Friday, August 22, 2008

Men in Tights?


Fashion Editor of the "Daily Mail" in the UK says, "It's metrosexuality gone stark raving mad," about uptick in U.S. and European men wearing pantyhose.

Alright boys, come clean, which of you have been wearing the tights at nights?

2 Hours to Remember

I'm tired of the dating frenzy that I've been on. But I always say that it's a numbers game; that you have to meet a lot of ladies to find one that is right for you and you right for her. I simply can't date. I don't like it. It frustrates me. I want to be working towards a relationship, not just frolicking about (frolicking, as in skipping through the woods, not baring all).

I still get nervous. Although I have to admit, I was less nervous meeting a new girl yesterday than I'd been recently. I liked the fact that we both just threw caution to the wind and decided to meet about a day and a half after we'd first spoken on the phone. Perhaps the degree of being nervous is inversely proportional to the likelihood that you'll be a fantastic match?

And it was nice. Very nice. Picture a super cute, intelligent, bubbly, talkative, smiley Jayhawk that likes to drink red wine... yes, if you know me you're thinking, "BINGO!"

Disclaimer for the lady I speak of: Although I write about my life, I don't give out too many details... privacy is importante to me. So, we're gonna call you MJ for this post, hence the picture of Mary Jane (MJ) and Spiderman, but minus the whole superhero thing because I don't think my job is to save you all the time. ;)

Two hours and two glasses. Malbec. It was good, but the taste of the conversation was so much better. There would have been no wine savory enough to outdo the verbal consumption that took place. I have to admit, however, that I really had to focus on listening because I felt so engaged by everything... her open body language, her wonderful smile, the ring-built-from-a-Ming-vase couture, the way that she tucks her hair behind her ears all of the time (again, for those that know me, that's something I love)... the restaurant didn't exist around us beyond our circle of conversation.

Time flies when you're having fun. Sure does. Two hours felt like 30 minutes and I had to leave and scurry home to babysit my 4 year old niece, but I surely didn't want to leave the conversation.

I offered to escort her down the sidewalk and she let out a heart-warming, "Awwwww," that made my heart smile. When we got to the corner we hugged and through excited banter I started talking about seeing each other again soon and explaining what I had going on and MJ just looked at me and said, "Saturday?"

"YES!" I replied and had then had to quickly turn the corner to get home and babysit.

It didn't dawn on me until later that the screetching of brakes that I heard might have had something to do with her crossing the street in the same distracted, cloud-nine place that I found myself.

We'd agreed to meet on Saturday at the top of the Hyatt; Sky's Restaurant. But on that Saturday, she never arrived. I wasn't sure what to make of it. Over the next week I tried to reach her by email and phone, but nothing. I even walked the streets of the Plaza hoping that I would randomly run into her... there was just no way that she didn't feel the same as I felt when we last parted.

Wait... that was a movie, "An Affair to Remember." Sorry. ;)

MJ did almost get hit by a car when we parted, but fortunately she caught herself stepping into the street. She didn't get hurt, so I'm taking the opportunity to rib her about it. Heehee!

Maybe MJ was in dreamyland? That would be nice.

Monday, August 18, 2008

CHIEFS: Moffitt, Frankie, Construction & Karma

I have bad traffic karma. I always pick the slowest lane on the road, in the grocery store, at the machine that adds money to your DC Metro card, construction... you name it, I will hit the slowest lane or the closed ramp.

Fortunately, I have good parking karma. So, although it takes me longer to get through, when I get there I find a rad spot or get processed quickly.

For example, my bro-in-law and I were talking on the way to the Chiefs game on Saturday night and went through "The Triangle" (you only know the Tri if you are a K-Citian) the wrong way, so I started to tell him about my bad traffic karma. When we got to the game, I was fishing for the $22 that it takes to park (ridiculous, btw) and an SUV pulls up next to us and asks if we want their free parking pass. We make it through the Tri the right way, we get to the game too early to get the free pass.

Booyaa. Karmic. The world is balanced once more.

My friends and their tailgate have been taking care of things in the parking lot before and after games for about as long as anyone can remember. They feed all the security guards for nuthin' and the security guards always make sure that they get a spot on the grass for their boat-trailer-converted-to-a-double-wide-BBQ-grill.

This week, 101 THE FOX's Moffitt & Frankie stopped in to chat it up with my good friends, Kim & Larry. Frankie was feelin' no pain and Moffitt (not pictured) was tearin' up the grub on the BBQ grill.

If you're a Chiefs fan, then you realize that the tailgate was much more fun than the game last week. One final picture of the concourse construction at the stadium.