Nancy Drew's Guide to Life

After receiving an electrical shock to the system, find as many men as possible to vigorously massage you. - Mystery of the Glowing Eye

How convenient that tip of the day is considering that in the last two days, I've heard from four guys I used to date. Two were completely random, out of the blue and the others I've stayed in contact with intermittently.

The Not Randoms
1. Bryan and I went on a couple dates, had a swell time, but I had just broken up with Paul and wasn't ready to be dating so I let it cool off, with us occasionally chatting every few months. The last week or so, we've been trying to get together for brunch and it keeps not working out, so we're going to dinner tomorrow night. I'm really looking forward to it. He's such a funny, charismatic guy that it will be anything but dull. I'm unsure if it's a date though.

2. Steve. Steve and I have a checkered past to say the least. I was seeing him two years ago, before I met ex-boyfriend, then when we supposedly became exclusive, I stopped seeing Steve, as well as SAM (his real name completely escapes me) and Ryan. Steve and I have met up over the past two years every now and then, even with him having a girlfriend, who I'm pretty sure he's living with now. It gets to be sticky sometimes because there is still a very strong attraction there on both our parts, but in this Year of Good Decisions, I think I should be okay tonight when we meet for drinks. I am completely sure this isn't a date, at least from my point of view. Guess it will depend on how many drinks we have.

The Randoms
1. Boyscout is back people. If he wasn't so damn good looking and tall and funny....sigh. Anyways, he caught me online last night and we ended up chatting for about an hour. We'll see what happens there.

2. XM. Yep. XM is back too. After I stopped the secret dating, it took some time, but he got unmad at me and we went out as friends for dinner and drinks and had a lovely time catching up once it became unawkward (this was during football season, so like 5 months ago maybe?). I never know what's going to happen with this guy. When we said good night that night, we hugged, as is customary, and then as I was turning to head home, he grabbed my face (much more gently than that description sounds) and kissed me smack on the lips, pulled away, smiled, looked me in the eye, said good night and walked away. So weird. Anyways, last night I was out to drinks with a coworker and I mentioned XM because we're looking for people to share our Nats season seats with and I thought I should shoot him an email to see if he's interested even though I haven't talked with him forever. So I get home and see an email from him. After a couple bantering emails back and forth, we ended up on the phone for an hour or so and now we're having drinks Thursday. Again, unsure if it's a date or not, but given his track record, he probably thinks it is.

I knew I should have stayed on hiatus. This is getting exhausting.

Nancy Drew Tip of the Day

Carry a police whistle to scare off creeps. - The Secret of the Forgotten City

Are you listening Courtney?

I Am Evidently Going to Hell

I just had this conversation with a coworker:

Liz: I'm giving up beer for Lent.
Me: That's why I'm Episcopalian - Catholic Lite
Liz: I'm Episcopalian too. Actually baptized and confirmed in the Roman Catholic Church though.
Me: I was never baptized. So scandalous - especially when I was teaching Sunday School.
Liz: Ooooh. You're going to hell.
Me: According to my Christian Doctrine teacher Freshman year of college, I shall burn in hell for all eternity.
Liz: Yeah. That's too bad. At least it's something you can change.
Me: I've met me. I'm pretty sure there will be things higher on the list to discuss with St. Peter.

When I got back to my desk "Straight to Hell" by Matt Nathanson was playing. I can't make this sh*t up. Seriously. iTunes never lies. I'm doomed. So having fun on the way down.....within the constraints of the Year of Good Decisions of course! If I could withstand the temptation of this weekend, I'm golden.

Great Things Named Orson

Wells
Kyle MacLaughlin's character on Desperate Housewives
My band of the weekend. Check out Orson. They released an album last December, made big in the U.K. and are finally here in the US.

More to come from me this weekend. I'm not on call for the office and I've got most of my school work done so I should have some time to post.

Cold as Hell? That Doesn't Even Make Sense

Today I heard a guy on the bus say "Man, it's cold as Hell this morning". Granted, the newspeople were saying "If you don't absolutely have to go outside, you shouldn't", so it is very cold, but doesn't bus guy know that Hell is full of fire and brimstone, not ice? If it were cold then you could cuddle for warmth, go snowboarding, ice skating. There are all sorts of fun wintery things you could do if it were really cold in Hell. And if there are fun things to do, by definition, it isn't Hell. Then again, it would be awful if you didn't have the proper attire. Still, I'd much rather freeze to death than burn to death....although if I had my druthers (what does that mean?) I'd like to go in my sleep.

And God said "noted".