On Saturday, the weather was so fucking goergous outside.
When that happens, all the women of My City jump out of their caves and walk around naked! Ok, it's still not that warm, but when it is, My City is known for having beautiful women walking around almost naked. just walking to the grocery store, though, I did notice a 99% increase in good looking girls walking around.
While I went to buy some noodles for supper, I decided to give that girl I met on the bus the other day a call. When she picked up I introduced myself and she sounded confused and then i told her we met on the bus. it took her a few seconds but when she got it, she sounded very excited to hear from me.
Unfortunately, I caught her on a bus going out of town for the weekend. If I understood her French correctly, she wanted a raincheck and when I said that would be ok, she was all excited adn said "Cool!".
I didn't think I needed to keep her on the phone any longer so I said I'd call her later this week and said goodbye.
I forgot to call her tonight, but perhaps tomorrow
Monday, April 27, 2009
Sunday, April 26, 2009
A friend indeed
Today was one an amazingly nice day outside. It was warm and so many people were out and about. I ended up spending pretty much the whole day with my friend Yoga Dude.
I met Yoga dude about a year ago at an improv class I was taking. We ended up both attending the same theatre frequently and soon became friendly. Eventually, we even joined the same comedy group and now we hang out quite a bit since we do shows together all the time.
Today was nice because we really hung out and just joked around a lot. First we started with lunch and then hit up a spot at a park and relaxed while I played some guitar. We eventually did a Flight Of The Conchords style sung we made up on the spot about going to the park to watch people have sex, or some such none sense. It was hilarious.
We went for ice cream and then split up only to meet up a couple of hours later since we were in the same show tonight.
Still it being beautiful outside, we went for a walk towards our area of town and hung out for a snack before calling it a night.
My time with Yoga Dude today really reminded me of how i spent time with my really good buddy, Spider Dude (wow my nick names are so original and unique...). With both of them, it was just fun to walk around and talk about stuff and shoot the shit, laugh, and just talk about anything.
It's weird, but my whole time I was with Wendy, I never felt the same connection, nor have I with any other girl I've met since her. It's funny to ask but shouldn't it feel that way when you have a significant other? I mean I always read in ads how the girl wants to be friends first and all. However, on the other hand, I sometimes feel like I have to act differently since I don't want them to just become that, a friend.
Any thoughts?
I met Yoga dude about a year ago at an improv class I was taking. We ended up both attending the same theatre frequently and soon became friendly. Eventually, we even joined the same comedy group and now we hang out quite a bit since we do shows together all the time.
Today was nice because we really hung out and just joked around a lot. First we started with lunch and then hit up a spot at a park and relaxed while I played some guitar. We eventually did a Flight Of The Conchords style sung we made up on the spot about going to the park to watch people have sex, or some such none sense. It was hilarious.
We went for ice cream and then split up only to meet up a couple of hours later since we were in the same show tonight.
Still it being beautiful outside, we went for a walk towards our area of town and hung out for a snack before calling it a night.
My time with Yoga Dude today really reminded me of how i spent time with my really good buddy, Spider Dude (wow my nick names are so original and unique...). With both of them, it was just fun to walk around and talk about stuff and shoot the shit, laugh, and just talk about anything.
It's weird, but my whole time I was with Wendy, I never felt the same connection, nor have I with any other girl I've met since her. It's funny to ask but shouldn't it feel that way when you have a significant other? I mean I always read in ads how the girl wants to be friends first and all. However, on the other hand, I sometimes feel like I have to act differently since I don't want them to just become that, a friend.
Any thoughts?
Sweet Home Chicago Part II
Day 3
I slept in since I went to bed pretty late the night before. When I had woken up (Around 11am), a friend of mine in another comedy group from My City which were all in Chicago for the festival had texted me to let me know that he and the others were going for breakfast and I was welcomed to join them.
I left the hotel and walked all the way to the apartment they were staying at by Navy Pier.
Once inside, they were rehearsing their show for the night. It was hilarious and funny!
We ended up at a famous hot dog joint for breakfast/lunch. They were pretty damn good hot dogs. Inside, there was all this old memorabilia. A car, a Tommy gun, and even Roosevelt's Badge. The craziest thing about the place had to of been the milkshake my friend ordered. It was apparently cake flavored. In reality, it ended up being an actual piece of cake dumped into the milkshake. It wasn't stirred up or anything...
I had two options. I could have gone on my own and gone to a museum or something like that or walk around with my friends and do something very similar to what I had done the day before. However, knowing that they had arrived to Chicago only the night before and did not have a lot of time to do too much site seeing, I joined them and became a tour guide of sorts.
We went back to the John Hancock Observatory. According to my tour guide, in 1981 (the year I was born!) a guy by the name of "Spider Man Dan" climber up the side of the building. In a Spiderman Suit. Using suction cups. Apparently, the Chicago Fire Department tried to get him down but hosing him down with water!. Needless to say, he made it to the top.
After the Observatory, we walked along the water. It was really nice outside and the water looked so peaceful.
Around 3:30pm, I had to jet back to my hotel, grab my stuff and get a ride to the venue our show was being held at. The venue was in a mall all the way in the suburb of Shaumberg (about 40 minutes drive away).
I got to meet the regular performers at the club and they were awesoem people. This one hilarious guy looked like the love child of Will Ferrall and Seth Rogen.
We had two shows that night. The first one was ok but we just needed to get a feeling for our surroundings. The second show rocked! We were all on top and totally killed the show and got a lot of laughs. It was such a great feeling after travelling all this way.
After the show, a fellow improvisor and myself hitched a ride over to this theatre called IO for their weekly Improv Jam. It was basically a drunken free for all! I jumped up a few times and had a blast performing with total strangers.
We finished up there by 1:30am and walked on over to the Annoyance Theatre for one of the official after parties of the festival but again, I just missed out as the place was shutting down. I was really looking forward to meeting a lot of people at the parties but so far I missed out every night I was there.
