Long Jean

I can't really consider Long Jean a date, but I want to write about him anyway. Long Jean has got cahones. He and I had talked a few times at work, made a couple of bets, and chilled in the break room once or twice. Well, one day I'm hard at work throwing my little heart out, sweaty, gross, and smelling like Jet Fuel and airplane. He drives up, walks past my crew, (one of which had already scolded him for hanging around a little too long) and walked right up to the door of the bin where I'm located. He hands me a piece of paper. Says, "I don't want to get you in trouble, so text me." and walks away. Well, he and I have become text buddies. I find him very interesting. We get along well. And, have quite a bit in common.
I just moved into a new place that I'm kinda excited. I've got a pool, hot tub, sauna, gym, pool table, and tennis courts. Well, Long Jean knew about the move and was more than anxious to come and help me test out all the facilities. So, he came over and we chilled. We played pool, which I got worked. Out of 12 games I won 3. Now, I will add that he won quite gracefully. He claims that since I scratched on the 8 ball multiple times he didn't really win, I just lost. Doesn't make sense, but sounds good to me. Anyway, we had a swell time. Great conversation, fun just chilling, and some chemistry. Now, I can't rate this because it wasn't a date, but I did want to tell about Long Jean.

The Updated Deal

So, I was at Barnes and Noble this week. I picked up a book that had a mock periodic table of elements on the cover. I opened it up and read a few pages....it was brilliantly funny. The Science of Single (The author is the only person besides Helen Fielding that has used the word 'singleton' frequently. I love the word 'singleton'). So the basis of the book is that she decides to do some research and experiment with dating (not that kind of experimenting). She decides she wants to get to the root of meeting great guys. 9 months later she is still a singleton but is happier with where she is at in her life and has a totally new found perspective on the whole dating thing. Well, her project is broken into 5 different time frames and ways of finding the perfect guy. #1. Online dating. She signs up for several different sites (the onion sounded like the most successful). She goes through a slew of dates. Has a good time on some of them, and an interesting time on all of them. But, as she rates it she found no success. #2. She decides to go to her friends, family, coworkers, neighbors and anyone she can to set her up. She finds a little more success on this because if nothing else they at least have a common interest. But, still she didn't find the man of her dreams. #3. Match makers. She decides to have a matcher set her up. She goes to two different agencies. It's Just Lunch, and eharmony.com. She found some luck with eharmony, but IJL was a little over priced and she didn't find a single date that she wanted to go out with twice. #4. Dating men in other cities. She travels across the nation to date men in all different cultures. From DC (her home base) To VA, to Chicago, then Denver, then New York, then LA. She met some great guys, but nothing that made her want to move to keep seeing them. And, finally #5. A dating Coach. Now, this seemed like it had the most impact. Not because she suddenly met the man of her dreams, but the coach got her out of her usual dating routine. And, gave some sound advice about chemistry. Now, she had spent the 9 months looking for off the charts chemistry with a man. Now, the coach told her that off the charts chemistry never works out....and for the this reason. That means he's a "bad boy". Which, I have found to be true. Something that just makes it exciting and enjoyable, and an adrenaline rush. But, they are never good for you. Anyway, the whole reason for this updated deal is this.....She also discussed every one of her dates. And, my favorite part of them was the naming process. So, now instead of giving them all and alias I'm giving them nick names. She had El Rico, The Sneezer, The Pilot (I've had a few of those), Frisbeeguy, etc. So, I'll now be making names up according the main trait of the date. Such, as Mr. Hands Mcgee, Spoon Me, Long Jean, and more to come!