Mixed bag

Facebook reminds me that it's my 18 year Facebook friendship anniversary with E3. I've not seen her in years. The photo that Facebook used was M's wedding, a day where I made tentative efforts to see if anything might happen with both MMBF and SBF. E3's attention didn't come until a few years later. Or at least, wasn't made public.

Blast from the past.

It's SBF's birthday today, according to Facebook. I've not thought of her in ages. Her social media presence is practically zero and MMBF hasn't mentioned her in ages either. Nothing else worth noting, but Happy Birthday SBF. Still stunning looking.

Missed opportunities.

It was M's wedding anniversary yesterday or Monday. He did mention it on Sunday evening, but I forgot all about it until wedding photos turned up in my Facebook memories today.

I took my own photos but I am disappointed by the lack of photos of MMBF and SBF who were both stunning that day to the point I even made some effort to take things to some level, at least with MMBF. I do have a few of E3, and sometimes I still wonder what might have happened had things turned out differently there instead of her trying to kiss me in full view of all our friends.

Yes, I'm stubborn... and private.

Sexing it up.

Apparently the story goes that the HR department asked the attractive 26-year old if she would star in their recruitment video. She turned them down but was happy to help out in other ways, in a less prominent role. So they went ahead and made the film with her working alongside your modern I.T. bloke. 

"Don't worry... the emphasis will be on him," they promised.

So, Sexy Co-worker appeared an awful lot in what was ostensibly a "diary" of his normal day. I don't know if she picked her own wardrobe, but I've never seen her running around the office in a tight jumper and short skirt before. Well, maybe the jumper.

Lo and behold, when surfing Facebook last week, someone had shared a recruitment post for our company. Something to do with finance. Whose face was front and centre for this job advertisement? Yup, Sexy Co-worker. She's a software developer, nothing to do with Finance. But then later... the same face, different job. And again today for an HR position.

It's nothing new. Our place has used attractive (female) employees before for posters. There's one out there with KfW2 and SBF. But I've never seen it done to this extent, where one person has been "pushed" so much. And while I often mention (and appreciate) how attractive I think women like KfW2, JB, SSCW, CH, Pretty blonde or Quiet Girl, or one of GM's exes are, they're not an indicator of the workforce, which is pretty much as you might expect from an I.T. company.

Time to look forward again.

I didn't get to meet up with MM and her stunning blonde friend, SBF (she's also an ex-colleague of mine), on Friday before GB's party. I did try, but the timing of it wasn't helpful. MM was meeting the blonde girl in a restaurant  around the same time as I was planning on going to GB's.

MM suggested I turn up later to GB's and go and join her and the blonde girl for a drink, but I was hoping that I could talk to MFF about CB. I was expecting MFF to turn up early and leave early (possibly with CH as she was doing the same and they live in the same direction). Bearing in mind that, while ordinarily, I would have gone to GB's an hour later to meet SBF, I really had the CB thing on my mind. Plus, I don't like tagging along and I felt I might have been imposing on MM and the blonde girl.

Plus, MM would have wanted to know about the plastic date that I'd been on the night before with her friend (I was doing a favour for MM) and I'd already been quizzed on it by KfW2, GB and CH, all independently the morning after. I didn't have a lot to say to them - it was a really spectacular non-event. The conversation flowed well enough (something that always concerns me when meeting strangers as I don't think my small talk skills are that good) and the three hours went quickly enough, but there was no attraction, no spark and no real desire to see her ever again, even socially.

I think the girls all thought I was hiding something, but there really was nothing newsworthy to report. I don't know if that means the night was disappointing given that everything turned out the way I expected (and wanted) it to, but I know that GB's declaration ealier this week that MFF had heard nothing from CB's sister and MFF's subsequent non-appearance at GB's was disappointing, so I am putting that down to a generally disappointing few days. I guess, unless something really happens out of the blue, that the CB thing is dead in the water as well as I simply don't have the energy to go back chasing GB for any further information (plus there's the creep factor to consider). So, while the date panned out as expected, it's the CB stuff that I'm really gutted about.

The waiting game.

All last week, I had been looking forward to M's wedding. It's been ages since I was at a full wedding and I was anticipating seeing some old school friends as well as two of M's fiancé's friends (M's fiancé will be known as MM from now on). After talking to a few friends like DSC, I had plans to investigate whether MM's friends (they've been mentioned before in posts, this one being the most recent - a blonde and a brunette) were showing any interest. There's a little chemistry with both of them, but not enough to be able to say with any certainty that any approach would be welcome.

So, cue the wedding. A great day was had by all, but the goals of having a good chat with either of these ladies fell somewhat short of the mark. I had a brief, 15 minute, chat with the blonde (SBF) during the afternoon and she was as stunning as I remember, but she left early and before I was in any position to take the conversation further (i.e. before I hit just the right stage of drunkenness where I get the confidence to approach people). Later in the evening, towards the end of the night, I did get a chance to chat with the brunette. It was well after 11 PM before I got a chance to talk to her for the first time, and between then and the end of the night, we must have chatted a few more times. I caught her at the end of the night and made sure she got into a taxi OK (I did try to get her to stay longer to no avail), before I joined the others in the residents' bar. I'm not 100% sure that there's anything there... but I've laid some groundwork. I probably won't see her until M and MM return from their honeymoon, but even then, I've made some suggestions to M that the brunette is a catch. I've dropped a few hints with MM too.

As an aside, I've made arrangements to meet QC2 on Thursday and it just so happens that she is friends with MMBF (according to Facebook ) though I am unsure of the exact details. I might quiz QC2 and see what the score is there, too.

I'd said to DSC that I wasn't sure about the brunette as I wasn't feeling the chemistry the way I had in the past with others such as Date No. 1 or RB, but she suggested that it could be a slow burner because she thinks I am interested even if I don't recognise it myself.

I guess I'm not going to find out until after M and MM return.

Socialising digest.

DSC mentioned tonight that it's unlikely she'll be out until after Xmas. I suspect that means in terms of meeting for lunch and big weekend nights out. I hope that doesn't mean the end of meeting for a quiet drink and talking rubbish. For my sake, I like the getting out bit and for her sake, she needs an outlet if she's going to continue dating this idiot she's currently with.

I've also started arranging a night out with FBS, D etc for around the start of November. We haven't seen each other at all this year. I think the last time we were all out was FBS's wedding about this time last year, so it'll be good to catch up and have a bit of a laugh.

I'm due a night out with KfW2 as well. It was meant to be this week, but she's at a wedding, so it'll be the end of next month. I'm looking forward to that - she's good company and we have good chemistry and adding alcohol makes things funner. I know that's not a real word, but it's true.

The last thing in the pipeline at the moment is M's wedding in a few week's time. I think I might be pinning too much on hooking up with M's fiancé's cute brunette friend (MMBF) or the stunning blonde one (SBF) at the moment. I have a slight suspicion, right now, that the brunette is a little bit interested. Or else I'm mis-reading stuff again. The blonde one is a bit of a pipe dream. I'm not a believer of attractive women being out of my league because I believe that personality is much more important and it's that which makes me feel she's out of my league, even though I think the blonde is stunning and sexy. We get on well together, she's intelligent and there's a little tiny bit of chemistry, but it's the fact she's so friendly and personable that, well, intimidates me a little. However going back to the brunette... am I interested in her or is this a case of being interested because she's cute and single? In all honesty, I think I need to get to know her better before I can say for certain.