Day 4
Slept in again. Met up with a fellow improvisor and grabbed a quick bite before I went to a workshop I had signed up for in advance. It as really interesting and long (4 hours!) except the leaders style was to swear every second. It was fucking intense.
By the time the workshop ended, it was dinner time, so I met up with the guys I had breakfast the night before, and the leader of my improv group came to join us as well.
After dinner, my leader and I really wanted to catch another show, so we headed to Clark street to find a bus to the venue. We kept walking but couldn't find any stops. It was so weird, there were buses on the other side of the street, so why no bus stops on this side?? Four blocks later, I realized the street was a one way street going the opposite direction...
This led to probably one of the coolest random things of the trip. We decide to go down the next cross street to the street one block East. As we're walking down, my leader turns and says "I don't know if you would care or not but that building next to you it where they filmed the last scene in the Blue Brothers movie".
The Blue Brothers movie is my all time favorite movie and Ira and I joked about the fact that the movie took place in Chicago and how I would probably find familiar places in the movie. And I did! So I took a picture right before the guard came and told us it was illegal to take pictures because it was a government building.
We finally made it to the bus stop but got on the wrong bus. The bus we got on did not go to where we wanted to but the bus driver told us the one ahead of us did. Just as I was about to get off he says not to worry, he'll "Catch up to" the other bus.
We followed the other bus for about 8 blocks before it got away, ha ha. So, off we went and shortly after came the right but and we got to our show just in time.
At the venue, as we waited for the show to begin, there was really good music playing. They had on Naked Eyes by Luscious Jackson, which I hadn't of heard since high school! Another good song was about to play, but they skipped it and I said out loud "Aw! that's a good song!". Then the person next to me said something in agreement. I turn to look over and it's this really cute girl. We ended up chatting for a few minutes before the show.
The show was great. Hallway through, I glanced to my left and noticed an arm around the really cute girl. When the light came on at then end of the show, I realized that arm belonged to another girl. This would not be the first time I flirted with a lesbian and had no idea...
The show ended just in time to head over to the final official after party of the festival. Finally, I got to make it to one!
I ended up chatting to tons of poeple from all over. I wasn't making an effort to really talk to any girls specifically. I knew I had to get up super early the next day and couldnt' stay out that late to begin with. However, the most itneresting part of the night had to of been when I pssed by a girl and a much older guy adn she said to me "does he look like he could eb y husband?" or somethign weird like that. She was pretty drunk and the guy, who ended up being one of the organizers, had explained to me that he passed by that girl who was being hit on by a sleazy guy and she grabbed the organizer guy and pretended he was her husband.
Then this happened:
The organizer guy: "so are we going to go have sex now?" (being completely serious.)
Cute Girl (to me): "this is how we roll in Chicago" (as if saying it's a big joke since I could tell she was not interested at all)
Elwood: "It's ok, we roll a certain way in My City a well"
Cute Girl: "Oh? Whats that?"
Elwood: "Threesomes" (it's true)
Her response was a gasp and she pushed me (playfully, I think) into a stool, and she stormed off (to the bathroom I think).
Not much more exciting went down that night and off to bed I went.
Day 5
Got up early, grabbed a flight home and that was the end of Chicago.
I definitely had a great time and I definitely needed it to stop worrying about all the shit I've been worrying about recently. Besides spring is here and summer is just around the corner! I have a feeling this well be The Summer of Elwood.
I slept in since I went to bed pretty late the night before. When I had woken up (Around 11am), a friend of mine in another comedy group from My City which were all in Chicago for the festival had texted me to let me know that he and the others were going for breakfast and I was welcomed to join them.
I left the hotel and walked all the way to the apartment they were staying at by Navy Pier.
Once inside, they were rehearsing their show for the night. It was hilarious and funny!
We ended up at a famous hot dog joint for breakfast/lunch. They were pretty damn good hot dogs. Inside, there was all this old memorabilia. A car, a Tommy gun, and even Roosevelt's Badge. The craziest thing about the place had to of been the milkshake my friend ordered. It was apparently cake flavored. In reality, it ended up being an actual piece of cake dumped into the milkshake. It wasn't stirred up or anything...
I had two options. I could have gone on my own and gone to a museum or something like that or walk around with my friends and do something very similar to what I had done the day before. However, knowing that they had arrived to Chicago only the night before and did not have a lot of time to do too much site seeing, I joined them and became a tour guide of sorts.
We went back to the John Hancock Observatory. According to my tour guide, in 1981 (the year I was born!) a guy by the name of "Spider Man Dan" climber up the side of the building. In a Spiderman Suit. Using suction cups. Apparently, the Chicago Fire Department tried to get him down but hosing him down with water!. Needless to say, he made it to the top.
After the Observatory, we walked along the water. It was really nice outside and the water looked so peaceful.
Around 3:30pm, I had to jet back to my hotel, grab my stuff and get a ride to the venue our show was being held at. The venue was in a mall all the way in the suburb of Shaumberg (about 40 minutes drive away).
I got to meet the regular performers at the club and they were awesoem people. This one hilarious guy looked like the love child of Will Ferrall and Seth Rogen.
We had two shows that night. The first one was ok but we just needed to get a feeling for our surroundings. The second show rocked! We were all on top and totally killed the show and got a lot of laughs. It was such a great feeling after travelling all this way.
After the show, a fellow improvisor and myself hitched a ride over to this theatre called IO for their weekly Improv Jam. It was basically a drunken free for all! I jumped up a few times and had a blast performing with total strangers.
We finished up there by 1:30am and walked on over to the Annoyance Theatre for one of the official after parties of the festival but again, I just missed out as the place was shutting down. I was really looking forward to meeting a lot of people at the parties but so far I missed out every night I was there.
Day 4
Slept in again. Met up with a fellow improvisor and grabbed a quick bite before I went to a workshop I had signed up for in advance. It as really interesting and long (4 hours!) except the leaders style was to swear every second. It was fucking intense.
