Riding my bike on my way to work this morning, I saw a cute little blond girl walking on the bike path.
I can't pinpoint exactly when this mindset evolved with me, but there came a point where I became convinced I'm going to meet that "next girl" at very specific locations in my life. Maybe this is where that cliche' of meeting someone in the vegetable section in a grocery store stems from?
There's this single guy instinct in me that thinks that this bike path from my condo to work is going to be "that" next place. Before it was this outdoor restaurant in Los Feliz. I think that singlelites of both sexes believe that there's some specific location in their lives where this will happen. There ALWAYS has to be "a place".
But now it's this bike path! I just know it!
So I keep an eye out for those who are walking their dogs and going for walks. This blond in particular looked like she was on her way to work. Cute head band, the ever-fashionable, buggy Los Angeles sunglasses, cute freckles.
Maybe I'll see her again tomorrow. I've already played it out in my head. I'll be so charmingly befuddled by her good looks (a la' Hugh Grant in every movie role he's ever done) that I'll lose control of my bike and crash into a tree. She'll drop her purse, toss away her pink iPod earphones and crouch next to my crumpled body to see if I'm okay. She'll find it adorable. We'll set up a date and the rest is history.
It's only after I passed her that I realized I have on the Most Unattractive Article You Can Put On The Human Body: the bike helmet.
Maybe I can compensate next time by putting a playing card in my spokes and making it sound like a badass road hog.
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My place was always the bike path by my apartment too...However, that is not how it happened. Mostly because I didn't have the balls to say hi to anybody.
Haha yeah the bike helmet is like saying "Hey baby, I'm both retarded and fashion deficient and I can be ALL YOURS!" Sadly, it's better to wear one than have that other bad fashion statement - the bashed in head. Plus think of it this way. If you say something lewd to her and she swipes you, you're covered if she goes for the head! Perfect!
I have to say, it's nice knowing there are guys out there who can admit to being romantics. I always imagine I'll meet "the one" waiting in line at a bookstore.
And as far as helmets go - the fastest way to a girl's heart is a helmet with a plastic shark fin on top, or racing stripes. Oh baby.
No, not the helmet.
Fuck.
Maybe I can compensate next time by putting a playing card in my spokes and making it sound like a badass road hog.
And you wonder why you are single...poor kid...
Don't forget the bike basket. It's essential. And can hold all your seduction tools.
You'll totally have a "meet cute." I can feel it!
When you first mentioned riding your bike I thought hey cool SO has a bike, he can join my bike gang, then you mentioned the helmet.
That's like me with my university's library- I just have this strange feeling that that's where I'm BOUND to meet the man of my dreams... There's a lot of people watching that goes down there- anywhere that is good for people watching is also good for finding the next love of your life.
Wouldn't it be difficult to woo a woman on a bike. She'll be thinking "If he had a nice car, why isn't he driving it? Oh, he doesn't have a nice car."
I am convinced that I'll meet my next man in my friends' apartment, obviously, because I throw myself at every guy I meet there.
But in my more wild flights of fancy, I imagine meeting a smart, intellectual, funny guy in the dark-wood-paneled halls of our (hypothetical) graduate school, while we're poking through musty tomes of modern poetry. He'll push up his nerdy glasses and I'll be sunk.
My cycling buddies and I have always insisted that cycling gear is by far the most unflattering, unattractive gear that a person can put on. But safety first! Tll her you also hate condoms look on you, but safety is your first priority.
Blondes? No, blondes are no good. Stay away. ;)
Hmm, I don't have a place. Maybe that's my problem?
And blondes are amazing, if I do say so myself!
Did you have the sexy licra bike shorts on too?
Score!! That'll get her
as long as your helmet isn't pink, then i think you'll be okay.
Don't go the playing card in the wheel - go with sparkly spokey dokes.
Get a really really badass bike helmet, Lance Armstrong style. Actually...just pretend to be Lance Armstrong.
Yea what is up with helmuts being so un-cute? Anytime I imagine myself meeting a stranger in a certain way it never happens. You will meet someone in the place you least expected!
as long as you have one of those little kid bells on your bike you are good to go. been reading for awhile, good stuff.
hahahahaha! Just don't hit the tree too hard so that you end up with one of those huge, fat, swelling -on- the- brain heads and forget who she is !!
LEO!!!!!!!!!
Sooo true! I've become convinced my "place" is at the dog park. Mr. Perfect will be so charmed by my adorable (if slobbery) basset-girl and fall in love with me too. We single folks really should stop these delusions, you know? ;)
You need a cute, fluffy, lil' dog for your bike path cruising....or at least a leash so you can say,'Have you seen my dog?'like all the respectable pervs do. :)
It always happens when you least suspect it.
I kind of suspect it won't happen with you in a bike helmet, but who knows . . .
Aw...that´s sweet. So tell me, if you do see her tomorrow...for real..would you talk to her? I ask you this because I´m very impulsive and I usually talk to someone if I feel to. So..would you talk to her and introduce yourself? or do you think the "encounter" will happen by itself? (I´m not mocking..I´m really asking this)
Maybe she will fall in love with your helmet hair?
I always thought I would meet the one in a random but very specific place. And I did.
So you never know.
Bike helmets cause an extreme anger reaction in me. I don't know why. Maybe because they are stupid looking? Tell me...why couldn't you just wear one of those sexy motorcycle helmets that sexy Harley riders wear. If it is good enough while going 80 mph, why not on a bike? Harley = sexy. Bike helmet = child.
Oh, baseball card in the spokes AND a banana seat. Those things are handy-- TWO people fit on those! Hey! you can offer her a ride. Then grin in a dirty-old-man kinda way and see if she takes the ever-subtle bait!
