgot to check this whole time was her age. Once I remembered, I checked facebook and found out she's 32.
This will be interesting.
My Adventures In The Dominican Republic Part III
Day 4
We got up early to catch breakfast then walked past the pool to go to the beach for a bit.
We bumped into the 3 Hot Sisters and their mom but couldn't stay and chat because we had to go to the lobby to catch our bus. We were on our way to an excursion on the ocean in a catamaran.
When we got to lobby, we waited and waited but found out the trip got cancelled.
Instead we headed to the beach again and played volleyball with some of the people we met the day before.
We made plans to hang out with Dan The Man and Jew Boy and Jew girl that night.
For dinner, we ended up having a great Christmas Eve dinner at one of the nicer buffer restaurants on the resort.
Once we were done supper, Ira and I ended up at the karaoke bar. Little did we know we'd spend every night until we left at that bar...
Ira and I sang a bunch of songs (poorly) and then saw that the others had arrived.
We grabbed a table and played a drinking game that involved playing cards.
We all got drunk pretty fast and headed to the dance floor.
Things were going well and we were all having alto of fun but I had had way too much to drink (a few beers, rum and cokes, and about 3 shots of tequila).
Needless to say I decied I had enough and walked back to the room.
I felt funny the whole walk back, that when I got into the bathroom, i decided to enduce puke.
I did and felt like a hundead bucks. Then I totally crshed.
We got up early to catch breakfast then walked past the pool to go to the beach for a bit.
We bumped into the 3 Hot Sisters and their mom but couldn't stay and chat because we had to go to the lobby to catch our bus. We were on our way to an excursion on the ocean in a catamaran.
When we got to lobby, we waited and waited but found out the trip got cancelled.
Instead we headed to the beach again and played volleyball with some of the people we met the day before.
We made plans to hang out with Dan The Man and Jew Boy and Jew girl that night.
For dinner, we ended up having a great Christmas Eve dinner at one of the nicer buffer restaurants on the resort.
Once we were done supper, Ira and I ended up at the karaoke bar. Little did we know we'd spend every night until we left at that bar...
Ira and I sang a bunch of songs (poorly) and then saw that the others had arrived.
We grabbed a table and played a drinking game that involved playing cards.
We all got drunk pretty fast and headed to the dance floor.
Things were going well and we were all having alto of fun but I had had way too much to drink (a few beers, rum and cokes, and about 3 shots of tequila).
Needless to say I decied I had enough and walked back to the room.
I felt funny the whole walk back, that when I got into the bathroom, i decided to enduce puke.
I did and felt like a hundead bucks. Then I totally crshed.
Thursday, January 15, 2009
My Adventures In The Dominican Republic Part II
Day 2
Not much happened on day two. We spent most of the day arranging our stuff for the week. We booked our reservations at the restaurants throughout the resort. We booked two excursions - snorkeling and dune buggy-ing through the mountains.
We ended up walking around and getting a feel of the place. A lot of pretty women in bikinis. Tons.
We also discovered later in the week to look out for girls with blue bracelets. Everyone had a bracelet saying what part of the resort they were staying in. Blue bracelets meant you were under 18. So I'd be eyeing out a really hot girl and then figure out she's probably 16 or 17...
The only thing that did go on that day was my brother Ira continuously talking about the night before. I blame myself for feeding him since i too was a bit excited and did talk to him about it. However after an hour or so of talking off and on about the subject, that was enough for me. Him on the other hand went on about all day.
I could tell he really want to hang out with the Hot Sisters. My outlook was this: They were on vacation with their mother; family vacation. As much as I wanted to hang out with them, I only wanted to do so in a casual manner. For instance if we were looking for a place to sit at the pool and we saw them there, then I would have suggested to join them or something. Ira, wanted to actively go looking for them. I didn't care for that so much.
Maybe it's a problem I have, but I hate pursuing when I know that's what I'm doing. It makes me feel dirty. If there is anything I learned on this trip, it's that Ira and I are completely different when it comes to women.
For instance, the night before I was having fun. I admit I liked it, a lot, but I wasn't expecting anything. Ira, seeing me with a girl, totally went overboard and had to hand me a condom, not so discretely. I felt like a kid walking down the street about to buy candy and a guy gives him a gun and says "you're in the war now, son! Go get em' tiger".
Surprisingly, Ira listened to me and we did our own thing instead. We never ended up bumping into the Hot Sisters that day. We did end up making some new friends at the volleyball court on the beach. It's a shame both Ira and I sucked at volleyball, otherwise I'm sure we would have made more friends and much more easily.
Amongst the people we met were a bunch of Canadians from Toronto. In fact 90% of the resort were Canadians from Toronto. We met Dan the Man who was 24 and studying law, Jew Bro who was 21 and his sister, Jew sis. Actually all three of them were Jewish and Dan The Man met Jew Boy at the resort just before we did. We'd all end up hanging out throughout the week.
At night we went to the disco and it wasn't very busy. In fact I was pretty bored. We didn't get to hang out with anyone and I didn't see the point of just standing around, but Ira wanted to so I kept him company.
The whole time we saw a girl all by herself drinking. All alone. I thought to myself "She must really want to meet someone tonight". However, when I went to get a drink and she was at the bar, I might have set something, I think I asked her the time, but she didn't care and just ignored me.
Four days later, I saw her checking out, with a guy! I'm pretty sure he was her boyfriend or something. Maybe they had a fight and she decided to go to the disco. I know I'm jumping to conclusions, but sometimes I'm happy being single. I'd hate to go on vacation with a girlfriend and get into a fight.
Eventually, Ira and I called it a night and went to bed.
Day 3
Tuesday was pretty much the same thing. Got up, ate breakfast, went to the beach, walked around, etc. Had I been on my own, like when I travelled to Australia, I would have made a bigger effort to make new friends, but I was there to just relax and have a good time. I was with Ira, and that was fine with me
Things got bit heated at night.
