Today

I talked to a guy on the bus. I never do that. But today, I made an effort. He was adorable. I told him I liked his watch. We chatted for a short time, and then we had to get off at our stop. He was going to visit a friend, and I was heading home. He introduced himself and told me where he worked, and he asked me where I worked and my name. It's all a blur. He was so cute that my mind raced the whole time. I didn't even listen to what he was telling me. I don't remember where he said he worked. We both work downtown though. That's all I know. I was holding my handbag in my right hand, so when I reached out to shake his hand, I extended my left instead of my right. He scolded me in a teasing way: "Don't shake hands with your left. Always give the right." Then, he walked off. Maybe we'll see each other again.

Oh God, No

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Need You Now

"Don't Be Offended"

Saturday night, I came home from working at my mom's cake shop, and all I wanted was somebody to chat with, a little conversation with a guy. I responded to a guy's online dating ad with a couple of pictures. This was the response I got:

"fwb? Dont be offended. You're not the type of girl I'd see myself having as a gf...buy you are pretty and have a nice body...maybe we could try some drinks at one of our places and see if we have a physical connection sometime."

Did he really think I was going to be receptive to this pathetic proposal?

Was this a poor attempt at negging?

Why even respond back to me if he wasn't interested? Maybe to try to make me feel bad about myself, in hopes that my low self-esteem would make me want to screw him. Who's to say? It was a real asshole thing to say.

It's no wonder this guy is single. Who would want somebody like that? I'm sure he's been with a lot of girls who have told him "Don't be offended, but you have a small penis."

Baby, Let Me Love You Down

Hope Everybody Had a Good Weekend

I worked a ton, got my hair done, had a great dinner with my cousin, and took a much needed nap today. I didn't get any cleaning done though ughhh!

Hope everybody had a good weekend! The week begins tomorrow. I really wish I had tomorrow off.

Books I Love, Books I Hate

I've been getting back into reading. It's been a while. Sometimes I get distracted by personal issues, being busy, or just lazy, and I stop reading. It's terrible, but I take breaks from it here and there. This is how it's always been. Don't ask me why.

I'm currently reading Cormac McCarthy's, The Road. It's depressing, thought-provoking, beautiful, haunting, bleak, powerful, and if you may not want to read it on public transportation because you might shed a tear. This happened to me today. I had to put it down and check out Facebook on my BlackBerry to erase the tear-jerking scene out of my head. It's an amazing book so far, but it really kills you emotionally.



A book I picked up and then put down 200 pages into it was The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen. I had heard so many great things about this book: People had labeled it a well-written masterpiece. It was supposed to be full of humor, intelligence, a satire on the state of American families and all the dysfunction that goes along with it.

So after reading about how incredible it was, I decided to pick it up. First of all, the writing is good, good not amazing. It wasn't life-changing or inspiring. It was decent writing. The storyline is non-existent. The premise is: Let's look at this zany, dysfunctional family's one last Christmas together in the house they grew up.

The characters are two-dimensional: They only exist on paper, and when you try to imagine them as real, flesh-and-blood people, you can't, or at least I can't. The protagonist is boring, but it's evident from the first few pages that the reader is not supposed to think that; in fact, it should be just the opposite. You're supposed to think he's really fascinating, with all his quirks and poor judgment. Fools in literature can be fun to read about, but not this one.

The protagonist is written as a severely flawed character. He is a perpetual failure. Unfortunately, there's nothing interesting about him. His antics are tiresome. There are only so many times you can see a character fail over and over again and think that's entertaining.


So, what is everybody reading now? Which books did you love? Which books did you hate?

Jellyfish Couture

Gorgeous! Who knew sea creatures could inspire such beautiful fashion designs!

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Dusty Muffin

Thank you for being a friend, Ms. Betty White. But most of all, thank you for hosting SNL and being so awesome on it.



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I'm Taking a Break from Dating

As much as I would like to have a guy right now, especially before summer, I think the more I force it and try, the further away I am from finding somebody. Maybe if you want something too much, you won't get it. It's the Universe's way of telling you to chill the fuck out. I don't know.

I can't seem to meet a guy, so I'm going to focus on other things. I know he's out there somewhere, but he's taking a while figuring out where I am. It's so my luck that my soul mate would have terrible timing and poor sense of direction.

I Was in My Best Friend's Wedding

My girlfriend, whom I've known since I was 12, got married a couple weeks ago. I was a bridesmaid. It was the first wedding I've been in. Great wedding, an amazing couple, and we all had a blast. The photographer was incredible, and I'm using her when I get married, whenever that may be!

Her name is Steph Stevens, and these are the wedding pictures she took that day.

I'm Dabbling in Some Online Dating

I have an issue because I'm shy around guys. I can't give them any eye contact or talk to them. I clam up, and I end up looking like a snob. It's terrible, and I'm trying desperately to get over this. I have a crush on a guy on my bus, but I can't even look at him. I've been pining over him for months.

I've been doing some online dating, and it's too soon to say if it's good or bad. At the moment, the experience is eh. The guys I'm attracted to aren't attracted to me and vice versa. I wouldn't call myself superficial, but I like what I like.

I've gone on enough online dates to know that if you're not feeling somebody's pictures, then you're most likely not going to find them attractive in person. I can usually tell within the first few minutes of meeting a guy if I feel any chemistry or not.

I'm on Match for the 7 day free trial, but I did try Chemistry. Chemistry was probably one of the worst dating websites I've been on. Everybody was unattractive and seemed really pathetic. One guys' tagline was "Few People Like Me." Jesus Christ. One of my biggest pet peeves about that site is that you can't do a normal search for guys. You're stuck with your matches only. How stupid is that!