The Date!
Thursday, July 14, 2005So, all of you who have been anxiously awaiting this entry, raise your hand...
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Oh, Sorry, I have to put my hands down to type!
Anyway, yeah, the first real date I've had in a very long time went pretty darn well.
After work I gave Kickball Girl a call, she had just hopped out of the shower so I told her I was going to run home and change then stop over. I ran home changed, grabbed a bottle of Chardonnay from my fridge and then headed back over to her place.
Traffic was not my friend, but I got there, feeling totally like a 13 year old on a first date. She buzzed me and I headed up, got a hug hello. She was surprised I brought wine, but I said if she was making the dinner it was the least I could do. Mind you, I'm used to seeing this girl in shorts and a T-Shirt at Kickball. Yesterday she was wearing an extremely cute blue dress she had just bought. *drool*
The convo about that went:
Me: "Cute dress! I'm not used to seeing ya outside of kickball."
KG: "You mean when I look like a boy."
Me: "No, you look like a girl at kickball, and a cute one at that. But today, you're just, well, hot!"
To me, that was a huge understatement, to her, I think I noticed a little blush a little giggle and a "thanks."
So she tossed in the stir-fry and I cracked the bottle of wine. We chatted about random stuff while it was cooking. The stir-fry was chicken with pea pods, onion, pepper, carrots and a couple other things for you food geek types. We ate dinner and enjoyed the wine while chatting some more. We definitely didn't have any problem keeping up the conversation. And it was definitely all over the place, but in a good way.
After we got done eating I said thanks for dinner which ended up being followed by a couple kisses and a hug. She sat her legs on my lap while we talked some more, occasionally shifting around to be more snuggly.
We had talked about getting ice cream the night before so she decided we should fulfill her craving and walk down to Sebastian Joes. If you're in the Minneapolis area and want Ice cream, GO THERE. As we walked down the block from her place I put my arm around her and gave her a little side hug, which she reciprocated. When my hand dropped back down, she grabbed it so we were holding hands. I should also inform you all that I'm not a big PDA type person. While hand holding is like school kid stuff, I'm not big on it unless I'm really comfy with a person. Usually I just think about how if anyone else saw, they would be like me and it would annoy them. I'll have you know I just plain didn't care, it felt gooooooood!
So we got to Sebastian Joe's and talked ordered. She got double chocolate with a homemade cone (very good) and I got Oreo with a chocolate dipped cone. I paid, and we took up a spot outside. We were forced to speed eat the Ice Cream since it was about 90 degrees out. We hung out and chatted some more after we finished drinking our ice cream and she reclined with her legs up on mine again. We did all the cutesy stuff like hand holding some more and at one point I actually did give her a kiss right there in front of everyone. Yeah, that was fun.
We walked back to her place and hung out for a while more. She showed me this total geek humor claymation thing about how to assign pointers in C. I think the fact that we both enjoyed it is both sad and a good sign at the same time! I asked her if she had seen the clip of Triumph the Comic Dog going to town on the Star Wars fans. If you haven't seen that, google Triumph Star Wars and watch it, NOW! heh. We laughed to the point of tears, then she sat on my lap on her couch and we chilled for a bit.
After a little while we decided we should head out and meet up with the other people out at this dive bar that had Karaoke. On the way out we got talking about movies and asked if she had seen Old School I believe it was. She hadn't so I said "Well, if you come over to my place, we can watch it." She gave the best possible answer I think she could have: "When, not if." .oO(Rock on!!)
So we met up with the other peeps, one of which is a good friend of hers "Glasses." I got the distinct impression when I walked in, eh wasn't real happy to see me walk in with her, but he did seem to cheer up later. I convinced her to sing and she sang Allison Krauss' "When You Say Noting At All." All I could think when she was singing it was .oO(Damn, I wish she was singing that about me.) Yeah, that part of me that doesn't want to take things easy is not going to go away.
I eventually sang Garth Brooks' "Pappa Loved Mamma" and thought I did a horrible job, but everyone said I did it ok. I still think they were just being nice. After a little bit KG decided to call it a night since she had a job interview the next day and wanted to make sure to get a good night's sleep. She drove us back to her place and I came up for a little bit and we chatted about her job and I also showed her some that we had open at my company and that I found through the employment agency I used to work though. I helped her decide on what clothes to wear the next day and then we called it a night. Gave a couple hugs and several kisses goodnight and that was that. We did exchange a couple text messages later though.
Overall it was definitely a great date. Hopefully there will be more in the near future! She did talk about a lot of guy friends, which on it's own isn't a red flag, but with the "dating lots of people" comment it adds a little. But whatever, I had a really fun night and that's what it was all about!