Score. You're in. Helmet and all.
It wasn't just a regular helmet was it? It was one of those extra long ones that the indoor Olympic riders wear isn't it?
Nerd
true, but a head injury ain't that sexy either. I think they can be ok, as long as you rock it, ie, have confidence.
Maybe she thinks safety is sexy...I know I do!
Yep, nothing sexier than a man not willing to risk a smashed in skull :)
Haha, good thing I can't ride a bike - no need for a helmet!
As long as you don't put on pink tassles dangling from your handlebars. Unless you think that might be the winning combo to reel her in.
Good Luck!
Dude I totally understand what you are talking about. I used to think it was going to be at this community volleyball thing I used to go to. But then I kept spiking on girls and evidently that's not a good way to get them to like you.
I think your on to something, because it happens when you least expect it. Only, now you expect it. Stop expecting it and it'll happen. It'll be something off the wall like that....that you do all the time and think nothing of.
I'm sure you look great on a bike, even with the helmet. It screams environmentally friendly and athletic. Anyways, I think having a place is limiting. I thought for sure I would meet my potential hubby outside of Philly, so I was high-tailing it out. Well I met LL3 and haven't found the need to leave.
No Helmet!
You should pull up beside her, dramatically remove your helmet and run your fingers through your hair. That's all I got. I just like the idea of someone dramatically removing their bike helmet. Hilarious.
Ooooh, I love Debbi's idea.....Offer her a ride. Perfect way to start a conversation!!
Dooooo it!
remember:the helmet.
The card is definately a smooth move. Maybe you could get a cool bike plate, too?
Or those beads you put on your spokes? Maybe that was just girls...
Lance A still gets all the chicks, and he only has one nut - go figure! Must be the legs - chicks dig the strong legs...
Do you wrap a rubberband or velcro around your ankles so your pants don't get stuck in the chain?
Just putting the mental picture together.
Ha ha. So glad I'm not the only one who makes up these storeis about how I'm going to meet the guy who I've decided is the one for the week.
Or you can just stick your name and phone number on your helmet and put on a big smile the next time you pass her.
Too obvious?
Ahahahahaha...
if you ran into the tree, I would laugh so hard everyone would come running.
and then we'd all laugh at your bike helmet.
SO!
You're such a dork!
Ahahahahaha...
I still can't stop laughing
Definitely have a Hugh Grant moment. I mean, even with the helmet, it'll still be cute.
And you know what the most misleading "the place" there is? The airport. Every time I have to fly somewhere, I get this little hope that I just might sit next to someone amazing. But then EVERY TIME I end up sitting next to the fattest, smelliest, loudest person ever. Yet, I still get that little hope each time even though I know airborne love stories are just a lie in general.
You never know, maybe she's a real fanatisist (is that a word???) about safe cycling . . .
In retrospect, I may have meant "fanatic" . . . and I'm not drunk for a change so can't use that as an excuse!!!
helmet? Really?
I'm convinced I'll meet someone at the dog park. But then I remember my dog jumps up and body checks everyone he meets; needless to say I haven't had any luck.
SO!!
Stop thinking!!!
JUST GO FOR IT!!!!
(It really is that easy) lol
You should paint flames on the side of your helmet so you look badass.
Some girls like guys who wear helmets. Just sayin'.
What is with you guys thinking its going to work out so perfectly like that? Like a movie... really? Like an annoying romantic comedy starring Hugh Grant? Oh my God. Seriously. This is why I have dumped so many times, I think. All the guys I go out with have these whimsical, fairy-tale like expectations of how it is all supposed to be when they fall in love instead of just appreciating what is right in front of their face!
Ha. Sorry. I am totally bursting your bubble. Cute. I will give you that.
Talk to her then!
P.S. Charmingly befuddled... nice Simpsons reference :)
I think it's adorable that you want to meet the next girl so wittingly - and you can always crash into her and then dashingly take off your helmet to see if SHE'S okay..lol
omg. you know most people dont meet their significant other in a defined place- they meet them when theyre not looking. Thats how I met my ex- and believe me I WAS NOT looking. Dont think about it so much- you're still young. and she's still out there. just dont try so hard and maybe it might just happen :)
Hey, at least you're not rocking head gear AND a helmet...that kind of double duty is something most (all) girls shy away from!
I hope you meet her, and you kids get together and fall in love. honestly...you deserve it.
take care and good luck dude,
you know who...
It is so refreshing to see that guys have these sorts of weird thought processes too... up until now, I though it was just girls. Or maybe just me =P
Hey, I met my BF on a bike path while walking our dogs and we've been together for over a year. There is hope!
I've never thought of having a "place"... hmmm... intriguing.
Be careful! :D
(And Happy Halloween!!!)
I don't think I've ever really had a place in mind that'll be the start of a relationship. Granted, I met my boy (and the ex before him) at the same place -- work. And that's bad.
So the next possibility of talking to this girl is Monday, right? Cannot wait to hear about it.
You should totally wear a cape, too. A shiny red one.
When I was still in college, I totally had a place on campus. Even if it was my lazy day, I'd still make sure I was wearing something cute every time I had to go there.
My "next one" place is Applebee's. I live for the day I'll lock eyes with the Oriental Chicken Salad Lover of my dreams.
5 banana days indeed.
you are such a goober.
;)
I can say I certainly never thought my "place" would be a semi dirty bar. :) I think it's better when I see a guy with a helmet on - it means he gives a shit about himself instead of being careless.
It always seems to be you meet someone when you least expect it...
so I know this post is sort of older - but - when I read it, I thought - where will I meet the next one? And that night I was at the gym and thought - I wonder if it will be someone here. And sure enough I am currently dating someone I met at the gym in November.
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