so clearly i scandalized the blogging community, or at least the 3 of you, when i mentioned said "cute boy" in my last post. lest anyone be deceived that a nice, decent, guy actually be interested in me, said "cute boy" will hereby be referred to as "mean boy 562986" in that the day following his chivalrousness, he sent an email professing his undying disinterest. fear not, i will return to being the same boring, old spinster that you know and heart.
im still trying to pick myself up. as you could imagine. friday was quite a high for me. and somewhere around 6:30pm yesterday i crashed, hard. against the advisement of tlmc and at the astonishment of celeste, i was able to pull myself together and compose a brief and rather genial email, thanking mean boy 562986 for his time and his honesty and wishing him well. it did go through several drafts, which celeste pointed out where the real healing is. tlmc thought that i should go with anger, a much healthier emotion in her opinion, but its just not one im really able to tap into. and then she said the sweetest thing, "if a person is going to have a flaw, being nice is probably the best one to have". and tlmc probably knows me better than anyone, so that meant a lot.
im determined to get my taxes done today, with the help of turbo tax, figure out how to take back what is mine. i will allow myself one frivolous purchase, and the rest goes in savings. i'm thinking this might have to be a new dvd player, seeing as i dont think i get as much out of my new workout video when i have to stop 5 times to reset it.
on with the day.
currently listening: fiona apple, extraordinary machine
8 comments:
you are a good person for doing your taxes already.... and just remember, men are the ones with the problem, not you!!!! That is a great CD... i love the song, parting gift maybe,, where she says "he looked just like a dog does..." hahaha.... see, fiona knows men are dogs.... :)
Wow, much has happened. Yay for the job, boo for the boy's poor judgement. If it makes you feel any better if your a boring old spinster, then I'm a really old extremely boring spinster.
yay kristinfriend! and yay for lesfriend too! give father les my love. i miss you guys :)
so let me get this straight. a nice, available man shows up at your door with flowers after your first day of work and takes you out to dinner, only to say he is not interested? what is wrong with men? don't they get that they can't do shit like that? they can NOT have their cake and eat it too. I am so tired of boys playing games with my friends. Why are they so scared of being with smart,funny and overall awesome women? ( guess i should give credit to the men out there who are honest and genuine with their affections i.e. Les Carpenter).
celeste, yeah, i was pretty proud of that line myself.
ah he was just underqualified for the job and realized it after he had already applied. dating is like holding interviews for a posistion. take em all on and pick the one that works the hardest and is most commited to the task. if they can realize they arent qualified and drop out of the race then even better. it takes care of the awkward, "i think the company is going in a different direction than you are" talk. remember when it comes to dating the woman is in charge of the interview. it is our(men) job to display the plumage and do a wooing dance. some of us hold on for dear life even though we wont pass, and others just give up when they realize that evolution didnt give them what it takes to compete. however we(men) must save some face when doing this, so the best thing to do is make it look like it was a misunderstanding, and "oh no i wasnt applying i was just,.. you know looking at what the job market was offering." remember we are egotistical and insecure by nature, we(men) will never let you(women) know that we dropped out before we were found out. oops i just the the cat out of the goddamn bag. oh well it dosent affect me-- im married. my wife has known this secret for some time and it keeps me struggling in the snair. just checked 10-42 and thought i would catch up with you. we both love you and enjoyed you visit very much.
aww... thanks man ;)
I'm not so subtle, "NEW POST!, NEW POST!"
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