Date of the Month-March Dinner Friday Night

My friend Elizabeth told me in not such a delicate way that two almost dates NO NOT count as a date.  So it is a good thing that I did successful have a March date of the month.  March is the guy I had plans with for breakfast last weekend that rescheduled for Friday night.  So the date did happen. 

I mentioned in my last post that I met March on OkCupid.  We emailed back and forth for over a month before he suggested going out. 

For this date March had suggested meeting at a Japanese restaurant in Studio City at 9:00.  It sounded like a good plan.  I missed the street to turn on and Suri got me all kinds of lost.  I finally found it and parked on the street.  I got out of my car to read the slightly confusing parking signs that told me that there is NO parking after 8pm.  When I turned around ……there was a cop already there ready to jump.  I explained that I was reading the signs and was going to move my car.  I started moving my car and when I was out of the cops view I called March to ask where he had parked.  Yep he had parked on the street too.  I explained that there was no parking past 8pm and that a cop was there.  He walked outside and I could hear him talking to the cop before the line went dead.  He called me back but was not as lucky and got a ticket.  Oh and the restaurant closed at 9:00.  So the date was off to a rocky start.   We planned to meet at another Japanese restaurant down the street. I was a little worried that the parking ticket and restaurant switch would ruin the night.  Thankfully it didn’t.  March didn’t seem to let it bother him at all.  He was easy going and had a nice friendly smile. He was born and grew up in the Philippians.  His accent is more noticeable over the phone then in person. 

I was able to correctly guess that March was Filipino but I am typically not very good at that game.  I cannot identify where someone is from based on characteristics or their last name.  Recently, I was at lunch with a friend of mine who is Asian but I didn’t know where specifically she was from.  I was stumbling and could not for the life of myself think of the word ethnicity and asked her, “What brand of Asian are you?”  She thought it was hilarious.  I wasn’t trying to be an ass.  I just wanted to know where she was from.  I shared that story with March.  He also found it to be funny.  I am glad I can amuse my friends and dates.

March made the comment that I look different in person than in my pictures/profile.  Before I could ask how or if it was a good difference or bad difference he said I was much cuter in person.  What a charmer. 

March and I talked about work, volunteer work, family, and the cultural difference between here and the Philippines.  He is really easy to talk to and there were no awkward moments of lulls in the conversation.  It was interesting to hear about his experiences moving here.

March is very active.  He plays volleyball, snowboards, and ran this crazy obstacle race challenge thing. He is an animated storyteller and told an interesting story about a recent snowboarding trip with his less experienced friend and a black diamond trail. It sounded pretty intense. We talked about playing team sports. I explained that I am not very competitive.  If someone’s is going to knock me down to get a ball……. then they can have it. 

He was very impressed by my experiences with stand up comedy and making strangers laugh.  Although I think that I wrote about that on my OkCupid profile so he possible forgot I mentioned it in there or didn’t actually read the whole profile.  So March’s attention to detail might be questionable but he was very complimentary.   He complimented me about being smart, funny, and attractive. He is so smart. 

He walked me to my car and we hugged goodbye.  I did get a nice text from him a little later that said drive safe…..good night.

The text after the date was sweet.  It is good to know that I am a fun date. …………Everyone should want to date me.  Ok but not crazies. I don’t want crazies to want to date me.