Coupling

The Greek and I met up for dinner this past Tuesday, and it felt nice to be back on good terms with him. We went to a Chinese restaurant called Panda on Cedar Springs Road (the gay area) that was really good. I have been looking for a good Chinese restaurant in Dallas since I got here but most of the restaurants are in the North Dallas Area. But I digress ...

We conversed while eating with bits of benign and serious conversation. He told me that he thought about me while he was away in Miami (getting tan, walking on the beach and swimming in the ocean). He mostly talked about me and questioned my honesty. He says that most gays are sketchy, and I seemed too genuine so I was hard to believe.

Um, Thanks?!?

I understood what I he was trying to say, it just wasn't coming out right. He mentioned that he was going to be moving in a month to a bigger apartment, which I that was great. I don't really like his current apartment ... too small for me (us?). We continued to talk until a customer was seated behind him and he became somewhat self-conscious with this person being within an earshot, so was left and continued the conversation at his place.

This was my second visit to his apartment, and I didn't like it the first time. This time it did feel like the small studio apartment ... it felt larger somehow. We talked some more and during the course of our conversation he mentioned that I might be "out of his league" in terms of looks. What is the normal response/reaction to some saying you are handsome? I just smiling with really acknowleding the compliment a good reaction? He asked me to rate him from a scale from 1 to 10, but I refused. I can't assign a value to someone because I find that I have a transitive attraction to people. For instances, Michael (yes, I am bringing him up again) is someone I wasn't initially attracted but after talking with him for a month or so that all changed. I told The Greek that I found him attractive and wasn't going to equate that with an arbitrary value. He seemed pleased with that response.

After more talking ... he gave me several proposals: a trip to Florida in June to visit the beaches along the Florida pan handle; a trip to San Francisco in September to tag along while he is at a conference; and a trip to Vancouver, British Columbia to coincide with San Francisco trip because is he is considering moving there. I am down for the trip to Florida because I would get to a chance to see a good friend of mine who lives in Tallahassee. San Francisco and Vancouver, BC trips are a maybe due to my crippling fear of flying. He offered to give me a Xanax to calm my nerves ... what a guy, huh? But I let him know that all my decisions are tentative because we may not even be dating by time June rolls around. But as of now ...

... we are dating.

My first major task as a non-single person it to help The Greek move. I am trying to convince him to just burn all his stuff and start from scratch, but that doesn't seem feasible.

I wasn't sure about the whole relationship thing until I was seated across from him in the Chinese restaurant. It just felt nice. I am seeing a movie (Match Point) with the Southern/Femme guy today and I have to break it to him that I am now off the market. I wondering how he will take it?

Other stuff ...

For some reason I have been wanted to get an Bolivian soccer warm-up jacket. I don't know why, I just do. I am going to head over to Urban Outfitter before the movie because it in the same complex and see if they have one, or something similar. If I buy anything I will post of picture of my purchase. I am looking for a cool zip-up jacket.