The Dateable Dork

Hope everyone had a wonderful and relaxing Thanksgiving!  Sorry for the radio silence around here – I kind of fell off the map over the long holiday weekend.  It happens.  : )
Now that Thanksgiving is over (and now that tomorrow is December 1st – yikes!), the holiday season is officially upon us… and you know [...]

Today I cooked all day.  ALL DAY.  I also washed dishes all day.  And I was standing up at my kitchen counter all day.  And I chopped and peeled so many things that I think I have a blister on my finger.  BUT, I have a fridge full of scrumptious Thanksgiving dinner components, all packaged [...]

A few weeks ago when this blog was absolutely exploding with craziness surrounding my now-infamous list of dating requirements and educational snobbery, reader/commenter Mr_Right referred me to this article which talks about whether it’s worth it to settle for a decent guy (or girl) instead of wallowing in singledom for all eternity.  Basically, it recommends [...]

Just popping in on this gorgeous weekend to say that I submitted my first grad school application today.  Very exciting!!  : )  I guess there was a part of me that didn’t think I would actually go through with it, that this was just some crazy idea that I came up with to distract myself [...]

Peeps, I am in such a great mood tonight!  Lots of great stuff is going on these days.  DD is a happy girl.  Observe:

I finished my grad school Statements of Purpose!  Yessssssss!!!  All that’s left to do is proofread, chase down my last recommendation (my boss, geez), and SUBMIT!
I’m getting excited about cooking Thanksgiving dinner [...]

Remember this?  Well, I just scored a front-row ticket to this.  There are no words.  Let the countdown begin.  : )

Good stuff to report tonight: I haven’t left this chair for three and a half hours.  I’ve been diligently working on grad school applications after I fell off the wagon for a few weeks, what with all that Halloween nonsense and trying to drool over my exes (oh wait, that never happened, right?).  Progress has been [...]

Say, for instance, that I happened to find myself sitting across from a certain ex at a deliciously scrumptious tapas restaurant last night.
Say that we happened to be surrounded by glasses of absolutely fucking fantastic wine, a mind-blowingly tasty meal, and dessert that could make you swear off all other foods for all eternity.
Say that [...]

I don’t know what the hell happened this weekend, but I spent pretty much all of it in a completely delusional haze, swirled up in another universe or something, completely detached from reality.  Instead of doing anything even remotely productive (or even something as simple at hanging out with friends), I spent the weekend auctioning [...]

I just saw a commercial for eHarmony, and when I finished throwing up out of pure disgust (god, those commercials are SO cheesy, right?), I decided to write up a quick little post on my feelings about this mother of all dating sites.  Let me preface this discussion with the following two points: (1) I’ve [...]