On our way to the buffet for supper, it was raining so we ran for the shuttle bus. As the bus pulled up, sitting in the car right in front was the three Hot Sisters and their mom.
We chatted with them and found out that they were on their way to eat at one of the restaurants. I felt a bit awkward because Ira made it obvious that he moved out of the way to make me sit next Hot Sister #3.
We all head to the lobby where the buffet is and the Sisters head out to continue down to the restaurant. Even thought we told them a fast way to get there, the mom convinced them to go a different way.
Hot Sister #3, whom I found out later didn't' really get a long with Hot Sister #2 at all or her mother that much either, decided to stay back for a few minutes to talk to Ira and I.
She then asked how to get to the restaurant so I pulled out a map and started to show her. In my head I was thinking that I could just walk her but I didn't see the need.
Ira, on the other hand, had the same idea and did think I should walk her so mid sentence while I was saying something to her, he cuts me off, looks into my eyes and in a very serious and obvious manner says:
"Elwood, I'm going to the bathroom for ten minutes I'll be back later..."and leaves.
WHO GOES TO THE BATHROOM FOR TEN MINUTES! I understand where his heart was and he was trying to help me out but a) I wasn't asking for any help. I wasn't trying to pick her up or anything. b) If he's going to make a reason to leave, he should say something that makes sense! Something like "I'll be back in 10 minutes" or "I'm going tot he bar/bathroom" or even " I left something in the room, I'll be right back". Those are valid reasons to leave. Not I'm going to the bathroom for ten minutes!
I felt so embarrassed on the inside. I played it cool though, and even made fun of it because it was so obvious. I said "Well, now that he's gone, I guess I could walk you to the restaurant...".
She declined which actually made me feel better but said she'd be at the main bar after dinner.
So after dinner, we went to the main bar and waited for her. I didn't' mind waiting but I did mind how my brother wouldn't shut the fuck up about "my chances" and how I should "go for her" and all this shit.
The way I see it, she was really drunk and I was the guy at the right time and the right place. I could tell that she's a very outgoing, extroverted type of person. So to her, it's just having fun and that's what I was taking it as, just fun.
If she was a shy person and we had a connection, that would have been different. Had she never really been with someone this week would be a way to live in a fantasy world with the sun and beach and everything, then yeah that would have been something completely different. And as much as I would have liked that, thanks to movies always showing that that's what happens on vacation, I knew that wasn't the case here and I was just hanging out instead.
I kind of snapped at Ira and thankfully he dropped it for the rest of the week.
We ended up hanging out with Hot Sisters #1 and #3 and played some pool and had a couple of drinks. Dan the Man stopped by, flirted with Hot Sister #3 and then left.
The girls wanted to call it an early night and so because I was tired, so we all went back to the apartment complexes (ours being next to each other) and said good night.
Not much happened on day two. We spent most of the day arranging our stuff for the week. We booked our reservations at the restaurants throughout the resort. We booked two excursions - snorkeling and dune buggy-ing through the mountains.
We ended up walking around and getting a feel of the place. A lot of pretty women in bikinis. Tons.
We also discovered later in the week to look out for girls with blue bracelets. Everyone had a bracelet saying what part of the resort they were staying in. Blue bracelets meant you were under 18. So I'd be eyeing out a really hot girl and then figure out she's probably 16 or 17...
The only thing that did go on that day was my brother Ira continuously talking about the night before. I blame myself for feeding him since i too was a bit excited and did talk to him about it. However after an hour or so of talking off and on about the subject, that was enough for me. Him on the other hand went on about all day.
I could tell he really want to hang out with the Hot Sisters. My outlook was this: They were on vacation with their mother; family vacation. As much as I wanted to hang out with them, I only wanted to do so in a casual manner. For instance if we were looking for a place to sit at the pool and we saw them there, then I would have suggested to join them or something. Ira, wanted to actively go looking for them. I didn't care for that so much.
Maybe it's a problem I have, but I hate pursuing when I know that's what I'm doing. It makes me feel dirty. If there is anything I learned on this trip, it's that Ira and I are completely different when it comes to women.
For instance, the night before I was having fun. I admit I liked it, a lot, but I wasn't expecting anything. Ira, seeing me with a girl, totally went overboard and had to hand me a condom, not so discretely. I felt like a kid walking down the street about to buy candy and a guy gives him a gun and says "you're in the war now, son! Go get em' tiger".
Surprisingly, Ira listened to me and we did our own thing instead. We never ended up bumping into the Hot Sisters that day. We did end up making some new friends at the volleyball court on the beach. It's a shame both Ira and I sucked at volleyball, otherwise I'm sure we would have made more friends and much more easily.
Amongst the people we met were a bunch of Canadians from Toronto. In fact 90% of the resort were Canadians from Toronto. We met Dan the Man who was 24 and studying law, Jew Bro who was 21 and his sister, Jew sis. Actually all three of them were Jewish and Dan The Man met Jew Boy at the resort just before we did. We'd all end up hanging out throughout the week.
At night we went to the disco and it wasn't very busy. In fact I was pretty bored. We didn't get to hang out with anyone and I didn't see the point of just standing around, but Ira wanted to so I kept him company.
The whole time we saw a girl all by herself drinking. All alone. I thought to myself "She must really want to meet someone tonight". However, when I went to get a drink and she was at the bar, I might have set something, I think I asked her the time, but she didn't care and just ignored me.
Four days later, I saw her checking out, with a guy! I'm pretty sure he was her boyfriend or something. Maybe they had a fight and she decided to go to the disco. I know I'm jumping to conclusions, but sometimes I'm happy being single. I'd hate to go on vacation with a girlfriend and get into a fight.
Eventually, Ira and I called it a night and went to bed.
