The Bloc

I've been getting back into the dating/search game of late and darn isn't it hard to find someone these days. I've been out of it for a long while and considering the unusual circumstances that led to me and my ex getting together, I could honestly say I have -NO- experience in the field at all.

I went the bloc last night with my mate Ellie. I was rather apprehensive, since clubs usually are just a waste of money. And spend money I did. 15$ cover fee, and probably 40$ in drinks (mostly for other people too!). So rather expensive night in that regards, but the music was good, the place was bopping so it was money well spent.

So anyway, one of Ellie's friends joins us and she brings along a girl who is really kind of cute in a 'Willow from buffy' way. Her name was Cathy and I got this definite flirting vibe from her. Of course I make this often incorrect assumption that if someone laughs at my stupid jokes and talks to me that they're vaguely interested.

One of the funnier moments was when I asked Ellie to find out with Cathy was single and she said when she did, she'll give a big thumbs up, else a big down.
So then 15mins later, we're all dancing away together and she starts doing this big thumbs up, and I've completely forgotten what she said and I'm like ' thats an interestin dance' and then she start nodding her head and making the thumbs up even more obvious and I'm like 'what??' and she just rolls her eyes and drags me off and goes 'shes single you dumbass!'.

So I play it cool and just start talking to her more. Then after it became really late, I offered a lift and she and her friend accepted. Here I'm thinking, 'w00t OMG I might get a phone number'. Of course I could feel it in the air that this wasn't going to work out in reality. I'm just not that lucky.

And of course I was right. I dropped Claire (her friend) at her place and then Cathy got off as well instead of getting a lift all the way home. As we drove off, Elle went 'I meant to explain earlier, but she doesn't think you're her type and she wants to be on the market'. Oh well, so close but no cigar.

I was pissed off on the night, but I got over it quickly. Cos it was a fun night and it was a good chance to practise. I don't think I've really found anyone whose fit my requirements at all yet. Its hard when my ex set such high standards to begin with.