Well shit.
I was just sitting here, sucking on a worther's original, and then I swallowed it! The whole thing, fresh in my mouth! I hate that.
Anyway... last night was my Mile of Men date. It was... interesting. She's a really nice, sweet girl, but I have no romantic interest in her. She has some attractive friends though, that I might consider dating. The night started out OK, we sat down and the conversation flowed pretty well. This other couple sat down next to us and we started talking to them. The other couple wasn't having a very good date... she was very sarcastic, but so much so that you couldn't tell what was a joke and what wasn't. She apparantly insulted her date pretty much instantly, and he got offended. Later in the night I talked to him and he said it was the worst date he had ever been on in his entire life. :P
After we ate dinner and had some drinks, we went next door to Maloney's to have a drink and talk while her friends had their mile of men date's. Then after an hour or so, we went back and saw how things were going. Her one friend's date was a drunk... And her other friend's date I thought was a really nice guy, but I guess the girls didn't think he was tall enough. Pfft. We all went over across the street and started talking some more... we were actually out a really really long time. I originally showed up at 5, and we didn't leave the last bar until after 1:30am. During the last hour or so, my date, her friend and I were talking, and they said something to the affect that they are both looking for a "SMOG". I had no idea what they were talking about, and they explained SMOG = Sexy Man Of God. I asked "Man of God?" and they said they wanted a guy who held God in a very special place in their heart. When I didn't respond they asked "What, dont you believe in God?" in sort of a half joking way, but I responded "No. I'm an Atheist." The look on their faces was priceless!
I spent about the next hour explaining that I was 80% Atheist and 20% Agnostic, and that there is no way to say what actually created the universe or to explain the details, but that I don't believe there is a supernatural being controlling everything. I also went on to say how just because I'm an Atheist doesn't mean I don't have morals. It doesn't make me a bad person, in fact there's a whole lot of Christians who are way more of an asshole than I am. :P It was a pretty interesting experience, but it wasn't actually all bad. I actually enjoy a good debate and they were very pleasant.
Anyway... last night was my Mile of Men date. It was... interesting. She's a really nice, sweet girl, but I have no romantic interest in her. She has some attractive friends though, that I might consider dating. The night started out OK, we sat down and the conversation flowed pretty well. This other couple sat down next to us and we started talking to them. The other couple wasn't having a very good date... she was very sarcastic, but so much so that you couldn't tell what was a joke and what wasn't. She apparantly insulted her date pretty much instantly, and he got offended. Later in the night I talked to him and he said it was the worst date he had ever been on in his entire life. :P
After we ate dinner and had some drinks, we went next door to Maloney's to have a drink and talk while her friends had their mile of men date's. Then after an hour or so, we went back and saw how things were going. Her one friend's date was a drunk... And her other friend's date I thought was a really nice guy, but I guess the girls didn't think he was tall enough. Pfft. We all went over across the street and started talking some more... we were actually out a really really long time. I originally showed up at 5, and we didn't leave the last bar until after 1:30am. During the last hour or so, my date, her friend and I were talking, and they said something to the affect that they are both looking for a "SMOG". I had no idea what they were talking about, and they explained SMOG = Sexy Man Of God. I asked "Man of God?" and they said they wanted a guy who held God in a very special place in their heart. When I didn't respond they asked "What, dont you believe in God?" in sort of a half joking way, but I responded "No. I'm an Atheist." The look on their faces was priceless!
I spent about the next hour explaining that I was 80% Atheist and 20% Agnostic, and that there is no way to say what actually created the universe or to explain the details, but that I don't believe there is a supernatural being controlling everything. I also went on to say how just because I'm an Atheist doesn't mean I don't have morals. It doesn't make me a bad person, in fact there's a whole lot of Christians who are way more of an asshole than I am. :P It was a pretty interesting experience, but it wasn't actually all bad. I actually enjoy a good debate and they were very pleasant.