New Year, New Men!

Appropriately enough, I am presently watching Becoming Jane, while dining on an entire TJ's Tart Alsace, a piece of chocolate-whiskey cake, and a glass of wine.  (New Year's healthy eating plans start tomorrow- always on a Monday!)  So, yes, I am clearly still a singleton- no new love interests in the during the holiday season.  But not to worry, the new year looks promising, and I am certain (truly!) that I should have this whole boyfriend thing wrapped up by June.

But what has happened in the past 3 weeks?  Aside from Christmas and the consumption of billions of alcohol and food units, there have been a few sort-of interesting dating updates...

-I continue to get quite a few Match emails every day (thank you, men of SF, for appreciating a gal who is not exactly 22!) but have had just one actual date.  It was so memorable that I literally forgot to do a PDWU.  Circumstances proved fortuitous, however, and he left for town for extended holiday travel.  Hooray!

-Right before Christmas I actually ran into my #1 Match Guy in real life.  (Whenever one considers joining Match, one must go on and inspect the talent, and see if it's "worth it".  They all look fine, nothing great, nothing terrible, until you spot The One.  There is always that guy.  Suddenly, having a date with that guy seems worth the -actual- price of admission.)  So anyway, #1 and I had a few emails, but I hadn't heard from him in a few days.  I stopped at Peet's one morning with my co-worker, when, Guess Who was there, alone with laptop and latte.  SUCH a personal victory (and general life lesson)- I just so happened to be looking cute, if I do say so myself.  Ready for work, in a dress, with fresh make-up and perfect Serena waves!  We recognized each other and smiled, and I got an email an hour later telling me how pretty I was (!) and asking me out.  (Another life lesson- real life always trumps the online thing.)  We set up a date for Xmas Eve Eve and I thought I was starring in my own personal romcom.  Until...  he canceled by text a few hours before the date.  Uh-huh.  He was "sick".  Suddenly I remembered the kinds of dramas that I actually do star in (heavy on the comedy, decidedly light on the romantic).  Just heard from him a few days ago, via text (men are such gentlemen these days!) and a plan has yet to be pinned down.  Something tells me I am not the only one who has chosen him for #1...

-Keeping with the comedy theme, and the larger theme of I Do Not Make This Stuff Up, an entirely different guy suddenly took ill, hours before our date, on Saturday.  

-And speaking of themes, I rang in 09 with five other fabulous single ladies, who are so wise they had an official motto for the evening: "New Year, New Men".  Halle-effin-lujah!   I loved that idea so much that I drank one too many margaritas to it.  We also talked about what each of us was going to leave behind in 08.  I silently decided to leave HD obsessions behind, and by 1/1 decided to expand that idea to all the exes.  I guess they all felt the shift, because HD IM'd me last night, this one ran into my friend and told her to tell me that he was so sorry about not making those coffee plans, (and, btw, his wife is pregnant with their third child), this one sent me a note to say he spotted me on Match and it "made him smile", and this one keeps emailing me about The Bachelor.  Looks like it will be an interesting year...

Happy 09!  x. Jane