So he's my first chat date. We did one email back and forth and he proceeds to give me his aim screen name. I am very comfortable chatting and like to think that the electronically edited and faceless version of me is always in good form, so I chat him up.
We have fun via chats. He's not an obnoxious speller and I can tell he is a BIT shy, but still, we're able to get along well. Last minute I get an invite from my coworker saying there is an art gallery opening at the Royal-T in Culver City, so I decide to ask Matt if he'd like to come. He hesitates, saying he does feel a little pressure, but bites and decides to make the trek up here. I get a slight sense of ball-less-ness here, but I chock it up to first time jitters. We plan to meet in front of the venue.
His profile said he was 5'7''. So I know he will be on the shorter side, which is fine since I'm short too, but yes, I do like my men taller.
I parked my car and hoofed it over to Royal-T. 10 yards before I get there, I noticed a guy standing in the shadows alone. I did a double take because I did not imagine a 5'7'' to be that short. But alas, it was him. It felt like he was more like 5'3'' or something. :(
Pros
- Seems pretty tech savvy. And y'all know I like tech savvy.
- He's not afraid to try new things. He quit his job as a network engineer and is now taking art classes to see if he might try a new career on this path.
- Good chat dynamic. I'm a big chatter, so that's always a plus if they know how to be an effective chatter (there should be a book written on this, something entitled "How to Effectively Chat (and Flirt!) via AIM (MSN, GTalk, Yahoo!, etc.).
- Short. And not quite proportionate. Head is too big again. It's like how I don't like whales - I just don't like big heads compared to smaller bodies. *Shrug*
- His pictures looked better on his profile. In almost all scenarios when I've done this dating thing, the guy looks at least on par with his pictures, or better. He wasn't UGLY by any means, but I was slightly disappointed.
- On top of the exterior undesirables, he's kinda cocky. Not super blatant, but it's subtle and it's there. I think it has to do with the fact that he worked at Google for 7 years or something, back when it was a small company up at Mountain View. I think he thinks very highly of himself, which is annoying.
- He has SLIGHT gay factor when he talks. Metro? No, it's slightly gay. I don't really like that.
- When there was a lull in the conversation, guess who had to fill it in? Yours truly!
- Not feeling it!
I come home and I log onto my chat client and he ims me, saying he had fun tonight. Damn. I have to break up with him over chat now. We chit chat sparsely for a bit (as I'm trying to think of a nice way to do this), but I chicken out and will now have to do this the next time we meet virtually.
#23 should be interesting. He looks kinda emo, but in the older-man emo way, with tighter pants, longish dark hair that falls all over the face (he's Sicilian) but has got a cute face and interesting personality.
Same bat time, same bat channel.
