Jacob: No Moon

Guess who met up with both Jacob on the weekend? It was a train wreck, see below for more details.

Okay, Jacob and I met this past Sunday.

Texts from the morning....
Jacob: "Do you wanna watch a movie at my place?"
SG: "Aren't we going to watch a movie later today?" (we had planned on meeting at 3:00pm at the theatre)
Jacob: "We can stay at my place for a while then go later."
SG: "Sorry but I don't go to guys houses without meeting them in person first. We can catch the 1:00pm showing instead if that works better"
Jacob: "Sure, I'm going to hop in the shower and I'll meet you there"

Since I had work that morning, I just hopped on the train and headed straight to the theatre instead of heading home. I grabbed a quick bite of tuna sushi and got to the theatre at exactly 1:00pm. He came up the escalator and we met.

The first thing I noticed was that he had big hands. Very manly. The second thing I noticed was that he didn't talk much. *cue some dead silence*

We started with some simple staples of conversation, "how was your day", "what other movies have you seen", "do you want to watch the digital or 3D version of Puss in Boots?" (We watched the 3D) and we finished with more simple staples of conversation, "are you a fan of frozen yogurt", "would you like some popcorn?"

He tended to give monotone, one word answers and left very little room for follow-up questions. Needless to say, it wasn't the rollercoaster of fun that I was looking for. The highlight of the evening was when something surprising happened in the movie and he jumped from out of his seat and sent some popcorn flying into the faces of our neighbours.

To top off the evening, he would occasionally check his Grindr, an iPhone application for friends, dating and hooking up (but from my experience, it's more hooking up than friends and dating). I know it was petty, but I just started texting my bestie to make post-terrible-date plans afterwards.

After the movie, Jacob opens his mouth and says, "I've got to go downtown after this to meet up with a friend." Now remember that we had decided to catch a movie that was 2 hours earlier. I replied with a simple, "That's fine. It was nice to meet you." And we parted ways.

Luckily, bestie was at a local Starbucks at the time, so I grabbed a green tea and we caught up.

So that was Jacob, ohh, but stay tuned for History Guy, he was pretty much the opposite of Jacob.

Much love,
SG