You made me double take twice on this... First Vallarta and then Flick Stop... wow flashback.
I 'worked' at FUCK STOP too maybe 'dated' a customer or two and also restocked the back room giggling at the titles ands quickly exiting when a 'regular' would sneak in. I finally met my fish (man) at a dive bar on Seabright Ave. We happened to be sitting next to eachother on a Tuesday night, he looked at me and I said "hi!" like a normal goofball. It's been almost 4 years now that we've lived together, we have 2 dogs and a cellphone plan. Your fish is out there!! Don't miss out on the days before you catch him :)
p.s. Flick Stop closed about 2, almost 3 years back... Vallarta is still making one fine burrito.

well you know i'm feeling your pain.

and have no advice as after never being sans boyfriend for many many years, i then had a MUCH longer dryspell than your two years. and other than the debacle you know of, i have started a new one.

i'll be alone forever. clearly. but i have hope for you! i do!

eh hem...three and a half years

Carolyn, you will not be alone forever. Period. Because listen, that's just not the way things go, I have to believe this. I need to hold on to that faith ;)

I know dry spell like nobody's business. But it ends. It does! It has to.

Right?

Hi Penny :)

penny i've got you beat too. :)

hey! i'm not complaining, i'm just saying is all! i remember when i had the one year itch though. it was so long ago. i was such a young girl! carolyn, you will not be alone forever. men suck anyway. we're better off without them.

I was only single for about 7 months in between husband and BF, so I can only feel some of the pain. But ... there are days when I would love to be able to just leave my BF behind and go back to the single life for the pain in my arse that he can be ... but I love him and his daughter, and somehow that makes it worthwhile.

jen, aren't you loving how your comments to this entry have now become a support board for me instead of you? OH MY GOD did i steal your thunder??? i didn't mean to!!!!!!!!!!!

Carolyn, you are too funny!!

Well, as you know, I've never been without a boyfriend for more than 20 days (don't hate me because I can't be alone). I'm exaggerating, of course. I think I called freshman year a dry spell--and it was, comparatively speaking. That's the nice thing about low standards, I guess.

Back to Red Fish, Blue Fish. I read this book to my husband's first graders once. They all read along, sort-of, producing a cacophony of energetically mispronounced words. I think I should have found it charming, but it was one of the most annoying experiences of my life.

It's okay to hate me for being mean about children, by the way. For that, I deserve it.

Laurie: you will not be alone forever. Period. Because listen, that's just not the way things go,

That's correct! If you are alone forever, it is only through personal choice.

I believe it's a bit of a catch 22... if you seek love, it is hard to find. But if you are completely inactive you'll never find it either.

We all have our own varying standards, likes, dislikes and so on... somewhere out there, there's someone who fits that like a glove. A nice stretchy leather one.

The big bummer is that most people I've met over the past 7 years that have flicked my proverbial light-switch to "burn bright" are on the other side of the world... but any obstacle is overcome if you want it to be.

There is one thing that I find more attractive than anything else: self-happiness.
It doesn't matter if someone is size xxs or xxl or any variation inbetween, if they are happy being themselves then they glow with it, guys notice it and guys are attracted to it. One of those guys will be okay. I'll bet my proverbial bottom dollar on it. (only because it is by far the smelliest).

I hope you land a super-awesome fish this time around...not a blue one...or one that makes YOU blue.