Day 3
Tuesday was pretty much the same thing. Got up, ate breakfast, went to the beach, walked around, etc. Had I been on my own, like when I travelled to Australia, I would have made a bigger effort to make new friends, but I was there to just relax and have a good time. I was with Ira, and that was fine with me
Things got bit heated at night.
On our way to the buffet for supper, it was raining so we ran for the shuttle bus. As the bus pulled up, sitting in the car right in front was the three Hot Sisters and their mom.
We chatted with them and found out that they were on their way to eat at one of the restaurants. I felt a bit awkward because Ira made it obvious that he moved out of the way to make me sit next Hot Sister #3.
We all head to the lobby where the buffet is and the Sisters head out to continue down to the restaurant. Even thought we told them a fast way to get there, the mom convinced them to go a different way.
Hot Sister #3, whom I found out later didn't' really get a long with Hot Sister #2 at all or her mother that much either, decided to stay back for a few minutes to talk to Ira and I.
She then asked how to get to the restaurant so I pulled out a map and started to show her. In my head I was thinking that I could just walk her but I didn't see the need.
Ira, on the other hand, had the same idea and did think I should walk her so mid sentence while I was saying something to her, he cuts me off, looks into my eyes and in a very serious and obvious manner says:
"Elwood, I'm going to the bathroom for ten minutes I'll be back later..."and leaves.
WHO GOES TO THE BATHROOM FOR TEN MINUTES! I understand where his heart was and he was trying to help me out but a) I wasn't asking for any help. I wasn't trying to pick her up or anything. b) If he's going to make a reason to leave, he should say something that makes sense! Something like "I'll be back in 10 minutes" or "I'm going tot he bar/bathroom" or even " I left something in the room, I'll be right back". Those are valid reasons to leave. Not I'm going to the bathroom for ten minutes!
I felt so embarrassed on the inside. I played it cool though, and even made fun of it because it was so obvious. I said "Well, now that he's gone, I guess I could walk you to the restaurant...".
She declined which actually made me feel better but said she'd be at the main bar after dinner.
So after dinner, we went to the main bar and waited for her. I didn't' mind waiting but I did mind how my brother wouldn't shut the fuck up about "my chances" and how I should "go for her" and all this shit.
The way I see it, she was really drunk and I was the guy at the right time and the right place. I could tell that she's a very outgoing, extroverted type of person. So to her, it's just having fun and that's what I was taking it as, just fun.
If she was a shy person and we had a connection, that would have been different. Had she never really been with someone this week would be a way to live in a fantasy world with the sun and beach and everything, then yeah that would have been something completely different. And as much as I would have liked that, thanks to movies always showing that that's what happens on vacation, I knew that wasn't the case here and I was just hanging out instead.
I kind of snapped at Ira and thankfully he dropped it for the rest of the week.
We ended up hanging out with Hot Sisters #1 and #3 and played some pool and had a couple of drinks. Dan the Man stopped by, flirted with Hot Sister #3 and then left.
The girls wanted to call it an early night and so because I was tired, so we all went back to the apartment complexes (ours being next to each other) and said good night.
Monday, January 12, 2009
My Adventures In The Dominican Republic
So as promised, I'm going to tell you all about my trip to the Dominican Republic.
Elwood and Ira Escape from My City
My brother Ira and i were planning on getting away from My City for a while. I had been working like a dog and hadn't been anywhere outside of North America since I lived in Australia 4 years ago.
Ira on the other hand was well in need of a vacation. Two years ago him and his wife divorced. Over the last year when he was getting his life back together, he got into an accident and broke his hip. He was out of commission for a while so he couldn't go anywhere for a while.
We waited last minute but ended up getting a great deal on a flight to Punta Cana, one of the beaches in the Dominican Republic.
I could tell through the researching time with Ira that he was really hoping to find a place where he/we could meet single ladies. I on the other hand just wanted to chill on a beach.
We finally agreed on one resort. According to the Internet, the place was supposed to be well rounded. It was equally ideal for families, couples and single people. Plus it sounded like a great beach.
Day 1
The day we left, a huge snow storm was scheduled to hit My City. All my friends and family were worried that our flight would get cancelled. Fortunately, only flights to New York were cancelled. Our flight was delayed max 30 minutes.
We had an afternoon flight, so we arrived at our resort well into the evening, like 9 or 10pm.
Ira and I checked in, got our complimentary glass of free wine, dropped out luggage at our room and went straight to the Party center.
The Party Center was an area on the resort where during it was home to flea market where vendors try to sell you crap for too much money. However, at night there was a karaoke bar, a casino, a disco and a late night snack bar.
We walked around, checked out the casino for a bit and then decided to get a snack at the snack bar. We then went to the disco.
There weren't too many people there but the most part those who were there looked kind of young. That's saying a lot because I'm 27 and Ira is 37. Everyone was in their early 20's, so Ira was way older then them but he didn't' care. In fact from that night onwards, he became 28 and I became 26 (so he'd still the older brother).
With a drink in our hands we hit the dance floor and weren't ashamed of dancing alone.
After being there for literally 30 minutes, in came three hot girls, 1 with balloons on her wrist, and then came and danced with us.
After about an hour the club was closing so it got really dead and we all decided to head to the snack bar. That's when Ira and I found out these three girls were all sisters. Hot Girl #1 who was 18, Hot Girl #2 who was 21 and Hot Girl #3 who had just turned 24. They were out celebrating Hot Girl #3's birthday and were all trashed.
I don't know how it happened but Ira ended up chatting with HG #2 and i was with HG #3. I could tell she was really drunk because she constantly kept telling me it washer birthday, but not just in a normal way, in a really drunken "Heyyyyy, it's myeee birfthdway!".
After having our snacks, we ended up at their room and hung out a bit. They were on vacation with their mom who was sharing her room with HG#1 and we were in HG #2 and #3's room.
At some point one of the girls suggested we go to the beach. It was already 4 am or something (I don't own a watch), but I could tell Ira was all to eager to get cosy with HG#2.
