After what’s been a ridiculously long hiatus, I finally have time to update.  August was filled with apartment hunting (a seemingly impossible task in NYC, especially if you have neighborhood, price and size constraints), a trip home, work retreat to Rhode Island, and then the actual moving into the new apartment (which is AMAZING and on the LES).  During all of which, I managed to still go on a few dates…

a) UCLA frat boy, who’s just begun year 2 of law school:  I saw him once before going home, which consisted of dinner then some messing around at my apartment after.  I was able to see him once more before he headed back to school, and then we didn’t talk for a few weeks… on the work retreat, I update my status and he “liked” it (gotta love facebook), so I knew I was still somewhat on his radar.  A day later, he emailed me and we started talking on gchat, so I’ve kept up with him somewhat.  He’s coming into town this weekend, so we have plans to meet up on Sunday night.  I’m looking forward to seeing him, as well as showing him my apt.  Not sure if we’ll do dinner, drinks, hang out at the apt, etc… I’m happy to do whatever, since it’ll technically be the 6th time we’ve hung out.  In the back of my mind I know it’s not going to amount to anything spectacular, speaking for the long-term, only because I’m fairly confident that when I meet someone I really like, I’ll be upset if we go more than several days at a time without talking.  At this point in time though, I don’t really think I’m looking for anything serious, so I’m good with just spending time with someone I like when schedules/proximity collide.

b) Corporate lawyer I met last September, hung out with once in January, and hadn’t seen since, until…: Him being the King of liking or commenting on statuses at the most random times, yet not actually asking me to do anything.  Well, my phenomenal 25 year old sister just had her first trip to NYC this past weekend, and what do you know, he text me asking if I wanted to hang out Sunday night.  With my sister in tow, we met up with him and two friends to explore my new neighborhood… he bought all our drinks (who cares if they were $3 PBRs?), we had a fun time conversing, and ended up at a bar where him and I played beer pong against her and his two friends.  Nothing happened, physically, but it was a great night.  As soon as the two groups went our separate ways, he text me “Hey, it was great seeing you tonight- I had a blast!  Let’s hang out again ASAP and not let it go 8 more months this time.” I reciprocated, because it had been wonderful seeing him, plus he’s cute, nice, funny, and endearingly dorky.  That said, I’d love to see him “asap”, but I’m going to wait until he gets in touch with me.  Hopefully it’s sooner rather than later.

c) Hipster boy who hangs with the Gawker crowd and works for a Conde Nast magazine:  We had 3 dates over the span of 5 weeks; 1 in my (old) ‘hood, 2 in his.  He’s been texting me the past two weeks to hang out, but I’ve been super busy, and my free nights have been fulfilled with me just wanting to lay at home and keep it low-key.  That in itself should tell me something… I don’t realllly feel strong about things.  Maybe I’ll go out with him, maybe I won’t.  Indifference is worthless.  Oh well.

All in all, that’s pretty much what’s been going on in my life dating-wise.  Other than that, I’ve been heavily contemplating starting grad school next Fall for my MBA.  There are a lot of things to consider there, with the number 1 thing being the financial aspect.  Secondly, I’ve got to get my ass back in gear with studying so I can prep for the GMAT.  I graduated from undergrad with a science degree, and completely veered away from that when I took my current position.  I enjoyed studying science, but realized I don’t want to devote a lifetime to it, plus what I’m doing now involves management, and I do enjoy certain aspects of it, so I think an MBA would be perfect… the specialization that I’d do though?  Well, that I don’t know, but I wouldn’t have to choose that for a while.  If I do decide to whole-heartedly pursue this, it will definitely hinder the frequency of my after-hours NYC activities.  Not such a bad thing, as I have been slowing down a bit lately.  At any rate, I’m excited to begin year 2 of living in NYC.

*I realize this was a bit of a random entry, but being as my last one was so long ago, it was tough to decide where to begin…*