By the time the workshop ended, it was dinner time, so I met up with the guys I had breakfast the night before, and the leader of my improv group came to join us as well.
After dinner, my leader and I really wanted to catch another show, so we headed to Clark street to find a bus to the venue. We kept walking but couldn't find any stops. It was so weird, there were buses on the other side of the street, so why no bus stops on this side?? Four blocks later, I realized the street was a one way street going the opposite direction...
This led to probably one of the coolest random things of the trip. We decide to go down the next cross street to the street one block East. As we're walking down, my leader turns and says "I don't know if you would care or not but that building next to you it where they filmed the last scene in the Blue Brothers movie".
The Blue Brothers movie is my all time favorite movie and Ira and I joked about the fact that the movie took place in Chicago and how I would probably find familiar places in the movie. And I did! So I took a picture right before the guard came and told us it was illegal to take pictures because it was a government building.
We finally made it to the bus stop but got on the wrong bus. The bus we got on did not go to where we wanted to but the bus driver told us the one ahead of us did. Just as I was about to get off he says not to worry, he'll "Catch up to" the other bus.
We followed the other bus for about 8 blocks before it got away, ha ha. So, off we went and shortly after came the right but and we got to our show just in time.
At the venue, as we waited for the show to begin, there was really good music playing. They had on Naked Eyes by Luscious Jackson, which I hadn't of heard since high school! Another good song was about to play, but they skipped it and I said out loud "Aw! that's a good song!". Then the person next to me said something in agreement. I turn to look over and it's this really cute girl. We ended up chatting for a few minutes before the show.
The show was great. Hallway through, I glanced to my left and noticed an arm around the really cute girl. When the light came on at then end of the show, I realized that arm belonged to another girl. This would not be the first time I flirted with a lesbian and had no idea...
The show ended just in time to head over to the final official after party of the festival. Finally, I got to make it to one!
I ended up chatting to tons of poeple from all over. I wasn't making an effort to really talk to any girls specifically. I knew I had to get up super early the next day and couldnt' stay out that late to begin with. However, the most itneresting part of the night had to of been when I pssed by a girl and a much older guy adn she said to me "does he look like he could eb y husband?" or somethign weird like that. She was pretty drunk and the guy, who ended up being one of the organizers, had explained to me that he passed by that girl who was being hit on by a sleazy guy and she grabbed the organizer guy and pretended he was her husband.
Then this happened:
The organizer guy: "so are we going to go have sex now?" (being completely serious.)
Cute Girl (to me): "this is how we roll in Chicago" (as if saying it's a big joke since I could tell she was not interested at all)
Elwood: "It's ok, we roll a certain way in My City a well"
Cute Girl: "Oh? Whats that?"
Elwood: "Threesomes" (it's true)
Her response was a gasp and she pushed me (playfully, I think) into a stool, and she stormed off (to the bathroom I think).
Not much more exciting went down that night and off to bed I went.
Day 5
Got up early, grabbed a flight home and that was the end of Chicago.
I definitely had a great time and I definitely needed it to stop worrying about all the shit I've been worrying about recently. Besides spring is here and summer is just around the corner! I have a feeling this well be The Summer of Elwood.
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
That doesn't happen everyday
I wanted to continue my post on Chicago but I got home late and my brother Ira called me to ask about the trip, so I'll have to write the rest sometime later this week, maybe on the weekend.
In the meantime, to tie you over, something interesting happened on the way home from the comedy tonight.
The show was cancelled but we ended up talking about group "business" for about an hour and half. I ended up at the pharmacy to buy a few things I needed and for some weird reason decided to give Sheira a call. It was a tad awkward since I hadn't spoken to her in over 6 months but I was curious to see how she was doing. Nothing fueled why we lost touch, we just kind of did. I got busy and just never called her, and the same for her I guess.
She was doing well and suggested we jam sometime soon (she also plays guitar).
it was pretty late when I got out of the pharmacy. Between the talking and looking for hand lotion, I was there for like 20 minutes.
I took the subway to my stop and on the way out I had just missed the bus. This cute girl also noticed the bus drive off and we started to chat about it. Then I discovered she was from France in town for a couple of months. We continued chatting on the bus. She handed me a card for this exhibit she's involved in (she's here for some internship).
I felt bad I didn't have a card to give her in return but I did tell her about my improv shows and the free workshops I go to once a week. She asked me to write down the info so I included my number without saying anything.
I asked her where her exhibit was and she took back the card to give the address and had added her number as well.
I also discovered she lives 2 blocks from me as I was getting off the bus. She gave me a handshake and said goodbye.
So now the question is, what do I do? Looks like I may have to brush up on my french, haha.
In the meantime, to tie you over, something interesting happened on the way home from the comedy tonight.
The show was cancelled but we ended up talking about group "business" for about an hour and half. I ended up at the pharmacy to buy a few things I needed and for some weird reason decided to give Sheira a call. It was a tad awkward since I hadn't spoken to her in over 6 months but I was curious to see how she was doing. Nothing fueled why we lost touch, we just kind of did. I got busy and just never called her, and the same for her I guess.
She was doing well and suggested we jam sometime soon (she also plays guitar).
it was pretty late when I got out of the pharmacy. Between the talking and looking for hand lotion, I was there for like 20 minutes.
I took the subway to my stop and on the way out I had just missed the bus. This cute girl also noticed the bus drive off and we started to chat about it. Then I discovered she was from France in town for a couple of months. We continued chatting on the bus. She handed me a card for this exhibit she's involved in (she's here for some internship).
I felt bad I didn't have a card to give her in return but I did tell her about my improv shows and the free workshops I go to once a week. She asked me to write down the info so I included my number without saying anything.
I asked her where her exhibit was and she took back the card to give the address and had added her number as well.
I also discovered she lives 2 blocks from me as I was getting off the bus. She gave me a handshake and said goodbye.
So now the question is, what do I do? Looks like I may have to brush up on my french, haha.
