Odds and Ends

Some housekeeping items in no particular order:

My dad is in town this weekend for a visit. We're going to take in the sights and maybe do a double-decker bus tour, something I've never done in the city but always wanted to. We'll also go to a couple of museums and hit some of the new restaurants for dinner. One thing he won't do while he's here is meet Tiny or Beads. It would be misleading to introduce either to Pops, so I'm declaring a family-only weekend and leaving it at that. I'm sure one or both girls will be upset, but it's for the better. I may try to meet up with Beads for a drink late-night, but there won't be any sleep overs this weekend.

I've been trying to talk more to Trouble. She works on the far side of the office, and is not part of my team, so I generally don't have any reason to be in her neck of the woods. I've made a few excuses to swing by her area, though, and when I do she's always friendly.

I remember talking to Kay once about how she met her ex, Martin. They worked together for a consulting company and were on the same team. Kay said that Martin was stand-offish, and she thought he was arrogant because he rarely said anything to her, which made her attracted to him. This isn't a revelation, we all know that we want what we can't have. However, there's a fine line between being aloof and being rude, and I'm trying to find the happy medium with Trouble. I don't think there's anyone in my office that would or could pounce on her but I think my odds of getting together with her decrease rapidly with each passing weekend. She's hot, and it's only a matter of time before some dude swoops in at a bar if she doesn't already have a boyfriend. My goal is to invite her to lunch next week and set up plans for drinks.

So lots of feedback on my last post about the female body and what I (and I'm sure some other men) are attracted to. The key terms for me are "athletic" and "toned". I like active women who regularly exercise or play sports and generally lead healthy lifestyles. Some chick commented on the last blog that if I want a fit woman I would need to support her since she will not have time to stay fit AND have a career. Clearly this is preposterous. I've mentioned it before, but I once saw a billboard in NYC that said "Someone busier than you found time to exercise today", and showed an old guy running at night in a park. My point is, it's important to me to find someone whois healthy. A girl who eats right and exercises regularly, not someone who binges and uses fad diets to "lose weight". I generally don't go for the waif, heroin chic girls. I like women who are toned, fit, but have some curves. She shouldn't look like a twelve year old boy.

My sister works with this really beautiful girl who has been dating some dude going to med school in Europe. I've met and hung out with her a few times. Since she's always had this boyfriend I never put any effort into asking her out, I felt it was a waste of time to hit on her and didn't want to make things between my sister and her uncomfortable. Well, her and the dude broke up last week, and last night my sister asked me if I wanted to take her out. Stupid question.

The girl, I'll name her Stella (New Jersey-ease for stellar), is blond, thin, great smile, funny, sweet, and very well educated. She's the total package. The only problem for me is that she's a giant package, she's at least 6' tall, maybe more, and that's barefoot. With heals she would be three inches taller than me. I like tall girls, don't get me wrong, this may be a bit much. My friend Charlie always says, "NN, we're 5-10, 5-11, it's not like we're short. We're tall enough to date anyone." I like how he put it.

I've been emailing Blue, my little French Canadian friend. I invited her to come down for a visit sometime. She may try when she finishes school next month. She hasn't directly said it, but she alluded to the fact that she's on a tight budget, but would like to come. I don't know what a flight from Montreal would cost to DC, can't be more than a few hundred bucks. I suppose if she wanted to come I wouldn't mind springing for the flight. I've never "imported" like that before. What little I know about her, from emails and the short time I spent with her on NYE, I think she would be worth flying in for a long weekend. It's not like I have anything going on in DC that would prevent me from doing so.

It's kind of sad. I live in a major US city and I'm contemplating flying in some Canuck bartender. Albiet a cool, hot, Canuck bartender, but still.