The Dateable Dork

Happy V-Day, everyone!  : )  In honor of yet another Valentine’s Day as a single woman, I’m going grocery shopping, paying bills, watching the Olympics, and having dinner with a friend (another single woman).  How romantic, right?  Ha.  Am I bitter?  Maybe a little.  Have I been rolling my eyes at all the cheesy V-Day commercials lately?  Umm, yes.  Do I purposefully look away when I pass by all the roses on the street corners?  Definitely.  I think this one is hitting a little harder than usual, not sure why.  I just keep telling myself that all I have to do is hang in there for a few more months.  Head down, power through.  I still think V-Day is a great opportunity to celebrate ALL the people you love, friends and family included, so I’m focusing on that.  Hope you all have a good one!  : )

There is something to be said for being warm.

As NYL and I were cooking a big pot of curry last night, chopping and stirring and “accidentally” bumping into each other in the kitchen, I was warm.

As we cuddled up on the couch to eat dinner, watch the new episode of LOST, and watch the episode of Jerry Springer in which NYL was in the audience and made the funniest/most inappropriate comment ever, I was warm.

As he put his arm around me, kissed me, and pulled me in, I was warm.

As we found ourselves buried under the covers, naked, intertwined, and devouring each other, I was warm.  And as NYL pushed me down on the bed, smacked my ass, and pounded into me like a fucking MAN, I was warm.  (Actually, I was *really* warm here.)

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Today was a craaaaaazy busy day at work, which kinda sucked because I have a bunch of plans to make and no time to make them.  Geez.  Doesn’t my boss know that I have more important things to do during the day than work??  Hahahaha.  Anyway, get a load of the exciting plans being made this week:

1.  Grad school campus visits!  Yes, my dears, you read that right.  Pasty white DD is heading off to sunny CA to soak up the sunshine and meet with fellow dorks.  To be fair, I’m also planning a trip here in the northeast.  It just so happens that my warm weather and cold weather trips will be back-to-back, which will be pretty tiring but hopefully well worth it.  The trips are taking place in early March, so this week I’m busy booking airfare and hotels and making arrangements with professors, etc.  If all goes according to plan, I’ll have at least one more trip in the works, potentially in April.  Can’t wait to touch down in CA and bust out my short-sleeved blouses!

2.  NYL and I are cooking dinner together after work tomorrow night.  How freaking cute is this??  We had originally planned to catch a movie, but somehow it turned into cooking dinner at his place.  The choice of what to make is up to me, so I picked up a few ingredients after work today to whip up something that looks really delish in my low-fat vegetarian cookbook (which is saying a lot, all things considered).  I hate to admit it (because we all know this thing with NYL isn’t going anywhere), but I’m totally looking forward to this cooking thing and think it’ll be a lot of fun.  Also, long-time readers may recall that NYL has a hot tub.  What are the chances that my sweet little ass will be soaking in that tub by the end of the night, hmmmm???  : )

All good things ahead, which is what I like to hear.  In fact, I may even have a minute or two to breathe at work tomorrow.  Now wouldn’t *that* be nice.  Phew.

I woke up this morning pondering what to do with my wide-open Saturday, and lo and behold, it turned out to be a pretty freaking awesome day.  Actually, it was completely and amazingly awesome, to be perfectly honest.  My face literally hurts from smiling so much.  I am a happy DD tonight!!!!  : )

Awesome thing #1: My unofficial acceptance to grad school #1 is now OFFICIAL.  Just received word from the professor this afternoon.  And get this!  My acceptance comes with a full university fellowship (awesome!), a spot in this professor’s exactly-the-type-of-work-I-want-to-do research group (awesome!), and an invitation to visit in March with all travel expenses taken care of (awesome!).  I mean, seriously, how much more awesome can this possibly get?????  I am FLOORED by this news and am so completely humbled to have been officially offered at spot in this professor’s group.  I mean, damn, this is pure craziness.  What’s next, winning lotto numbers??  : )

Awesome thing #2: Got an email from NYL earlier today asking me out to the movies.  Aww, how cute.  : )  I have to admit, I’m getting the warm-fuzzies for NYL all over again.  He told me that after we hung out last weekend, he was walking around with a big smile on his face all day.  I mean, hello?  Cuteness, right???  Oh dear lord… somebody slap be back into reality!

Awesome thing #3: I had some killer sushi for dinner.  No better way to end a great day than with some great food, right?  YUM. 

I’m off to continue my happy dance around my apartment!  I already called my mom!  We are all super excited!  I can’t seem to adequately convey how exciting this, even by using a ton of exclamation points!!!!!!!!!  Hahahaha.

