OK

She made a visor with her hands and looked up at him.

"So 4/8, what does that sound like?"

He doubled-timed a beat for her.  Da da da four da da da four.

"I guess that's why they don't just call it 1/2, then, huh?"

He stared at her. 

"You know, reducing fractions."

He laughed.  Of course she would think that way.  He touched her lightly.  "Yeah, so then I guess 4/4 would just be...1."

"Ok, so what would that sound like."

Da.

She laughed harder.

"Wow, I'm amazed you never made it as a rockstar.  That was really, really good.  Can I have your autograph?"

"Smartass."

She pulled a pen out of her purse and looked around.  "Here," she said, handing him the sleeve from her coffee cup, "sign this."

He turned from her and started signing.  Behind him the sun was setting and a crowd was forming, waiting for a tour to start.  He turned back toward her, proud of himself.  "Here."

She looked down at it.  May I kiss you now?

Dating is terrifying.  And painful.  Basically, you have to force yourself to invest in something that almost always has absolutely no return, and sometimes has a negative return.  Plus, it reinforces negative habits.  Unless you're lucky enough to meet the love of your life before hundreds of people prove that assholes are everywhere.

But I'm going to hang in there.  I'm not done yet.  I have a lot to offer this world, and my future partner, and I am excited to have fun finding him.  So take that, world.

Resolve to be resolute in all resolutions.

I'm not going to make any resolutions.  That's too...definitive.  It would just set me up for failure.  Instead, I am going to clarly define what it is that I want to accomplish in 2010.

As I have just started a completely new life, I want to be a warm and loving presence in as many new friendships as I can. 

I want to make this a year of traveling.  Boston, New York, Florida, Williamsburg, Philly, Baltimore...

This year, I will continue to work on not sweating the small things.  Life is too short to worry about fixing things that can't be changed.  Acknowledge, accept and MOVE ON!

This year I am going to take care of myself--emotionally, physically, financially, and spiritually.