I'm flattered, maybe even a little curious.............

NO, NO, NO, NO!!!!! Why? Why would I want to know that? Match.com, in their infinite wisdom, let a dude match himself with me. Granted Match.com isn't exactly batting .500 with all the "ugos" and "what-the-fuck" they sent my way but there's a line and they crossed it. Maybe they're mad at me for finally cancelling my membership after two years of loyal service. I'm not going to lie, I was addicted. I was checking my profile every hour hoping that one "10/10" would send me a wink or email. Actually, a couple did and every time it would turn out that the profile was fake and promoting "seekintimacy.com". Yeah, I would report those profiles every time.........and then weep a little :'-/ Honestly, I thought it would be hard to quit but thankfully Match.com turns off like every important feature the minute you no longer have a paying membership. Kinda cold turkey but it was what I needed. I need to turn off the email alerts to avoid any more dude-on-dude action.

Not that the chick-on-dude action is doing me any favors these days. So, I go out with my new found friend on Saturday. I rushed my friends through an Indiana Ice hockey game thinking I was going to have this awesome time with this girl. Like a 7 year old boy on Christmas morning opening a package of socks and underwear. You ever have a moment where you are in a room full of people and know you're entirely alone? Well, I have a lot of those and this was no worse except to add insult to injury she took off to go play a bowling arcade game and left me with her friends for about 30-40 mins before I used the pugs as an excuse to leave. It's not that I'm not a fun person or capable of enjoying a night out. Hell no it's not that at all. And I'm no "old fashioned" date-er. I'll hit it and get when the opportunity arises. Here I am trying to get to know this girl who apparently knows every bartender in the Indianapolis metro area, is divorced, drives a Lexus, and is on the other side of 30 years old, and she abandons me. Maybe she was expecting more of a "party boy" out of me. However, I know better than to shit where I eat. As a person, she didn't intimidate me at all. However, I've got better common sense then to screw over the hot girl with the guy friends that all wish they were boyfriends. Well, no loss as she had the personality of a bar towel. Good to be getting back in the game.

Note: I say this now but chances are she'll call me in a day or two and want to hang out and I'll be a puppy dog on a leash.......batshit crazy........just how I like them..................

Horseshoes and Handgrenades..............

That's the only time close counts. They say history is doomed to repeat itself and I almost became a self-fulfilling prophecy yesterday. I came back from lunch after hearing that California was going, as a state, bankrupt and incited a political/financial conversation with my co-workers. I was making some points to a dumbass co-worker about the general state of the economy and how everyone in our company could be laid off any moment (ie nothing's secure). Not two minutes later, everyone was called into the conference room........well, everyone minus the three people that got laid off while I was at my lunch break. Before the Christmas break, we were informed that bonuses, raises and the Company party was cancelled directly due to the tank in the economy. As mad as that made me, I was starting to see the writing on the wall and basked in the consolation prize of still having a job. Yesterday, that became more than a consolation prize, it became the Grand Prize. I know its been almost two years since I got laid off from Actia and moved to Indy and started this blog but I'm still shell-shocked. I've been a rogue engineer for this company, doing whatever odd jobs necessary to justify my existence. I think a recent project I took on is the only reason I didn't make the list. Knock on wood. What makes matter's worse is that two of the people on the list have family's, one just had a new baby a few months back. I also found out through some connections that the list got shuffled around a few hours before being enacted. I know that my opinion doesn't matter but it sucks when people that are trying to make a difference get gone in place of those that bring the company down. Again, its only my opinion.
On a positive note, had a date with my new found friend the other night. The jury's still out but at least I'm getting back in the game.
It's going to be a long winter......................

The hunt is on.....

I went out for a night on the town with some friends that I hadn't seen in a while this past Saturday. We went to an upscale bar in Broad Ripple that is for late 20s early 30s folks (ie plays music from the 90s that only we would know). I was out for a few hours dancing the night away when I decided to call it a night and go home. Well, it was still early, like 1am, and a pop-in to the Fox n Hound has never hurt me. So, I drop in and the place is kinda quiet. I grab a seat at the bar next to the Mega Touch video game machine. I order up a beer and decide to drop a few dollars in the Mega Touch. I'm playing some game that required my attention when this girl comes up to me and starts chatting like we're old college buddies and haven't seen each other in a couple weeks. Out of sheer curiosity, I play along and keep the conversation going. I also notice that another girl has flanked me on my left side and is chatting some bloke at the bar. Eventually, my game ends and my new friend wants to introduce me to her friend (on my left). Then, the first friend fucks off and leaves me with 2nd new friend. Turns out, these ladies saw me in the Hound on New Years day, watching the Rose Bowl, and the 2nd friend called "dibs" on me to all her girlfriends but I had left that day before she could talk to me. To make matters more awkward, this girl knew everybody in the bar so I had all kinds of eyes on me watching my every move. Strangely, even less awkward, we were playing the Penthouse Photo Hunt on the Mega Touch for like 1.5 hours. Really made for a crazy finish to the night. I think the moral of the story is to never pass up on a bar and always stay later than you originally planned so as to not miss out on a future "Mrs. Wrong" ;-) Yeah, this girl reminds me of a girl from my past but that's a story for another time.............