Remember when the new male prospect called me the other day saying that he had a vibrator for me and wanted to come over and hook up?  That phone call was a total disaster, to put it mildly.  I’ve actually spoken with him twice more since then, and it’s gotten to the point where I am actually getting angry and personally offended.  This is fucking ridiculous.  He’s being a total douche.

I told him that we were NOT going to be hooking up anymore, period.  Things are too complicated in my head, and I’m trying to rid my life of senseless drama and focus on moving forward (school, moving, etc.).  [For those keeping track, the last time I even saw the NMP -- and the last time we hooked up -- was June 2008 when we had that oral sex extravaganza (old blog, no link).  Remember that?  Hello - that was like a million years ago!]  Now that he’s suddenly single again, he’s fixated on getting one of those famous DD blowjobs that he used to go crazy for, and he just won’t let up.

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Oh baby, did I have a fucking AWESOME night on Saturday night with New Year’s Lips.  Hands down, the most fun I’ve had in a very long time, even more fun than my recent birthday bash and the last time I hung out with NYL, both of which were pretty damn awesome.  There are so many things about this guy that drive me crazy, like the fact that he’s gorgeous, totally built, very rugged and manly, perfectly geeky in that cute sort of way, hilarious, and so much fun to be around.  Not to mention the fact that he’s absolutely insatiable in bed and can go on and on and on…. *drools*  It was a crazy sexy night.  DAMN, I had a good time with him.  : )

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This just in: unofficial acceptance to grad school #2, complete with full university fellowship and free airfare to go visit!  Am I fucking AWESOME or what??????  : )

And yes, I absolutely refuse to be humble about this.  Go me!!!!

I was so happy about this one that I was actually crying on my way home from work today.  Super excited.  I am all smiles tonight.

Holy shit, this has been one HELL of a week.  Apparently turning 30 is the key to unlocking the universe or something, because crap has been flying in all directions lately.  WTF???  Here’s how it went down:

As I touched on earlier in the week, I essentially got an unofficial acceptance to grad school on Tuesday.  This is very exciting not only because I feel like this going-back-to-school thing is going to actually work out now, but because this school was the hardest one to get into (out of the 4 schools that I applied to) and represents an opportunity with a professor that I have been drooling over for a while now.  In essence, I am still flipping out over this and have let out more than my fair share of screams and happy dances.  It’s been completely unreal.  Out of all the craziness that went down this week, this was by far the best.  : )

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Kind of a random post tonight – a status report on my (pseudo)dating life, if you will:

I’m getting together with NYL on Saturday night – game plan TBD.  I’m kind of surprised that I managed to squeeze a Saturday night out of this guy, considering that I was relegated to Tues and Wed nights a few months ago.  In fact, HE was the one who suggested Saturday.  Well shit then!  Oh NYL, why must you be so adorable?  I am a hopeless mush, I swear.

Although I hate to even bring this up, I was talking with a good friend over the weekend about my ridiculously awful dating record lately, and the topic of idiot David came up.  I said that I wish I had never met him in the first place, which would have saved me a ton of aggravation, but she mentioned that perhaps it was something I had to go through and that, if nothing else, it was a good learning experience.  I guess I can see it that way.  It just makes me so mad that I wasted so much energy on such a douchebag.  For like, two years.  Damn.

And one more thing – I just finished watching the first season of True Blood, and I am totally in love with Bill.  I can only imagine the amazing orgasms I would have while he sucked my blood… OH BABY.  : )  (No plot spoilers in the comments, please!)

Remember the other day when that professor emailed me saying that she was interested in my grad school application?  Well, I wound up chatting with her for 45 minutes this morning, and – dare I say it – it actually went very well!  She sounds very friendly/down-to-earth, her research is exactly my cup of tea, and she said that my application was “very impressive” and that I would be a “great fit” for her group.  Well shit then!!! 

This is super exciting because, as I said last time, this professor is someone who I would really love to work with at a university that I would really love to attend.  I’d have to iron out a few kinks if this were to actually work out, but I’ll cross that bridge if/when I come to it.  For now, I’m excited that all signs seem to be pointing toward an acceptance and funding offer, although (of course) I’m still waiting for the official decision to come in, which may take several more weeks.  But holy shit!  This is a good sign.  The adrenaline is pumping.  There is a big smile on my face.  I’m so glad I’m doing this.

Oh, and can I just say?  All those years of being a smartypants are TOTALLY paying off here.  : )