The 'guys lurving the girls'-thread

[Jeysie]

Have you ever been to NYC, Questie? To be honest, if Mike didn't live there, I wouldn't want to go back. It wasn't a horrible place, just kind of lonely and empty-feeling. And Times Square is just plain ugly.

As for dreams... I always have random dreams. I just don't remember most of them very well.

Peace & Luv, Liz

[Kimmie]

Q i am gonna set up the dream thread 4 us!

[Questing Character]

YAY KEEMEH!!

I've been to NYC multiple time, Jeysie.  I can't believe you thought it was lonely and empty feeling, I thought it was bursting with energy.  I really enjoy that place, and I jump at every opportunity I get to go there.
Although, I think you were making an understatement about Time Square.

[Jeysie]

Heh. Well, admittedly, I went on a freakin' cold weekend. But still... I dunno. I'm used to living in places where you greet passerby on the street and strike up conversations with clerks and bus drivers and everything. It was kind of lonely being in a place where everyone seems to keep to themselves while out and about... if only because there's just too many people to deal with otherwise. It was also kind of sad to be in a place where a stranger you greet on an elevator just to be friendly thinks you're trying to sell them something. (Though I quickly found out why the fellow thought that.)

And I'll say this about Times Square... at least it had some color. Every other block in the city looked the same to me... just a general dull mishmash of stores and commercial buildings. Perhaps I just got stuck walking around the wrong parts of the city.

Maybe it's different in the summertime, too... I'll find out soon enough.

Peace & Luv, Liz

[Yonkey]

I don't think it's just NYC that's like that.  Any metropolitan downtown area is similar.  Heh, even universities are like that when they have huge amounts of students.  It's not really about standoffish people, it's more that there's so many you encounter that you don't have time to chat or even be courteous (though, I'm always courteous with people, I just don't chat with them ).

I don't exactly live in a rural small town area though, so I've never had passerby's on the street talk about anything but directions to a place.  Some clerks are friendly, but most will only engage in conversation if you initiate it.

Oh, and any place you go to in the blistering cold of winter will be filled with cold people.  Weather tends to affect people's moods.  

[Jeysie]

I didn't mean to imply I thought NYC people were stand-offish... just as I said, I know when there's so many people about, you could never hope to deal with being friendly to that many folk, even if you wanted to. And yeah, I figured it's like that in any large enough city/community. Still just not the sort of place I feel comfortable.

I've never lived in a strictly rural area... but Pittsfield is a small city in the middle of a rural area, and Springfield is a small-medium-sized city in the middle of small cities. And you wonder why I said in another thread that I wasn't sure if I'd get along anywhere else, even though I'm not entirely happy here.

Peace & Luv, Liz

[Yonkey]

I love huge, crowded and crazy cities!  There's always something to do, something to see, somewhere to go.  I'm the kind of person that would love to get lost in a mob of people.    I don't like too crowded places where people are stagnant and literally touching you with their sweaty arms , but places where there's people moving and stuff is fine for me.

But that's walking.  Driving, I prefer places that are empty and picturesque.    I actually hate driving through downtown cores because of the huge amounts of people walking everywhere and not obeying signs, and because of all the one way streets.  

[copycat]

Well, I hope you'd have a lot more reason to visit than just taking me out to dinner.

Yes, that would be preferable. Not because I don't think just having dinner with you is far worth it, but because I need some time to struggle through the inevitable jetlag I'm bound to get from crossing that many time-zones and not being able to sleep on the plane.

As for dreams... I always have random dreams. I just don't remember most of them very well.

How do you know you have random dreams if you don't remember most of them? I don't know what I dream about all the time, there's just those few times (once every 3-6 months?) when I happen to wake up during a REM-phase.

I've never lived in a strictly rural area... but Pittsfield is a small city in the middle of a rural area, and Springfield is a small-medium-sized city in the middle of small cities. And you wonder why I said in another thread that I wasn't sure if I'd get along anywhere else, even though I'm not entirely happy here.

Where I live it's not a strictly rural area, but it's fairly quiet nonetheless. Nothing like a big city. So, I think there's a fairly big chance you might just get along here.

I don't plan on living in a big(ger) city either. I'm quite happy staying in these parts.

[Jeysie]

Yes, that would be preferable. Not because I don't think just having dinner with you is far worth it, but because I need some time to struggle through the inevitable jetlag I'm bound to get from crossing that many time-zones and not being able to sleep on the plane.

Aye. The problem is, there's really kind of nothing in the Springfield area worth vacationing about.

If you drive an hour and a half west, you get to the Berkshires, which has a lot of fun touristy stuff. If you drive about a half-hour, um, in some direction, you get Agawam, which has Riverside the Six Flags New England amusement park. About two hours east is Boston, which is an interesting city, the least of which reason being that Katie lives out that way. Finally, somewhere in the three hour range west and south is Cape Cod.

