Bucket lists are big right now. I totally dig the concept of bucket lists, but I don’t have one myself. If I want something: I tend to just go get it. Sometimes this inhibition works in my favour:
Sometimes this back fires in my pretty little face:
I love trying new things, and so therefore I constantly try new things!!! Again, I try new things with varying degrees of success:
I do however have what I have termed, a ‘Vomit Bucket List’. My VBL is pretty much an ongoing – in my head – list of things I want to do for the blog. I have a lot of really hilarious dating stories, and a big part of the reason why I have hilarious dating stories is because I date… a lot. The reason why I date a lot is because I take a lot of risks and chances. I take a lot of risks because I want hilarious stories. So, it’s all a big cycle.
In order for the blog to be successful I need to date. In order to date I need to put myself out there in a variety of ways and be open to a lot of different situations. So my vomit bucket contains ideas like:
- try speed dating
- try online dating (check)
- give a hot stranger my phone number (check)
- accept a date from someone whom I don’t initially feel a connection with (check)
- go on a date with two different guys in the same day
- ask out a stranger (check)
- go on a date with a guy I consider ‘out of my league’
- go on a date with a total nut job (check, check, check)
- go on a blind date
- go on an impromptu date
Two specific things that I’ve given myself a time line on are: go on a blind date and go on an impromptu date. My idea for the impromptu date is to basically wander the streets of the sexy city I chill in on weekends and approach a random man I find attractive. The difference between an impromptu date and simply asking a guy out is that I will ask him to go out on a date with me right then and there.
These two date concepts are on opposite ends of the spectrum. A blind date is not based on any concept of physical attraction, while an impromptu ‘in the moment’ date is based entirely on physical attraction. Love it? Love it!
My goal is to accomplish the impromptu date in the next coming weeks (but come on, I’m allowed to be a little apprehensive.) As for the blind date, well… that one is tricky. It takes more than a ballsy attitude to make a blind date come to fruition. Blind dates do not happen these days. With facebook and cyber stalking they are almost impossible. BOTH people have to be committed to the concept of a blind date, and honestly, not a lot of people are excited about that idea. Believe me.
I was throwing around this idea to my good buddy Kerm, and she decided to do a little brainstorming. She perused her facebook and came up with an eligible contestant who was both date worthy and laid back enough to be open to the idea. She sent him a message, but – although he thought it was a great concept – he revealed that he was in fact dating someone. Damnit. Luckily, he suggested the idea of hooking me up with one of his friends… SCORE!
I know nothing about him other than his first name and his phone number. Bahahahaa… It’s a recipe for disaster, and I love it! Worst-case scenario: I fall madly in love and run off into the sunset and… oh god, I just threw up a little bit. Best-case scenario: I get a fantastically amazing story. WIN FUCKING WIN!
So here is what I need from you: I need Vomit Bucket List challenges. What are some cool, funny, interesting dating goals I can set up for myself? Send your suggestions my way, and in the meantime… brace yourself for the tale of the blind date!
