The last time I had a girlfriend that I didn’t meet online was 1994. Ever since then, the women I’ve dated have been met through the internet - whether via accidental means or through personal ads. In those 13 years of reading and writing ads, I’ve come to learn a few things about dating and people in general. I’d like to share a few of them with you if I could. It could save you a lot of pain and heartbreak - if you listen to them. Read on for the tips!
I literally had a perfect weekend. Saturday, Mishka worked most of the day so I just sat at home and lunged around, relaxing. Stopped at Michaels to price some frames for some screenprints I have laying around, then balked and came home. Then, we made steaks with a new cooking method which didn’t turn out like we had hoped.
Then I got to open up some presents for an early birthday! Mishka gave me an absolutely beautiful watch from Fossil that I was drooling over several months ago and several books; Anansi Boys, Timbuktu and Comrades. I’m already halfway through Anansi Boys
Afterwards we went for dessert - Ice Cream at the famous Grand Ole Creamery, then a long walk down Grand Avenue and a long walk back - stopping at Cafe de Amore for some coffee then the Wild Onion for a night cap and appetizer. We had the Thai Chili Wings - awesome - highly recommend them! I love the Wild Onion, it always reminded me of the places I went to in Chicago. When researching links for this entry I happened upon the Wild Onion story - turns out that’s what they had in mind, a Chicago style bar & grill. I think we’ll be going there more often - great selection of beers and service that was absolutely amazing!
Sunday, we cleaned up the loft - made it sort of sparkle. In the evening, we went for another walk - stopping at Mickey’s for dinner, then the Wabasha7 market on the way back for some supplies.
I couldn’t have planned a better weekend myself - it was just a slow lazy weekend with the woman I love. Doesn’t get much better then that, really.
It’s been a few days, and I apologize. Normally I steal some time away from work with which to write but time has been fairly short - not to mention, we’ve been taken things easy lately - beginning to wind down.
I may head to the Minnesota Music Festival today - it’s a mile away, well within walking distance. Not sure though, tickets are $30 a pop and there’s the 2 of us.
Today marks my month anniversary of not smoking. I’ve gained some weight - though I’m not sure if it’s because I’m eating more or because I no longer take the 5+ minute walk to the smoking area several times a day. It doesn’t matter, I’m taking care of it - need to exercise more, but the eating side is under control - a lot more water and a lot less soda. In fact, except for coffee I’m slowing down on the caffeine consumption as well.
I bought Mishka a couple dozen roses last week and a balloon. She’s spent a lot of money on me for my birthday, I can just tell, and I feel so guilty about it - no one ever really spends money on me, girlfriends included. So I had to ‘give something back’.
This is going to be a long post, so I’ll cut it short here - click to read the rest of it.
The Jane Eyre photos went well I think. And I’m quickly learning that if you’re under 40, seemingly single, and lobe or are involved with the arts, you’re never to far away from a date. Yes, once again I was hit on. And to be honest, I love it!
This shot is from the cast & crew VIP after-party. In an odd moment of calm vacancy, this lone rose was discarded on a table used to hold spare candles and empty beer bottles.
First on Friday at Studio Bricolage I noticed a gentlemen that looked quite familiar. He had a couple of mannerisms that were very unique, and I knew I saw them before. He must have thought the same thing because as we were soldering things to other things he asked me “I think I know you from somewhere”. I told him that he looked very familiar as well, and inquired as to if he had been to any MPR events, involved heavily with the MN Fringe Fest (Maybe he saw me on stage this year - I get that a lot now), or gone to a lot of smaller art shows. He said no, and then I asked if maybe we worked together - then asked him where he worked. He said he worked in Chicago, and I replied that years ago I to worked there. He said “Where did you work?” and I told him “Townsend Analytics”.
We used to work together
Over 7 years ago!
Turns out he lives here, and just happened to be in Chicago for a year we worked together then went back to telecommuting. He still works there.
Then, a couple of days ago, as you all know by now - I won tickets to see the Smashing Pumpkins. I never win. I just don’t.
Yesterday I was feeling like crap, so I decided to take a small financial hit and stay home - rest up. I lay down on the couch and pick up the remote and watch some shows that my DVR recorded last night - one of them happens to be the hilarious Colbert Report.
Many of you know about the incident with Larry Craig, a cop, and a bathroom stall at the Minneapolis International Airport. What you don’t know is said cop grew up here - he grew up in International Falls for a bit, where I grew up. Now the Colbert Report tried to get him on for an interview and of course it didn’t happen. But, weirdly enough, one of the associate producers for the show also grew up in International Falls and went spent some time with him. Her name? Katie Bruggeman. She was one of my classmates too. See the whole video right here. Go Broncos!
Anyway, so I couldn’t believe it - how cool was that. Someone I knew and grew up with was on a national show. So I hit google, search for her, and find her on a social networking site - along with a couple of dozen of my fellow classmates! So I spent the rest of the day seeing how they’ve changed, exchanging emails, and being totally amazed at how some of them have transformed in a dozen years. And now, I’m looking forward to going to the next reunion - seems like they do it every year, too.
And today I learned some of my photos were chosen to be published in the next edition of the Minneapolis Schmap - Schmap is an interactive map which is like your guide to a city. It shows you how to get to places of interest, and once you’re there, what you’ll see. Pretty sweet, eh?
So I hope things keep going well. Tomorrow I’m shooting the opening night of Jane Eyre at the Guthrie - maybe something good will happen during that to really make this a perfect week. *shrug* We’ll see!
I finally won something of significance! I and 3 of my friends will be headed to the luxurious Roy Wilkins Auditorium on October 2nd to see The Smashing Pumpkins live! Hell yes! I checked on ticketmaster and after all the fees those 4 tickets are worth about $210!
Truth be told, I can’t sell any of them, as they are now already spoken for, and have been about 3 minutes after I received the email stating I won.
I’m happy, though to be honest I kind of wish I won tickets to Urinetown instead. Oh well, picking those up tomorrow hopefully, though I can’t remember where it’s being held - need to grab the paper again. But, I did see that AVENUE Q IS COMING HERE IN JANUARY!!!!!!!!!!!! WOOOOO!!!!!!!!!
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