Tails of a 17th Street Geisha

I’m going to Dallas this weekend for work. yippee. Drea is staying with my friend Roz the night. This means that I miss all of the exciting Halloween parties. Oh well. My last Halloween was spent with an awkward boyfriend who was over-conversative save his penchant for pot. This boy was blazin every time I saw him.  He and I had a purely physical relationship. We had nothing in common except for the fact that we could talk about politics and that we were totally physically attracted to each other. We would fight like cats and dogs but making up was incredible. I tell you, there is something to be said about pheromones and the power of physical attraction. We both held on to our relationship as long as we could continue to get good bootie. Wooooeeeeh. Oh yeah, we both like cats.

Last Halloween sucked with this boyfriend and this year with me in Dallas will be no different. With all the running of errands, picking up from school, helping with homework, dropping off and  missing buses, waking up early and constant doctor’s appointments and trekking to ERs… I haven’t had a chance to even consider THINKING about a Halloween costume, let alone going out and putting the pieces together. But who cares about this holiday–I mean, I seriously have bigger fish to fry. or bigger kids to raise? or bigger hell to raise?

so back to last Halloween… I remember thinking that this guy wasn’t going to work out for a whole host of reasons but the physical made it all to convenient to pay no attention. It is so clear when you’re dating someone wrong for you that you should just break it off, but the second you see them and you start kissing… all of it goes out the window for the fun of the moment. Fast forward to my most recent relationship with this other guy who had a whole host of issues that I won’t go into. It was clear to me that it wasn’t going to work but I would throw it out the window and focus on all the good things about him. I haven’t spoken with him in 3 weeks and I’m quite happy about it. I realize that there is a world out there and that I’ll find someone when the timing is right (this is definitely not a good time to be a lookin for love!) I shouldn’t have criteria for a good boyfriend, but I’ll lay down some nice perks:

• an interest in politics
• liberal
• fun
• enjoys electronic music, esp daft punk
• not on a constant buzz from alcohol, pot, or other controlled substance
• appreciation of calm times and ability to be flexible in chaos
• good with kids (just thought I would throw that in but I am by no stretch of the imagination planning on ever having kids. ever. kaput.)
• smart, which does not necessarily mean well-educated
• fast typist–that’s just because my main mode of communication currently appears to be IM or text
• technophile (another for fun)
• open minded
• philosophical
• gives good massages

Of course my last boyfriend was incredible and didn’t have all of the above traits (but was an expert at the last one *sigh*), so it’s not a litmus test or whatever for future bfs. Just a fun wish-list. I did date someone in college who had all of the above traits but he was a total prick, so you never know!

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