Day 108 - To Beard Or Not To Beard

OK, not really feeling like writing because it's Friday and Legal Eagle's main boss gave us a bunch of free booze.

But to catch up. Last week LE and I went to her other boss's bday party in Orange County.

Sooo...we had been wondering if we would see B/B there (who had been "set-up" with LE at some point in a way) or if Mr. Kiss Me would be there.

Of course B/B was there and apparently he has a girlfriend. She was not there, but I can't imagine her being as super cute and wonderful as LE. Well, B/B didn't talk to us. He actually doesn't talk much in general unless persuaded by booze. Kind of shy and I think kind of boring. I mean, nice and all, but never entertains me.

He left after dinner and then we went to some other place and here is how it went down:

LE: Your boyfriend is here.

Me: What? Who?

LE (Mr. Kiss Me's real name).

Me: What? Where?

LE: Right over there. (points me in the right direction)

Me: What? That's him?

OK, now the reason I didn't recognize him is because the beard is completely gone. It now reveals that he has very undefined facial features. Not cute. Some guys should just beard it up.

But no worries, he didn't talk to us either, but that could be because I shaved my beard too. Kidding!

Day 103 - Oh Orange County!

Now that Legal Eagle and I live in the Hollywood Hills I feel like a bit of a snob when it comes to Orange County (usually for her to work at her boss's and train people).

We're always yelling about how annoying Orange County people are and how ugly the area is (mostly calling it Stepford-y). And this week, we are in for a full-on Orange County attack.

First, we are at her boss's today. Ugh. So LE treated me to Starbuck's as I had to be up by 5 a.m. today. We got there and ordered and sat to eat and drink and kill some time. Then, a very done up OC lady asked us if we were from the area. "No." And then asked where we were from. "Hollywood" (said smuggly). She was going to give us a coupon for a boot camp class she is in (and the girls who run it were with her). There are many problems with this:

- I don't work out in the morning. I hate it and when I do I am an angry, angry girl.

- All three woman had on more than full faces of makeup and hair down. I don't work out like this and am grossed out by women who do.

- Why are you at Starbuck's drinking iced coffees if you are in bootcamp? No trainer would think that is a good idea.

- None of them were in shape.

- They also said (to someone else) that they were a very social bootcamp.

- I do not socialize well in the a.m. and would probably kill someone if I went.

OK, but there are two parts of this that make this story even better. A guy (youngish and in shape) came in and they attacked him like vultures. They were like, "Do you workout in the morning?" Lame! And he entertained them by chatting, but those silly girls are trained properly. He had a wedding ring. SIDE NOTE: Why am I always looking for wedding rings now? Am I getting to the age where men I could be interested in are marrying off? This is weird. BACK TO STORY: OK, so the women thought they had him and then he asked if they knew about some other place and they said no. This allowed him to say, "Oh, my wife goes there." Oh man, it was so smooth and they so didn't expect it. I almost couldn't help laughing and had to shove my head onto the couch we were sitting on. I was impressed by him.

Also, when we left I posed this question to LE:

"What does it say about me that when she began talking to us I thought it was going to be so she could tell us how great we looked?"

LE's response: laughter, "I thought she was going to sell us Mary Kay."

Oh, and we do look great today.

Onto more OC news. We are going to LE's boss's (the one we hang out with - not the one above) birthday party Friday night. Should be fun because we haven't gone out with her since the infamous Long Beach night. So, we'll hoof it out to OC and take her to a happy hour possibly (treated by the other boss from above) and then go out with her and a bunch of other people for the birthday.

But LE and I contemplating who will be there and who we will know. I am sure that the loser who didn't call her, B/B, will be there (although she isn't even interested in him and he is soooo not her type). She plans to pretend that she doesn't remember him. Haha! And we suspect Mr. "Kiss me" will be there (I'm hoping he is far enough removed from LE's boss's close group of friends that he wasn't included). We shall see, but this means that I must look good. Outfit is planned and ready to go.

So I guess I am getting my OC overload this week. I just want to go back home to Hollywood and never leave.

Day 69 - Is Chivalry Dead?

