I read this article about how there are 5 types of girls that every guy should date. I assume this is before they tie the knot, swing the other way, or kick the proverbial bucket. It was a quick read but I found it interesting. So, I'm going to take the plunge, go all semi-full disclosure on you and relate these "5 types" to my own personal dating history. Gulp.

Anyone who knows me pretty well knows I get all clammy when it comes to talking about my own person dating history. I prefer to keep things like that on the d-l. To be fair, I'm like that with 90% of my life but who's counting. Anyway, no names ok? To protect the innocent. And guilty.

1. The Older Woman - Evidently dating up provides a world of sophisitication and wisdom in dating that no man can ever comprehend without having been in a relationship with an older woman. I suspect that this age deviation is up-to (and including) girls within 10 years of their age. Like the 19 year old dating the 30 year old in the article. Craddle-robbing? I think not. More like learner's-permit-robbing. Regardless, I have had an experience dating (briefly) a woman of maturity. All of the five years difference. I must say it was a good experience. Oh, had I not found out later she had a serious boyfriend. Awesome.

2. The Free Spirit - I've dated someone I could nearly brand this label on. With M-A-C cosmetics, no less. This was relatively recently, for all blogging purposes, and it was good. It tought me a lot I never knew about myself. Like the fact that I was a baffling bastard and didn't know to express myself in anything but convoluted sentences and poems. Just kidding about the poems. No wait, or am I??

3. The Brainy Chick - To be honest, there wasn't a moment of this relationship I didn't enjoy. The witty banter, the ego-anihillating debates, the mindful presence. It was all pretty damn amazing. Alas, during more and more of those clever conversations I came to realize she had more emotional baggage than layed-off union employees of United Airlines. Marvelous.

4. The Seductress - see Five

5. The Guy's Girl Somehow #4 & #5 found their way into the same person. She was a man-eater and our one month stint made for a lot of wandering eyes (not mine, theirs), and jealous jests but this was doomed from the beginning. Relationships that start out of extreme circumstances never have long-term potential. Neither do those with players/cheats/liars. I have no animosity. Oh. we still have great conversations. I just don't respond. Godspeed to her current boyfriend.

2bCon't... Part II - 5 Guys Every Girl Should Date

The other day I was at the Union Square station when some inebriated woman dropped her bagel on the ground and proceeded to soccer it (yes, I'm using soccer as a verb) around. Well, by some astromonically impossible chance she managed to kick this bagel directly onto the far track of an oncoming train, no less. I by some astronomically impossible chance managed to take a picture of it before it met it's Flagel (flat bagel) demise. Those spots are dirt, not blueberries.

Grunge and Gristle Flavored Bagel... Delish.

By the looks of this picture... I couldn't have Karaoke'd that song with any more fist-clenched, eye-closed, Backstreet (late 90's version) fervor.

Although a couple songs that followed later in the evening: "A Whole New World" and "Diamonds Are Forever" were close seconds. Duets rock.

Regardless, 'twas a thoroughly embarrassingly outstanding evening.

I went out and snapped some shots on Christmas night (no, not eve), I figured it would be pretty empty/quiet and a good chance to take pictures of building without anyone suspecting me of being some sort of terrorist (scoff, in my red North Face ski jacket, jeans and New Balance kicks). Park Avenue was especially eerie, especially with the fog.


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So I recently signed-up for Netflix and the painless registration led me to believe it was going to be the start of an amicable relationship. In all fairness the reason I may cry is not directly due to NetFlix.

Here's the rundown:
1. The DVD's came a day late, one of them was not I originally booked, and the Bourne Supremacy had a massive skip during a climactic moment. Irritating.
2. The 'other' DVD that came was "The Notebook". [pause for giggles] All I've ever heard about this movie is that it makes women, mothers, daughters and (many) men - sob. I fear watching this movie more than any horror... but I will persevere.
3. Oh, and I checked - they don't have "The Wizard" in their library. Damn!

Movies in the pipeline: The Birthday Girl (god I love Nicole Kidman), Alfie, Closer, The Dukes of Hazzard (...),