Creme Brulee @ MindSay 
how we met: He used to be a customer at the store I worked at and we always said hi and whatnot but never talked. I mean this guy has an amazing body and I assumed he was a meat head. Well i was on OKCupid the other night and I saw someone made a new profile in my area and it was him! I debated for 10 minutes whether or not to talk to him but I decided to, even though i was insecure, and we talked a long time. Every night since then we'd talk for at least 2 hours, and then we went on the date last night
the date: well my date last night was excellent. I got there before him because the place was hard to find and neither one of us had been before. I was so nervous driving because when I get scared my chest hurts and my head hurt and sometimes my back sweats but fortunately I didnt sweat. anyhoo, he pulled up and I was so scared but he gave me a hug and I felt a little better. We had to wait 30 minutes for a table but we had fun talking outside and he kept touching my leg but it was ok with me. We had baked brie and bruchetta (I spelled this wrong I think) which was amazing! I had some sort of shishkabob thing which was nice but the dessert was awesome. It was creme brulee cheesecake. orgasmic-ness.
anyhoo, moving on. Halfway through or meal and conversation he asked to see my hands, and I was surprised andhe just held my hands, and played with them tracing the lines in my palms and whatnot. It was really nice ^_^ and then when we were done and were just sitting and talking I had put my feet up next to him and he started massaging my feet.
We then drove over in his car to Barnes and Noble so he could get some coffee. As we were walking up to it he turned to me and held my hands and looked like he was going to kiss me, but I got scared and layed my head on his chest. When I drew back to look at him he kissed me and even though I was scared I really liked it and then we went inside. He grabbed an iced tea, and then we sat outside on a bench and made out/cuddled for over an hour. I hate making out, but I love kissing him. At one point I was trying to lift his shirt up to see his 8 pack, but he wouldnt let me and we got in a tickle fight on a bench which was very amusing. At one point I was straddled across his lap kissing him, but I was just manipulating him into staying longer.
After a good amount of time had passed I released him and we got in his car and drove back over to where mine was. We made out some more/ there was some groping and slight boobage. I got out of his car to get my camera out of mine, and when I turned around I kissed him and then he picked me up and pinned me against the car with my legs around his waist. He was able to hold me over 10 minutes and wasnt tired at all. He's an amazing kisser <3
finally I forced myself to say goodbye and I drove home.
1. How old will you be in five years?
Gulp....33.
2. Do you think you will be married by then?
Maybe.
3. How tall are you?
5'4''
4. What do you look forward to most in the next six weeks?
Holiday, time off from work, my mom freaking when she sees what I got her, lovin' time.
5. What's the last movie you saw in theater?
Deja Vu.
6. Who was the last person you called?
Mumsy.
7. Who was the last person to call you?
Gregory
9. Do you prefer to call or text?
Calling.
10. Do you have any pets?
Cat, I'm a kitty cat, and I meow meow meow, meow meow meow.
11. What were you doing at 12am last night?
Sleeping
12. Are your parents married/separated/divorced?
Divorced
13. When is the last time you saw your mom?
Thursday
14. What color are your eyes?
Blue/grey/green
15. What time did you wake up today?
5:42 in the am.
16. What are you wearing right now?
A bathrobe - I'm delaying getting dressed.
17. What's your favorite Christmas song?
"I'll be home for Christmas."
18. Where is your favorite place to be?
Sappily, with Gregory
19. Where is your least favorite place to be?
Stirrups, in the doctor's office.
20. Where would you go if you could go anywhere?
A Club Med in Mexico
21. Where do you think you'll be in 10 years?
I have a hard enough time thinking where I'll be in ten minutes.
22. Do you tan or burn?
Tan, I think. I don't seek out the sun that often.
23. What did you fear was going to get you at night as a child?
Abstract things.
24. What was the last thing that made you laugh?
Something Gregory said.
25. How many TVs do you have?
2
26. How big is your bed?
King, and it's still not big enough. :)
27. Do you have a laptop or desktop computer?
Desktop
28. Do you sleep with or without clothes on?
Sans clothing, unless I fall asleep clothed.
29. What color are your sheets?
Light blue.
30. How many pillows do you sleep with?
There are usually four on the bed.
31. What is your favorite season?
I'm gonna say spring this time.
32. What do you like about fall?
The crispness of the air.
33. What do you like about winter?
Our anniversary.
34. What do you like about the summer?
My birthday is in summer.
35. What do you like about spring?
Rebirth.
36. How many states have you lived in?
Um........(counts on fingers).....five, and three other countries.
37. How many cities/towns have you lived in?
Eight, I guess.
38. Do you prefer shoes, socks, or bare feet?
Bare feet.
39. Are you a social person?
Sometimes.
