Countdown to the Big Three O

One woman's last ditch effort to get her life together

  • 12th April
    2012
  • 12

I have a date tomorrow night!

I finally landed a date with someone on OkCupid who fits the majority of my ideal man wish-list! The qualities I’m looking for that he has:

  • An Atheist
  • Has dark hair
  • Has facial hair
  • Has a dog
  • Has an appreciation for sarcasm similar to mine
  • Likes to text
  • Has a full time job
  • Owns his own vehicle
  • Is a reasonable height to width ratio

One would think these would not be difficult things to find in a person, but you’d be surprised. I constantly get messaged from people who list their religion as “Christian and somewhat serious about it” despite my profile clearly listing “Atheist and very serious about it.”

Could it be that men don’t read my profile?!? GASP AND AWE!

I miss the old days of OkCupid. They used to have a way to filter who could send you messages (by age and match %). Back in the days when “visitors” was actually called “stalkers” - because lets face it, that’s what it is. Look at someones profile like their house. If you visit my house 10 times a day, that is no longer just visiting.

  • 11th April
    2012
  • 11
Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you the latest in Singles-Awareness: The half cart. You may have noticed this invading your local grocery store. I’m not sure where they began. All I know is that they are just big enough for my weekly food purchases, plus a bag of cat litter, leaving no room for my dignity. Some part of me would like to believe that because of this cart I will meet an equally single man shopping for beer and steak and whatever else men shop for, we will laugh at our tiny carts, and live happily ever after. Unfortunately this has not yet occurred due to the fact that I practically run away from any attractive male who makes eye contact with me. I have one big complaint about these carts: You can’t ride them. They’re too tiny, too light. Sure, they keep you from over shopping (you can only fit so many jars of Nutella into one of these babies), but they just aren’t fun. I for one look forward to the day that grocers realize that people who are single over 25 are in that state because we’re actually gigantic children. Give me a cart that looks like a car to drive around your store. Screw this tiny-half-cart and it’s practicality. 

Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you the latest in Singles-Awareness: The half cart.

You may have noticed this invading your local grocery store. I’m not sure where they began. All I know is that they are just big enough for my weekly food purchases, plus a bag of cat litter, leaving no room for my dignity. Some part of me would like to believe that because of this cart I will meet an equally single man shopping for beer and steak and whatever else men shop for, we will laugh at our tiny carts, and live happily ever after. Unfortunately this has not yet occurred due to the fact that I practically run away from any attractive male who makes eye contact with me.

I have one big complaint about these carts: You can’t ride them. They’re too tiny, too light. Sure, they keep you from over shopping (you can only fit so many jars of Nutella into one of these babies), but they just aren’t fun. I for one look forward to the day that grocers realize that people who are single over 25 are in that state because we’re actually gigantic children. Give me a cart that looks like a car to drive around your store. Screw this tiny-half-cart and it’s practicality. 

  • 22nd March
    2012
  • 22

Welcome to my first step!

Hello world! I’m one of those anonymous internet faces that has had about a billion blogs over the years, as far back as the times of Geocities and dial-up.

Thus far my adult life has been what some would call chaotic. While most of my peers went to college, got a job, met Mr. Right, and got married, I stumbled from one office position into another until I ended up working in IT. During the same years I wandered from one disastrous, bizarre, and at times mentally abusive, relationship to another.

Now, after wobbling around for the past 10 years, I find myself in a perfect position to, well, find myself. I started back to college, began finding my own hobbies, have begun working out and getting my weight under control, and gained enough self esteem to realize that it’s ok to have standards when it comes to men!

So, here’s goals I’d like to accomplish by May of 2013:

  • Get my weight down to 135 lbs
  • Be making around $60k a year or more
  • Learn how to cook well
  • Be 100% debt free
  • Cultivate a green thumb
  • Actively participate in a grown up, stable romantic relationship

These goals may seem silly or immature to some, but they’re mine. I find them important. I’ll be posting date reviews, before & after shots of weight loss, and career & college related updates!