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Wed, November 17

Sucked In

I meant to come home early tonight and work on my piece for the upcoming show (Dec. 6th!) but instead I got sucked in to the abyss that is Apocalypse Lounge. Rebecca called me to meet her after my dinner date with Karina at Barmarche (14 Spring St.) It's kinda nice that Rebs now has this dramatic thing going on with our friend Jay (who has a show every Tuesday at the bar, featuring different live music acts), and for the past few Tuesdays I've been able to hang with her before going back to my apartment a block away.

Tonight we sat at the bar and oggled "the most beautiful girl I've seen in person in a long time" (we both agreed). First of all she was French, so that just makes her a notch above all the rest if only for the fact that she can roll her r's unlike anyone else at the bar. Second, she had the most gorgeous face. And third, was the type of thin that can only be achieved by good genes and no muscle tone. Funny because I find girls that are athletic looking, attractive, but also girls who are waif thin--but that must be my own weirdness. Definitely not a feminist sentiment!

Strangely though, Becs and I agreed that the girl singing on stage, who was not "model pretty" was also strangely mesmerizing and sexy. The verdict? It is all in how you hold yourself. Either of those girls would have been unnatractive if it weren't for their innate confidence in themselves.

Beauty is something you carry. Some people just carry it better than others.

Earlier this evening, at Barmarche, I found myself in the midst of quite an awkward moment: When the mohawked, British (and also impossibly beautiful) waitress tried to seat us, I realized we were about to be placed in the table two inches from a guy I dated last year. And he was on a date.

To be honest, I wasn't so nice to this boy when we'd dated. We dated a few times, and I thought he was adorable, but then I started dating "The Neighbor" and Kjell (my friends called him K-Jell 'cuz it sounded more thug) kind of fell in the background. I didn't know what to do the night that my roomates and I threw a party with the boys next door. Initially, The Neighbor wasn't supposed to be home that night, as he was away on business. So I invited Kjell to the party (well, any time Erica and I threw parties we'd invite at least five guys we were either dating or flirting with at the time!). Of course Neighbor ended up coming back early, and I ended up giving all my attention to him. The other boy left without saying goodbye, and when I called the next day to apologize he never called me back.

Actually, he found me on Nerve.com earlier this past summer, and we exchanged emails a bit. So maybe it wasn't the worst ending.

Anyway, upon seeing him there, I stopped in my tracks, gave him a little wave, and said to the waitress, "Actually, I think we'll sit over THERE instead" (pointing to a seat out of his view).

As if that wasn't interesting enough, guess who stepped outside of the restaurant for a couple of cigarette breaks? Our very own JENNA BUSH. With her very own gaggle of Republican girlfriends. I actually jokingly said to my friend, "G-d I wish I could k--l her father", and then realized that probably wasn't a good idea to say, as the restaurant was probably thoroughly tapped.

So, the food: Delicious, but very small portions. I ate the loaf of olive bread they served to us, to fill me up. The appetizer (grilled asparagus with pecorino cheese and arugula salad) was perfectly seasoned, but there were maybe six thin asparagus total. We each had a tiny salad, neither of which were served with greens. I must admit the endive/walnut/pear/gorgonzola salad was delicious, but not big enough for dinner (or a starving girl like me). I wondered if this place scorns big eaters: Even the apple pie was served on a fingerfull of pie crust, so it was mainly apples. Really good apples, but still...It ain't no pie if it ain't got crust.

This reminds me of my grandfather's favorite joke: A Jewish woman says to another Jewish woman, about a restaurant she went to, "The food was AWFUL! And the portions...They were SO SMALL!"

Speaking of Jews...I was talking to one of J's friends last night at his apartment (he'd made dinner for his roomates and friends) abotu Jdate. As soon as I was reminded of this dating website, I made remarks about how awful it is, and how everyone on it sucks. After a little back and forth, I realized that when I was once on that site, I was only about to be a Junior at college. So of course all the guys I dated (who were all older than me) were going not be what I was looking for at the time--they thought they were dating a young college girl who couldn't possibly want anything serious--and they treated me as such.

No wonder after a second date with one guy in particular, he insisted that he couldn't possibly let me take the subway all by myself from 72nd street to 110th at 11pm at night. He said, "I would be much more comfortable with you coming home with me to Astoria. That way I know you'll get home safe." I am so glad I had the foresight to call for backup: I called a girlfriend of mine and pretended that we were meeting for coffee in a couple of minutes and that she had decided to come down to the 70's. But really--who did this guy think he was? And that was only one loser story...

And then again, I realize that J hasb een on jdate too, in the past. Had I remaiend a member, perhaps we would have dated years ago. Which is scary, because I know that up until this year, I still wasn't over the college boyfriend. And, for the record, I only joined Jdate because my mom convinced me that all my problems with the college boyf. stemmed from the fact that he wasn't Jewish. I think that was the least of our problems!

I was at work until 7:30 tonight. I caught one of the young cleaning guys picking his nose while taking a break from tidying the women's bathroom...

Posted by lexzog at November 17, 2004 12:21 AM

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Someone told me that almost 90% of all Jewish singles in New York are on JDate... but then again, where would someone come up with this statistic? I have mixed feelings about the site. I went on it (originally just to try and find people I used to know in high school and laugh at them) and met some horrible people (and I do mean HORRIBLE). I don't get the guys who go on there and basically use it as an "Internet Bar" because they are too shy to approach girls in "real life." But, having said that, I met my boyfriend on JDate, and I was barely even a member... funny how that works :).

Posted by: MustBeChicken at November 17, 2004 03:59 PM

how often do you go to apocalypse? my brother djed there last tues i believe. he didn't tell me about it till after though, that bastard. he told me he has an upcoming show there but i forgot the date.

Posted by: reef at November 18, 2004 05:47 PM

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