On the way to the beach I ended up holding hands with HG#3.
The beach was absolutely stunning.
There was a great breeze coming from the water and the sand felt so nice on my bare feet. There were so many stars out that night/morning as well.
Ira was majorly hitting on HG#2 and she was flirting back. Eventually HG#3 and I went to wander along the beach.
I knew something was bound to happen and I was going to react but she beat me too it. She pulled me in and we made out for a bit.
We sat on one of the beach chairs and she wrapped her arms around me.
It felt so good.
I hadn't kissed anyone since Wendy and that was 9 months ago.
We just sat there and chatted a bit. I was so into the moment I didn't want to say much. Knowing it was just a random hook up I decided to just enjoy it while it lasted.
If I were on a beach with someone I really cared about and just held each other in our arms and listened to the waves and felt the wind on our faces, then I know I'd truly feel in heaven.
Anyways, back to HG#3 and I. I made the switch so she was in my arms, and we made out a bit more. I even got to second base (boobies), but I didn't keep it up for too long.
I probably missed my chance, but she kept saying "Your hands are so cold, you need to warm them up". At first I didn't understand why she kept saying it over and over but then I figured what she might be referring to so I brought my hands closer to her legs but I was so hesitant I didn't try anything.
In any case just lying there was fine by me, plus she was getting tired and wanted to check on her sisters.
We found Ira and HG#2 and learned that HG#1 went off looking for HG#3 and I and never came back. We looked for her for a bit but then walked back to the girls room.
We dropped them off and said goodnight.
What a first night on vacation!
On one hand it was really exciting and even exhilarating. On the other hand, I would have rather built up to something like that over the days we were there. Instead, as I figured would happen, nothing as exciting happen over the week (not just with these girls, with anyone) that was even close to that first night, so everything just kind of went down hill.
Even though nothing as exciting happened, I still got more stories to tell, so tune in for info on the rest of the trip to be put up soon!
Elwood and Ira Escape from My City
My brother Ira and i were planning on getting away from My City for a while. I had been working like a dog and hadn't been anywhere outside of North America since I lived in Australia 4 years ago.
Ira on the other hand was well in need of a vacation. Two years ago him and his wife divorced. Over the last year when he was getting his life back together, he got into an accident and broke his hip. He was out of commission for a while so he couldn't go anywhere for a while.
We waited last minute but ended up getting a great deal on a flight to Punta Cana, one of the beaches in the Dominican Republic.
I could tell through the researching time with Ira that he was really hoping to find a place where he/we could meet single ladies. I on the other hand just wanted to chill on a beach.
We finally agreed on one resort. According to the Internet, the place was supposed to be well rounded. It was equally ideal for families, couples and single people. Plus it sounded like a great beach.
Day 1
The day we left, a huge snow storm was scheduled to hit My City. All my friends and family were worried that our flight would get cancelled. Fortunately, only flights to New York were cancelled. Our flight was delayed max 30 minutes.
We had an afternoon flight, so we arrived at our resort well into the evening, like 9 or 10pm.
Ira and I checked in, got our complimentary glass of free wine, dropped out luggage at our room and went straight to the Party center.
The Party Center was an area on the resort where during it was home to flea market where vendors try to sell you crap for too much money. However, at night there was a karaoke bar, a casino, a disco and a late night snack bar.
We walked around, checked out the casino for a bit and then decided to get a snack at the snack bar. We then went to the disco.
There weren't too many people there but the most part those who were there looked kind of young. That's saying a lot because I'm 27 and Ira is 37. Everyone was in their early 20's, so Ira was way older then them but he didn't' care. In fact from that night onwards, he became 28 and I became 26 (so he'd still the older brother).
With a drink in our hands we hit the dance floor and weren't ashamed of dancing alone.
After being there for literally 30 minutes, in came three hot girls, 1 with balloons on her wrist, and then came and danced with us.
After about an hour the club was closing so it got really dead and we all decided to head to the snack bar. That's when Ira and I found out these three girls were all sisters. Hot Girl #1 who was 18, Hot Girl #2 who was 21 and Hot Girl #3 who had just turned 24. They were out celebrating Hot Girl #3's birthday and were all trashed.
I don't know how it happened but Ira ended up chatting with HG #2 and i was with HG #3. I could tell she was really drunk because she constantly kept telling me it washer birthday, but not just in a normal way, in a really drunken "Heyyyyy, it's myeee birfthdway!".
After having our snacks, we ended up at their room and hung out a bit. They were on vacation with their mom who was sharing her room with HG#1 and we were in HG #2 and #3's room.
At some point one of the girls suggested we go to the beach. It was already 4 am or something (I don't own a watch), but I could tell Ira was all to eager to get cosy with HG#2.
On the way to the beach I ended up holding hands with HG#3.
The beach was absolutely stunning.
There was a great breeze coming from the water and the sand felt so nice on my bare feet. There were so many stars out that night/morning as well.
Ira was majorly hitting on HG#2 and she was flirting back. Eventually HG#3 and I went to wander along the beach.
I knew something was bound to happen and I was going to react but she beat me too it. She pulled me in and we made out for a bit.
We sat on one of the beach chairs and she wrapped her arms around me.
It felt so good.
I hadn't kissed anyone since Wendy and that was 9 months ago.
We just sat there and chatted a bit. I was so into the moment I didn't want to say much. Knowing it was just a random hook up I decided to just enjoy it while it lasted.
If I were on a beach with someone I really cared about and just held each other in our arms and listened to the waves and felt the wind on our faces, then I know I'd truly feel in heaven.
Anyways, back to HG#3 and I. I made the switch so she was in my arms, and we made out a bit more. I even got to second base (boobies), but I didn't keep it up for too long.
I probably missed my chance, but she kept saying "Your hands are so cold, you need to warm them up". At first I didn't understand why she kept saying it over and over but then I figured what she might be referring to so I brought my hands closer to her legs but I was so hesitant I didn't try anything.
