Hey all... a few days off the boat (sort of, I stil have to go in at night and stand duty tomorrow... argh) so that I can learn to not crash a motorcycle and stuff. It's the equivalent of a week's vacation for me, though... oh the sweetness. Nothing much other than that, though I did miss a get together on Sunday that I can only assume would be, as the kids say, kickin. Hope everyone had a good time, and I promise, I will try to make the next one. In a related story, thank you for the kisses... you know who you are.
Anyways... I now ask my loyal readers, the whole both of you, for assistance. As a youngish, electronically enlightened working professional, I have always viewed on-line personals as a good way to meet people that I wouldn't even be able to talk to normally as we would never meet in person coincidentally, and who are, for the most part, really cool and lots of fun and all that. But earlier tonight, I was peruesing the latest matches, and low and behold, a girl I know of pops up. She works at the navy minimart type thingy near my barracks, and from the first time I saw her, I was always checking her out and being a little flirty at the checkout counter. Of course, since almost everyone in barracks is single and horny, I don't think I made much of an impression, as everyone is flirting with anything that moves, and some things stationary. I mean, I totally saw this one dude try to hump a mailbox... well, not really hump so much as caress, but still... you get the point. Even worse, a guy on my boat, in my division even, went out with her once or twice, and nothing really came of it, but still, it's a bit wierd. She seems nice enough from her profile and from what little contact I've had with her, but how should I go about this? I mean, I'm gonna contact her at some point, but how? " Hey babe, I saw your profile... you wanna go out, and can I get a pack of Reds in a box?" Or should I do the cheesy email romance, followed by the astonishing reveal? I don't really know, I am thinking more along the lines of a reply that says, " hey, what's up.. I didn't know you were on here too... so tell me what you are like when your not on the other side of the counter, and I will tell you what I'm like when I'm not on this side" or something, but I am still a bit worried that she will think of me as the guy who buys way too much beer, and far too many Kleenex for someone without chronic allergies, and a Cup o' Noodles occasionally because my life is sad and pathetic. Any thoughts?
Anyways... I now ask my loyal readers, the whole both of you, for assistance. As a youngish, electronically enlightened working professional, I have always viewed on-line personals as a good way to meet people that I wouldn't even be able to talk to normally as we would never meet in person coincidentally, and who are, for the most part, really cool and lots of fun and all that. But earlier tonight, I was peruesing the latest matches, and low and behold, a girl I know of pops up. She works at the navy minimart type thingy near my barracks, and from the first time I saw her, I was always checking her out and being a little flirty at the checkout counter. Of course, since almost everyone in barracks is single and horny, I don't think I made much of an impression, as everyone is flirting with anything that moves, and some things stationary. I mean, I totally saw this one dude try to hump a mailbox... well, not really hump so much as caress, but still... you get the point. Even worse, a guy on my boat, in my division even, went out with her once or twice, and nothing really came of it, but still, it's a bit wierd. She seems nice enough from her profile and from what little contact I've had with her, but how should I go about this? I mean, I'm gonna contact her at some point, but how? " Hey babe, I saw your profile... you wanna go out, and can I get a pack of Reds in a box?" Or should I do the cheesy email romance, followed by the astonishing reveal? I don't really know, I am thinking more along the lines of a reply that says, " hey, what's up.. I didn't know you were on here too... so tell me what you are like when your not on the other side of the counter, and I will tell you what I'm like when I'm not on this side" or something, but I am still a bit worried that she will think of me as the guy who buys way too much beer, and far too many Kleenex for someone without chronic allergies, and a Cup o' Noodles occasionally because my life is sad and pathetic. Any thoughts?