misconnecting in the city: one-sided relationships

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Wednesday, October 31, 2007

We've Officially Crossed Some Sort of Line

Text message I just received from Little Napoleon:

Boo.

...

Two lessons can be gleaned from this, folks:

Do not ever give out your phone number to anyone.
Do not, under any circumstances, allow yourself to be That Guy.
Review lessons 1 and 2 as needed.

Names Have Been Changed to Protect the Innocent

Alex
hair: blonde
eyes: blue
likes: breakfast
dislikes: spam
strengths: homemade haircuts
weaknesses: iced americanos
where you can find her: libraries, thrift stores, rooftop dance parties, hunched over her laptop pretending to write, behind the counter at your friendly neighborhood coffee shop

Sasha
hair: back to blonde
eyes: brown
likes: vegan cupcakes
dislikes: ill-fitting clothing
strengths: party playlists
weaknesses: koala bears
where you can find her: lower east side brunch spots, tompkins square park, greenpoint boutiques, spinning class, babeland

Bennett
hair: chestnut brown
eyes: blue
likes: holding hands
dislikes: olives
strengths: approachable face
weaknesses: subway musicians
where you can find her: vinyasa flow, downtown theaters, pinkberry / tasti d-lite, the streets of the west village, s'nice

Frankie
hair: brown
eyes: hazel
likes: lobsters
dislikes: the da vinci code
strengths: karaoke
weaknesses: shoes
where you can find her: williamsburg, video rental stores, the $1 book tables at strand, musical theater auditions, the natural history museum

Drew
hair: blonde
eyes: brown
likes: free drinks
dislikes: horror movies
strengths: speed reading
weaknesses: target
where you can find her: dunkin donuts, the art institute, street fairs, weird discount stores, the blue line

Nicky
hair: brown, mostly
eyes: brown
likes: beets
dislikes: zombies
strengths: long island iced teas
weaknesses: drunken text messaging
where you can find her: astoria, trashy magazine section of B&N, webster hall, stores that sell jelly bellys

Charlie
hair: strawberry blonde
eyes: blue
likes: autumn
dislikes: coffee
strengths: google stalking
weaknesses: men who sing show tunes
where you can find her: sitting in traffic on the bus, storefront theatres, boystown, bars with board games, banana republic, in a cubicle

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Wednesday, October 31, 2007

We've Officially Crossed Some Sort of Line

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