Sunday, April 19, 2009
Sweet Home Chicago
I'm back from Chicago and it was a well needed blast! My trip was filled with sight seeing, buildings, improv, partying, shows and even matzo.
Day 1
I was expecting a really stressful day at work but that never happened. My deadline got completely erased. I ended up having a pretty relaxed day.
By 4pm my mom came by my office to drive me to the airport. Since there was traffic, my mom decided to take a different route and accidentally made a wrong turn and brought us back to my office (also in traffic). So we started over and my mom made a second wrong turn and we got lost. It was hilarious. My brother called to wish me a good trip and he was on the speaker phone yelling at my mom to tell her which way to turn to get us back to the proper highway. What should have been 20 - 25 minutes ended up being almost an hour.
I got to the airport, hoped on the plane and 2 hours later was in Chicago! I made my way to the Subway (a.k.a. the El) and figured my way to the hotel. Due to construction (at 7:30 at night??) it took 2 hours and I got to my hotel pretty late. I was hoping to catch a show with my friend at the Second City but I missed out. I ended up calling it a night at 11:30pm
My hotel room was really nice. The bed was huge! It was a king size bed and could have easily fit 4 people in it. I then made it my goal of the trip to bring home 3 chicks.
I failed miserably.
Well... I didn't' actually try to bring home three girls ("hey want to see my huge bed??") but the thought of it was fun, haha.
Day 2
I woke up pretty early and arranged to meet my friend and fellow improviser in the city. I had time to kill so I headed to Grant park and saw a bunch of statues and this gigantic fountain. It was massive.
I walked through Millennium park where there was this gigantic metal "bean" which reflected everything. It was cool.
it turned out that the area we arranged to meet was the Theater District. Everyone had giant signs with light bulbs. The Chicago Theatre, the Oriental Theater. Even a McDonalds!
We ended up walking down State street looking for a place to eat. I was a picture taking whore and took snaps of everything. We crossed the river and I saw those famous twin buildings. While trying to take a picture two random guys stopped and asked if we'd like them to take a picture for us. Turned out they were from My City! What a coincidence!
We stopped for breakfast at the Temp Cafe. I ordered the Poor Man's Skillet. It was a layer of hash browns, a layer of melted cheeses and a layer of scrambled eggs. It was still passover, so when I was asked what kind of bread I wanted, I declined. That is until my friend opened his big mouth and admitted to the waitress I was Jewish. She then offered me matzo! I was totally shocked.
After breakfast we continued walking North until the John Hancock Observatory. It's famous for the view you see from the bar at the top on the 96th floor.
According to my tour guide, in 1981, a guy dressed in a spiderman suit climbed up the side using suction cups while the fire department was trying to get him down by hosing him down with water... It's also the same building where Chris Farley lived and overdosed.
We were getting close to our workshop time, so we hopped on the train and made our way to the comedy theater where my team was to perform. We walked around a but more and then did our workshop.
Afterwards, my friend brought me to this amazing vegetarian restaurant nearby. I ended up getting a veggie Philly cheese steak (in between matzo of course). It was quite delicious. I washed it down with a peanut butter and chocolate chip cookie dough milkshake which was surprisingly good.
At 8pm I caught an improv show. The first 2 acts were ok but nothing great. The headliners were 2 guys who were MadTV alumni. However, one of them was late because his plane got delayed. Eventually they announced he wasn't going to make it. His partner came out and said not to worry. That he would be doing a show and was going to experiment a little. He said he was going to need someone from the audience to join him on stage and do the show. I raised my hand but so did the guy in front of me and he got picked.
He was so excited.
He was an improviser from Toronto that I was talking to earlier. The Toronto guy was just about to get out of his seat, when the missing partner jumped out from backstage and took off his hat and jacket.
The Toronto guy looked so disappointed.
They started off really funny but I had to head out to the show my team was performing and ended up having to leave just after they started.
The show my team did was great. They had a lot of energy and really enjoyed being up there on stage. It was a competitive formatted game, meaning that my team was playing against the Chicago team. The Chicago team ended up winning but it was all for fun and games.
My whole team and I went looking for the official after party hosted by the festival but the bar we ended up was dead. After a quick beer and a stop to a dinner for a midnight snack, we called it a night and headed back to the hotel.
Read all about Day 3 and 4 in my next post!
Day 1
I was expecting a really stressful day at work but that never happened. My deadline got completely erased. I ended up having a pretty relaxed day.
By 4pm my mom came by my office to drive me to the airport. Since there was traffic, my mom decided to take a different route and accidentally made a wrong turn and brought us back to my office (also in traffic). So we started over and my mom made a second wrong turn and we got lost. It was hilarious. My brother called to wish me a good trip and he was on the speaker phone yelling at my mom to tell her which way to turn to get us back to the proper highway. What should have been 20 - 25 minutes ended up being almost an hour.
I got to the airport, hoped on the plane and 2 hours later was in Chicago! I made my way to the Subway (a.k.a. the El) and figured my way to the hotel. Due to construction (at 7:30 at night??) it took 2 hours and I got to my hotel pretty late. I was hoping to catch a show with my friend at the Second City but I missed out. I ended up calling it a night at 11:30pm
My hotel room was really nice. The bed was huge! It was a king size bed and could have easily fit 4 people in it. I then made it my goal of the trip to bring home 3 chicks.
I failed miserably.
Well... I didn't' actually try to bring home three girls ("hey want to see my huge bed??") but the thought of it was fun, haha.
Day 2
I woke up pretty early and arranged to meet my friend and fellow improviser in the city. I had time to kill so I headed to Grant park and saw a bunch of statues and this gigantic fountain. It was massive.
I walked through Millennium park where there was this gigantic metal "bean" which reflected everything. It was cool.
it turned out that the area we arranged to meet was the Theater District. Everyone had giant signs with light bulbs. The Chicago Theatre, the Oriental Theater. Even a McDonalds!
