Occasional musings from a Left-coast Canadian ExPat in Oxford.
happy dog Originally uploaded by skyec. Yes, I know that when you love someone, you love them for who they are and not what they have. But I can’t help but be thrilled that Neil’s got a really kickass dog. Other than the fact that she’s named Sasha (and really, I’m not a fan of … Continue reading Benefits
My ego has been waiting for people to ask, but as it seems that anyone who comments regularly already knows me in person (and therefore, the story), and nobody else cares enough to comment or email to ask, I present to you: The story of how the boy and I started going out. It was … Continue reading In the Beginning
As usually happens when you are seeing someone on a level that your schedule dictates whose house you’ll be sleeping at that night, the boy had a pile of dirty clothes at my place. And since I was doing laundry anyway, I figured I’d toss his dirty clothes in with mine (cuz I’m just sweet … Continue reading Smell-0-Vision
She: Want a Frosty with that? He: Hmm… She: You know you do… He: Sure, a small one I guess. She: (into the talking box) Ok, and… two small Frosties. He: … She: I was totally gonna get the medium, but you had to go and make the reasonable choice… He: I wonder if they … Continue reading Good for Me
I received a wee lambasting from the boy yesterday after I confessed to the internets he has really smelly armpits. Actually, he wasn’t upset about that at all (he didn’t even mention it). But what he would like you all to know is that technically his last name is a little further up in the … Continue reading Flipside
So we have all agreed. Blogger + Significant Other = Dearth of Content. Oops. I’ll try to break through the status quo on that one. Gill and Nelson were sappy enough to post lists of traits and characteristics about their lov-ahs that made them want to stick around. But while some people can make sappy … Continue reading Everyone Else Is Doing It
Are you all gossipping about me yet? Are you whispering amongst yourselves, wondering where the dating stories have gone, and who this mysterious “boy” is whose presence I’ve mentioned a few times? Or do you just not give a damn? Because the comments have been veeeeeery quiet of late. I will tell you this much: … Continue reading Lost & Found
Though I decided to lay low since the Firefighter fiasco, and have sworn off internet dating, I do have a date tonight. So far the 8-ball points to a good time. But I was reminded of one of my particular neuroses as I was “date-i-fying” my purse before I left the house this morning. Normally … Continue reading Must Haves
A post in which I confirm that underneath the seemingly sweet exterior, I am a bad, bad, person. Some of you may remember a guy I wrote about earlier this year; the one I went out with a couple times, before finding out he “forgot” to mention he had a girlfriend. Well, it turns out … Continue reading One Way Ticket (To Hell)
Conversation with a friend, as a followup to yesterday’s post (illustrating why I’ll be single for the foreseeable future…). Friend: A ballroom dancing club is probably a good idea. Lots of guys are there to pick up women. Self: Yes, and a LOT of women are there to pick up men. Friend: That’s true, you’d … Continue reading Conversation
One thing that makes it really easy for me to come up with the Ridiculously High Standards is the fact that while some women make excuses for why they should stay with someone, I am unequalled in my ability to talk myself out of any potential dating/relationship scenario. I can go from naming babies and … Continue reading Special Talent
So, we all have these stories, right? That early on “the night everything went horribly wrong” date. The date that either signifies the beginning of the end, or turns into one of those stories that everyone laughs about a few years down the road. Please tell me everyone has those stories! Because (another) one of … Continue reading Freebie
Dear Internets, I am tired. TIRED. This whole “having a life thing,” well I just don’t know how people do it. I get up early in the mornings, earlier than I need to for work, because it’s the only time of day I have left to do things like laundry, and empty the dishwasher, and … Continue reading Her Royal Highness
A few friends have tried to set me up with other single people they know, because there’s nothing people in monogamous relationships like to do more than live vicariously through meddling in the lives of their single friends. Not that I’m complaining (yet), but it does lead to some interesting pairings, based solely on the … Continue reading The Sound of Settling
Dating is hard. There, I said it. I love being single, the potential of a new adventure with an as-yet-unmet Prince Charming, the freedom of painting the town and shamelessly flirting without remorse, and ultimately not having to think of the well-being of anyone but myself at the end of my day. I do not … Continue reading Very Special Entry: Blogs, Dating & Shameless Self-Promotion