magicbeans. nothing if not awkward.

So I don't believe that I've mentioned anything about it, but I sort of had a date tonight. About a week ago I responded to a personals ad on craigslist. It didn't include much personal information, which tend to be the sort that I skip over, but it was titled 'architecture', and was in search of someone involved in or passionate about the field thereof. Not long ago I had a conversation with Chris in which I made the comment that I didn't really know if I'd want to date anyone who hadn't studied architecture. 'What would we talk about?' So I responded.

For the last week or so, Peggy, the originator of said ad, and I have been exchanging emails. She actually studied fashion design, but architecture is something that she's fascinated by. And we made plans to meet tonight for dinner and a movie.

We met up in Chinatown. And she's Chinese, as are half the people who passed me on the street, I had no idea how I'd know who she was, but she found me. We ate at Vegetarian Paradise 3, and then headed out to Brooklyn to see Wong Kar-Wai's In the Mood for Love, which was probably the best movie I've seen in a long time. Afterwards we walked around downtown Brooklyn, somewhere I've never really been, and talked. And eventually on different trains and home, fairly early for a Saturday night.

I know that I skimmed over all of that fairly quickly. It was nice, but it wasn't a 'knock my socks off' sort of date. Although to tell you the truth, as much as I'm so not happy being alone, I'm not sure that I'm really even open to that sort of experience. But, if it happens I guess it will happen.

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Later, at home, I was feeling very much on edge. Or maybe just overtired.