In any case just lying there was fine by me, plus she was getting tired and wanted to check on her sisters.
We found Ira and HG#2 and learned that HG#1 went off looking for HG#3 and I and never came back. We looked for her for a bit but then walked back to the girls room.
We dropped them off and said goodnight.
What a first night on vacation!
On one hand it was really exciting and even exhilarating. On the other hand, I would have rather built up to something like that over the days we were there. Instead, as I figured would happen, nothing as exciting happen over the week (not just with these girls, with anyone) that was even close to that first night, so everything just kind of went down hill.
Even though nothing as exciting happened, I still got more stories to tell, so tune in for info on the rest of the trip to be put up soon!
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
You got what I need, but you say I'm just a friend
I pulled a couple of hours of overtime at work and on the way home decided to rent a movie for the night. As I pulled up to my door, my cell phone rang, and to my surprise it was Catch22.
I picked up the phone and we were chatting and joking around like everything was normal. She asked what I was up to and told her I rented a movie. I asked her the same and she said that she was waiting for her supper to be ready and then was just hanging out and probably going to get some studying done.
Now please tell me if I was wrong, but I figured since I just rented a movie, and Catch22 called me out of the blue, I invited her to come over and watch.
That's when she dropped the "I just want to be friends" bomb.
She didn't' actually say that but she said something like :
"Well... I'm kind of not into seeing anyone on a repeated basis right now.. I like to be a lone person" or something like that.
Now i"m really proud of myself here - I didn't freak out. Well to honest I had already expected it after yesterday and quite frankly just didn't care anymore, so when she said that it just didn't bother me at all.
I didn't' even apologize or deny it either which is a huge step for me. I think I just said something like "Oh I didn't mean it to sound so demanding" or something. I can't seem to remember word for word what we said.
She continued to say that she'd like to still hang out and that she wanted to know if I wanted to join her book club.
We talked for another 10 minutes until she decided to let me go eat since she herd me chewing on the phone.
So I have the impression that her original reason for calling me was to clear things up from yesterday and that when I invited her over for the movie it just confirmed her suspicions about me wanting to go on dates with her.
Rm1 and Rm2 are awesome roommates, though. They told me that she should have come over because she's missing out. Aw... best roommates ever.
Anyways, I feel like I'm growing and so what if it didn't' work out, onto #7!
I picked up the phone and we were chatting and joking around like everything was normal. She asked what I was up to and told her I rented a movie. I asked her the same and she said that she was waiting for her supper to be ready and then was just hanging out and probably going to get some studying done.
Now please tell me if I was wrong, but I figured since I just rented a movie, and Catch22 called me out of the blue, I invited her to come over and watch.
That's when she dropped the "I just want to be friends" bomb.
She didn't' actually say that but she said something like :
"Well... I'm kind of not into seeing anyone on a repeated basis right now.. I like to be a lone person" or something like that.
Now i"m really proud of myself here - I didn't freak out. Well to honest I had already expected it after yesterday and quite frankly just didn't care anymore, so when she said that it just didn't bother me at all.
I didn't' even apologize or deny it either which is a huge step for me. I think I just said something like "Oh I didn't mean it to sound so demanding" or something. I can't seem to remember word for word what we said.
She continued to say that she'd like to still hang out and that she wanted to know if I wanted to join her book club.
We talked for another 10 minutes until she decided to let me go eat since she herd me chewing on the phone.
So I have the impression that her original reason for calling me was to clear things up from yesterday and that when I invited her over for the movie it just confirmed her suspicions about me wanting to go on dates with her.
Rm1 and Rm2 are awesome roommates, though. They told me that she should have come over because she's missing out. Aw... best roommates ever.
Anyways, I feel like I'm growing and so what if it didn't' work out, onto #7!
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
The King Of Awkward Phone Calls
I just got off the phone with Catch22 and it was a-w-k-w-a-r-d.
I'm still at work finishing up some stuff and decided now would be a good time to give her a call. It has been 3 days since we last spoke, so I figured I waited long enough.
Before I phoned her I thought to myself "wait, what is the purpose of this call? Ok... I'll see if she's free Thursday to do something".
So, the phone rang and rang and just as I was about to hang up (which I wish I did), she picked up.
Apparently I had just woke her up from a power nap. We joked around for a few minutes about it and then I think I started talking about something related and then got the sense that I just phoned her, woke her up and I'm just talking to her.
So, I asked her what she was doing Thursday and she said she may have drinks with her co-workers.
The rest just went downhill:
Elwood: " So I was just calling to see if you are free Thursday night"
Catch22: "I may be going out for drinks with my coworkers. Why is something up?"
Elwood: "No, I just was wondering if you wanted to hang out"
Catch22: "Oh... " (I can't remember word for word what she said but I know she didn't' say yes or sound excited at all).
Elwood: "Alright then, I guess I'll let you wake up"
Elwood's inner voice: "Stupid Stupid Stupid!"
Catch22: "Ok then, thanks. Talk to you soon. Bye"
Elwood: "Bye"
I know that just saying "let's hang out" is pretty vague but I figure if she was interested she would have asked what I had in mind. Also, if a girl called me and I was interested in her and I was busy the night she wanted to meet up, I'd try to meet up another time not just say no and hang up.
I may be reading into this too much (as I always do) but I just got the sense that she realized where I was going and just isn't interested.
So yeah, I don't think I'll be calling her again.
I'm still at work finishing up some stuff and decided now would be a good time to give her a call. It has been 3 days since we last spoke, so I figured I waited long enough.
Before I phoned her I thought to myself "wait, what is the purpose of this call? Ok... I'll see if she's free Thursday to do something".
So, the phone rang and rang and just as I was about to hang up (which I wish I did), she picked up.
Apparently I had just woke her up from a power nap. We joked around for a few minutes about it and then I think I started talking about something related and then got the sense that I just phoned her, woke her up and I'm just talking to her.
