Answer to all answers I can find

[raybear]

Sophie is in the middle room, using a row of records on a bookshelf as a pillow. Because its a sun-spot.

Ok, so last night, I maybe wasn't entirely sober and so then one vice piles upon another, and next thing you know, I'm placing online ads, even though I knew full well I was only going to engage in e-mailing, no actual meeting in person - it was late, and cold, and I was in pjs and not long until bed, not to mention, my sex drive has been fairly erratic, which is maybe when I do go to personal ads, because it forces me to articulate what it is I'm thinking about and wanting, if anything. Anyway. I got some responses, and one of them seemed somewhat appealing and he put down his phone number. Yeah, right, that won't happen, have you met me? But I wrote him back with my pic, and he wrote me again right away, and ended with this line just got to me, so fck it, I called. Here's what he said: "Call me if you're so inclined & we'll exchange reading lists. I have a few works that I think you should read." So on the edge, right? I mean, right now I read that line and think, who the hell do you think YOU are, giving me assigned reading? But last night, in the moment of conversing about book consumption, and flirtation regarding daddy/boy dynamics, it skated perfectly on that tone of bossy commanding, with a tender care-taking way. So I called. Me. I dialed the phone and said "this is Raymond." And then right after, "so, you have some books for me to read?"

Then he immediately started blathering on about he recently has been reading Ayn Rand and considering how to combine certain principles objectivism with liberal politicies and strategies, and I don't really know what was said after that, because for the next 10 minutes, I spent most of the time thinking about how to delicately but firmly hang up on him. I don't want to hear your poorly articulated amateur philosophy (on objectivism, no less!!) at midnight in response to a dirty personal ad.

I'm never calling anyone ever again.

Comments

[tracijean.livejournal.com]

nothing deflates a boner faster than AYN RAND. god!

[unscrambled.livejournal.com]

Agree. This is a major, and easy, filter for potential dates.

[blasfemmey.livejournal.com]

that was pretty NOT hot of him. i did see potential, though. and yeah, total bonerkiller. i love that you used that word. i am going to call my girlfriend right now and tell her what a bonerkiller she can be! (even though its not true, i just want to use the word and don't know how else i can!)

p.s. how did your ad read? just curious.

[riverafire.livejournal.com]

oh gawd anything would have been better than Ayn Rand! How disappointing. It did sound like something so hot and full of potential right up to that point. Book talk is something that can definitely get me hot and loose, but Ayn Rand? "bonerkiller" is indeed the right tag.
This entry also reminds me that I need to post about the librarian that I met through online personals. The superstitious part of me, however, is afraid to say too much and run the risk of jinxing it. Then again, it's me so it's probably already jinxed anyway.

[crafting-change.livejournal.com]

d'oh... so much potential... and so very much fail!

..and also..

[crafting-change.livejournal.com]

this kind of redeemed craiglist for me today

http://www.craigslist.org/about/best/van/876586707.html

[trooper6.livejournal.com]

It could have been worse...it could have been a bunch of Jesus.

[jettison.livejournal.com]

What a buildup to the ultimate letdown.

[magdalene1.livejournal.com]

I wish I'd read this before I posted today. Today's post goes out to you! :)

[raybear.livejournal.com]

I know, Ayn Rand is following me!!!

[momtart.livejournal.com]

Awww, I'm so sorry! At least you got that objectivism stuff from him up front, so you knew not to waste anymore time with him. That always sets my alarm right off, too.
Him:"Howard Roarke is like my personal HERO!"
Me: "BUH Bye."
Cats are solar-powered, you know.

[raybear.livejournal.com]

Sophie is my dog! But she thinks she is a cat, perhaps. The king/guardian of all cats. She will chase them, but only until they are cornered, then she just stared. However, yesterday, she attempted to 'protect' me from a boxer puppy that was 8 weeks old.

[anjiyama.livejournal.com]

Oh man I was enjoying that story so much! Ayn Rand and her minions. Good lord. Most unsexy.

[fuzzilla.livejournal.com]

I used to know this chick who went to some Ayn Rand objectivist high school. She was a boner killer.

hilarious

[gem-stellar.livejournal.com]

This post made me snort in my coffee... oh, Ayn Rand.

...sorry about the unfortunate bonekiller (agreed that this is a great term)!

[ohx4.livejournal.com]

This entry takes me back to a remark you made about engaging in online philosophical conversations while penises float and ads for Viagra flash in the background.

Ayn Rand certainly has the power to kill any boner. Poor thing.