Yesterday with Eleri (and a cast of thousands)

[gridlore]

Yesterday, kshandra, clairaide, dafydd and I went out with the lovely eleri.



We almost didn't make it out. A combination of low blood sugar, exhaustion, tension and unexpected financial news led to a classic Doug and Kirsten meltdown. We managed to cool down, and crowded into the car and headed out. Once I had changed. Rose and Kiri were in all black, so I just had to match. I also wanted to start seriously breaking in my jungle boots.

Comfortably snuggled between Rose and Eleri in the back seat, we headed up to Mel's Drive In on Geary. I had never eaten there, and wasn't disappointed. Good burgers, so-so fries, great conversation. On to the Cliff House!

Kirsten wanted to see the Musee' Mechanique, and I haven't been since I was a kid. Rose decided to wait in the car and do art stuff, the rest of us headed into the arctic wind of a San Francisco evening The place is too much fun. I played the mechanical baseball game, and scored to runs before grounding out to end my inning.

In the back, they had a collection of older video games, including Robotron 2084! Kirsten and I played a game, but it took us a life or so each before we remembered that you need both joysticks, one for moving, one for shooting. After that, I contented myself with NFL Blitz. San Francisco beat Indianapolis 35 - 24 on the strength of two rushing touchdowns by Steve Young and a drive-killing interception in the 4th quarter that allowed me to get the final TD. Yea team!

We rounded up everyone, and headed over in pairs to the Camera Obscura. It was already to foggy to get a good image, but after a few minutes we could clearly see the waves hitting the beach. Very cool, I want one in my mansion.

I finally decided to kill David by throwing him to his doom, but the silly bugger wouldn't cooperate by climbing up on the wall. Curses, foiled again. Thwarted, we sailed uphill to the car propelled by what is laughing referred to as "evening breezes."

From there, the majority were going to Good Vibrations, wasn't where my head was at, so I got dropped off in the Haight-Ashbury at GameScape. Come out with GURPS Swashbucklers 3rd Edition. Just miss the closing of the comic store by a few minutes. Jump on the 71, and then wait for the 28.

and wait. for 25 freaking minutes! I see a cab rolling up, and he pulls over. He's going off duty, and needs to know where I'm going. It works for him, so I make it home. A good day, all around.

But my usual complaint applies... I spent all day with a very attractive woman, in close physical contact, and I have not one fucking clue what happened!! I need cards that say:

Hello, my name is Doug. I am clueless about social situations. Especially those regard women and sex. Please state your intentions slowly and clearly into my face. Thank you.

(Geez - random MP3 player just hit Metallica's The Thing That Should Not Be... is this a sign?)

Comments

[twfarlan.livejournal.com]

Doug, can you perhaps make those personalized? Cause I need one that doesn't say "Doug," I need one that says, "Hi, my name is Trav. Please excuse me if I am too dense to receive any signals you might be sending me. Take pity, have patience, and draw me a picture of what you would like to do with/to/for/from me."
Cause I ain't no genius when it comes to anyone, let alone women.

[gridlore.livejournal.com]

Thank you for flirting with me. I am socially inept. Please assume that I have missed subtle clues and have no idea what you really want. Please explain your desires slowly and clearly. Or just hit me over the head and drag me back to your cave/hotel room.

[hellloooonurse.livejournal.com]

A few things I know about the female of our species:

1. They are mysterious creatures. I've given up trying to figure out what makes them 'tick,' what makes them do the things they do, their thought processes, etc.

2. My father gave me some advice about females. "Son...there's two theories to arguin' with a woman, neither one works."

3. Never argue with a woman, you'll never win. You may think you've won the argument, but you really haven't. Women have an incredible amount of memory storage.

I learned numbers 2 & 3 early on. I just nod my head, and say "Yes Dear", (when I'm dating,) and "Yes Ma'am" in general.

-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-

I too, am clueless about social situtations, especially those that concern women and sex. There is a particularly cute, funny attractive female that shows up occassionaly at Starport, and I *think* she likes me, but I haven't a clue, and don't want to embarass myself in front of her, by asking her out on a date. I want to ask her if she likes me, but I am not that confident when it comes to women. A close, longtime friend of mine (who will remain nameless, they know who they are,) said to me..."I think she likes you."

I don't think I could get up enough nerve to ask. Goddess knows I want to. The female in question (the one who I think likes me,)seemed somewhat put off, when the aforementioned longtime friend, said she would likely be at my place, when the cute attractive female mentioned that she could bring over a couple of music CDs I liked.

I wish I knew if the feeling was mutual, because everytime she shows up, my heart races, my eyes light up and get big, palms get a little sweaty and when she sits next to me, I feel ten times taller.

Help!!

[twfarlan.livejournal.com]

Gotta ask her out. It's the only way to know. If not, you'll wonder about that possibly missed opportunity for years to come.
The worst thing that can happen is that she'll say no. (shrug) It passes. Considering that the best thing she could do is say, "Yes, I'm glad you asked, I was hoping you would," the potential return seems to outweigh the potential loss there. :)
Good luck, either way.

[johno.livejournal.com]

Me three!!!

It took a year being hit with a clue stick before I realized that Chris really liked me (like that!!!) and 2 years before I realized that some friends were the ones holding the clue stick.

[eleri.livejournal.com]

What happened is you spent all day with a very attractive woman (POWERBLUSH, in close physical contact. What that means is that I had a really good time being around you, you've very snuggly, and I'd like to spend more time getting to know you, online and off. If that progresses, I'd not be adverse to that, either.

[gridlore.livejournal.com]

Check. Got it. If I had a PalmPilot, it would be on it.

[lysana.livejournal.com]

As a woman, I'd like to be able to figure out the signals from those of my own gender better myself. I'm on the verge of throwing up my hands in surrender over one I'm dealing with because for all her talk about wanting to hook up, she won't follow through on the contact and doesn't return my emails, either. Of course, I also have her phone number and don't bother to call, so it's kind of a mutual problem. Sigh. Grr.