I’m getting all Carrie Bradshaw on this blog today and asking the deep questions: Is Chivalry Dead? (only my oldest sister will probably find this funny as we used to make fun of her lame questions every episode)



^ Google’s image of chivalry. Whatever, I expected to see a guy doing the dishes.

OK, back to why I am even talking about this.

Weekend recap:

Friday night - the cast of characters.

LE: You all know her.

LEC: LE’s Coworker.

LECB: LE’s Coworker’s Boyfriend.

B/B: LE’s Coworker’s Boyfriend’s Friend (not to be confused with BB, his nickname is just very similar).

NTM: New Tool McToolson (I occasionally refer to The Doc as Tool McToolson, but then I referred to this new guy as Tool McToolson, so the “New” part had to be added as I confused LE).

Setting - Long Beach Fundraiser Party.

LE and I meet LEC and LECB and B/B and LEC’s sister. So LECB has been trying to set LE up with B/B. He is nice, a bit gooberish and not really LE’s type.

But, alas, they try and LE is nice and B/B seems a little too passive, but not sucky enough for LE to just blow off.

So we all get there, get some drinks (shout-out to LE for being my DD) and meet some more of LEC and LECB’s friends.

Then….we all go sit down in some VIP area or something, whatever. And of course I sit in between LE and B/B. Not a big deal. Then I find out that NTM is there and LECB wants to set me up with him. Whatever, he’s taller than me, good start.

So the sitting continues and during this NTM buys B/B a shot (important info for later).

Then NTM comes over to me and pulls me over the where he is sitting. This is so that B/B can “make his move and get to know LE.”

So I go sit between NTM and LECB while B/B sits next to LE and everyone thinks things are going great. (I am later asked if LE is into B/B and I say, “Oh I don’t know.” Yeah, because I don’t work and live with her and talk to her about everything so how could I possibly know?)

But life goes on and NTM tries to chat me up. We exchange what we do for work. I explain freelancing to him and he says he’s going to “Google” me to see what I’ve written. Good luck, there is some swimmer with the same name who has won a ton of things and some lame TV hostess. And are you really supposed to tell someone you will “Google” them?

He works for Edison. Snore! Although he tried a lame joke that he did something else, can’t remember, but it was not funny.

Night continues and before I know it I am stuck sitting with NTM alone. And while he seemed so-so up until now, he became a total Tool.

The next conversation went something like this:

NTM: Kiss me.

Me: Excuse me?! (combo of raised eyebrows, eye rolling and laughing)

We get back onto normal convo and I wonder if I can find LE. NTM asks me if I want to dance and I realize LE is probably out dancing as she had said “I might be in the mood for dancing tonight.”

So we head towards the dance floor and NTM pauses and I realize he’s chickened-out. He doesn’t want to dance and is waiting for me to make a move out the the floor. Then! LE appears behind me and I rejoice! All three of us head back to our seats.

LE and us quickly chit chat about how she had headed out with B/B to make everyone think they were hitting it off…ha! But NTM can’t handle that LE is there apparently or can’t handle not having attention or whatever.

Then this conversation goes on:

Me: We’re just having girl talk. (said not in a bitchy way).

NTM: Well have fun with that. (and walks away)

We have ourselves a pouter!

Night goes on and I recap LE on everything. Then we meet up with NTM again and the next convo goes like this.

NTM: So we’re closing out here and heading to Seal Beach. You coming? (maybe not exact words, but similar).

Me: Don’t know. I’ll have to see what we want to do.

NTM: Well, do whatever you want.

Oh, thank you! I can do whatever I want? How awesome!

LE and I did end up going to Seal Beach with everyone else, but to a different place than NTM I think. Haha!

So then LE and I of course had to recap our nights and wonder…is chivalry dead?

Not once did NTM ask to buy me a drink (and he bought his friend a shot, so he isn’t that poor) nor did he tell me I looked nice or give me any sort of compliment (LE was overcomplimented by B/B, which we decided is better than no compliment).

Also, what was he possibly expecting? I know LEC and LECB wouldn’t say anything bad about me, so this boy was seriously confused.

Hope this wasn’t too hard to follow.

On a more “chivalrous” note: The Doc texted me Happy Valentine’s Day on Saturday. Said he’d like to take me out when he gets back from traveling this month (I think he has this whole month off from work if I’m not mistaken). The plot thickens…