Author: Cj B

It’s been a BUSY weekend here! I’ve driven over 700 miles with grandma in the last few days.

So Friday, Jason and I left work early and headed out to Palm Springs. On the way there we stopped at the Octo-Mom’s house for some fun and entertainment! Got to PS and saw the sign for the tram way and jason said he’d never been on it. So we took a detour there and played in the snow some!

Picked up grandma from PS after some swimming and a delicious dinner!

Got home late and went to bed, Saturday we got up and went to downtown where I showed her around some then saw Frost/Nixon the play. Amazing! 🙂 To bad it’s not still playing!

After that we went to the farmers market and then came home.

Sunday we got up and went out to meet the rock climbing group, did some MINOR rock climbing, and then tried to eat lunch with the group, but it was getting to late so we had to go home. Made the noodles and roast and then relaxed around the house for a bit.

That evening we had a dinner party at Jason’s house which was TONS of fun. Sirin, Jason, my grandma and I had a great time just chatting and hanging out and what not. Also Jason made amazing Cheesecake and Sirin made brownies! YUM!

Monday morning we got up and had breakfast at the local crepe place with the BITCHY waitress, then headed out and we saw the Hsi Lai Temple, Watts Towers, ate lunch at a Vegan place and then went Wine Tasting, then saw Venice beach and drove home after that and again spent the evening at the house.

Tuesday we got up and lounged around the house a bit then drove off to eat lunch at this place called “The Counter” that my grandma told me about a long time ago. She seemed to enjoy it! From there we drove around 3rd street in santa monica, then off to the Getty for the afternoon. Once we were done there we drove home, made dinner and waited for my aunt to get there.

After she leaves I only get 2 days to myself before more company comes! What a busy busy life!

Ugh, So I’m already getting very burned out with the whole dating scene.

I’ve had like 5 or 6 dates since really starting to get back into the swing of things. Most of them all turn out to have something that I really don’t like. For instance, one is cute and funny, but he smokes pot (Daniel). A lot of pot! So there goes that one. Another one, also cute and funny and he’s really been out there, seen life, etc. He’s the navy boy that spent the night. BUT he doesn’t really have any ambition in life, doesn’t know what he wants to do, “doesn’t care” about Obama, the prop 8 fight, etc. He’s TRAINED jet engine mechanic but is working as a server in a restaurant. Really? You couldn’t find ANYTHING better after getting out of the Navy?

The other are all ok I guess, but I just don’t know. Where’s the guy who we work together so well. I think part of the problem is that I’ve already built up such a life for myself, an apartment, a rental house, a cat, two cars, and lots of adventures. This is something that’s going to be hard to merge into someone elses life. But I think that it’s possible to do, right? Does this independence scare off people?

I’ve got my stuff that I do, rock climbing, out doors, hiking, biking, etc. But what is it that I look for in someone? I am typically drawn to people who are more artistic. More into the Opera, art galleries, nice nights at wine bars and restaurants.

I want to have a balanced relationship. I think that he should be semi into the things I do, he doesn’t have to want to come out for the week long backpacking trips that I want to do, he doesn’t have to hike 12,000feet of elevation in 24 hours. But he should at least be willing to come out and enjoy a weekend of camping with me, come out and enjoy a day of climbing. Just as I would expect that I don’t have to be drug out to EVERY opera or play in town, but I love having a nice night on the town, see a nice place, go to the art museum, see the classical music at Disney, etc.

Why is this so hard to find? UGH!

So I think I’m back on the dating scene!

This past week has been very busy and crazy. Wed night I went out with Daniel, we went bowling and had a good time, he’s very cute and we have a great time laughing and what not, but as most things go, it’s probably not really going to be much going on there because he’s a smoker and not very educated.

Work on Thursday was redic. I was supposed to have a meeting with Vic, I go over there to meet with him and his door is shut, so I walk around and ask his assistant what’s up. Apparently he was in Mexico for the rest of the week and neglected to TELL ANYONE! So I was very frustrated by that because nothing had been communicated. So I was passing around trying to figure out what all to do when I hear from behind, “Mr. Black, come have a chat with me”. So I go into the CEO’s office and we have a chat for about an hour and a half about what’s going on in the company, the HUGE project that I got approved, and how CFO is unable to delegate tasks and responsibilities. So anyways, it was good to get all that shit off my chest, but it was probably the WRONG person to have that discussion with because I really bad mouthed the CFO, in the best way possible! LOL

Thursday night Dustin came over and we went out to dinner and then the Trevor Hall concert. Which was amazing. We hung out on the bus for a little bit, chatted with Trevor and then watched the great concert. It went on for a little longer then I would have liked, but I really enjoyed it! It was great seeing Dustin and Trevor again!

Friday was more work. We had a status meeting with the big project people, Vic never called in so it was short and sweet. I yelled at the project manager and what not for not keeping me in the loop enough.

Friday night this guy from San Diego came up. He was REALLY cute. I was very very nervous about meeting him though because he had only sent me ONE pic via AIM, but he ended up being adorable! He’s former Navy and what not, done tons of shit in his life and just an all around nice guy. At one point he even mentioned off hand that he “felt like it was time to find a guy and settle down”. We went Rock climbing, then out to dinner at HT Grill, then saw “He’s just not that into you” (which was probably a bad date night movie). After that he was going to drive back to San Diego, he left but called me like 20 minutes later saying that he wasn’t sure he’d be able to make it back down there safe, so he spent the night. It was so nice cuddling with someone again! 🙂

Saturday morning we got up and ate breakfast and then he left. I spent the day cleaning my apartment and discussing with Aunt about the plans for this week with grandma being here. I was supposed to go to a birthday party that night but was very tired. Instead this guy Kevin came over, what a loser! UGH. I _HATE_ people who don’t have recent pics on profiles. Idiots! He was probably 50 pounds heavier in person then in his pics. UGH.

So I kicked him out as soon as I could and went to bed.

Sunday was typical rock climbing had a good time and a HUGE group which was cool. Going to have to start setting up 4 lines instead of just 3! After that we did lunch and then met up to go shooting. Again tons of fun! But Jason with guns = scary. He’s just so absent minded that it’s a bit scary when he has one in his hand. I did about 100 rounds on the shot gun though which was tons of fun! 🙂

That night Daniel came over again and we just cuddled on the couch, laughed a lot and watched the Fox Sunday night line up. We also made out and I felt him up a bit, for being such a TINY TINY TINY guy, he’s got a HUGE package! OMG! lol

Monday was more work the whole fucking day was just one HUGE mess. SOOO much going on, at one point I had three phone calls; one on my desk phone, one on hold and one on my cell phone. PLUS I was receiving a forth! Insanity!

I was supposed to have a date with this guy Asher that night, but he canceled on me last minute which was fine.

Today has been much better so far. Grandma gets here today!! I have a lunch meeting which is always fun (YAY free lunch) and then I am supposed to have a date with this guy Pedro tonight. I’m not sure how I feel about that one.

I’m trying to get Fabian to come back up tomorrow and just stay till Thursday. We’ll see how that goes….

I’m out!