But here in Springfield? Well, there's the Basketball Hall of Fame... which I've never really been to, and don't particularly care about. There's the Springfield Symphony, which in four years has only had one show I wanted to go to, and has lousy temperature control and sound quality... Tanglewood in the Berkshires is better, IMHO. There's the Springfield Civic Center, which is only good if you like seeing basketball and hockey games in person. (Don't mind watching hockey on TV, but I don't feel a desire to see a game live.) Finally, there's a ton of nightclubs, which I also have no desire to visit. (In fact, there's one nightclub here that, based on the "events" it advertises, I'm sorry I even have to walk past it.)

So, yeah. Vacationing in the Springfield area is lame.

How do you know you have random dreams if you don't remember most of them?

Well, I can remember very vaguely what the dream was generally about, but very few details, and the memory usually fades pretty quickly.

Where I live it's not a strictly rural area, but it's fairly quiet nonetheless. Nothing like a big city. So, I think there's a fairly big chance you might just get along here.

Aside from the small fact that it's in another country... and one without English as a primary language, at that.

Peace & Luv, Liz

[copycat]

If you drive about a half-hour, um, in some direction, you get Agawam, which has Riverside the Six Flags New England amusement park.

I'm pretty sure it's located either west, east, south or north, but not 'some' direction, unless it doesn't matter in which way you drive, you always arrive at the same spot, but I doubt it. Anyway, there's a Six Flags in Belgium too, although I heard some time ago Six Flags was putting its Belgian theme park for sale. I don't know if any other company has acquired it yet, but I doubt that it can keep its (Six Flags) name once its ownership has been transferred.

Aside from the small fact that it's in another country... and one without English as a primary language, at that.

If a Belarussian child of seven can learn Flemish in less than 8 months (2 months/year at that, the rest of the time she's in Belarussia), surely it can't be that hard? And whilst English might not be a national language, you'd be surprised how many Flemish people know some of it. After all, knowing multiple languages is one of the Flemish people's assets.

About two hours east is Boston, which is an interesting city, the least of which reason being that Katie lives out that way.

It's not exactly Katie I'm coming to visit, you know... Ofcourse, if you want to visit Katie whilst I'm there, I have no objection accompanying you. Any more suggestions?

[Jeysie]

If a Belarussian child of seven can learn Flemish in less than 8 months (2 months/year at that, the rest of the time she's in Belarussia), surely it can't be that hard? And whilst English might not be a national language, you'd be surprised how many Flemish people know some of it. After all, knowing multiple languages is one of the Flemish people's assets.

You *are* talking to someone who took three years worth of Spanish classes, but still has only enough knowledge to guess at reading the PSA posters on the bus, and ask where the bathroom is. We won't talk about my pronounciation abilities. (Heck, I can't even pronounce English properly half the time.)

Of course, if you want to visit Katie whilst I'm there, I have no objection accompanying you. Any more suggestions?

None that involve Springfield... there really is little of interest out here. Perhaps you should concentrate all your attentions on someone closer.

Peace & Luv, Liz

[Questing Character]

Perhaps you should concentrate all your attentions on someone closer.

Someone with nice hair perhaps, CC?

[Jeysie]

Someone with nice hair perhaps, CC?

Yah, there's that too! Why would you want my crappy short hair?

Peace & Luv, Liz

[Questing Character]

Actually, Jeysie, I was referring to a girl he was over before the server change.

[Jeysie]

I know Questie, but he seems to have given up on her.

Peace & Luv, Liz

[copycat]

You *are* talking to someone who took three years worth of Spanish classes, but still has only enough knowledge to guess at reading the PSA posters on the bus, and ask where the bathroom is. We won't talk about my pronounciation abilities. (Heck, I can't even pronounce English properly half the time.)

You think I can pronounce English properly, accent-wise? And Spanish, I'm not trying that. Since I'm not very good at French, anything more Sounthern-European than that is definitely un-doable.

Perhaps you should concentrate all your attentions on someone closer.

I've tried that, but it hasn't been working thusfar.

Someone with nice hair perhaps, CC?

If you mean who I think you mean: we're too incompatible, character-wise.

[Questing Character]

I think CC is just giving up TOO EASY!  SLACKER!

[copycat]

I think CC is just giving up TOO EASY!  SLACKER!

I'm a technology person while she's a people person, it's just impossible.

[Questing Character]

So you just need my agency to replace her with a robot...

[copycat]

So you just need my agency to replace her with a robot...

What agency?
Besides, I like her just the way she is, I was just pointing out the differences in character that make it impossible for us to develop a romantic relationship. She doesn't need to be technology, but she needs to have a certain interest in it, and that is not the case.