Boring day at the library...

I know, it must sound like quite the oxymoron.

First of all, my boss isn't in today. The cat is away. Thus, this mouse feels obligated to play. I'm taking it easy today. Mostly just messing around on the interweb.

I went on a date last night. For the first time in, oh, 3 years. And the few boyfriend dates I went on don't count - but even if they did, those were quite some time ago as well. I met someone at a bar, we talked about literature at said bar, and then he asked me out on a date. So we went and drank delicious (and potent) martinis at a fancy little bar and talked about books and authors and what-have-you.

I didn't even realize that people still did that. Went out on dates. But it's a totally different scene. Sitting, face to face, and just talking. It's like a job interview, but worse. And it didn't help that I was totally nervous and felt the need to fill every little gap in the conversation with anything that came to my mind. At one point I was speaking and I could hear that I wasn't even making sense, not even to myself.

He probably thought I was obnoxious and lame, being that he is an incredibly smart PhD student. But, at the very least, I got a couple of good drinks and a few hours seriously nerdy but really great conversation.

Dating, man. What a crazy thing.

In other news, I have all but made up my mind to move to Portland. Which is scary and huge and exciting. And gut-wrenching.

To $1 burger/$2 pint happy hour after work with Workfriend and his girlfriend. $1 burgers?! Are you kidding me? Can't wait.

2.5 hours left. That feels almost unfathomable and infinite right now.