So, I asked her what she was doing Thursday and she said she may have drinks with her co-workers.
The rest just went downhill:
Elwood: " So I was just calling to see if you are free Thursday night"
Catch22: "I may be going out for drinks with my coworkers. Why is something up?"
Elwood: "No, I just was wondering if you wanted to hang out"
Catch22: "Oh... " (I can't remember word for word what she said but I know she didn't' say yes or sound excited at all).
Elwood: "Alright then, I guess I'll let you wake up"
Elwood's inner voice: "Stupid Stupid Stupid!"
Catch22: "Ok then, thanks. Talk to you soon. Bye"
Elwood: "Bye"
I know that just saying "let's hang out" is pretty vague but I figure if she was interested she would have asked what I had in mind. Also, if a girl called me and I was interested in her and I was busy the night she wanted to meet up, I'd try to meet up another time not just say no and hang up.
I may be reading into this too much (as I always do) but I just got the sense that she realized where I was going and just isn't interested.
So yeah, I don't think I'll be calling her again.
Sunday, January 4, 2009
One Year Anniversary
So I realized recently that it's been over a year since I started this blog. The exact date was December 24th, 2007.
This means that it has also been about a year since Wendy and I broke up. That was the catalyst of starting this blog int he first place.
Yesterday, after hanging out with Catch 22, I made dinner, got ready and headed over to the comedy club.
On my way I decided to go into the pharmacy/convenience store for a second and as I was about to reach the door, I saw Wendy walking in.
I don't know why but I felt a pang of nervousness and just decided to continue walking to the club instead.
I felt ashamed that I felt that way because a) There are no ill feelings between us. I don't' hate her or anything. b) I saw her recently (about 2 months ago) and it's been so long since we dated, there should not be any drama between us.
Anyways, I went to the club and did my show and it went great!
After the show, I sat down with my friends, the S Brothers who had come to watch my group perform and then I noticed Wendy and her friend come up to me. Turns out they came to watch some comedy and was surprised to see that I was performing. She knew I got a gig at the club but did not know that I was performing that night.
We ended up chatting for a while, her friend, her and I. I tried hard not to let my mind make it awkward. We said our goodbyes with a hug and she left.
I went for coffee with the S Brothers and about 1:40 am I received this text from Wendy:
I just realized right now that a year today we split and we saw each other. How weird is that? You did really well tonight!
I wasn't sure what to reply to that. Thankfully, the S Brothers were there adn they told me to just say "Thanks. It was nice seeing you" and leave it at that. I did and she wrote back "You too".
This just totally messed me up last night.
Right now sitting in front of my computer, I feel so ashamed to let stupid things like that get the best of me.
I ended up spending most of last night telling the S Brothers my whole story about her and then today I hung out with a fellow performer and did the same thing. That performer friend told me that all I ever do is talk about girls and my ex. I dont' hang otu with him much and we're fairly new friends, so it's not entirely true, but for the most part he's right.
he told me it's an old story and I just keep milking it.
I couldn't help it though, I feel like whenever something helps fuel the fire, I get all loopy again.
I never made any resolutions for the new year but one has got to be to stop thinking or talking about Wendy.
We dated for a while, it didnt' work out. End of story.
I live in the same city as her and it's possible I will bump into her. It doesn't mean anything.
There are so many other people out there and I'll meet someone this year, I can feel it.
To an adventurous 2009!
This means that it has also been about a year since Wendy and I broke up. That was the catalyst of starting this blog int he first place.
Yesterday, after hanging out with Catch 22, I made dinner, got ready and headed over to the comedy club.
On my way I decided to go into the pharmacy/convenience store for a second and as I was about to reach the door, I saw Wendy walking in.
I don't know why but I felt a pang of nervousness and just decided to continue walking to the club instead.
I felt ashamed that I felt that way because a) There are no ill feelings between us. I don't' hate her or anything. b) I saw her recently (about 2 months ago) and it's been so long since we dated, there should not be any drama between us.
Anyways, I went to the club and did my show and it went great!
After the show, I sat down with my friends, the S Brothers who had come to watch my group perform and then I noticed Wendy and her friend come up to me. Turns out they came to watch some comedy and was surprised to see that I was performing. She knew I got a gig at the club but did not know that I was performing that night.
We ended up chatting for a while, her friend, her and I. I tried hard not to let my mind make it awkward. We said our goodbyes with a hug and she left.
I went for coffee with the S Brothers and about 1:40 am I received this text from Wendy:
I just realized right now that a year today we split and we saw each other. How weird is that? You did really well tonight!
I wasn't sure what to reply to that. Thankfully, the S Brothers were there adn they told me to just say "Thanks. It was nice seeing you" and leave it at that. I did and she wrote back "You too".
This just totally messed me up last night.
Right now sitting in front of my computer, I feel so ashamed to let stupid things like that get the best of me.
I ended up spending most of last night telling the S Brothers my whole story about her and then today I hung out with a fellow performer and did the same thing. That performer friend told me that all I ever do is talk about girls and my ex. I dont' hang otu with him much and we're fairly new friends, so it's not entirely true, but for the most part he's right.
he told me it's an old story and I just keep milking it.
I couldn't help it though, I feel like whenever something helps fuel the fire, I get all loopy again.
I never made any resolutions for the new year but one has got to be to stop thinking or talking about Wendy.
We dated for a while, it didnt' work out. End of story.
I live in the same city as her and it's possible I will bump into her. It doesn't mean anything.
There are so many other people out there and I'll meet someone this year, I can feel it.
To an adventurous 2009!
Date # 6 - Catch22
Friday night I slept at my parent's place in the suburbs. I had breakfast with my mom and then got a lift back to my apartment. I'm able to type this because I managed to get my Internet working by moving my desktop computer into the kitchen. Good thing RM1 and RM2 are out of town.
