After six phone calls, all very similar in dialogue, regarding our plans for the evening (bowling and perhaps video games* at Jillian’s**), I knew I just didn’t want this date to happen. I began thinking of excuses to cancel then was finally convinced (thanks mom) to just go and make the most of it. I offered to meet him at his place since he lives in the Valley and Jillian’s is on that side of the hill. This is where it begins to get interesting.

Weird Part Number One: I arrived at The Comic’s apartment and snooped around a bit. He mentioned that since his roommates weren’t home, he’d been able to pick up the place. There was lots of stuff in the living room which he said belonged to his roommates. I noticed there was only one bedroom, and asked where the roommates sleep. As it turns out, the male roommate sleeps on the couch and the female roommate, when she’s in town, crashes in the bed with him. Ummm. Rewind. Yep, I heard him correctly. What the hell?

Weird Part Number Two: We walked up to the counter to purchase tokens for the video games and the first words out of his mouth, directed toward the counterperson were, “I’m a gamer.” Okay, first of all, is that something you broadcast on your date and secondly, does the girl at the counter even care? Apparently he must have gotten something for free using that line before, because he felt the need to say it to every person we came in contact with.

Weird Part Number Three: Bowling? We never went bowling. He decided he was in the mood to play video games and didn’t want to bowl because bowling reminded him of smoking, which he had just quit oh, five hours ago. Plus, the lanes were closed for a private party.

So, Six Phone Calls In Six Hours + Weird Part Number One + Weird Part Number Two + Weird Part Number Three = Total Frustration and Removal of Jdate Profile. Temporarily, of course. I wouldn’t want my readers to be bored.

*He works in the video game industry.
**I hate, hate, hate, Citywalk.