We ended up walking down State street looking for a place to eat. I was a picture taking whore and took snaps of everything. We crossed the river and I saw those famous twin buildings. While trying to take a picture two random guys stopped and asked if we'd like them to take a picture for us. Turned out they were from My City! What a coincidence!
We stopped for breakfast at the Temp Cafe. I ordered the Poor Man's Skillet. It was a layer of hash browns, a layer of melted cheeses and a layer of scrambled eggs. It was still passover, so when I was asked what kind of bread I wanted, I declined. That is until my friend opened his big mouth and admitted to the waitress I was Jewish. She then offered me matzo! I was totally shocked.
After breakfast we continued walking North until the John Hancock Observatory. It's famous for the view you see from the bar at the top on the 96th floor.
According to my tour guide, in 1981, a guy dressed in a spiderman suit climbed up the side using suction cups while the fire department was trying to get him down by hosing him down with water... It's also the same building where Chris Farley lived and overdosed.
We were getting close to our workshop time, so we hopped on the train and made our way to the comedy theater where my team was to perform. We walked around a but more and then did our workshop.
Afterwards, my friend brought me to this amazing vegetarian restaurant nearby. I ended up getting a veggie Philly cheese steak (in between matzo of course). It was quite delicious. I washed it down with a peanut butter and chocolate chip cookie dough milkshake which was surprisingly good.
At 8pm I caught an improv show. The first 2 acts were ok but nothing great. The headliners were 2 guys who were MadTV alumni. However, one of them was late because his plane got delayed. Eventually they announced he wasn't going to make it. His partner came out and said not to worry. That he would be doing a show and was going to experiment a little. He said he was going to need someone from the audience to join him on stage and do the show. I raised my hand but so did the guy in front of me and he got picked.
He was so excited.
He was an improviser from Toronto that I was talking to earlier. The Toronto guy was just about to get out of his seat, when the missing partner jumped out from backstage and took off his hat and jacket.
The Toronto guy looked so disappointed.
They started off really funny but I had to head out to the show my team was performing and ended up having to leave just after they started.
The show my team did was great. They had a lot of energy and really enjoyed being up there on stage. It was a competitive formatted game, meaning that my team was playing against the Chicago team. The Chicago team ended up winning but it was all for fun and games.
My whole team and I went looking for the official after party hosted by the festival but the bar we ended up was dead. After a quick beer and a stop to a dinner for a midnight snack, we called it a night and headed back to the hotel.
Read all about Day 3 and 4 in my next post!
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Thank You
After reading what Dolce wrote as a response to my last post, I realized that a lot of the stuff I've been posting lately is about me being down. You're right, I'm such a loser...
Just kidding!
I know I have a lot of good qualities to offer and that there are people int he world with way worse problems. So, thank you Dolce and Beatrix for your comments. I think they are the quick kick to the ass I needed.
I have this tendency (like some people, I guess) that when I feel down, I just keep digging a bigger hole, and it takes me a while to get out. For example, I went to the dentist and found out it was nothing. He explained to me that it's my sinuses due to the fact I've had a blocked nose for the past 2 weeks (from a cold or something). So I was all worried for nothing.
Today already turned out to be a lot better than I thought because my insane to make deadline got cancelled. So I get to take it much easier today and not stress.
My flight is tonight and I arrive in Chicago at 8pm.
I took out a guide book from my library yesterday and have a pretty good idea of all the things I want to check out. Plus there is a party I can go to for free every night I'm there so I'll try and check them out.
I feel like this is the closest trip I'm taking to when I was in Australia in the sense that I'll be somewhere new and be around people from all over the place.
When I get off the plane, I'm just going to enjoy my time there and not worry about anything that's been bothering me here lately.
When I get back, I promise to write some fun posts about my trip (without any mention of tooth aches, being sick or being down, haha).
Have a great week everyone!
Just kidding!
I know I have a lot of good qualities to offer and that there are people int he world with way worse problems. So, thank you Dolce and Beatrix for your comments. I think they are the quick kick to the ass I needed.
I have this tendency (like some people, I guess) that when I feel down, I just keep digging a bigger hole, and it takes me a while to get out. For example, I went to the dentist and found out it was nothing. He explained to me that it's my sinuses due to the fact I've had a blocked nose for the past 2 weeks (from a cold or something). So I was all worried for nothing.
Today already turned out to be a lot better than I thought because my insane to make deadline got cancelled. So I get to take it much easier today and not stress.
My flight is tonight and I arrive in Chicago at 8pm.
I took out a guide book from my library yesterday and have a pretty good idea of all the things I want to check out. Plus there is a party I can go to for free every night I'm there so I'll try and check them out.
I feel like this is the closest trip I'm taking to when I was in Australia in the sense that I'll be somewhere new and be around people from all over the place.
When I get off the plane, I'm just going to enjoy my time there and not worry about anything that's been bothering me here lately.
When I get back, I promise to write some fun posts about my trip (without any mention of tooth aches, being sick or being down, haha).
Have a great week everyone!
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Mini Vacation
On Wednesday, I fly out to Chicago.
I'm really excited because:
a) I've never been there before
b) The festival that I'm attending is going to be great
c) I'm going to get to see a friend who moved there
d) It is where Blues Brother, my favorite movie of all time, was filmed
In essence to not keep my hopes up I'm trying not to think about the trip but I feel like there's nothing going on here right now in my life that is as excited to look forward to.
I go through strange periods. Sometimes, I can't wait to go to work and work. Sometimes, while at work I can't wait to leave because I have something planned, like a party or a trip or something. When I dated Wendy, I would end up thinking about her a lot and wonder what we could do together next (and after a while just thinking about having sex, which never happened). When we broke up I still thought about her a lot (sometimes i still do). If I met a new girl I"m interested in, I'll think of her.
A month ago, work was so crazy it was go in, work like nuts, go home and sleep. And you know what? I liked it that way. Now, work has slowed down a bit, but I still have deadlines, just lots of time, so things feel so much slower.
