The United Dates Of Sarah - Casting for Love - Entry 9

For those of you who don't know "what I do", here it is...I work in entertainment and what I've come to learn is that dating is EXACTLY like casting. If you don't work in this industry, you might not know all of the terms that go along with casting...so here's the lesson of the day. If you're in the industry and you know the lingo...feel free to skip ahead:

- Audition - going out for a role and putting your best foot forward in order to get that role

- Callback - the casting director really liked you the first time so they want to see you again and show you off to the producer/director

- Avail/Pin - being put on avail or being pinned means that they really like you! They want to make sure you're available for the shoot dates. Although you may be put on avail, you still might not get the role though because they might have a couple other people holding as well.

- Released - being released is very hard for people because you were so close to booking. This is when casting calls and tells you that you did not get the job.

- Booking - booking is when casting calls you and tells you the job is yours! 

Now...How does this relate to dating? 

1. Auditioning = dating
2. Callbacks = a second or third or fourth, etc. date
3. Being put on avail = being exclusive with the person
4. Booking = being asked to be official (like Facebook official or put a ring on it official)
5. If you're released from the avail (meaning you didn't book the job) = this isn't going to work out.

Obviously most of my dates are just auditions. I don't give a lot of callbacks out and I've only been in two relationships that have been put on avail and really just one that was a booking :P 

If we could break it off like an agent breaks the news about not booking a job, dating would be so much easier...

I call this next scene "Agenting":

Me (agenting): Hey! So unfortunately you've been released from the avail = I don't want to be in a relationship with you

Guy (actor response): Bummer ok. Do you know what they were looking for that I didn't have = that sucks, was it me?

Me (agenting): you were great but unfortunately they went in another direction. = yeah it was you...

Guy (actor response): Alright = Damn

Me (agenting): Don't worry about it, you, you'll get the next one. Onwards and upwards = it's not going to be me, but you'll make another girl happy I'm sure. Now please stop texting me.

And that's how it should be done.

Anyways, on to this next story..I call him Careless...you'll see why.  

One of my first experiences on OKCupid was interesting. I started talking to this guy and he seemed to have everything. He was studying to be a doctor, he had goals and seemed really nice BUT he was not detail oriented. Usually this wouldn't bother me but when it comes to my name, it's kind of annoying. 

Sooo Sarah can be spelled a couple of ways. According to Google, here they are:

Sarah

Sara

Sehra

Cera

Cerah

Obviously the first two are the most popular.

Anyways, on my profile, I introduce myself and have my name, SARAH, on the "about me" part so one would think that's how I spell my name, right? Wrong! 

Without fail, every time he messaged me or texted me he would forget the H. That's fine...except when he keeps doing it even after I correct him...It's kind of ridiculous....

I have a thing with my name...It's something I realized when I was younger...here it is: 

This sounds very stupid but after soooo many times of him not spelling my name correctly..I had to just put it out there.

So we talk for another couple of days and it kind of dies down. A month or so later I get a text from Careless: 

I never wrote back to him again...because seriously?!? Spell my name correctly! It's not that hard to add an H..geeezze

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What an awkward question and pick up line? 

  

                                       

The United Dates Of Sarah - The Check List - Entry 8

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This next statement is a public service announcement. 

If you're on Tinder or OkCupid or Hinge or whatever, and you're talking to someone for a long time and you plan on meeting up, then meet up or else someone is going to think they've been catfished.

On Saturday my friend and I went to a bar to meet a guy she had been talking to for 2 months. They talked on the phone and they even had a mutual friend! He called when I was with her telling us about the plans for the night! We get to the bar at the time she had discussed with him earlier, she texted him twice and called him. What happens next you ask, he didn't get back to her until the next morning....a catfish? Maybe. An idiot? Definitely! 

We told him we'd be there around 11 and he said he'd make sure we'd get in right away if there was a wait. After an hour of waiting for him to contact her back, we left. My friend said, "He's definitely going to text or call after all of this and I can't wait until he does because I'm going to ignore him   for-ev-er." Can you believe someone would go through all of the trouble to contact you, make plans, and not show up? My mind is blown. 

There were red flags though: 1) he only had one picture on tinder 2) he would never give her enough notice for when he did come into town. He'd ask to hang out on a Friday at 1. Ummm some of us work. 

Anyways, he ended up texting her back the next morning:

Can you believe that?  He says, "no way how sad" the next morning? What an idiot.

Anyways, on to a guy we like to call Catan. 

We call him that because I love the game Settlers Of Catan. Call me a nerd but the game is so fun! 

Anyways, the reason why we call him that is because his first message to me on OkCupid went a little something like this: 

Catan: Hey! I'll trade you a sheep and a wheat for an ore? Or a wood for a brick? 

As weird as this sounds, it got me :P He was speaking the language of a board game I love so I had to write back. 

We talked for a couple days and then decide to meet up. He told me he would be wearing his glasses instead of contracts. That's fine with me...I mean, I'm sure it'll be fine. Although it was interesting that in all of the photos posted, he wasn't wearing glasses in any...oh well.

