6th Time is a Charm?

I met "Nuclear engineer" guy last night on the Southside for drinks. I was definitely nervous and excited since I really liked talking to him through email and on the phone. I was pleasantly surprised that he looked just like his pictures. He really is very attractive...and not too pretty for me like I originally posted. We hung out at the Lava Lounge drinking whiskey for awhile until I felt the need to switch to beer. I didn't want to get really drunk since I really liked him.

We almost sang karaoke - even though I always refuse, it sounded like fun. But by the time we sifted through the tons of shitty music available in the book, karaoke ended. The 80's night music started not long after so we were enjoying that. I was pretty sure he liked me since there was definitely flirting going on. There was definite real discussion about his work, my work, and how we felt about a number of topics - and we were totally on the same page about what we felt about a lot of things. Things like politics, dating, Pittsburgh, religion, the country, overall social issues. I also thought it was completely adorable when he looked at me at one point and said, "do you know if we have kids, they are going to be really smart." I agree with that statement and if it was a line, it totally worked! But from our first encounter, I don't think it was a line.

We stayed at the Lava Lounge until around 11 when we headed over to his coworker's apartment on the Southside to go to a party they were having. So he really is a nuclear engineer. I met the coworkers - they were all really nice. We stayed until 1am when I called a cab. However, cabs apparently were rare on the Southside last night since aside from the fact we were on the Southside, it was also Light Up Night downtown. Which is an excuse to get drunk in the city for many people. Seeing as how the last bus back to Oakland is around 1am I think, we were pretty much stuck. We waited around for about an hour waiting for the cab that never showed up. Luckily, his friend was able to come pick us up. We would have driven but "Nuclear engineer" guy was a bit drunk - maybe I made him nervous? He did apologize quite a few times, but I've been the drunk person in similar situations before so it wasn't a big deal.

So "Nuclear engineer" guy's car is still sitting on the Southside. Me being me, I offered to take him back down to get it this morning and then we're hanging out this evening. We had talked about going out later tonight if neither of us thought the other sucked, so that's the plan. A friend of mine is having a Thanksgiving dinner party and he's coming as my date. I'm really looking forward to him meeting my friends! Finally, a good date that will have a second good date!!