"I have been but little in," said Ninian hastily...

An argument that online dating makes people more likely to break up because there is always a pool of other people out there to date,

and a counter-argument, that people who date online don't particularly enjoy it and want to stop as soon as they can.

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I'm restarting my exercise program, so I went off for a quick power walk to start off the day (yes, yes, don't all start giggling at once). Nice morning, brisk and chilly; I think the crocuses that came up all got frostbite, but the robins and cardinals are all still convinced that spring is already here, and the forsythia outside my window is bravely plugging away.

Apart from getting horribly ill Friday night (something I ate) and thus losing Saturday to recovery, I have to say this has been a nice weekend. Mostly because I had such a nice Sunday. :-) Let me introduce a new character to our narrative, who for the moment we will call The Finn. The Finn and I met on OKC about a month ago and have been emailing back and forth. We've been on three dates now and, I have to say, I think she is something pretty special. Some people you meet and the "click" comes instantly; it's almost audible. Other people, I am coming to find, there's no sudden click, just a gradual sense dawning over one of "Hmmm, this person is pretty special, and we seem, mysteriously, to get on very well. How interesting; let's see where this goes." I am really looking forward to seeing how things go with the Finn. We spent Sunday having coffee, walking, and then sharing lunch. And talking, a great deal. It was an exceptionally nice day. Among other things, we spotted a coot. :-)

In other news, I managed to procrastinate my way out of doing my taxes yesterday by going to the Newseum with Da Grrlz. So I'll need to do it tonight instead, as I have to have those numbers for several other bits of paperwork.

I've finished a couple of books and an audio course; I'll write them up later.

I ran across a UK series that I really quite like. Of course, since I like it, it only lasted one season. Called Monday, Monday, it included some actors of the small screen that I'm quite fond of (like Fay Ripley, Neil Stuke, and Holly Aird, who reminds my of one of my sisters) and one gem of the British screen who I think every guy of my age in Britain has a certain thing for, Jenny Agutter. :-) It's about a small (given the size of the head office) supermarket chain; right at the end of it (spoiler alert),
( in case you might watch it, who knows? )


And on that rather morbid note, off to work.

So, today's dose of burbling about my sweetie. ( I won't keep doing this every day, I promise )

New attraction = equal possibilities of new heartbreak and new happiness.

Must remain calm.

Failing to remain calm.

Brunch at Eastern Market yesterday with a friend.

More reorganizing and taking stock. Some sedate jogging. Vacuumed a few rooms. Exchanged some emails.

Dinner: fresh scallops sauteed in butter and then sprinkled with remoulade. Spinach wilted with a little olive oil. A glass of wine.

A little later, tea and apricots for afters.

Not bad for a humble bachelor life. Next weekend I might stretch the culture envelope a little further.

I had tickets for another concert tonight, but I decided not to go.( Read more... )

I imagine there are other blokes spending their Sunday alternately writing essays on US intelligence failures in Vietnam, getting teary-eyed over episodes of "Anne of Green Gables", and checking in on the day's World Cup matches. But not many, I'll be bound.

My main interest, truth be told, is in meeting one or two of the *women* who might be spending the day that way. :-) I was just looking something up in Richard Holmes's Redcoat (OK, so I'm also dabbling in 18th century history blogs...) And read his acknowledgments, which begin:

I first met my wife Lizzie over a quarter of a century ago at a military dinner. When I heard her mention the Lines of Torres Vedras, the table shook and the candles flickered. I proposed a fortnight later.

Lucky bugger! ;-)

Lots of stuff going on!( Read more... )

Neta came over Friday after work and we had dinner, talked, and snuggled. It was simply lovely. :-) Saturday we met up with her friends Jenni and Paul and their little daughter Charlotte for lunch, then went walking around Roosevelt Island until darl. We came back here and had dinner, then went back to hers to watch a movie ("About A Boy"). I'm reminded that while making dinner for onself can be a chore, making dinner with and for someone else is really a great pleasure and a fun way to spend time together. Sunday we went out with J&P&C again and their and Neta's friend Mike, to see another St. Patrick's Day parade (in DC) and then have a late lunch. There was a bit of excitement over coordination, as we had both somehow forgotten about the time change, but that still worked out fine.

We're having so much fun learning about each other and finding out what and how each other thinks. We're both so happy to be able to spend time together. We both have worries that are left over from past relationships, but we've been able to work through a lot of those simply because we're madly in love. Other things are going to take time, and we're content with that. We've got plenty of time, and we've agreed not to try to make too many plans about the future for the moment. We're going to see as much of each other as we can day to day, take a weekend soon and go somewhere fun together, and just take our time getting to know all about each other. Life really couldn't be better.

We had dinner and talked, then she went home to crash and I came back home to feed my hungry cats. She was (of course) just as nice as when I first met her.She likes me. I'm seeing her again. More later.