Beauty and the Geek

I finally got in contact with the speed dating company from the Groupon event and the Hudson Terrace party and A, the woman who runs the events let me know that I could host events for them.  She decided to send me to an event to date and observe one of the other hosts. The theme for the event was beauty and the geek, for women who like geeky men.   I was really excited to see that they ran their events differently than the company where I had those long 8 minute dates.  For starters, you actually got to meet everyone who came.  This is because the dates are only 3 minutes long, which definitely was better than those endless 8 minute dates.   I was expecting the guys to be really socially awkward but I was pleasantly surprised.  They actually reminded me, for the most part of my three guys from club getaway.  My cruise friend SM, from the Hudson Terrace party, was there so we spent our “date” comparing notes.  There was one guy there who I thought was cute, although he did talk a little too much about his job.  In some ways it felt more like a job interview than a date.   At the end of the night you go onto the company website and check off the people that you are interested in and it sends them your email.  It was different from the other company because it didn’t have to be a mutual match.  Anyone who I picked would get my email and I would know if anyone picked me even if I didn’t pick them.  I was picked by 2 guys but I wasn’t particularly interested in either of them…and the guy I picked didn’t pick me.  Oh well…there’s always another event.  As a training host, I was glad to see that I wouldn’t have to go through everyone’s notes and send out emails.  Ahh, the wonders of computer programming.