The Shipwreck...
Some of you are probably thinking, "The Shipwreck? This has got to be bad..."
Well, the inspiration for the title is actually a bit more benign than all that. When I was a kid my grandfather and I had to take a road trip for some awards thing I had to do and whenever it was just the two of us that had to take a trip we would always look for those local "Mom & Pop" restaurants to eat at. On this particular trip we found a place run by a Greek couple and their specialty was called a "shipwreck." They would take all sorts of breakfast things and put them in scrambled eggs - it was like eating a disorganized omelet, but it tasted wonderful. That's the spirit of this entry - there have been all sorts of little things going on, but nothing that individually would require a blog entry.
First - an update to "The Fix Is In." We've scheduled lunches, dates, and other meet and greet kind of occasions over the last two weeks and I've gotten cancellations every time. To her benefit I've canceled some of them for work-related reasons (it got pretty crazy last week), but we've maintained contact and have been e-mailing and talking to one another nearly everyday. Today we were finally supposed to have a date, but I got a weather cancellation (the roads were supposedly getting bad). I thought that excuse was pretty lame and perhaps she was flaking out on me, but then she called me and we talked on the phone for over an hour just discussing random things (it was almost like high school). We have again scheduled a date - this time on Tuesday and the nice conversation makes me think that she's sincere about wanting to meet me and see if anything is there. Word is spreading about this predicament (we've found that we have several common friends) and the pressure is on to see how this thing is going to turn out. I'm actually pretty hopeful for this one - call it cautiously optimistic right now. As always I'll keep you posted, but for some reasons my Air Force buddies will hopefully understand she's officially earned a blog name - "The Bag Lady."
Second - my birthday is coming up! We've been celebrating it on this long weekend and I've found out some things about going out in Anchorage on your birthday.
1.) I've found my inner dangerous guy - women that were obviously on dates - or in situations where their guy companions thought they were on dates - hit on me or kissed me when I was out and about this weekend. At McGinley's a very nice young lady offered to buy me a drink and started chatting me up when her guy friend literally pulled her away and let me know in no uncertain terms that she was with him. She didn't take too kindly to that, but our crew was rolling out anyway so excess drama was averted.
2.) The Cougar population in Anchorage is much more numerous than even I thought. They were everywhere - and on the hunt. Luckily I'm a pretty elusive prey...
3.) Women in Anchorage will say really weird, unsolicited shit when you're out and about. Last night there was a woman in a Gonzaga hooded sweatshirt who told me she was married, had a kid three months ago, and thought she looked great. Another woman was a stripper in Texas and has a four year old child, yet another had four kids and had a tattoo for each one, and there was one more who tried to sell me a vacuum.
4.) I'm becoming a regular at some places in town and I don't know how I feel about that. We went to The Shed earlier in the weekend - the karaoke guy and the waitress recognized me (the karaoke guy knows me as a singer, the waitress as the DD - she seemed pretty excited that I was drinking). They also know us at Humpy's, but I'm pretty sure that's unrelated to the News Anchor incident.
5.) Women let you get away with almost anything when it's your birthday - I don't know how many women I kissed this weekend, but if anyone in your crew (or you) tells a woman it's your birthday and to kiss you - they'll do it and probably throw a bit extra into the mix. The birthday thing (or possibly other special occasions) seems to be the only independent variable in this situation - relative beauty, size, age - whatever - didn't seem to come into account. Now it's possible that relative sluttiness levels could also be a variable, but I had no way to gauge that as I didn't get turned down all that often this weekend (in terms of making out like freshman at the bar - nothing more) Luckily I didn't get myself into too much trouble other than the aforementioned bruising of some fellows' egos.
Third - the Arctic Fox is going tropical pretty soon. I'm either going to Hawaii or Florida (the Air Force can't decide - my money's on Florida). Overall this is a good problem set to be working with, if I go to Florida as planned I'll be there just over a month with some time in Iowa and California. Expect some pretty good stories and blog entries from there to make all my Alaska readers jealous (I wonder if they have wireless internet on the beach?).
As for some upkeep items - some guest blogging will be coming soon - I swear! Also, I'll probably be having more entries reviewing places to go, putting out some random thoughts, and hopefully also some good commentary on the singles life. I still have some more stories up my sleeve, but since I've been very careful about Alaska dating over the last six months the reservoir of good, truly crazy stories is drying up.
Well, until next time I'll be gathering my sunblock and shorts...
