I can thank Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra for that lyric.
Moving swiftly on...
Has it already been 5 days since I last blogged? Time flies by when you're er...not blogging.
Photo: Tony Verdu Carbo (TonyVC on Flikr)
I've recently been giving a great deal of thought to how I spend my personal life. For whatever reason, I find myself sat in the house most nights feeling lonely. The life of a student is such that the hours are so irregular - and when I am at home, it's usually just to eat or sleep.
However, it's when I am home for the weekend and Jamie has his boyfriend over that I am reminded again how bad the romantic side of my life has been since I've come to university. I have yet to meet someone who I clicked with instantly.
-DISCLAIMER- This blog will not turn in to one of these "Woe is me, I'm all alone (and quite possibly desperate) blogs, because I'm not like that.
Photo: QueenSunshine
A good man in my mind must be:
-Clever
-Cute
-Intelligent
-Well read
-Humoured
-Kind
....and above all - not sexually promiscuous!
The problem is with this is that I honestly don't believe that Lincoln has this. The culture I know seems very...superficial. People I know who are in relationships cheat, flirt with others - and those who aren't get around quite a bit.
Of course, it would be rude and ignorant of me to make such sweeping generalisations, and in the interest of fairness I know a few people who aren't like that at all!
Herein lies the problem. A few weekends ago, I went to Leeds to celebrate the lovely Chris Cook's birthday shindig. I met the most lovely man. Let's call him "Dave". I had never met anyone like him before. We sparked like that (and I do recall after 30 minutes discussing Burmese politics!)
I left Leeds feeling more alive then I'd been in a while - however also very upset. Dave's job sees him travel all over the country, and as much as I would like to get to know him better, in reality given our workloads and distance this isn't possible.
I do however feel confident we will remain good friends - it would be criminal not to be.
It looks like it's back to the proverbial drawing board for me. After all, if people tell me I'm a nice guy - then it must be worth waiting for, right?
Photo: James Holden
Moving swiftly on...
Has it already been 5 days since I last blogged? Time flies by when you're er...not blogging.
Photo: Tony Verdu Carbo (TonyVC on Flikr)
I've recently been giving a great deal of thought to how I spend my personal life. For whatever reason, I find myself sat in the house most nights feeling lonely. The life of a student is such that the hours are so irregular - and when I am at home, it's usually just to eat or sleep.
However, it's when I am home for the weekend and Jamie has his boyfriend over that I am reminded again how bad the romantic side of my life has been since I've come to university. I have yet to meet someone who I clicked with instantly.
-DISCLAIMER- This blog will not turn in to one of these "Woe is me, I'm all alone (and quite possibly desperate) blogs, because I'm not like that.
Photo: QueenSunshine
A good man in my mind must be:
-Clever
-Cute
-Intelligent
-Well read
-Humoured
-Kind
....and above all - not sexually promiscuous!
The problem is with this is that I honestly don't believe that Lincoln has this. The culture I know seems very...superficial. People I know who are in relationships cheat, flirt with others - and those who aren't get around quite a bit.
Of course, it would be rude and ignorant of me to make such sweeping generalisations, and in the interest of fairness I know a few people who aren't like that at all!
Herein lies the problem. A few weekends ago, I went to Leeds to celebrate the lovely Chris Cook's birthday shindig. I met the most lovely man. Let's call him "Dave". I had never met anyone like him before. We sparked like that (and I do recall after 30 minutes discussing Burmese politics!)
I left Leeds feeling more alive then I'd been in a while - however also very upset. Dave's job sees him travel all over the country, and as much as I would like to get to know him better, in reality given our workloads and distance this isn't possible.
I do however feel confident we will remain good friends - it would be criminal not to be.
It looks like it's back to the proverbial drawing board for me. After all, if people tell me I'm a nice guy - then it must be worth waiting for, right?
Photo: James Holden
