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"Can I ask you a question?"
Turning away from the lush Oregon wine country scenery, I faced my date. The furtive glances he was shooting at me while he was driving made me a little cautious. "Is it a serious question?" I asked.
"Yes."
I considered telling him no, because who wanted to answer a serious question on the way to a fancy restaurant after a glorious day of wine-tasting? But I nodded, partly because I'm curious and partly because it looked like he really wanted to ask. "Go ahead."
"Are you going to blog about our date?"
I blinked. That was totally not a question I expected. "Would you mind if I did?"
"I don't know." He frowned. "Maybe."
"Then what should I blog about, if not our date?"
"How about the adjective-animal phenomena here in the Willamette Valley," he said, as if he'd given it some thought.
I blinked again. "Adjective-animal?"
"You know. The plethora of stores with adjective-animal names." He pointed at a passing building. "Like that one—the Dapper Frog. Or the Soapy Bear back in Newberg. We also passed a Caffeinated Cat."
He'd obvious thought about this, and it was very sweet that he was trying to help me come up with a blog topic. But I still didn't get why I would write about country stores with Mother Goose-y names. "I may be missing the obvious, but what would my angle be? Why would an adjective-animal blog interest my readers?"
"Because you wrote it." A big duh blatantly underscored his words.
"Um..." I searched for some kind of appropriate response, but I only came up with, "Thanks."
He glanced at me. After a moment, he said, "You're going to write about our date, aren't you?"
"Don't worry." I patted his arm. "I'll be sure to mention that you're an awesome kisser."
He perked up, suddenly less leery and perhaps even enthusiastic. "Can you also make me six-feet-four with washboard abs?"
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I dunno. I'm thinking animal-adjectives is a pretty fascinating subject. We have a local restaurant called the Famished Frog....
Posted by Jen, 20/04/2010 5:09am (2 years ago)
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I was about to say that i couldn't think of any adjective-animal stores around here, but there's the Waltzing Weasel a few blocks past the dog park, and there's the Snooty Fox in Westdale. Both pubs, although the Weasel is a very high-end one (I haven't been in the Fox yet, but it's one of the closest pubs to campus, so I'm gonna assume it isn't as nice as the Weasel). Those are the only two I can think of, though.
I kind of want to know what the Soapy Bear is, though. The Dapper Frog sounds like a nice restaurant, and the Caffeinated Cat is clearly a Cafe (try saying that ten times fast), but I've got no clues on the Soapy Bear, unless it's a laundromat or something...Posted by Karen, 20/04/2010 5:21am (2 years ago)
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Also, maybe this is just me, but I'm not really into the whole washboard-abs thing. Mostly because I don't have them myself, and I admit that I would be very jealous if my significant other had a better figure than me. =P Its bad enough that my best friend is a 6-foot-tall toothpick who can eat as much cake and candy as he wants, without exercising, whereas I have to sweat it out just to justify a bit of ice cream.
Posted by Karen, 20/04/2010 12:24pm (2 years ago)
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If he's been checking on you beforetyhe date, I'd say he's the founder of stalker dot com.
Posted by Bradley, 20/04/2010 12:40pm (2 years ago)
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The Snooty Fox and the Famished Frog... Who knew? I'd totally go to either one.
Karen, we tried going to the Soapy Bear but it was closed. I think it had soap, oddly enough. Plus other knick-knack things.
Bradley, my date from last weekend wanted it made clear that he's not a stalker. (Actually, he's a great guy.) And you'd be surprised how many of the guys I've gone out with read my books or check my website. Dating has definitely been good for sales. However, quoting a review is a little weird (yes, that happened recently).Posted by Kate, 21/04/2010 12:58am (2 years ago)
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The Famished Frog always makes me think of flies...which makes me want to skip eating there.
I was just reading an article about psychiatrists googling patients, so it makes sense that dates google each other (a weird, twisted kind of sense...)Posted by Jen, 21/04/2010 8:10am (2 years ago)
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I read your book. Who doesn't like hot women in a read.
Posted by Bradley, 21/04/2010 11:12am (2 years ago)
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Jen, people-who-shall-remain-unnamed always google my dates before I go out with them.
Sometimes I think an arranged marriage would be simpler. Not as much fun though.Posted by Kate, 22/04/2010 9:25pm (2 years ago)
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He sounds like a great guy. I wish my last date had said something that spontaneous. We've been on two...I wouldn't call them dates because we basically walked around looking for a comic book store on the last one and the one before we walked around aimlessly...but anyways so far the most interesting thing he's come up with has been a long explanation on the career paths available to someone with a mining degree. My expectations are low for date three. (And, before you ask and in the spirit of TMI, there's a date three despite the less than stellar conversation because my sister set him up with me and I promised I'd at least give it three chances before totally giving up on the guy; she says he's shy and just needs the time to come out of his shell. Admittedly, his texts are more interesting than his dialogue, so I'm hopeful.)
Posted by Calliope, 29/04/2010 5:29pm (2 years ago)
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Maybe you need to suggest going on a bumper car date or something, Calliope. Nothing like ramming people with mini cars to break through a shy shell. ;)
Posted by Kate, 11/05/2010 7:09am (2 years ago)
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