Thursday, January 31, 2013

Guess who's BACK 3.0

So guess who's back. Yep.

I finally decided to break it off with my summer girlfriend. I have to say, reading this blog has someone energized me. Reading my old entries are HILARIOUS. Well, I plan on having more fun and creating more antics.

So I promise nothing but solid entertainment on here via my dating life. I'm going to try to post a couple of days or so...except on the weekends. I'll probably post a Monday "weekend wrap up".

Enjoy!

Thursday, March 29, 2012

When did I turn that corner?

What makes your exgirlfriend's blood boil? Seeing you for the first time in months-with a fire hot blonde. Yeah that was my Friday night. After weeks of texting HB Orlando and trying to get her to come into the city, she finally comes through. In the best possible way...the night my ex shows up to a mutual friend's party. The look on my ex's face when she saw HB Orlando was worth the all the bullshit I've been through with her. Sadly, I didn't sleep with HB Orlando but my ex's mind got laid-wait I mean it got fucked. #winning.  
Since I didn't get it in on Friday night, I decided to hangout with HB Nurse since she it was her birthday the night before and I decided to spend it with my frozen pizza watching Batman Begins instead. After dinner and drinks dropping the 'I bet your dog misses me' line, we made the walk up to her apartment. While we walked up her woden case, I'm sure I had a grin from ear to ear because I planned on doing unmentionable things to HB Nurse.

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Mini Hibernation

For the past two weeks, my life has been consumed starting/finishing a 50 something page paper and the other 10 projects that I put off till the end of the semester. This has hurt my game for the obvious reason that I can't go out 5x a week but it has also hurt me because I've had to use text game to keep the girls I was talking to interested in me. OK, I'm done complaining.

HB Dougie has kept me entertained for the past couple of weeks. I plan on writing a lot now that I'm done with school. Figures. I've spent the past 2 weeks writing papers....and I'm exciting to writer some more. Meh.

El Diablo y Magic Man II

The night starts out with HB Dougie and I grabbing some Mexican. The wait for Flattop was over an hour. Mexican is always a good backup. #story of my life (HA). After we stop by a classmates bday party we walk across the street to another bar and meet up with Magic Man and some of his friends (some of which include dougie's friends). After having a pancake shots (Yes, you will crave ihop/dennys/golden nugget afterwards) and bouncing to the most shady bar thats open till 5AM, Magic Man starts driving us "home". I remember specifically telling him, "Take me to a hotel, just DON'T drop me off at a Hilton". We reach our destination.... in front of a Hilton. After awkwardly asking HB Dougie to get out and join me ["Umm, am I suppose to get out too???"] we (i) provided my Disney card and we get our room. We checked in at 4 and left at 10. We probably slept about 3 hours with THREE being the magic number =)

Since then I've been spending the one night a week a get to go out with her. I'm thinking I may change her name from HB Dougie to HB Finnegan's Wake (becuase she's really hard to read). Jesus. Read a book guys.

Saturday, April 9, 2011

Look Mah, No Plans

Cool points if you get that pop culture reference.

 I hate nights like Friday for the same reasons I LOVE them. Nothing worse than trying to balance a cup of coffee, paperwork and text while while sitting in a packed EL train. Somehow, I was managing some good text game with HB Dougie, Orlando and an old fling, Cats [Yes, shes the future cat lady]. Clear example of how translation can be lost be via:

HB Cats: Done with you paper yet?

 CC: I can use a break, a stress reliever. What r u up 2?

 HB Cats: When do you need a break? I'm available now. Where R U?
CC:  I'm on the L, running some errands

HB Cats:  What we doing / Where we going / Which color / So what am I doing?

She basically thought I was down to hangout NOW. Yes, because I'm waiting on standby for your biyearly text message. She then said she was going to the gym since our plans were a bust and she said, "I'll just get hot and sweaty on the treadmill". Yeah, shes DTF.

HB Orlando flaked on me, yet again. She lives an hour away from the city and she couldn't convince her friends to come to Chicago for the night....She then sent me a text message at 10PM asking me to come over. Again, DTF...

 I'm hanging out with HB Dougie tonight (Saturday). I think I may have got her to sleep over via the following text:
CC: I need you to pack a couple of things for tomorrow, ready? Bring a bag, some crayons-its Ok if its not the 64 count box, a ruler, some markers and the most important thing...a change of clothes for Sunday.

