ok so about the speed dating. after a year of cajoling and convincing from my girl friends who had found success doing it (if you're not sure as to how the thing works, check this out - http://www.hurrydate.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=frontstatic.howItWorks), i decided to take the plunge and try out speed dating. my friend H. found this website which catered primarily to asians (click2asia.com - doesn't this suspiciously sound like a discount international long distance calling service to the Far East???) so i thought that'd be a nice way to dip my toe into the waters, so to speak (i talk in such a cliched manner huh, como se dice "dip my toe into the waters" en espanol?). also i thought i'd be more comforable in this setting coz the chances of attracting white chicks is much smaller anyway...so there i found myself in a club in Chelsea w/ all these trying-to-be-cool asian guys and trying-to-look-americanized asian girls hahaha - they separated the throngs of single lonely asians into groups of 15 guys/girls each, thus my $25 (only $10 for girls!) conceivably bought 15 dates (talk about cheap dates haha)...due to some annoying no-shows only got to "meet" 12 girls, 10 chinese and 2 koreans (strangely, no filipinas - altho there was a token filipino guy and also a token white guy with an asian fetish probably lol)...i would say that physically i didnt really like any of them, but personality wise maybe 2 or 3 were interesting to talk to...some were unspeakably boring, some didnt even bother to hide their disdain/contempt/boredom and made no effort to initiate conversation (esp. the woman who works 13-14hrs a day incl weekends at IBM - she complained that she didnt have time to date but this event had TOO MANY guys - so she was pissed at answering the same old questions - i wound up just trying out my zany one-liners on her so as to alleviate the situation, since it was pointless to engage in conversation - she laughed, albeit not spontaneously but in a somewhat deliberate manner, as if she chewed on my joke for two seconds and then decided it WAS funny, and THEN burst out laughing - geez, gimme a break), some did initiate conversation but it was the usual job interview -like questions (e.g. what do u do? where do u work/live? yada yada)...acting on a tip from a guy acquaintance, i tried to steer the conversation away from the ho-hum same old same old dialogue and towards the topic of vacations (their latest trip, most memorable experience, etc) with some degree of success - i found out that a few of them had been on caribbean cruises and since i havent been on one yet we wound up discussing the merits of the Western Caribbean vs. Eastern Caribbean, weight gain due to the buffets, staid vs. lively cruise lines, etc. - also, i made my usual jokes and sarcastic comments (you know how i am, dear Guin) and much to my annoyance (me puse furioso!!!), they failed to elicit laughter from a few of the serious minded women (thus they were "eliminated" immediately in my mind)...at the end of the night we were supposed to turn in our forms where we indicate who we want to see again by checking on the "yes/no" box beside each name - and guess what? i chose NONE. yes, that's right. none. nadie. zip. zilch. this predictably enough elicited groans of dismay from my legion of women friends, and thus the accusations of my alleged pickiness were rehashed once more (and once again, i'm denying it haha) - as u said in your email below, "la calidad es mas importante que la cantidad"... so there's the story. maybe i'll have better luck next time, or maybe i'll run into the same old women again...another girl friend is asking me to accompany her to a hurrydate event in a couple of weeks time so maybe i'll try my luck there, this time with a white (or mixed) crowd - hopefully i'll be in top form with the jokes hahaha.
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