So there you go, you all have your update :O) And Carrie, so help me if you pull out the "music" again before I cue it, so help me I WILL revoke your deputy status! ;O)
**Edit** OCD Anxiety Girl called today from the lake, after talking with me for a bit she asked "Why are you so happy today?" Gee, I wonder... :O)
posted by Chief Slacker @ 9:13 AM,
13 Comments:
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At Thu Jul 14, 11:54:00 AM,
Chief Slacker said...
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Cat - It was awesome :O) I certainly hope I do too! I'mm be glad to visit if I can find a link to it...?
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At Thu Jul 14, 11:56:00 AM,
Carrie said...
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ok... you caught me.... I had my lips pursed the whole post, read to bust it out!!!
*sigh*
well, it sounds like it was fun. you sound happy in your writing!! that's really great...
so I have some thoughts perculating on KG.... but ti could be me super-imposing my own life (back when I was in the dating world) more than what she's doing... but still.
I'm thinking she could really just be interested in the company while she figures out what she wants in life... so she puts off the whole 'look, touch, but don't get comfortable' vibe...
or... she could already know what she wants, but doesn't like giving off that needy-typical-clingy-girl vibe, so she's OVER-emphasizing how she's NOT like that.
either one seems plausible... she sounds like she tries to avoid being the girly-girl (kickball, hnags with guys, can 'handle her own') but mind you this won't stop her from pulling out the stops to look hot when she wants to. being sexy and being girly are two totally different things.
I say you continue to hang out, enjoy her, and see where it goes. not that you need to know what I say... and I think that's what you're doing anyway... but I just like writing out loud.
I'll be curious as to when she gives up the goods. til then, I've got the music waiting! ;) -
At Thu Jul 14, 12:29:00 PM,
Laura said...
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Hmm....look at you, Slacker! I love holding hands..sigh.
~L. -
At Thu Jul 14, 12:36:00 PM,
Marie said...
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Hey! It sounds like a pretty good date. :-) By the way, I love that Triumph the comic dog bit on Star Wars too. I laughed so hard!
I think it's good that she said "when, not if" regarding seeing your place. It shows that she's interesting in seeing you again. Overall, I give a BIG thumbs up to you!! ;-) -
At Thu Jul 14, 12:53:00 PM,
Jennifer said...
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sounds like a great time~
congrats! -
At Thu Jul 14, 12:57:00 PM,
Chief Slacker said...
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Carrie - Yah keep it in the bag ;O)
I am happy, I haven't felt this good in quite a while.
Those two options you gave are exactly what I'm thinking the situation is. I'm leaning much more toward it being the figuring out what she wants option. I jsut get that kind of vibe.
I defintitely plan on hanging out with her more, hopefully it'll work out well!
Laura - Sigh? yeah it's nice! And you know, every time I see your avatar, I have to smile because I feel like it's going to be taking my picture.
Marie - It was! And I've seen taht thing tons of times but everytime I watch it I still laugh a ton. It's awesome. I agree on it being a good answer. I even said so to her ;O)
Diana - The TMs were nothing much, just stuff like "Good luck tomorrow" "I'm nervous" "You'll do well" "Don't worry" kinda stuff. nothing too juicy. And the Georgia Position is defintiely available, you're the top candidate! :O) -
At Thu Jul 14, 02:48:00 PM,
Becki said...
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You're my boy Chief! Nice work, sounds like it was fun. Bonus points if you sing 'Dust in the Wind' at karaoke next time after you guys watch Old School. If I hadn't overslept and been many hours late to work I would've been here sooner...=)
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At Thu Jul 14, 03:00:00 PM,
Leesa said...
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Wow, what a GREAT first date!!
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At Thu Jul 14, 03:23:00 PM,
FINY said...
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** FINY puts down the hand she had raised at the beginning of the post in order to type her reply**
What a great first date! I feel like I can hear the smile on your face just reading the post about it :) -
At Thu Jul 14, 03:38:00 PM,
Chief Slacker said...
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J Leigh - It was! thanks!
Aurora - I'mm have to listen to it a couple times to get the words down ;O) Way to slack deputy!
Lessa - Yes, yes it was! :O) Hopefully #2 will be soon and jsut as good.
Finy - yeah, there was a big smile on my face for that whole post. I need to temper myself though so I don't get carried away. -
At Thu Jul 14, 04:44:00 PM,
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Girls who talk about a lot of guys are a bad sign.
They're either self-absorbed or have attention issues.
So take it with a grain of salt. You did pretty good though. I would have teased her, rather than complimented her, when she said 'oh, I don't look like a boy now'....that begs for a Jacko joke.
Good work regardless! -
At Thu Jul 14, 05:38:00 PM,
Marie said...
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That's pretty funny about OCD Anxiety girl. Did you tell her?? ;)
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At Thu Jul 14, 05:43:00 PM,
Chief Slacker said...
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Cap B - yeah, Like I've said, I'm just going to take it as it goes for now. Plus I jsut aquired a second target ;O)
Marie - Nah, I couldn't bear it. If things start taking off I definitely will though.