So after getting my Internet fixed temporarily, I dicked around in my kitchen, mostly playing guitar, until it was time to meet Catch22. We decided to go for coffee at a place close to my house and I had 5 minutes to get there.
I rushed over there and met her in time. She had just arrived there as well.
First off, it was about 2 or 3 months since I had met her at that party, so I guess over the weeks, the image of her in my head changed a little. She was/is still cute but not quite as I thought I remembered her. The other things are also a) I was a tad drunk at the time and b) maybe I'm just being really picky.
So we sat, ate and drank coffee and chatted for a while, getting know things about each other.
Things I do like about her is, as just mentioned, she's cute. She has this nerdy glasses look going. She's like the cute innocent nerdy girl from biology class or something.
She's tall and skinny like me. Also, I find her quite funny, which is a big thing for me. I don't' know what it is but she had thins cute kind of sense of humor.
We ended up "having coffee" for 2 hours.
Things were going well until one little thing I said. I'm not sure if I'd mentioned it in the blog or not, but I'm a comedian. I recently joined a comedy troupe that does a show several times a week. We headline twice a week and open up for other comedians on the weekends.
Tonight I was to partake in the opening show. I went to the date with the attitude of not telling her about it because I didn't want to invite her too much into my world so soon. I thought it would be a good thing to introduce her to in the future.
Unfortunately, I didn't listen to my conscience, and decided to mention it to her. She was really excited, at first, saying how she had nothing else to do. So I said great she should come with her friends. That's when she admitted all her friends were out of town.
This is when I realized that perhaps she just got together with me since no one was around.
Things got worse when I told her that I was also meeting some old friends of mine, brothers to each other, so let's call them The S Brothers.
When I told her that, she was reluctant to want to come, telling me a story of how she organized once to meet with a friend from out of town while already having plans with other friends and then had to mix them up and it got complicated.
I don't blame her, and I saw her point, but I kind of got disappointed because when I first mentioned the show to her, she accepted to come right away. No questions asked. But when I made things complicated by saying i had other plans with other people, etc. then she didn't sound as interested anymore.
We left the coffee shop together and when we passed my apartment, we said good bye and she said "See you tonight or some other time" or something like that.
So that's that. I'm not sure what her intentions are but i think she's cute and I wouldn't mind hanging otu with her again, even if it's just as friends.
I'll give her a couple of days and then call her and see if she'd like to hangout again. My friend was telling me I should invite her over for dinner btu I'm afraid that's too forward. Any suggestions?
So after getting my Internet fixed temporarily, I dicked around in my kitchen, mostly playing guitar, until it was time to meet Catch22. We decided to go for coffee at a place close to my house and I had 5 minutes to get there.
I rushed over there and met her in time. She had just arrived there as well.
First off, it was about 2 or 3 months since I had met her at that party, so I guess over the weeks, the image of her in my head changed a little. She was/is still cute but not quite as I thought I remembered her. The other things are also a) I was a tad drunk at the time and b) maybe I'm just being really picky.
So we sat, ate and drank coffee and chatted for a while, getting know things about each other.
Things I do like about her is, as just mentioned, she's cute. She has this nerdy glasses look going. She's like the cute innocent nerdy girl from biology class or something.
She's tall and skinny like me. Also, I find her quite funny, which is a big thing for me. I don't' know what it is but she had thins cute kind of sense of humor.
We ended up "having coffee" for 2 hours.
Things were going well until one little thing I said. I'm not sure if I'd mentioned it in the blog or not, but I'm a comedian. I recently joined a comedy troupe that does a show several times a week. We headline twice a week and open up for other comedians on the weekends.
Tonight I was to partake in the opening show. I went to the date with the attitude of not telling her about it because I didn't want to invite her too much into my world so soon. I thought it would be a good thing to introduce her to in the future.
Unfortunately, I didn't listen to my conscience, and decided to mention it to her. She was really excited, at first, saying how she had nothing else to do. So I said great she should come with her friends. That's when she admitted all her friends were out of town.
This is when I realized that perhaps she just got together with me since no one was around.
Things got worse when I told her that I was also meeting some old friends of mine, brothers to each other, so let's call them The S Brothers.
When I told her that, she was reluctant to want to come, telling me a story of how she organized once to meet with a friend from out of town while already having plans with other friends and then had to mix them up and it got complicated.
I don't blame her, and I saw her point, but I kind of got disappointed because when I first mentioned the show to her, she accepted to come right away. No questions asked. But when I made things complicated by saying i had other plans with other people, etc. then she didn't sound as interested anymore.
We left the coffee shop together and when we passed my apartment, we said good bye and she said "See you tonight or some other time" or something like that.
So that's that. I'm not sure what her intentions are but i think she's cute and I wouldn't mind hanging otu with her again, even if it's just as friends.
I'll give her a couple of days and then call her and see if she'd like to hangout again. My friend was telling me I should invite her over for dinner btu I'm afraid that's too forward. Any suggestions?
Saturday, January 3, 2009
Off to a good start
Tonight, while visiting my parents at their house for dinner, I received a call from Catch22. The ball was in her court and she followed through!
I'm really proud of myself because when I that it was her calling (for some reason, recently my cell phone has automatic call display even if I don't have the person's number in my contacts) I didn't freak out or get nervous. I simply picked up the phone and tried keeping it cool.
We chatted for about 15 minutes before my mom told me she was ready to (we were about to go to my brother's house). So I casually asked Catch22 if she was free tomorrow and she said yes. Since I'm actually busy at night, I arranged that we meet in the afternoon and I"m supposed to call her to figure out our actual plan of action.
I'm both excited and nervous. I don't know what to expect or what I want out of it but it's nice to be going on another "date".
I never know how to know it's really a date or not. I I mean just because 2 people who may have interest in each other meet to do something together, does that necessarily make it a date?
In any case, I just hope I don't fuck it up.
