intro - post 1

i'm victor (pen name, anyhow) and will be chronicling my bat-shit crazy attempts to date and living life....

about me: i'm 29, a grad student in one of the largest universities in the nation (u.s) and just ended a 12.5 year relationship with a wonderful young medical professional that i originally met one summer back in high-school. as one might imagine - i never dated... until now. i have no experience w/ women at all, other than her.

i think i know people... i was a psych major in undergrad. i'm at a point of "no fear" in my life right now. i don't care about getting shot down or looking like an idiot - if i do, odds are, i will never see anyone around again. so i've got that going for me. plus - i'm getting pretty good at feigning self-confidence.

currently - i'm tossing around the idea of trying to date at least 12 women in the 12 months of 2009.... off to a decent start, too. i don't know that this will be a hard and fast rule - but if things work out w/ someone, great.... if not.... i have a goal to meet!

1 - my ex. we dated until early/mid february. all i will say about that. :-(

2 - my inappropriately young friend. 20y/o undergrad i knew from around. started seeing her way too soon after breaking up w/ the ex... the first week or two was great and a lot of fun - but she got pretty flakey on me towards the end. kept canceling plans last minute and things like that. i saw it coming... first she was too young and second, we were both dealing with a lot of shit in our lives. i freaked her out a bit. it was a good learning experience for me. it's a shame too... she is arguably the hottest girl i will ever date - and a brilliant conversationalist, who i truly loved talking to. :-(

3 - my classmate (working on this one). 6'1". nice girl. more age appropriate. world-class athlete. fun to hang out with. but can drink me (and almost everyone i know) under the table. we hung out w/ a group after class once. drank a little too much. as the night wore on, we kept getting closer and closer to each other and were pretty much hanging off of each other. walked her back to her car (arm around her - gotta make sure neither of us fell, you know!) and suggested we go out for a real date / dinner some time... she liked the idea. we'll see how it goes :-)