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the (mis)adventures of miss rachel. . .

Saturday, March 05, 2005

Rachel's rules

So, say you're on a date with Rachel. . . these are things to avoid if you want her to like you:

1. Saying that Ace Ventura is your favorite movie.
2. Saying that Phil Collins is your favorite singer.
3. Admitting to turning off The Royal Tenenbaums after the first 20 minutes because you thought it was horrible.
4. Repeatedly complimenting her ass, calling yourself a "buttman," or mentioning how much you enjoyed riding your bike behind her when you first met her, leading to think that you're awkward pickup line ('you're hot.') was not so much about her face.
5. Talking about how the only books you read are self-help books, having her innocent 'what books do you like?' turn into a laundry list monologue of all of your issues.
6. Being anti-religion to the extent that you won't participate in blood drives if they're held in churches & continuing to be vocally anti-church after Rachel explains that she teaches sunday school, that her church matters to her, and that her unitarian universalist faith has little in common with your childhood catholicism.
7. Having a tattoo of a clown-resembling zombie being cut in half by a chainsaw.
8. Telling a famished yummy-yummy-Hot-Lips-Pizza-eating Rachel that you only eat healthy food.
9. Being embarrassed and awkward about wearing T-shirt that is an exact-only-larger replica of one worn by a toddler in above mentioned pizza place. If you're going to wear a T-shirt with the superman logo on it, you should expect to see little boys in the same shirt.
10. Dragging your date along on your errands: comic store, movie store, toy store, not asking if she minds if you stop in.
11. Asking for definitions of words Rachel uses, words such as 'epic' and 'trite.'
12. Saying 'fag.' After you notice Rachel's disgusted expression at that word, telling her about how many gay friends you have.
13. Telling a horrible story about how you cried the whole way through Spider-man the first time you saw it in the theater.
14. Complimenting the goodness of Rachel's aura. What is it about boys and auras these days?
15. Telling jokes that involve rimming in prison.
16. Saying that politics don't matter.
17. Talking about the Middle East when it is obvious you know nothing about the region.

As you might have gathered N, the boy on the bike from last week, and I went out tonight. As you might have gathered, it was horrible. As you might have gathered,he inspired and broke the above-listed rules.

He kept telling me how attracted to me he was ('thanks' was my repeated response.) and that he was having a great time ('oh' was my repeated response.). I kept trying to figure out how to fake a broken leg & cursing myself for not bringing my work cellphone with me, so I could go to the bathroom & call someone, telling them to call me back & say there was an emergency.

He wants to see me again. I would rather gouge out my eyeballs with toothpicks.

Is there a graceful way to never see him again? Do I just have to say, 'we have nothing in common and I was bored out of my mind?'

4 Comments:

At 7:25 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

I'm fairly appalled. I can't believe you didn't just walk off...but I suppose you're a polite person.

I must admit, I never saw the Royal Tenenbaums, but that is because I have serious ideological problems with Gwyneth Paltrow and refuse to give her any money, no matter how small a percentage. But that is a rant for another day.

If he calls you or tries to contact you again, say "we have nothing in common. I'm not interested in you. Don't contact me again." And don't say "please" or anything, because he doesn't have a choice whether or not to respect your wishes.

 
At 10:06 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

WOW that is BAD bad bad bad.

I agree with Trish on how to deal with him.

Sorry you had such a sucky time. Nights like that really feel like a waste of precious hours of your life.

 
At 10:25 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

hey, at least he likes comic books.
that's cool.

and that'll change how the comic about him turns out, but whatev.

 
At 3:09 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Re: on breaking up--why don't you give him a self-help book on oh, WHAT NOT TO DO ON A DATE??

 

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