Please help spread the word everyone! The Chicago meetup is less than a week away. Let's make it a good one!

http://www.okcupid.com/forum?tid=8494104934442069186

I'll be heading to a swing dancing event this Friday, open to dancers of all levels. Great way to get started if you've never gone swing dancing before. Send me an email if you're interested in details.

http://www.okcupid.com/forum?tid=8494104934442069186
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=122173352547

Hey my fellow Chicagoans, we’ve been slacking! It’s about time we have ourselves a meet-up and show the rest of OkCupid how it’s done!

There will be lots of beer, so sorry young'uns, this event is for peoples 21 and older.

When:
Saturday October 24, 2009
5pm til whenever

Where:
Piece Brewery and Pizzeria
1927 W. North Ave., Chicago, IL 60622

Stolen from their website:
http://www.piecechicago.com

Piece unites classic New Haven-style thin crust pizza with award-winning microbrews in a spacious loft setting. We opened in July 2001 after transforming a roofing company garage into a casual pizzeria complete with a skylite ceiling and sunken lounge area. Sports fans can catch events on a series of eleven 42” plasma TVs that span the length of the bar. Revelers pack the house for games and special events.

Brewer Jonathan Cutler has won twelve major awards in five years of operation. In 2006 Piece and Jonathan won the prestigious World Beer Cup Champion Small Brewpub and Brewmaster Award. Be sure to stop by and try one of our award winning brews.

Live Band Karaoke 11:00 pm

What to wear:
Halloween will be just around the corner. So feel free to dress up in costume, if that’s your thing.

What to bring:

• Yourself
• Enough money for pizza and beer
• An open-mind and friendly attitude

Why is it that everytime I meet someone new, I get the feeling I'm romantically incompatible with 99.9% of the people out there. Sure, I get along with most everyone, and have no problem making friends, but romantically, everyone feels the same to me. Why can't I find a spark? Is there something wrong with me? Have I been dating so long that I'm incapable of feeling butterflies?

I'm wondering if I'm in my own world here. Like some sort of ugly duckling that's often overlooked. It seems exceedingly rare that I meet someone who shares my enthusiam for life, my curiosity, my love of exploration, experimentation, and desire to challenge myself on a daily basis. Frankly, the women I've been meeting are f***ed up, not even close to the happy, vibrant, intelligent, put-together woman I'm seeking.

It's Summertime, and here I am going to festivals, going out dancing, visiting the park, concerts, and everything Chicago has to offer. I should be content, happy that I'm alive and able to do all these things. But something's very lonely about always going on adventures and never having someone to share them with. My friends say I'm one of the happiest people they've ever met, but my secret truth is I always feel like something's missing.

Now and again I run into a situation where I have to deal with an insurance company and every time I just end up asking myself "Why do I have insurance again?" Oh yeah, it's because it's required by law. As far as I'm concerned, it makes about as much sense as trying to win the lottery, only in reverse. Instead of paying into a system with hopes of winning a large fortune, you pay into a system hoping not to lose one. But either way, they're coming out ahead. Their profit margin is like the dealer always having the upper hand; odds are better forgoing any insurance policy and saving the money into an emergency fund instead. And that's assuming they're even willing to honor a claim at all. We've all heard stories of insurance companies denying claims for the silliest of reasons, and why shouldn't they try? It's pure profit to them. Something about that is fundamentally wrong. Going back to the lottery analogy, it would be like having the winning numbers but not winning the jackpot because you didn't scratch the ticket quite to their liking, or because you haven't been buying enough (losing) tickets in the past. And if you win too many jackpots, they drop you so you don't play the lottery anymore, at least not their lottery.

I wanna try making this:

http://myhusbandcooks.wordpress.com/2006/10/11/bread-pudding-dessert-bliss/

Anyone know a good place to buy 10 oz. ramekins?

My sister is visiting from out of town this week, drove several hours and arrived late last night. This morning I asked her if her husband did anything for Valentines. She said "Oh he bought me flowers. Don't know why but I just really wanted flowers. I told him he didn't have to, since we were rushed and preparing for the long road trip, but he found a way to buy them for me." And I just thought, of course he bought the flowers, he didn't want to live in the doghouse. Isn't that a classic trap women set? They say they want something but then tell their guy that it's okay not to buy it. The guy is left wondering if she really means it. According to my sister, she says that when you're in a relationship long enough, telling her guy he doesn't have to buy it means just that. I don't know. From my experience those things don't matter AT THAT MOMENT, but just wait til she's upset and then it's "yeah, remember that time you didn't buy me flowers and I really wanted them!?" Either my sister's wrong or I've just been dating the wrong type of women.

I find myself pretty bored a lot of the time, and find myself writing emails to complete strangers in an effort to strike up quirky conversations. All I have to say is, why all the red dots people? Don't listen to your mom, go talk to strangers. Let's keep OkCupid fun and friendly.