Monday, May 18

In preparation for a date

First dates make me nervous. I hear second dates are less nerve-wracking, but I wouldn't know. A detailed breakdown of my pre-date ritual and the time taken for each step:
  1. Prepare and consume buttered toast and Earl Grey tea. 9 minutes.
  2. Clear space on my floor to do push ups. 22 minutes.
  3. Do push ups until exhaustion. 14 seconds.
  4. Disrobe. 15 seconds.
  5. Flex muscles in mirror. 2 seconds.
  6. Lower eyes, shake head with sense of with self-loathing. 1 second.
  7. Turn on shower, find temperature "sweet spot". 2 minutes.
  8. Shower. 15 minutes.
  9. Wash face, apply lather and shave. 6 minutes.
  10. Apply after shave, wince in pain. 1 second.
  11. Point at cleanly-shaven self in mirror with head cocked "charmingly". Wink. 1 second.
  12. Lower eyes, shake head with sense of self-loathing. 1 second.
  13. Sigh. 14 seconds.
  14. Apply deodorant. Put on socks, underwear and jeans. 3 minutes.
  15. Lay fourteen T-shirts on bed and begin selection process. 22 minutes.
  16. Put on T-shirt and review in mirror. Take off shirt in disgust, ponder canceling date and pace around bedroom frantically. 5 minutes.
  17. Take off T-shirt. Lift lid of toilet. Vomit and cough violently. 8 minutes.
  18. Brush teeth. 2 minutes.
  19. Look in mirror and sigh. Lower eyes, shake head with sense of self-loathing. 2 seconds.

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