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Dating Around

I had my first virtual date this evening, thanks to messages zipped back and forth via Spring Street Personals (also carried by the Nerve and a bunch of other places).

The lady I met was pretty cool. An activist medic who goes around doing first aid at political rallies, she also works as a model for the University.

It was the sort of "hi what's your function?" affair. Dating outside the bounds of one's social infrastructure is often strange that way. Conversation lopes at first, as we try to find common ground and common language, unsure of whether or not wording or phrasology will bring offense. We got a little more rolling towards the end, but it was a short date; hard to say who is thinking what at the end of the day. Like all things in Syracuse, no hugs. Central New York can be quite chilly this time of year, unlike Jersey where body heat likes to propogate...