 She agreed and asked me what the art supplies were for. I did some call back humor and told her, "so you can draw me that picture of a dinosaur that you promised me"

TEXT FROM EARLIER IN THE WEEK: "Whats shaking? Bored? I think you should draw me a picture today...I've always liked dinosaurs". I'll keep you posted on how tonight goes...

with planning on staying home and doing some homework when my trusted wing, Marky Mark tells me he canceled his plans with some chick who was driving him nuts [NO DRAMA- i like it]. We hit up a local pub by his place and I shoot HB Fashion a text that I'm en route and she should bring a friend....she came through. On the ride there, HB Nurse [another old fling] shoots me a booty call text. Annnnd This is why I hate making plans on a Friday night. Love being spontaneous but theres not enough Chicago Cheeco to go around.

 So madd credit to Marky Mark. Upon HB Fashion's arrival, he was chatting her and her friend up. He had them laughing and kept HB Fashion entertained. I tried chatting up her friend but NOTHING CAME OUT OF MY MOUTH. I resorted to the "oh, so what do you do line". Wow. Really CC? all that $$$ spent on "Pick Up products" and that's all you got? Time passes by and she brings up the peace corps [I mention that I was interested], again I confirm that I'm looking into it but I don't elaborate. No idea what was wrong with me. Meanwhile, Marky Mark is attempting to dance(?)[if you're reading this, it was a valiant effort lol] with HB fashion and simply having fun. I only stay until 1AM because I have to get up early the next day. On the drive home, I was disappointed because I had the opportunity to bring out my grounding story(s) but I just couldn't put it into words. Meh, everyone has 'off 'days I guess.

Thursday, April 7, 2011

Hustling and Flowing

Since I plan on being a hermit and not contributing to society for the next couple of weeks (I graduate in 4 weeks and I have to start final projects) I decided to line up some first dates with some of these chicks. I have to say, by Friday night I was pretty exhausted. I think I felt drained because one of these dates was a bust and I didn't feel like hanging out late the following day.

HB Social Worker (Tuesday)
This girl has a crazy work schedule which I dig because it keeps her busy and I don't have to entertain her via text ( i.e. HB Dougie) all day. I thought she might flake on me because we have only communicated via text. I actually scored her number off of match and she went on vacation for about a week so I thought any interest might have been lost, but i was wrong. Upon arrival back to the states, she shot me a text and we set up a date.

Since we share a common interest in careers, we spoke a lot about that. I always appreciate a girl that
isn't shy. I felt as though she led the conversation at times and I simply added parts of my grounding story to the conversation. The conversation and vibe was great throughout expect that I made the mistake of starting a tab.

1)Tabs lead to drunken nights.
2)It always takes forever to close a tab out at this bar.

Waiting to close out the tab was borderline aggravating for me and it killed a little of the vibe as we were lingering. Otherwise, it went well and I definitely plan on calling her back and meeting up. Hottie!

HB Nanny (Wednesday)
I've heard this myth that there are people who are not photogenic  yet in person are stunning. Mythbuster #78562, confirmed. HB Nanny is quite the cutie. I actually flaked on her a week ago when she forgot her phone at home and didn't respond to all my texts all day (we had a date that night). I gave her benefit of the doubt and set up this date. I thought it was strange because she was extremely receptive all week and then she went cold turkey that one day. Lesson learned, sometimes people actually have legit excuses.
So as usual, my grounding story sets the frame for the interaction for the night. We enjoy some delicious pizza/odd drinks and we set the frame/vibe for our next get together.

HB Apartment (Thursday)
Girls like HB Apartment are my "exhibit A" as to why there shouldn't be single sex schools or Christan based schools. Let me back track a bit. All week she's been flaky on meeting up. Not because she doesn't want to meet up, but just because she'll 'have too much anxiety because she'll be nervious'.
As I read her text messages I'm thinking of replying with the following text

 [HEY, listen genius...if you're going to have anxiety about meeting a person off the Internet, DON'T EFFEN SIGN UP FOR AN INTERNET DATING SITE]

So, I almost cancel on her because I just had this bad vibe off her. So, the conversation at the bar was painfully awkward, I mean...she doesn't get sarcasm/jokes and shes one of those girls who laughs whenever shes nervous #annoying. And another note, SOOO upsetting when people post pictures from years ago when they have clearly packed on a little weight. And by little weight I mean an extra 20 pounds. I was expecting black barbie and I got Jennifer Hudson, before she went on weight watchers.