I also have noticed that lately I feel so blasé. i just have no drive. Once I come back from Chicago I don't know what to look forward to. And I keep thinking if I had a girlfriend it would be different, but would it? I know I'd be more busy and have time to spend with someone but I don't know if it would fill in the emptiness I've been feeling lately. Should it?
Anyways, I've also been a bit down lately because by sheer bad luck, on of my teeth decided to start hurting so I need to rush to the dentist tomorrow so it can be looked at before I leave.
I'm not expecting anything, but I will be meeting a lot of people, going to tons of parties and I have my own hotel room to myself.
The possibilities are endless.
I'll post when I get back!
I'm really excited because:
a) I've never been there before
b) The festival that I'm attending is going to be great
c) I'm going to get to see a friend who moved there
d) It is where Blues Brother, my favorite movie of all time, was filmed
In essence to not keep my hopes up I'm trying not to think about the trip but I feel like there's nothing going on here right now in my life that is as excited to look forward to.
I go through strange periods. Sometimes, I can't wait to go to work and work. Sometimes, while at work I can't wait to leave because I have something planned, like a party or a trip or something. When I dated Wendy, I would end up thinking about her a lot and wonder what we could do together next (and after a while just thinking about having sex, which never happened). When we broke up I still thought about her a lot (sometimes i still do). If I met a new girl I"m interested in, I'll think of her.
A month ago, work was so crazy it was go in, work like nuts, go home and sleep. And you know what? I liked it that way. Now, work has slowed down a bit, but I still have deadlines, just lots of time, so things feel so much slower.
I also have noticed that lately I feel so blasé. i just have no drive. Once I come back from Chicago I don't know what to look forward to. And I keep thinking if I had a girlfriend it would be different, but would it? I know I'd be more busy and have time to spend with someone but I don't know if it would fill in the emptiness I've been feeling lately. Should it?
Anyways, I've also been a bit down lately because by sheer bad luck, on of my teeth decided to start hurting so I need to rush to the dentist tomorrow so it can be looked at before I leave.
I'm not expecting anything, but I will be meeting a lot of people, going to tons of parties and I have my own hotel room to myself.
The possibilities are endless.
I'll post when I get back!
Friday, April 10, 2009
The look of immaturity
I was talking to my brother Ira yesterday and he told me he's reading a book his friend lent him on how to date women. He told me there was a part in the book whee it was telling a story on how a guy walked into the offices of the the authors (they help people meet people or something) complaining how he couldn't meet anyone. They described him and as Ira was reading the description, he told me he felt like he was reading a description of me.
The guy was described as having messy curly hair, stubble/unshaven look and big sideburns. According to the book if your attitude is "oh I don't care that I look/dress differently than others" then it means you're immature.
I don't know... Would you date someone that looks like THIS?:
The guy was described as having messy curly hair, stubble/unshaven look and big sideburns. According to the book if your attitude is "oh I don't care that I look/dress differently than others" then it means you're immature.
I don't know... Would you date someone that looks like THIS?:
Sunday, April 5, 2009
The end of Gloria
Got back from the date not too long ago.
I've decided that's it for me with Gloria. She's nice and everything but i just don't feel into her.
We met for food/coffee and things were going well until we had to pay. There was a mix up with the change and the waitress and everything got really weird and complicated fast.
We figured everything out and payed properly and headed to go see I Love You, Man!.
We get inside the theatre and then I got a little taste of Gloria's bossy side. She seemed pretty annoyed we had to wait in line. It turned me off right away.
The movie was hilarious.
After the movie, I walked her to her street, gave her a goodbye kiss on the cheek and we said our goodbyes and goodnights and that was it.
I deliberately did not go for a kiss and did not say anything "Let's meet again" or whatever. I feel I did enough to let her get the picture.
On the bus ride home, I swear the bus was just full of hot chicks. Again, making me wonder when I'll meet someone I'm attracted to...
I've decided that's it for me with Gloria. She's nice and everything but i just don't feel into her.
We met for food/coffee and things were going well until we had to pay. There was a mix up with the change and the waitress and everything got really weird and complicated fast.
We figured everything out and payed properly and headed to go see I Love You, Man!.
We get inside the theatre and then I got a little taste of Gloria's bossy side. She seemed pretty annoyed we had to wait in line. It turned me off right away.
The movie was hilarious.
After the movie, I walked her to her street, gave her a goodbye kiss on the cheek and we said our goodbyes and goodnights and that was it.
I deliberately did not go for a kiss and did not say anything "Let's meet again" or whatever. I feel I did enough to let her get the picture.
On the bus ride home, I swear the bus was just full of hot chicks. Again, making me wonder when I'll meet someone I'm attracted to...
Saturday, April 4, 2009
Another Try
After receiving a call from Gloria on Thursday almost out of the blue (she called me once she came back into town which I wasn't really expecting), I decided to give it another try and meet her again.
The plan was to perhaps meet tonight for something. What wasn't planned was for my brother to get an infection on his face and have to be brought to the Emergency Section at the local hospital. We arrived at 8:30 pm last night and he was finally seen at 9:00am this morning.
Yes, I was in the waiting room for almost twelve hours! I slept a total of person 2 hours and managed to stay awake the rest of the day.
I called Gloria in the afternoon to see if she was still up for meeting and we had a nice little chat on the phone. This was the first time I actually had full attention into our phone call. When she called me on Thursday (and even during our date a couple of weeks ago), I just had a really hard time listening and paying attention. This time was different. Surprisingly, aside from being exhausted, I was pretty focused.
I had to go and she said she'd ring me up later this day to figure out our plans.
During the afternoon, being totally sleep deprived made me think of this time with Wendy when we first started dating. I had done something that involved staying up all night the night before and regardless of that we had arranged to get together and just stay in and watch a movie. We ended up cuddling and it was one of our first moments really close to each other. I remember it distinctively because it's also when I told her I was a virgin and she was ok with it (although her being ok with it didn't last forever... but that's a whole different story).
