Adventures in Finding a Relationship: A Tale of One Introvert

Okay something is definitely up. Ever since I went home for New Year's, I have been behaving quite out of character. It could be some sort of New Year's Resolution or it could just be I was tired of being alone. I spent the last semester taking some real stock on myself as a person: did I feel complete? was there something else I wanted to do? were there things that I missed about myself? who are my friends and what kind of relationships do I want? Just the usual self-reflection.

So I started on New Year's Day doing something I thought I would never do and I do mean never. Because of my personality (that INFP), I am not out on the prowl trying to find a girlfriend. In fact, I loathe bars and dance establishments and avoid them like the plague. So what did I end up doing to myself. Well I joined (or should I say was strongly encouraged to get my social life in gear) an on-line dating site where you post the kind of girl you want to meet. One of my already-in-a-relationship female friends bluntly told me she was tired of seeing me in my books and all alone.

So now I am looking at the posts, and I was quite shocked. The mix of girls/women (look I am not going to get into a feminist argument right now about the use of these words) was astonishing - freaks, shy, bold, slutty, sincere, compassionate, outdoor types, etc. And there is this whole new lingo I had to learn like LTR, NSA, and DDF. There are of course the spy bots and spam producers out there. I myself fell pray to this by not trusting my instincts. I won't do that again.

But wait, it didn't end there. I actually got some replies back and a picture. Talk about getting butterflies in your stomach. I wasn't really sure if this whole thing was real, but it was weird for a change to be making connections in a way I had never before. I am definitely not the one in the center of the room trying to grab attention. Hitting on a girl is not one of the skills that I would call mastered. Yeah you would have better luck with words like virgin, naive, or newbie. Now I am not a submissive type as many of my friends can attest, but I have always liked a girl who wanted a partner rather than a superior. She needs to feel okay making the first move on something or will both stand still.

There is more to come as I relay my adventures in MySpace. Apparently one of the replies I got asked for this, and I had been avoiding that system for some time. She was shocked that I didn't have one so I said WTF. Tell you about it soon...

There's No Such Thing as Global Warming, Right?

Okay seriously, I don't want to here from the naysayers out there. As you know, our President has said that there is no such thing as global warming. In fact, he has done so far as to instruct the EPA that they don't need to worry about it anymore (ha ha). So last night I am hearing on CNN and the Weather Channel that the northeast is perplexed by the above average temperatures. This comes right off the announcement late last month that a major ice shelf broke of one of the poles in 2005. So why should we even care?

Well we just had to back-to-back blizzards in Colorado. Then this morning, the same news channels I mentioned above were informing us that there has been devastating thunderstorms and tornadoes ravaging the south. Well I'm no expert but maybe something is up. Now I am not sure whether people want to say it is a sign of the
apocalypse or God just stretching his finger or maybe the CIA did it...well okay maybe it was Bigfoot.

Perhaps it is something more rationale. Maybe we are putting out more pollutants and toxins into our environment then anytime in the history of civilization. Or perhaps its just that we have been doing a whole heck of a lot more since 2001. Whatever your political leanings, you've got to admit we have been getting some weird weather patterns lately. Don't even get me started on the heat and humidity here in Texas. I know that isn't unusual, but we seem to be getting more of it.