Journal imroy's Journal: musings 4
Thanks to everyone that replied to my last journal. I'll write an update when/if anything happens, that's only fair. But for now I'm taking it slowly. One problem is that with Natshas parents here, we're not alone to talk like we often were last year. Patience...
I don't put much faith in astrology, but it's interesting to look at every now and then. Just for a laugh, you know. I found a nice long page about the scorpio sign. While I agree with a lot of it (ever notice that these sort of things are put in a flatering way?), there's some I don't. Both me and Natasha are scorpios. Is that a bad sign? This and this don't seem to think it's so good. Oh well. We'll see.
I also found a page of Chinese zodiac readings. Oh, did I mention that Tash is chinese? Oops, I just broke one of Interrobangs rules. Oh, and she's a non-geek. Dang, that's two.
Anyway, I was born in 1976 which makes me the year of the dragon. Hmm, a scorpion and a dragon. Does that make me a tough bastard or something?
Dragon
Make a special effort and you will see a noticeable improvement in your social status.
Well duh, but thanks for the tip. I am in a rut at the moment.
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Your love affairs will run the risk of becoming entangled and will not give you all the satisfactions you expect from them.
Oh bugger. But it did say "love affairs" - plural. All right!
The base on which your physical equilibrium rests may become shaky.
And just what is my physical equilibrium? My sense of balance? I dunno, these astrology people have some weird language sometimes.
And now since I'm an obsessive scorpio, here's Natashas. She was born in 1971, which was the year of the pig. oink!
Pig
Your love life may feel burdened by monotony and routine, so appeal to your imagination for help.
Does that apply to me? or the ex? Perhaps I'm the one to break her monotonic love life?
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You'll have stormy relationships with your entourage, at work and in your home.
Oh double bugger.
However, you'll be well disposed to make concessions and to recognize your errors.
Erm, yay, no wait... um. I'm confused.
yeah, big surprise. Star charts are mostly fluff anyway.
Quick update: Check out full descriptions of chinese zodiac signs and compatibility comparisons in the chinese zodiac. Gung hai fat choi!
The Dragon and the Pig make wonderful couples. Each is warm-hearted and will provide the other with the tenderness they need. As long as they respect one another's differences they will flourish in a loving relationship. Their overall compatibility rating is 80%.
And now for something completely different...
Inexpensive ideas for time together... (Score:2)
The local public library is a good place to rent videos--in the US it's $1 or so if you have a library card. So you might invite her to go pick out a video with you and spend an evening watching it--maybe invest another buck or so in microwave popcorn.
If she's at all nerdy, she might be interested in a project to learn something together--explore local history, or figure out how to set up a wireless network, or learn a new language, or whatever.
BTW, having her parents around may prevent you from spending time alone, but you could/should be chatting with her parents on occasion in order to make a good impression.
Re:Inexpensive ideas for time together... (Score:1)
Thanks for the extra tips. I think I'm getting on fairly well with Natshas parents. Her dad is quite eccentric, so it's hard to know, but he's always joking and talking to me. The other day I got to talk a little to her mum on the front veranda/patio.
Perhaps I should just stop writing about Natasha until I actually do something about our relationship. I have a tendancy of living in a fantasy world of my own making. I've already run through in my head many different ways of asking her how she feels about me, and her many possible responses. All this talk of where to go and what to do, while very useful, just fuels my fantasy parallel universe where I have done something. It takes away from my real-world life and makes me less determined to do anything. I have to live more in the real world.
That wasn't a rule, you nit! (Score:2)
And I totally hate how you make it seem in your posting like it's some kind of racist thing, which it most emphatically is not. Hey, if (seriously hot) Asian women are interested in you, and you're interested back, go for it. I just don't like seeing people frustrated because they have unrealistically high standards, that's all, which was what that entry was about, more or less. I wasn't (if you noticed) talking about those of us who already have SOs and are out of the dating thing (if only temporary-like).
Bully for you if your relationship works. Forgive me if I consider you one of the exceptions that proves (means "tests," BTW) the rule. Good luck!
Re:That wasn't a rule, you nit! (Score:1)
Rule, guideline, point, tip, whatever. I know what you were referring to. But I don't think asian women have to be "seriously hot" to be noticed. Anyone that is "seriously hot" will get noticed no matter their ethnicity. Asian women just have a certain exoticness that a lot of (anglo) guys are attracted to. And they look younger than anglo women too. Lets not forget that.
I don't know where you got the racist accusation from. I was just making the chinese link with the zodiac stuff I was looking up and noted that I was going against not one, but two of your pieces of advice. That was all.
Thanks for the well-wishing. To be honest, Natasha isn't "seriously hot", just attractive. But we've lived with each other for 4.5 years and she's very special to me. Now I just have to summon up enough courage to ask her out. Next few days, I swear. I've calmed down since my journal entry on the 29th, and with everyones' responses I've moderated my feelings. What's so hard about one little question? :P