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•1. Take a belly dancing class

•2. Perform stand-up at an open mic

•3. Volunteer at a local animal rescue

•4. Finish decorating my main living space

•5. Teach my dog how to put his toys away

•6. Get a six pack (beer or abs, whichever comes first)

•7. Get my no-no area waxed

•8. Write an article for publication

•9. Run a 5k for charity

•10. Get a massage

•11. Take a cooking class

•12. Read through a high school summer reading list

•13. Take a yoga class

•14. Picnic through a whole show at Shakespeare in the Park

•15. Get one of those fish pedicures

•16. Go see the new baby elephant at the zoo

•17. Create my own art

•18. Take a spontaneous trip

•19. Go someplace I’ve never been

•20. Sponsor someone/something in need

•21. Try hypnosis

•22. Have my fortune read

•23. Visit a dermatologist

•24. Take the Thurminator challenge

•25. Take a strip class

•26. Go to the aquarium in Cincinnati

•27. Write a song

•28. Become a Craigslist super hero

•29. See Improv in Chicago

•30. To Be Announced!

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    Wednesday
    28Oct2009

    Dating Horror Stories: Sami, take Tres

    Here's another goody from Sami!

    One date picked me up, in steel toes boots, torn sweats and shirt with holes in it, and what I can only assume was his work car (see smelly & dirty).

    I asked if he had just come from work? He said “NO”.

    We went to a reasonably nice place to eat, I’m honestly surprised they let him in the establishment with the way he was dressed & smelled.  As dinner progressed, he proceed to tell me about a Rolling Stones concert he went too that was a religious experience, and some plant in his back yard that the students at a local university couldn’t figure out....Longest 3 hours of my life, and I’ll never get them back.

    Mid-sentence he got up from the table without excusing himself. I sighed in relief.

    At the table beside me at a couple barely in their 20’s.  The young man leaned over and quietly suggested with a smirk,

    “I think you should get a headache before he returns”….

    That completely MADE MY NIGHT!  

    Upon my dates return, I promptly did just that. I never thought I’d be one to use an excuse to get out of a date, but it worked.

    Oh, Sami, I've faked sick, too!  Sometimes you just gotta...

    Read all the Dating Horror Stories here!  One more story tomorrow, then you all get to vote on your favorite story on Friday!!  Who will be crowned MOST HORRIFIC DATE 2009?!

     

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