40. What was the last thing you ate?
I had hot cocoa before going to bed last night.
41. What is your favorite restaurant?
Chick-Fil-A
42. What is your favorite ice cream?
Coffee, but I don't like ice cream that often.
43. What is your favorite dessert?
Creme brulee
44. What is your favorite kind of soup?
Cheddar broccoli
45. What kind of jelly do you like on your PB & J sandwich?
Grape
47. Do you like coffee?
Nope, but I'm growing very fond of chai, thank you veddy much Drea.
48. How many glasses of water, a day, do you drink on average?
Whenever I'm thirsty, I'll usually drink water.
49. What do you drink in the morning?
A chai latte.
50. Would you rather sleep with someone else or alone?
With.
51. Do you sleep on a certain side of the bed?
The right hand side, but I migrate to the middle often.
52. Do you know how to play poker?
Nope
53. Do you like to cuddle?
Yep.
54. Have you ever been to Canada?
I wanted to for a long time, but was reminded that it is cold up there.
55. Do you have an addictive personality?
Yes
56. Do you eat out or at home more often?
Out. That really needs to change.
58. Do you know anyone with the same birthday as you?
Percy Bysshe Shelley
59. Do you want kids?
Oh my no.
60. Do you speak any other languages?
I can sign, a bit; and understand more German than I speak.
61. Have you ever gotten stitches?
Yep, loads of times.
62. Have you ever ridden in an ambulance?
Yeah, I was kinda accident prone as a child.
63. Do you prefer an ocean or a pool?
Ocean.
64. Do you prefer a window seat or an aisle seats?
Aisle.
65. Do you know how to drive stick?
I've done it once.
66. What is your favorite thing to spend money on?
Yarn, and clothes.
67. Do you wear any jewelry 24/7?
I have earrings that I don't take out.
68. What is your favorite TV show?
Firefly, the Simpsons, Scrubs, Criminal Minds
69. Can you roll your tongue?
Yes.
70. Who is the funniest person you know?
Gregory never fails to make me laugh. I am such a sap.
71. Do you sleep with stuffed animals?
Nope, I have real ones.
73. Do you still have clothes from when you were little?
My mom has some of them.
74. What color are your bedroom walls?
White.
75. Do you turn off the water while you brush your teeth?
Nope, I brush in the shower.
76. Do you sleep with your closet doors open or closed?
Well, there are no closets in the bedroom, so.......
77. Would you rather be attacked by a big bear or a swarm of bees?
Neither.
78. Do you flirt a lot?
Nope
79. What do you dip a chicken nugget in?
Sweet and sour sauce, or ranch with honey in it.
80. What is your favorite food?
I like food a lot, most foods.
81. Can you change the oil on a car?
Yeah, just like this: trot trot trot to mechanic's store. "Hi Art, I need my oil changed."
82. Have you ever gotten a speeding ticket?
*ahem* Yes, though not as many as I should.
83. Have you ever run out of gas?
Nope.
84. What is your usual bedtime?
Between 9:30 and 10. I'm old.
86. Do you read the newspaper?
I haven't touched one in ages.
87. Do you have any magazine subscriptions?
To Maxim and Cosmo. I like to confuse my mailman.
88. Best comedian?
Uhhhhhh..........Jack Black?
89. Do you watch soap operas?
Nope.
90. Do you dance in the car?
Oh my yes.
Now that I am later than I'd like to be, it's time to get dressed.
Marais means swamp, and apparently the area used to be a swamp, before it was drained in the seventeenth century. It then became a fashionable district for the nobility until the rise of Versailles. The brief boom that the area experienced left the neighborhood with a lot of wonderful seventeenth century buildings, one of which houses the Musee de Chatelet—a small museum that tells the history of Paris. Because the museum was smaller than the more famous galleries, it didn’t get as much tourist traffic, and even on a Sunday there was plenty of room to breath. The downside of this, however, meant that there were no signs in English, and a lot of the time I had to guess what it was we were looking at. The museum had a lot of random things in it; my favorite exhibit was a collection of old French shop signs. Apparently merchants in the olden days would advertise by hanging a big picture of whatever it was they were selling. This is all well and good when the wine merchant hangs a bottle of wine outside his shop, but there were some really bizarre ones. My favorite was a surgeon whose sign was a huge bronze hand with a tumor on it.
The museum went through different centuries in Paris. Each century had a room that was decorated as if from the time period. Apparently the French were really into porcelain and print wallpaper. There was also an involved exhibit on the French revolution and the rise of Napoleon, but I could only understand about half of it.
