The Journey of Me

Present Book: "The Satanic Verses" by Salman Rushdie, and every single Library and Information Science Intro book known to man. Even Beginner Management for Information Services book. It's fabulous.

Music: Female/sexy jazz like Blossom Dearie, Ella Fitzgerald, and maybe some Dean Martin

Knitting: Finished the first sock for my complicated/cable like project from Sock Innovation. It was fun using itty bitty needles to then use humongous poke-your-eyes-out needles. I wasn't using the exact same needle from the itty bitty to long, but ah well. They fit perfectly. Will start the second one soon. I am still working on a shawl pattern. Haven't started my Knit Along project that my friend Jessica and I were going to do together. She has surpassed me because I am slow when it comes to starting anything. It didn't help that I was in New York City. But, I will try to catch up. I have to get new needles though.

Thoughts: Started school this Monday, but had already started a class the beginning of this month. But, the procrastinator in me, decided not to start until I came back from my vacation. Dumb. Idea. I was in front of my computer from Thursday to Sunday, trying to get ahead and get caught up on everything. But I am having fun so far. I am starting to get to "know" people (all of my classes involve introductions), and learning a lot in such a small amount of time. It is going to be a very busy semester though. I have tons of reading, and it is only been three days. I am pretty caught up so far because I finished one class's reading last week (I figured why not since I had the resource there), but I don't have all my textbooks. I have two or three that are lagging, and one of them I have to finish reading by the end of this week. I also know that there will be one class that will be challenging because the professor thinks non-linearly. I like linear thinking. But, I will conquer through! Through all this complaining/whining, I am absolutely happy that I am starting on the rest of my life.

Love: Against all protestations, I have been pushing myself out there. I went on one meeting before New York City at SF MOMA to see the Georgia O'Keefe/Ansel Adams exhibit. The exhibit got filled, and my "date" and I didn't click. I talked like an idiot, and she was unresponsive. But I understand first dates tend to be awkward. But, we will see. I am not as optimistic about it as some people have been. I also didn't feel that click. She is pretty, but our personalities/preferences didn't seem to click.

I went on a coffee date on Tuesday (yesterday) to another girl that I met through OKCupid.com. This is the first time that I had a date right after website contact, and it wasn't bad at all. She and I clicked physically and mentally. It wasn't hard to have a conversation with her, and I didn't feel like I was pushing it. It felt natural. She and I have also been texting back and forth, so it helped that I had some sort of idea of who she is. We have another date (dinner date this time) on Saturday. But...well, have you ever heard the joke about the lesbian and her second date? They bring a U-Haul Truck. Well, I think she was starting to do something like that because she was already planning our third date...at her house. I told her I want to take things slowly, and we haven't gone on our second date yet. She seemed hurt after, and I felt guilty...but I haven't had a relationship with a woman before. I would like to take things slowly and enjoy dating as it comes. I don't want to jump quickly into the thick of things. Is that bad? I mean, am I doing something horrible? Should I just jump in and then let myself get consumed in fear? Aaaahhhh!

Anyway. That's what's going on.