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November 14, 2005
When In Doubt, Diversify
My annoyance with NB's flakiness (well, it's really my annoyance with myself over my reaction to NB's flakiness) has pushed me to follow my friend's sage advice on dating: "When in doubt, diversify."
The official call has been put out: I need more men in my life--attractive, financially-sound men, who are willing to keep me in a manner to which I plan to become accustomed.
But until my phone starts ringing off the hook, I have diversified in other ways. Yes, dear reader, I have filled my hours with any and every possible distraction. If he won't call, then I won't be around to check my voicemail. So there!
At any rate, the diversification plan (DP) is in full swing, and I have to say that I haven't been this social in years. On Friday I went out with Ms. Secret Blog (she's still in the closet) for a girls afternoon of manicures and pedicures, and later crashed the boys night her live-in lover had planned. Lots of fun, although I was sad to have to imbibe a minimal amount of alcohol in preparation for my early morning.
Saturday I spent the morning with Ms. Wish To See, then went to the zoo with Ms. Janie and my parents. It has become abundantly clear to me that my niece is rapidly becoming a brat. If you try really hard (and sort of squint your eyes), you can see the sweet little girl buried deep under the whining, tantrum-throwing, sulking, no-impulse-control little girl. I actually talked to her mom about this later, who agreed that something drastic needs to be done.
Saturday evening I attended the Marine Corps Birthday Ball (ooh-rah) with my dad, where apparently I was the only one to marvel at the irony of a ball devoted to the glories of warfare with the theme "Creating Stability in an Unstable World". The academic in me wondered about a Ph.D. dissertation investigating whether the US military actions over the past 50 years have really contributed to a more stable world. Coming from a military family, and yet violently disagreeing with our nation's current foreign policy, I am quite torn over my conclusions.
Sunday I worked on projects that should have been completed on Friday (but were not condusive to the DP) before meeting friends (Including Mr. Bad Apologies--who promised to write something about our adventure, but given his current track record, I doubt) at the Kennedy Center for Hilary Hahn. The performance was lovely and we got to sit in the choirister, which meant that we were--for all intents and purposes--on stage. Whenever I got bored with the violin, I could just look out over the audience and watch people fall asleep. In fact, one of the highlights of the evening was when some guy (an anonymous man somewhere in the orchestra section), let out a HUGE cry of alarm, presumably when he jerked awake. Sort of a "GEE" sound. From my position on stage, I could see all the kids's heads fly around to look at the culprit.
After getting home and frantically working to complete the aforementioned work-that-should-have-been-completed-Friday, I plopped into bed. Somehow, I find myself up at a normal hour--and am even quite productive. Here it is, not even 10 a.m. and I've already cleared out my email inbox, applied to 4 jobs (my current contract runs out mid-December and my heavy drinking routine won't pay for itself), and am now...
ALERT!!! NB JUST CALLED. DOES IT SEEM SUNNIER ALL OF A SUDDEN? CAN YOU HEAR THE BIRDS SINGING??
Where was I? Ahh, bliss. Anyway, now I'm considering my next move. Will it be a shower? Unlikely, since I have plans to go to the gym as soon as I pick up my mom from the doctor's around noon. Will it be a movie? Possibly, since I have The Station Agent, and In America waiting for me in the DVD player (yay for Netflix). Will is be changing out of my pajamas? Let's not get crazy, people.
Comments
I love Hilary Hahn! I have two of her CDs. So jealous.
Posted by: KT at November 14, 2005 01:44 PM
Is live-in lover a step up or step down from boyfriend?
Posted by: Anonymous at November 15, 2005 01:49 PM
