slippery slope

ok, so i'm not helping my cause. i haven't been paying much attention to my OC directly but admittedly, i did leave two animal crackers strategically placed in his office today. i couldn't stop myself, even in my own head.

i chose a sad looking panther and a picasso-esque elephant (they're store brand so they're not as detailed as the real animal crackers). i wasn't sure he'd like them because he likes the sweets. but about an hour after i left them and after he finally found them, he sent me an e-mail. he had written me an Animal Cracker Haiku. it is, by far, the cutest thing he's ever done. holy F:

"(I) eat elephant
Calorific confection;
Endangered delight."

square one. or two.

on a different note, i was on my dating site tonight and this guy IMs me. it's obvious that we've met before when he says, "hope you're doing well - i guess you're in your new condo now..." but his profile doesn't have a picture so i have no idea who it is. we chat for a bit and i ask him to send me a picture or tell me his name. he refuses and says that we went out for dinner a couple of months ago. i can only think of one guy that i met off the site that i went to dinner with but he's taller than this guy is (his height is posted on his profile). i'm about to start randomly giving out names and then he says, "to be honest, i'm insulted that you don't remember me. i remember you, even without a picture of you." after a few more little hints, i finally remembered who it was. i don't remember his name but i do remember that the first 20 minutes of our dinner was him talking about how much money he had. then, he talked about his ex for awhile (not surprisingly, she's filipino too). then, when i mentioned i was going to greece in a month, instead of doing what normal people do and ask about the trip, he said, "oh, my birth father lives in greece. i've never met him but i'm thinking of going there and surprising him...." and he continues on about his family history. and then, he doesn't call me (not that i wanted him to but his excuse was, "i figured you were busy."). and i'm supposed to remember him? i do remember him, but for all the wrong reasons. oy.

my lunch date yesterday... he was cute. and funny. and charming. and then, he asked if i was filipino (you know nothing good can ever come of this question). i said yes. he said, and i'm paraphrasing but it was basically like this: "my ex, you know - the one i lived with in coquitlam - is filipino. yeah, she had two girls - 11 and 13 - and when i moved in with them, i wanted to be like their dad but they wouldn't see me that way. my ex thought i was too strict and i told her that if they were my kids, i'd be even most strict..." it went on. and he went down a few points on my scale. despite the fact that he spent the whole lunch either staring at me or telling me how beautiful he thought i was, i am unsure about him. i should've started talking about my ex, just to see what he would say. in any event, he asked me what i was "looking for" and i said that i was just looking to meet new people, make new friends and see what heppens. nothing serious. i meant it.

am i ever going to meet anyone normal? or at least, someone that doesn't talk about their ex the first chance they get?