When I meet him, I could of sworn it was Harry Potter I was meeting. The glasses were bottle cap glasses and as thick as could be. Nothing wrong with that, but he looked blind...not to mention, ummm he basically was!! I tried on his glasses and it was nothing like I had ever seen before. That wouldn't entirely turn me away though...

We start talking and he's telling me how he is house sitting for a woman  but she won't be back for months so he's just staying there taking care of her sick cat.

Me: So you just take care of the cat all day? 

Catan: Yeah, he's on an I.V. so he requires a lot of attention.

Me: That's really sad. So what do you do for work? 

Catan: Nothing.

I felt really bad about the cat BUT is it soooo hard to ask for a guy who has all of the following (In no particular order):

     - A job

     - A good relationship with his family

     - A degree

     - Goals/Motivation

     - Good Morals and Values

     - Doesn't smoke

     - Honest and Respectful

     - A sense of humor and who can have a good time

     - Independent

     - Someone who's Healthy/Knows how to cook 

I mean, is it really that hard? This guy had no goals and no job! I felt really bad. He was really nice but IT definitely wasn't there. 

So we said our goodbyes and that was it. 

I mean really? I'm not saying that I have a checklist, but I have standards (some listed above)...Is it so wrong to want what you want?

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My friend decided to have a little fun on Tinder these past couple of days: 

The United Dates Of Sarah - Your First Time Is Awkward - Entry 7

By this blog entry I feel like you know me pretty well, but you don't know about the very entertaining story of my first kiss. To start this story, I have to preface it by saying that I'm a very driven person. When I was younger, my goal in life was to get into college so my mindset in junior high and high school was basically "why get into a relationship when I'll be leaving for college soon?" With that being said, I obviously wasn't on the prowl at all. Just keep that in mind. 

Ok, now for the story. I had a really good guy friend in high school...yes, I didn't have my first kiss until high school...I know I know. 

Anyways, my best guy friend, we'll call him Slash. Why? Because he loved Slash.
 So, we were best friends in high school and then one day I got a message on MySpace. That's right, Myspace. In the message he basically declared his love for me and as a teenager, I thought this was obviously so sweet! Unfortunately, I couldn't get it out of my head that we were just friends. Yeah I know, I friend zoned him! 

BUT my mom says this to me a lot: "at first I didn't like your father like that and then I gave him a chance." 

Sooo I gave him a chance. For one month, NOTHING HAPPENED. No holding hands, no kissing, nothing. Maybe it was because we had both never been in a relationship before and we were both nervous or because we didn't want to ruin the friendship we had. For me, it was all of the above, but it wasn't like we were trying either. Slash never looked longingly into my eyes or pretended to stretch and then put his arm around me....nothing. It's like we were still just friends. 

Then on one fateful night, I was over at his house. His parents were gone and we rented a movie. Ready for this? It was "The Exorcism Of Emily Rose". Yes, it was his choice obviously. Anyways, we were watching and I had to keep turning away because that shit was cray.

It all changed though at this scene.  

I turned to him with a disgusted look on my face thinking to myself, "you seriously thought this would be a good movie to watch?" But I guess he thought that would be the perfect time for our first kiss. He lead with his tongue. It happened so quickly that I didn't even know what had just happened and it was so wet and nothing like I thought my first kiss would be like. 

I pulled away really quickly and once the movie was over I got up to leave. It was super awkward after that. He walked me out to my car and I gave him a hug goodbye. I knew at this point I wouldn't be able to un-friend zone him sadly. I just felt like a kiss should have sparks and feelings behind it. I shouldn't have felt disgusted or like I never wanted to kiss anyone ever again! 

So, the next day I texted Slash asking if I could come over because I needed to tell him this wasn't going to work out. Unfortunately he just knew what I was going to say so he said "no".

Me: Fine, I'll call you in a little bit.

Slash: No

**Fine! I'll just text him a breakup!

Me: Hey Slash. I don't think this is going to work. I hope we can still be friends

Slash: Ok

I log onto Myspace and his new status reads "Single and ready to mingle"  

Sooo mature! 

Unfortunately, I knew this was going to ruin our friendship and the next day it even got worse. A girl came up to me and said Slash was spreading rumors. 

Girl: Everyone thinks Slash broke up with you because you wouldn't do anything with him. 

Me: Really? 

I was so angry...and long story short...Slash and I didn't talk for 3 years.

Fortunately we both matured and realized that the kiss was horrible and it was all a misunderstanding. High schoolers love to twist the truth and who cares really? 

Now we do talk every so often and share our dating stories...which are unsuccessful on both ends so far :P 

Now here's a short story from a reader:

I went on a date with this guy. We met somewhere and then he wanted to go to the beach so I go into his car and we drove to the beach. That was my first mistake. Never get into a guys car on the first date who you've never met! Anyways. We're at the beach and we walk and walk and walk to an area where no on is. He then asks me, "Do you mind if I take my clothes off?" I told him "yes, I do mind"...but guess what, he starts taking his clothes off anyways! So he stands in front of me when he's done and asks, "So, what do you think?" I told him, "Yep, it's a body. Now can you get dressed and pull the car up?" He actually did! He could have just driven away and left me there but he didn't. Anyways, that was our first and last date -_-

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