My Internet connection is not working at the moment (I'm currently staying at my parent's place for the night) so it may be a while until I can post a follow up to the date. Sorry, you'll just have to be patient, ha ha.
I'm really proud of myself because when I that it was her calling (for some reason, recently my cell phone has automatic call display even if I don't have the person's number in my contacts) I didn't freak out or get nervous. I simply picked up the phone and tried keeping it cool.
We chatted for about 15 minutes before my mom told me she was ready to (we were about to go to my brother's house). So I casually asked Catch22 if she was free tomorrow and she said yes. Since I'm actually busy at night, I arranged that we meet in the afternoon and I"m supposed to call her to figure out our actual plan of action.
I'm both excited and nervous. I don't know what to expect or what I want out of it but it's nice to be going on another "date".
I never know how to know it's really a date or not. I I mean just because 2 people who may have interest in each other meet to do something together, does that necessarily make it a date?
In any case, I just hope I don't fuck it up.
My Internet connection is not working at the moment (I'm currently staying at my parent's place for the night) so it may be a while until I can post a follow up to the date. Sorry, you'll just have to be patient, ha ha.
Friday, January 2, 2009
It's 2009, la dee freakin' da
As expected my New Years Eve wasn't anything special.
I came home from work, cleaned up a bit, took a nap, woke up feeling pretty crappy and made dinner. I showered and changed into a nice blue suit, thinking if I look good then it will distract from teh fact I felt like shit.
Two of my buddies showed up and one brought scotch to "make me feel better".
We headed over to my friend Italia's where we met other people. The plan of the evening was to go to Italia's friend's party whom I did not know.
We cabbed over there and the apartment was realy nice. The host seemed like a jolly guy and accepted having all these people he didn't really know at his party.
Soon afterwards, my buddy Footballer showed up with his posse of friends. I had invited another buddy and his girlfriend over as well, so at least i knew a few people at the party.
That's about it. Not mush really happened. I drank bailey's and milk all night, blew my nose and sucked on cough drops.
The ratio of guys to girs was large and almost all the girls (except maybe 1) were all accounted for. In any case I had no desire to make out with anyone anyways because i just had no energy.
The most exciting part of the night, though, was when a slightly older looking girl came up to me and said she loved my curly hair. She told me she used to be a hair dresser for 10 years and absolutely loves curly thinck hair. She asked me if she could touch it. When I said yes, she rubbed my hair for about 10 minutes in total satisfaction.
It was nice.
By 2am I was exhasuted and cabbed home.
Today was also pretty boring.
I just sat in my room all day on my computer uploading on facebook the photos from my trip, and cleanign my room.
At one point I decided that it would be funt o post an ad on craigslist to see if I can meet someone new in the evening. So, I wrote a quick ad stating it is the first day of the new year and I'm all alone bored in my apartment and want to get out.
Immediately after publishing it, I got a response from someone without a picture. Her e-mail simply said "I'm bored too, want to hang out?"
Thanks to facebook, it's super easy now to track someone down. I simply copied her e-mail into facebook, found her limited profile (I need to add her as a friend to see all her profile), got her real name and saw her picture. I then google searched her name and found out where she lives and that she went to high schol the same years as me so she's roughly my age. Facebook told me she had 8 friends in common with me as well.
I wrote back simpley saying:
Sounds good. What are you up for? Do you live downtown?
but I never heard from her again. Oh well.
So I stayed in instead and watched a movie.
The past 3 New Years Eves have been pretty crappy for one way or another. I guess it's true about what they say that things coem in threes.
I hope you guys had a more exciting New Years Eve than I.
I came home from work, cleaned up a bit, took a nap, woke up feeling pretty crappy and made dinner. I showered and changed into a nice blue suit, thinking if I look good then it will distract from teh fact I felt like shit.
Two of my buddies showed up and one brought scotch to "make me feel better".
We headed over to my friend Italia's where we met other people. The plan of the evening was to go to Italia's friend's party whom I did not know.
We cabbed over there and the apartment was realy nice. The host seemed like a jolly guy and accepted having all these people he didn't really know at his party.
Soon afterwards, my buddy Footballer showed up with his posse of friends. I had invited another buddy and his girlfriend over as well, so at least i knew a few people at the party.
That's about it. Not mush really happened. I drank bailey's and milk all night, blew my nose and sucked on cough drops.
The ratio of guys to girs was large and almost all the girls (except maybe 1) were all accounted for. In any case I had no desire to make out with anyone anyways because i just had no energy.
The most exciting part of the night, though, was when a slightly older looking girl came up to me and said she loved my curly hair. She told me she used to be a hair dresser for 10 years and absolutely loves curly thinck hair. She asked me if she could touch it. When I said yes, she rubbed my hair for about 10 minutes in total satisfaction.
It was nice.
By 2am I was exhasuted and cabbed home.
Today was also pretty boring.
I just sat in my room all day on my computer uploading on facebook the photos from my trip, and cleanign my room.
At one point I decided that it would be funt o post an ad on craigslist to see if I can meet someone new in the evening. So, I wrote a quick ad stating it is the first day of the new year and I'm all alone bored in my apartment and want to get out.
Immediately after publishing it, I got a response from someone without a picture. Her e-mail simply said "I'm bored too, want to hang out?"
Thanks to facebook, it's super easy now to track someone down. I simply copied her e-mail into facebook, found her limited profile (I need to add her as a friend to see all her profile), got her real name and saw her picture. I then google searched her name and found out where she lives and that she went to high schol the same years as me so she's roughly my age. Facebook told me she had 8 friends in common with me as well.
I wrote back simpley saying:
Sounds good. What are you up for? Do you live downtown?
but I never heard from her again. Oh well.
So I stayed in instead and watched a movie.
The past 3 New Years Eves have been pretty crappy for one way or another. I guess it's true about what they say that things coem in threes.
I hope you guys had a more exciting New Years Eve than I.
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