Yesterday I was on a date

and I mentioned that I have a blog. I'm always a little wary about telling guys that I have a blog because then they want to find the blog and, well, it's always hard to know what they're going to think after that.

So, to the guy from yesterday (If you're wondering whether I'm writing this about you... It was actually our fourth date.): Hi. Welcome to my blog. Feel free to look around. Hopefully none of it will be too surprising to you. Sometimes when I read it, I get embarrassed for myself. Still, it's a piece of me so I like to keep it how it is, flaws and all. :)

I found this in a personal ad and I LOVE it

More about what I'm looking for:
"Sometimes I get vertigo when I think back to things that happened 10 or 20 years ago - it's hard to believe I've been around so long and experienced so much. But there's so much more I want to learn, see and do before my time is up, and most of those things would be more fun if they were shared. To quote a friend, I want ONE person to be a witness to the rest of my life, because the record of my life until now is fragmented across dozens of people. Until recently, I don't think I was ready to find that person, but now I feel like I am."
~ Guy who wrote an awesome personal ad

Note to the guy who wrote the awesome personal ad:
I recognize that I don't know you and I have no right to post your words without your permission. Still, I did it and I don't regret it. I will, however, take them down if you wish or attribute them if you wish. What you said is awesome and I hope you find that one person. I hope I find that one person too.

Another chapter over...

When you try your best but you don't succeed
When you get what you want but not what you need
When you feel so tired but you can't sleep
Stuck in reverse

When the tears come streaming down your face
When you lose something you can't replace
When you love someone but it goes to waste
Could it be worse?

Lights will guide you home
And ignite your bones
I will try to fix you

High up above or down below
when you're too in love to let it go
If you never try you'll never know
Just what you're worth

Lights will guide you home
And ignite your bones
I will try to fix you

Tears stream down your face
When you lose something you cannot replace
Tears stream down your face and I

Tears stream down your face
I promise you I will learn from my mistakes
Tears stream down your face and I

Lights will guide you home
And ignite your bones
I will try to fix you

~Coldplay's "Fix You"

Rain

This is awesome! I love the rain!

Who says I can't reuse posts?

I am on Skype chatting about relationships with lovely Laura from Mexico. I just forwarded her a post from this very blog. It is so good that I am going to do something that may not be so kosher in blog land... I am reposting!

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Right before I moved to Mexico in September of 2002 I was e-mailing some guy I met through Spring Street Network. He asked me if i was going to hook up with men the second I got to Mexico. Here's an edited version of what I wrote:

From: Elise
Sent: Saturday, September 07, 2002 1:14 PM
To: Eric
Subject: On dating...

Eric,

...As for me 'hooking up as soon as [I] get to Mexico,' are you asking if I'm going to find me some men immediately? The answer is no. First off, that's not what I do; I'm not a woman on the prowl. Second, I'm not trying to add to the stereotype that American women are easy.

I'm not pressed at all and rarely feel the need to have a guy in my life. Sure, I want one but I want the right one. At the end of Say Anything, Ione Skye tells John Cusack that she needs him. Cusack responds, "Tell me something... Do you just need someone or do you need me?" I don't want someone to be seeing me just because he has a fear of being alone and I don't want to be seeing someone just so that I can say that I'm seeing someone. It seems like a waste of time to me. I'm not a serial dater. I'm patiently meeting people and waiting until someone interests me...

~Elise
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Interesting how my view of relationships hasn't changed in four years.