50blinddates

Well, I wasted no time and hit the personal ads as soon as I made my vow to set off on this dating frenzy. I started with Craigslist since I am addicted to perusing their ‘Missed Connections’ listings anyway (it’s my replacement for soap operas since I gave up cable). I was immediately reminded by my friend that the one and only guy I ever met on Craigslist proved to be a total nut-job cleverly hidden beneath a sexy accent and uber-hot body. I should have noticed that the skiddishness was more than just his being nervous due to my utter beauty! Turns out that a coke habit was likely the cause of his jitters… and constant trips to the washroom that left him all sniffely. Anyhow, I figured they couldn’t possibly all be coked-up bastards with zero dating skills and decided to have a look.

After weeding out the ads with pics of fat and hairy men in speedos and others with penis shots; I came across two that got my attention in a way that didn’t involve my throwing up in my mouth a little. One was a very witty little ditty with no picture but stats that sounded ideal: tall, early 30’s, dark hair and eyes, handsome, educated, etc. I sent him an equally witty email which ended with my politely asking to see a pic. About an hour later, he politely obliged and what I saw was that he was tall and ultra-skinny–bordering on lanky and his “dark hair” was a dream of what once was judging by the few pieces left combed over his otherwise bald scalp. Hmmm… not good. A day later and I have yet to come up with a polite and witty way to tell him “Homey don’t play that!”.

The other potential suitor has so far proved worthy of my attention. I admit that his pic caught my eye first and then his raw-but-with-good-grammar post just confirmed that I needed to get on it. He appears to be in good shape - not too thin and not obese. He is wearing a cool t-shirt that shows off his torso just right and a pair of jeans in a nice rinse that fit him as jeans should. He’s got good hair and is smiling in one pic and kinda goofing around in both — sense of humour and ability to act silly and laugh at oneself are definite turn-ons. I emailed back and was quite frank about the fact that I don’t see the point in emailing and chatting forever and that we should meet if he likes what he sees in my pic - as if there was any doubt! *grin* Needless to say that he did reply, we did chat on MSN for abit and I am still impressed if not a little excited! Hurrah! So, we will likely meet tomorrow evening over coffee. Will be firming up plans tonight after I get back from drinks with friends on a closed patio overlooking the water now that Spring has finally sprung!

Will report back with deets later.

xo