AirForceKush - aka - the Arctic Fox
Well, the inspiration for the title is actually a bit more benign than all that. When I was a kid my grandfather and I had to take a road trip for some awards thing I had to do and whenever it was just the two of us that had to take a trip we would always look for those local "Mom & Pop" restaurants to eat at. On this particular trip we found a place run by a Greek couple and their specialty was called a "shipwreck." They would take all sorts of breakfast things and put them in scrambled eggs - it was like eating a disorganized omelet, but it tasted wonderful. That's the spirit of this entry - there have been all sorts of little things going on, but nothing that individually would require a blog entry.
First - an update to "The Fix Is In." We've scheduled lunches, dates, and other meet and greet kind of occasions over the last two weeks and I've gotten cancellations every time. To her benefit I've canceled some of them for work-related reasons (it got pretty crazy last week), but we've maintained contact and have been e-mailing and talking to one another nearly everyday. Today we were finally supposed to have a date, but I got a weather cancellation (the roads were supposedly getting bad). I thought that excuse was pretty lame and perhaps she was flaking out on me, but then she called me and we talked on the phone for over an hour just discussing random things (it was almost like high school). We have again scheduled a date - this time on Tuesday and the nice conversation makes me think that she's sincere about wanting to meet me and see if anything is there. Word is spreading about this predicament (we've found that we have several common friends) and the pressure is on to see how this thing is going to turn out. I'm actually pretty hopeful for this one - call it cautiously optimistic right now. As always I'll keep you posted, but for some reasons my Air Force buddies will hopefully understand she's officially earned a blog name - "The Bag Lady."
Second - my birthday is coming up! We've been celebrating it on this long weekend and I've found out some things about going out in Anchorage on your birthday.
1.) I've found my inner dangerous guy - women that were obviously on dates - or in situations where their guy companions thought they were on dates - hit on me or kissed me when I was out and about this weekend. At McGinley's a very nice young lady offered to buy me a drink and started chatting me up when her guy friend literally pulled her away and let me know in no uncertain terms that she was with him. She didn't take too kindly to that, but our crew was rolling out anyway so excess drama was averted.
2.) The Cougar population in Anchorage is much more numerous than even I thought. They were everywhere - and on the hunt. Luckily I'm a pretty elusive prey...
3.) Women in Anchorage will say really weird, unsolicited shit when you're out and about. Last night there was a woman in a Gonzaga hooded sweatshirt who told me she was married, had a kid three months ago, and thought she looked great. Another woman was a stripper in Texas and has a four year old child, yet another had four kids and had a tattoo for each one, and there was one more who tried to sell me a vacuum.
4.) I'm becoming a regular at some places in town and I don't know how I feel about that. We went to The Shed earlier in the weekend - the karaoke guy and the waitress recognized me (the karaoke guy knows me as a singer, the waitress as the DD - she seemed pretty excited that I was drinking). They also know us at Humpy's, but I'm pretty sure that's unrelated to the News Anchor incident.
5.) Women let you get away with almost anything when it's your birthday - I don't know how many women I kissed this weekend, but if anyone in your crew (or you) tells a woman it's your birthday and to kiss you - they'll do it and probably throw a bit extra into the mix. The birthday thing (or possibly other special occasions) seems to be the only independent variable in this situation - relative beauty, size, age - whatever - didn't seem to come into account. Now it's possible that relative sluttiness levels could also be a variable, but I had no way to gauge that as I didn't get turned down all that often this weekend (in terms of making out like freshman at the bar - nothing more) Luckily I didn't get myself into too much trouble other than the aforementioned bruising of some fellows' egos.
Third - the Arctic Fox is going tropical pretty soon. I'm either going to Hawaii or Florida (the Air Force can't decide - my money's on Florida). Overall this is a good problem set to be working with, if I go to Florida as planned I'll be there just over a month with some time in Iowa and California. Expect some pretty good stories and blog entries from there to make all my Alaska readers jealous (I wonder if they have wireless internet on the beach?).
As for some upkeep items - some guest blogging will be coming soon - I swear! Also, I'll probably be having more entries reviewing places to go, putting out some random thoughts, and hopefully also some good commentary on the singles life. I still have some more stories up my sleeve, but since I've been very careful about Alaska dating over the last six months the reservoir of good, truly crazy stories is drying up.
Well, until next time I'll be gathering my sunblock and shorts...
AirForceKush - aka - the Arctic Fox
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