HB Dougie (Friday) (Sunday)
I touched on this on a previous post but we ended up watching "Limitless". I've been using Sinn's "breaking through comfort" and its been working great. Highly recommend his program. The text message conversations start early and end late. I'm definitely creating a "me and you" vibe since we initially met.
On Sunday we end up going to the best restaurant EVER, flattop. As soon as I hop on the expressway after dropping her off, she shoots me a text telling me how much fun shes had blah blah blah. Definitely having a lot of fun with her although I have to say I'm playing it smart with her. Any other girl and I would be upset that I've seen her two weekends in a row and I haven't slept with her yet. I'm building up the sexual tension, when it happens I'm pretty sure we'll melt the paint off the walls. Its going to be awesome!

HB London (Saturday)
So its the end of the week and I find myself in another situation that I'm not even going to dare to complain about. I have too many options and I don't know who to spend my time with. I have a friend on the northside who I was suppose to hang out with on Friday but I never made it out to Wrigley. Thank you facebook for informing me why an old college classmate, HB Fashion, has been wanting to hangout recently (she recently broke up with her longtime boyfriend). She lets me know that shes going to be in Wicker Park and to make myself available. Finally, HB Social Worker lets me know shes going to be in the city and that she'll let me know where shes at.

I decide to meet up with HB London because our emails/texts were really sexual and shit, I want to get it in.We meet for drinks and shoot the shit. No grounding story here, because we're WAY past that. We've been in contact for a couple of weeks and its more about catching up and letting her tell me about her trip to London. Then...shit almost hits the fan...HB Social Worker lets me know shes in Wicker Park. I already know that HB fashion is in wicker park as well. For those of you that don't know this area, its tiny. Real tiny. Chances of running into someone are HIGH. I'm not in the mood to do any jealousy plot lines because I don't feel comfortable saying,

Me: Hey HB Social Worker! This is HB London, I met her off of match too! ...awkward!

I have good rapport with both HB Fashion and HB Social Worker, so I end up telling them that my phone is going to die and I'll catch up with them tomorrow. Again, Sinn always says "movement" is a great sign that its ON. We bounce to a couple of bars and I end up walking her back to her apartment.  We make out but doesn't invite me up. Honestly, I didn't invite myself up because I want to be in good shape for HB Dougie the following day for brunch. On the walk back to the "EL" I think I heard a car in the distance playing the theme song from Hustle and Flow  "...Its hard out here for a pimp".

Lessons Learned For The Week:
1) Don't start a tab
2) Follow you gut instinct
3) When a girl trips and falls on the street curb, be a gentleman and help her and not laugh uncontrollably like I did--HB London

Monday, April 4, 2011

Update on "Learning Curve" post

Its been a couple of weeks since I wrote the article on how I managed to score quite a few numbers off of match. Well, those numbers have kept me quite busy and I'm going to break down where I'm at with you. A warning: this post may be a little long.

HB Feminist: Well, if you haven't read "Daddy's girl" well, you're missing out. After our date (with her dad) she didn't respond for a couple of days but I remained persistent. After about a week of texting only getting back 2 word responses, I asked her if she was still interested. I would never do this under normal circumstances but I wanted to know where I went wrong so I could learn from it. She actually replied,

Her: "Well, I don't know if you're looking for a girlfriend, hook up or just a friend"

Me: "I want to be friends and take it from there. If it leads to random cuddling or something, more GREAT. IF not, you're still really cool and we'll be friends".

Her: "I'm glad you didn't say HOOKUP, because I'm not that type of girl". Translation, I'm interested.

We've shot the shit through text, but honestly, my time is limited and I'm looking to hookup lol. I meant what I texted her, I mean...this is all about meeting people and expanding your social circle anyway. To be continued...

