Dec. 15, 2003: All things to all guys
Emails from Alan and Tim were waiting for me this morning. Alan answered my questions about his most recent travels—skiing in Utah and Puerto Vallarta. He lives in a condo in the West Loop and works from home, in industrial sales. He also wrote about running and wanting to see "The Lion King" before it leaves town—probably trying to show he appreciates both the arts and sports. A nice thought, but, as I mentioned in my reply, I'm not a big fan of musicals. He asked about my "agenda for fun," and I gave a typically broad response:
"So--my agenda for fun? I kind of live for the warmer months, when I can run, golf, go to ball games, play tennis, etc. Of course, I was injured in July this year, so a lot of those things were knocked off track. But I also like to go to plays (preferably non-musicals, I have to admit), movies, restaurants, the occasional bar. Staying in works, too, either cooking or ordering in, watching some movies--especially in the winter! I can be pretty easily amused."
That's me—all things to all guys.
Tim wrote about growing up as a Brewers fan in northern Wisconsin. He's also a Packer fan. His email was basically all-sports content. Not a problem, I guess, for now. I replied with a little football talk (preferring the Packers to the Vikings), and asked him how he came to live in Minneapolis and what he does for fun when it isn't baseball season.
I received a Match email this afternoon from carlspakler. He's home sick with his dogs, as he put it. Good to see he's using his time productively. I looked at his profile, and it doesn't do anything for me. I'm wary of guys who post photos of their dogs. Not them with their dogs, mind you—just the dogs themselves. And he wants two kids (aren't the dogs enough, buddy?).
I'm heading downtown in a few minutes to meet Joel for dinner before we take in a live taping of an NPR show (yes—we're geeks). In a perfect world, I'll come home to find a message from Joe. It won't be long before I start to think I'm not actually going to hear from him again.
"So--my agenda for fun? I kind of live for the warmer months, when I can run, golf, go to ball games, play tennis, etc. Of course, I was injured in July this year, so a lot of those things were knocked off track. But I also like to go to plays (preferably non-musicals, I have to admit), movies, restaurants, the occasional bar. Staying in works, too, either cooking or ordering in, watching some movies--especially in the winter! I can be pretty easily amused."
That's me—all things to all guys.
Tim wrote about growing up as a Brewers fan in northern Wisconsin. He's also a Packer fan. His email was basically all-sports content. Not a problem, I guess, for now. I replied with a little football talk (preferring the Packers to the Vikings), and asked him how he came to live in Minneapolis and what he does for fun when it isn't baseball season.
I received a Match email this afternoon from carlspakler. He's home sick with his dogs, as he put it. Good to see he's using his time productively. I looked at his profile, and it doesn't do anything for me. I'm wary of guys who post photos of their dogs. Not them with their dogs, mind you—just the dogs themselves. And he wants two kids (aren't the dogs enough, buddy?).
I'm heading downtown in a few minutes to meet Joel for dinner before we take in a live taping of an NPR show (yes—we're geeks). In a perfect world, I'll come home to find a message from Joe. It won't be long before I start to think I'm not actually going to hear from him again.
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