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Date 3: The Self-Help Guru

Posted on May 2, 2014 by cjbookworm

As you might guess, this date did not go well.  I almost left about 5-10 min in, but decided to stick it out, mostly because I thought writing this would be more fun if I stayed.  I was right, so … Continue reading →

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Date 2: The Cricket Player

Posted on April 28, 2014 by cjbookworm

I finally managed to get out on some more dates!  Hooray for not totally giving up on this, although 30 seems like a lot being that it’s now the end of April. Anyway, onto the date: Friday I went out … Continue reading →

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Failed Dating Attempt 2: The Insecure Guy

Posted on April 24, 2014 by cjbookworm

So I should make a point to say, this is not as bad as Failed Dating Attempt 1.  However, still annoying.  As you can see I dubbed him The Insecure Guy.  He has many aspects of The Pushy Texter, but it seems to … Continue reading →

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Sorry for the Hiatus

Posted on April 23, 2014 by cjbookworm

Hi all! I apologize for my lack of posting.  Life sort of took over for a while.  I had maybe the worst case of Step throat ever and then some family emergency things happened. Now I’m back!  I have a … Continue reading →

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Date 1: The Book Guy

Posted on February 2, 2014 by cjbookworm

So I finally went on Date #1!  One of my coworkers had already started calling him The Book Guy, so I went with it (one of them had another name, but it’s not very flattering).  He works/owns/manages a book store (I’m … Continue reading →

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Failed Dating Attempt 1: The Pushy Texter

Posted on January 28, 2014 by cjbookworm

I really hope this doesn’t become a much used category, but I figure it’s bound to happen more than once while trying to do this.  So here we go, instead of writing my first date post, I’m writing this one. … Continue reading →

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I’m still here

Posted on January 24, 2014 by cjbookworm

Sorry all, didn’t mean to semi-disappear.  I’ve been having some trouble with the whole, finding someone worthwhile to date thing.  I kept getting message after message from unattractive men who seem to think the English-language goes something like this: “And … Continue reading →

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Reality Check

Posted on January 13, 2014 by cjbookworm

Ok, I forgot how hard this was actually going to be.  The thing about needing a date every other week is I’m going to have to actually attempt to OkCupid or Tinder or other things like everyday to find someone … Continue reading →

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Texting Fail

Posted on January 6, 2014 by cjbookworm

So news flash, I’m a really terrible texting flirter.  For anyone who knows me, this won’t be a shock.  (Yes, this is relevant, give me a minute.) I kind of thought I had my first date guy set up to … Continue reading →

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Some Challenge Guidelines

Posted on January 2, 2014 by cjbookworm

So the first post was very “how this challenge came to be” oriented.  I want include some additional information on what I’m currently thinking for the challenge. First, I feel that I should mention, it’s not 30 different guys, it’s 30 … Continue reading →

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