So, as a first instinct that is kind of what I wanted to do, just watch a movie and cuddle up with someone (not necessarily Gloria) but I soon realized that that was too soon a thing to be thinking of or suggesting for a second date. So instead, when Gloria just called me 5 minutes and waking me up from napping (I slept an hour and I'm feeling so groggy now), I didn't mention anything about renting a movie. Instead, we decided on going for coffee and then watching a movie in the cinema.
It was actually that she helped me decide on what to do. When I dated Wendy I always had to come up with suggestions and then she'd never have any answers:
Elwood: "So what do you want to do tonight?"
Wendy: "I don't know"
Elwood: "How about we go see a movie"
Wendy: "No..."
Elwood: "Do you want to play pool?"
Wendy: "No..."
Elwood: "Do you want to go bowling?"
Wendy: "No..."
18 more suggestions later
Elwood: " Do you want to do (suggestion # 18)?"
Wendy: "No..."
Elwood: "So what do you want to do??"
Wendy: "I don't know..."
This went on every week! In the end we'd most likely rent a movie and just fall asleep together until one of us went home.
Anyways, back to Gloria.
I have this feeling that I keep coming across to Gloria as a little weird (especially now since I'm having a hard time thinking straight from just waking up) but on the other hand feel that she's really curious as to who I am and how I function.
Well, I better get ready for my date!
The plan was to perhaps meet tonight for something. What wasn't planned was for my brother to get an infection on his face and have to be brought to the Emergency Section at the local hospital. We arrived at 8:30 pm last night and he was finally seen at 9:00am this morning.
Yes, I was in the waiting room for almost twelve hours! I slept a total of person 2 hours and managed to stay awake the rest of the day.
I called Gloria in the afternoon to see if she was still up for meeting and we had a nice little chat on the phone. This was the first time I actually had full attention into our phone call. When she called me on Thursday (and even during our date a couple of weeks ago), I just had a really hard time listening and paying attention. This time was different. Surprisingly, aside from being exhausted, I was pretty focused.
I had to go and she said she'd ring me up later this day to figure out our plans.
During the afternoon, being totally sleep deprived made me think of this time with Wendy when we first started dating. I had done something that involved staying up all night the night before and regardless of that we had arranged to get together and just stay in and watch a movie. We ended up cuddling and it was one of our first moments really close to each other. I remember it distinctively because it's also when I told her I was a virgin and she was ok with it (although her being ok with it didn't last forever... but that's a whole different story).
So, as a first instinct that is kind of what I wanted to do, just watch a movie and cuddle up with someone (not necessarily Gloria) but I soon realized that that was too soon a thing to be thinking of or suggesting for a second date. So instead, when Gloria just called me 5 minutes and waking me up from napping (I slept an hour and I'm feeling so groggy now), I didn't mention anything about renting a movie. Instead, we decided on going for coffee and then watching a movie in the cinema.
It was actually that she helped me decide on what to do. When I dated Wendy I always had to come up with suggestions and then she'd never have any answers:
Elwood: "So what do you want to do tonight?"
Wendy: "I don't know"
Elwood: "How about we go see a movie"
Wendy: "No..."
Elwood: "Do you want to play pool?"
Wendy: "No..."
Elwood: "Do you want to go bowling?"
Wendy: "No..."
18 more suggestions later
Elwood: " Do you want to do (suggestion # 18)?"
Wendy: "No..."
Elwood: "So what do you want to do??"
Wendy: "I don't know..."
This went on every week! In the end we'd most likely rent a movie and just fall asleep together until one of us went home.
Anyways, back to Gloria.
I have this feeling that I keep coming across to Gloria as a little weird (especially now since I'm having a hard time thinking straight from just waking up) but on the other hand feel that she's really curious as to who I am and how I function.
Well, I better get ready for my date!
Friday, April 3, 2009
The Mish-Mash Post
Yikes! It's been over a week since I last posted. What has been going on you may ask? The short answer: Not a whole lot...
Ok, now for "Not a whole lot" in detail:
Work
For the past few weeks I've just been insane busy with work. I've been pulling in over time left, right and center. This past monday marked the first time I worked a 12 hour day.
I was working on something just when my computer program fucked up and crashed and I lost everything so I decided to bite the bullet, switch gears to other work I needed done the next day and worked an extra 2 and a half hours (time already being 6:30pm).
Chicago
I booked a ticket to go to Chicago. My team is registered in the Chicago Improv Festival (CIF). We're doing 3 show and I'm in two of them. If you live in Chicago you may get a chance to see me live! Just look for the tall skinny Jewish guy with glasses and curly hair. I'm sure you can find me out of the 100s of troupes and shows going on that week.
I'm pretty excited about it though. I've been putting off asking for the days off work for a long time now since I was afraid to ask my boss but I finally asked him and he said it was ok.
I have the greatest parents in the world since they gave me their Air Miles and my flight was free!
A fun thing about the festival is that there are all kinds of workshops, shows and parties going on. I'm really hoping to just meet lots of people from all over the world. It'll remind me of my time in Australia.
Girls
Over the past month I've had so many connections with people through the net. I realized I never mentioned what happened to any of them. That's because nothing exciting has happened.
Comic Book Girl
How'd we meet: Through Plentyoffish.com
The story: Started messaging on the site back and forth over a couple of days. Got MSN address and real e-mail address. Sent her e-mail but no response. Got one a week later saying she was busy but wants to meet.
What happened: Never heard from her again. I wrote back with suggestions of things to do. Never got a response.
Plan of action: That was probably a month ago. Should I e-mail her again?
Older Chick
How'd we meet: Through Craigslist
The story: We e-mailed back and forth and went for a beer after a few stalls ( I was sick, she was busy, etc.)
What happened: She seemed nice but i wasn't realy into her in that way. She has a group she put together through craigslist that gets together every two weeks and jams out on guitars. I started going to it and it was fun.
Plan of action: To continue hanging out at the jams. There are a few cute girls there that perhaps I'll get to know better in the future.
