One in Thirty-three

[jackofallgeeks]

So for all of you playing at home, last night was my dinner-date with
Emmiline, the 1-in-33 I mentioned a post or six ago.

It went pretty well, I think. We went out to the oZ Chophouse, a
pretty-fancy seeming place, at about 6:00. They seemed to be just opening.
Emmiline had on an outfit I can only describe as cute, mostly because I'm
bad at describing outfits. The newspoy-style cap was... cute. I'm bad with
descriptions.

Dinner went well; I got soup and a steak, she got chicken, we shared
calamari. I'd have to say I wasn't terribly fond of their calamari (or
their oddly-grained rolls), but the soup and steak were very good.

We talked pretty much all through the meal, which was good stuff. -smirk-
Vegans, and Leslie by extension, were topics early on in our conversation
since she just had her vegan cousin over for dinner the night before. From
there we moved on to books and school and back to books and a little bit on
kids and more about books. I exagerate; there were other things we talked
about, and it wasn't all books, but that's a common interest between us.
She suggested I check out "the Dante Club" and "Shadow of Poe" as mysteries
with heavy literary references. I think I might. We had lots of other
common points of interest, including Ireland, bread, healthy eating, but I
can't recall many details.

We talked for quite a while after dinner, too, and ended up leaving and
going out sepparate ways just after 9:00.

So, yeah, it was a good date. I'm not oh-my-wow crazy for this girl, but I
would (and will) ask her out again and see where (if anywhere) it'll go.
From a purely analytical point of view, it was good for me to get out and
see someone new, and be reassured that yes these things can work out without
being terribly awkward or intimidating.

Comments

[photoholic62.livejournal.com]

What? No pics? And I don't mean of the Calamari....

[jackofallgeeks.livejournal.com]

-laughs- Uh, I don't take pictures on the first date...?

[metis2be.livejournal.com]

You found her on match.com, don't they upload pictures there so that shallow people don't have to waste their time with the sub-perfect people of the world?

I've also been meaning to call you and drill you on details, as well as thank you for dinner. That doesn't happen since I get off work and barely make it the 8 feet to the couch before passing out and waking up during the times you'd be at work/asleep. Anyway, I arranged the last date so the next one's up to you now. Hint, I have spring break between the 8th and the 16th.

[otakulk.livejournal.com]

Thats awesome! Sounds like a good time. I picked up the Dante Club at a train station 2 years ago on a whim, hoping for a thriller that would capture my less lengthy attention span. I didn't get very far, despite restarting it every couple of months...

Anyway thats cool that you had a good time. I think there's something to be said for just going out and enjoying a conversation. Its nice to see a dating website working (though be it a small amount) for someone.

Oh, and since when is steak healthy eating?