HB Finance: After our bust date (when I confused her for HB London) we have been in contact over facebook. Honestly, I didn't find her interesting. Shit, I mean theres nothing interesting to even write about our date. I'll keep her around for 26by26 but I'm not making her a priority.

HB London: We finally got together this past Saturday. I was anxious because we built a lot of sexual rapport over text/emails and I thought it may have fizzled out after she went to London for business. Luckily, it was pretty much on for the entire night. I'll write up the blog after I'm done with this one. I'm sure I'll be seeing her consistently for the next couple of weeks.

HB Apartment: Well, this one was really eager to hang out but I should have trusted my gut on this one. She told me she was from Indiana, just over the border, but nonetheless, I was expecting someone who had their own apartment in Chicago. I'm not going to Indiana, ever lol. She was pretty socially awkward as well. Details to come in the blog from the weekend. I guess I'll keep her around but I wouldn't mind if she fades away like Alicia Silverstone.

HB Social Worker: After our date at Lion's Head, I've kept good contact via text. I haven't gotten sexual (which is odd that I've waited so long) but I think I'll change that this week. Chicago Cheeco doesn't have time to waste. I need to weed out who isn't DTF. I'm sure I'll be seeing her more often in a couple of weeks, when she leaves her job that has her working crazy hours. Keeper!

HB Nanny: After our date at Piece Pizza, I've done a good job with call back humor via text. I have a feeling I'll be seeing her consistently. Shes actually really laid back and I wouldn't mind keeping her as a friend. Again, I need to take the text conversations sexual. Keeper!

HB Force: I think attraction is pretty much dead on this one. She's responsive when I text but our date was kinda lame. I didn't kino, we were too laid back. We let each other know when we're in the city but we haven't met up. I think I should do some attraction text game with her. Thats a situation.

HB Cali: We were suppose to hang out this past Friday but she canceled because her kid [hey at least she gets down lol] was sick. This girl is saved in my phone as ***, DTF. Its a matter of when. I just don't want to commit to a Friday night.

HB March Maddness: Since our date, we've stayed in contact via text. Its actually kind of funny. We literally played phone tag all week. We finally got in touch with each other yesterday but hey, shes calling me back everyday. She wants it..and who is going to give it to her? This guy.

HB Icantellyou'realreadygoingtoflake: After we didn't meet up the night I went to Howl at the Moon, she hasn't responded. Go figure. I actually just invested in Race's text program. I'll try out some of his "re engagement" stuff on her. To be continued...

HB Orlando: Since I got her number, I've done nothing but be a borderline creep with her via text. Her response? She always engages me in text and asks me on Monday, what I have planned for the weekend because she REALLY wants to meet me #nothingbetterthanagirlthatwantsit

I'm sure I'm forgetting someone but obviously I didn't think much of them. So now comes the fun part. Day 2s.  My self imposed nickname is "The second date bandit". Why? Stay tuned and you'll find out.

Saturday, April 2, 2011

Validation is a female dog

So its been quite the week. I've gone out 4 days in a row. I've set up first dates with 3 girls off of match (which I'll discuss in a later post.) Last night I opted to skip out on the Cubs opener, because I'm not a fan bar hoping in cold, wet, raining weather. I shot HB Dougie a text moments before I left my internship for the day. I was intrigued as to whether she would respond because we made plans for Sunday brunch. We agreed to watch a movie and hangout for a bit.

I hate movie theatre seats that don't let you raise the arm rest up. Correction, I hate new movie theatres that don't let you raise the arm rest up. It hurts my game! So we awkwardly cuddled between the arm rest and made a pretzel. I sneaked a couple of kisses in between the movie but the fun came after we went next door for a quick bite and drink and made out in the elevator. Hott.

Anyway, the point of this post is that I'm now attached to the outcome. It blows. If I see her tomorrow, it'll be the second weekend in a row that I hang out with her on two different days. What sucks is that I intentionally set up other dates in the week so I wouldn't place much value on HB Dougie. Sadly (?) I still placed value on her. Why? I don't know because I like her? If you go on enough dates, you're bound to start to like some of these girls...right?

Tonight should be fun. I'm FINALLY meeting up with HB London for drinks. The last time we emailed, we were exchanging favorite sex positions/fantasies. Should be interesting. HB socialworker shot me a text saying she wants to get together LATE. #planned booty call?