After the museum we stopped into a patisserie for thick slices of quiche and a French dessert (pain au chocolat for me and a fruit tart for Katie, delicious) and then we walked around the district for a bit, which housed the Jewish quarter of Paris. There are no Jews in London, which has been a little strange for me. I’m not exactly a practicing Jew (I didn’t even Bat Mitzvah), but London has made me feel very Jewish because I’m the only one around. I can’t say I felt more at home in the Jewish quarter of Paris, but it was refreshing to see challah in shop windows. I had missed hamintashin (spelling?) season in London, and we tried to find some in the Jewish boulangeries that lined the streets, but we couldn’t find any.
Katie wanted to see a production of La Cantatrice Chauve that was playing, so we hopped the metro to get to the theater to buy tickets for that night. When we got to the theater, however, it was closed, so that was too bad. We spent the rest of the time walking around the area where the theater had been, which took us into French Chinatown. Katie had heard that they have Coco Cola Black in France, a new version of Coke that is coffee flavored. We decided to try and find it to taste, but everywhere we went didn’t have it. We kept seeing signs for it, but every restaurant, tabac, and convenience store that we tried didn’t stock it. After a while we followed the large boulevards out of Chinatown and ended up at the Place de la Republique. Apparently there were riots there while we were staying in Paris, but I didn’t hear about that until after we had left.
We decided to consult the guidebook, and realized that the Musee D’orsay wouldn’t be opened on Monday. We rushed to the metro to try and get there, but we arrived just as it was closing.
It was too bad to miss the museum, but the metro ride had taken us to the oh so artsy left bank (the most elegant neighborhood in Paris, according to the guidebook). We walked around some more, and ended up by the Sorbonne, which had armed guards stationed on every corner. Probably because of the riots and civil unrest that we didn’t see, but I can’t be sure. We went up to the Pantheon, which is a large church on the top of the hill in the Latin Quarter. They were having a daffodil festival there in honor of Marie Curie. There was a parade and people on stilts and unicycles, all carrying daffodils. The Pantheon itself was covered in Daffodils, and there were even snowmen with daffodil faces. We each bought a daffodil, which they were selling to benefit Cancer research. We decided to go out for a fancy French meal that night, and settled on a Brasserie that our guidebook recommended called Le Petit Prince. It wasn’t wildly expensive, and the food was amazing, although I can’t be sure exactly what I ordered because the menu was in French. We both went for things that we’d never tried before. Katie had a Camembert crème brulee, which was amazing, and I tasted rabbit for the first time. I actually really liked it; I just had to think of it as a mystery meat called lapin rather than an innocent bunny. Katie had veal for an entrée as well, so the meal was not very PETA friendly, though very very tasty.
Because we couldn’t go see a show that night we decided to do the Eifel Tower instead. The tower looked gorgeous, lit up in the night (it’s actually quite ugly when you see it in the day time) but going up it made me uncomfortable. I don’t mind crowds, and I’m not afraid of heights. I think it was just my tourism anxiety kicking in. I didn’t hear French spoken once around the tower. The view from the top really was excellent though, and they don’t call Paris the city of lights for nothing. I kept thinking how amazing it must have been to see that thing when it was first built. It’s still amazing in 2006, but in 1889 it would have seemed like a miracle that anything could be so tall.
That night we were exhausted from all the walking around and heavy eating. We were planning to get dessert after the tower (we had been too full at the restaurant, and it’s a shame to miss a day of dessert in Paris) but in the end we just went back and went to sleep. We missed so many things that day—the play, the Museum, but we had seen so much of Paris that it was worth it. I’m glad we got to see so much by foot because it gave me a feel for how the city was laid out. That night I conked out as soon as my head touched the pillow, it had been a long day.
Usually I am pretty lucky with scratch offs, but I also very rarely play. Today I had some ones. Oh and I never play anything higher than the $1 tickets...anyway, so I said "okay 3 dollars". I go to the machine, insert my first non-wrinkly dollar and after it is accepted, touch the touch screen. The cheapest tickets are "Season Greetings" that are $2, the rest are $3 and $5 and so on. I say to myself "@#$#@$@$! okay I will get 2 two dollar tickets and spend four dollars instead of 3 dollars." I insert another non-wrinkly dollar and it is accepted and I press the screen. Of course the "Season Greetings" tickets are empty b/c the season is now here and has already been greeted.
So I buy one $3 ticket where I have a chance to win $100,000. And I don't even win another ticket. :(
But. I went to the grocery store next door and there was a Creme Brulee set...with even the little bowls for $2.50.
And yesterday I got Act2000 and Peachtree Accounting 2002 for under $20.00. It is important that I know these programs besides Office b/c most offices have them. So that was really lucky.
I find it strange that usually I get whatever I want, in the long run, but I feel as if (okay I really don't) have very much personal freedom...