Gloria
How'd we meet: Through Plentyoffish.com
The story: We messaged back and forth and then arranged a date. I took her out to an italian restaurant for pizza followed by a circus show. I had fun but had a hard time paying attention to her. At the end of the date, our goodbye was pretty awkward and she said "You're funny" but in a "You're strange/weird" way rather than in a "You're hilarious" kind of way.
What happened: She told me she was going to San Francisco for 10 days. I figured that was a good clean slate to end things. However, tonight she gave me a call and now we're to potentially hang out this weekend.
Plan of action: I have no fucking clue! I don't mind giving it another chance, but I'm really afraid I'm just going to go for it because I can. The easiest people to fall for are the ones that are into me. However, it is too soon to know that she is into me or not anyways although, just by the fact she called me back makes me believe she must have some interest in me. Any advice?
Quick Chick
How'd we meet: Plentyoffish.com
The story: Sent messages back and forth over a couple of days. Asked her out. She said yes but misunderstood I meant that night and we never met.
What happened: I asked her out a second time and made it extremely clear as to which night I wanted to meet. Never heard from her again. (Hence the name Quick Chick)
Plan of action: I'm not going to do anything.
Speed Dating Girl
How'd we meet: Speed Dating Event
The story: Went to a speed dating event and she was one of my matches. I was really busy with work but when I finally sent her an e-mail she said she was going out of town for the weekend but suggested we hang out when she got back.
What happened: Never heard from her.
Plan of action: Should I send her another e-mail? It's also been a few weeks.
British Chick
How'd we meet: Craigslist
The story: Read a nice ad asking if anyone remembered the 80's. Wrote back and she liked what I had to say. She gave me her real e-mail address and added me on MSN. Then she went away out of the city for a few days for work.
What happened: Not too much. We've spoken maybe 3 min at a time on MSN.
Plan of action: To chat online for more than 3 minutes, try to get her number and then call her for a date.
PHEW! That was a lot to type...
It's late and I need sleep!
Ok, now for "Not a whole lot" in detail:
Work
For the past few weeks I've just been insane busy with work. I've been pulling in over time left, right and center. This past monday marked the first time I worked a 12 hour day.
I was working on something just when my computer program fucked up and crashed and I lost everything so I decided to bite the bullet, switch gears to other work I needed done the next day and worked an extra 2 and a half hours (time already being 6:30pm).
Chicago
I booked a ticket to go to Chicago. My team is registered in the Chicago Improv Festival (CIF). We're doing 3 show and I'm in two of them. If you live in Chicago you may get a chance to see me live! Just look for the tall skinny Jewish guy with glasses and curly hair. I'm sure you can find me out of the 100s of troupes and shows going on that week.
I'm pretty excited about it though. I've been putting off asking for the days off work for a long time now since I was afraid to ask my boss but I finally asked him and he said it was ok.
I have the greatest parents in the world since they gave me their Air Miles and my flight was free!
A fun thing about the festival is that there are all kinds of workshops, shows and parties going on. I'm really hoping to just meet lots of people from all over the world. It'll remind me of my time in Australia.
Girls
Over the past month I've had so many connections with people through the net. I realized I never mentioned what happened to any of them. That's because nothing exciting has happened.
Comic Book Girl
How'd we meet: Through Plentyoffish.com
The story: Started messaging on the site back and forth over a couple of days. Got MSN address and real e-mail address. Sent her e-mail but no response. Got one a week later saying she was busy but wants to meet.
What happened: Never heard from her again. I wrote back with suggestions of things to do. Never got a response.
Plan of action: That was probably a month ago. Should I e-mail her again?
Older Chick
How'd we meet: Through Craigslist
The story: We e-mailed back and forth and went for a beer after a few stalls ( I was sick, she was busy, etc.)
What happened: She seemed nice but i wasn't realy into her in that way. She has a group she put together through craigslist that gets together every two weeks and jams out on guitars. I started going to it and it was fun.
Plan of action: To continue hanging out at the jams. There are a few cute girls there that perhaps I'll get to know better in the future.
Gloria
How'd we meet: Through Plentyoffish.com
The story: We messaged back and forth and then arranged a date. I took her out to an italian restaurant for pizza followed by a circus show. I had fun but had a hard time paying attention to her. At the end of the date, our goodbye was pretty awkward and she said "You're funny" but in a "You're strange/weird" way rather than in a "You're hilarious" kind of way.
What happened: She told me she was going to San Francisco for 10 days. I figured that was a good clean slate to end things. However, tonight she gave me a call and now we're to potentially hang out this weekend.
Plan of action: I have no fucking clue! I don't mind giving it another chance, but I'm really afraid I'm just going to go for it because I can. The easiest people to fall for are the ones that are into me. However, it is too soon to know that she is into me or not anyways although, just by the fact she called me back makes me believe she must have some interest in me. Any advice?
Quick Chick
How'd we meet: Plentyoffish.com
The story: Sent messages back and forth over a couple of days. Asked her out. She said yes but misunderstood I meant that night and we never met.
What happened: I asked her out a second time and made it extremely clear as to which night I wanted to meet. Never heard from her again. (Hence the name Quick Chick)
Plan of action: I'm not going to do anything.
Speed Dating Girl
How'd we meet: Speed Dating Event
The story: Went to a speed dating event and she was one of my matches. I was really busy with work but when I finally sent her an e-mail she said she was going out of town for the weekend but suggested we hang out when she got back.
What happened: Never heard from her.
Plan of action: Should I send her another e-mail? It's also been a few weeks.
British Chick
How'd we meet: Craigslist
The story: Read a nice ad asking if anyone remembered the 80's. Wrote back and she liked what I had to say. She gave me her real e-mail address and added me on MSN. Then she went away out of the city for a few days for work.
What happened: Not too much. We've spoken maybe 3 min at a time on MSN.
Plan of action: To chat online for more than 3 minutes, try to get her number and then call her for a date.
PHEW! That was a lot to type...
It's late and I need sleep!
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