DC Cookie: Interesting E-mail

Wednesday, November 09, 2005

Interesting E-mail

I received an intriguing e-mail the other day, about which I have been approved to blog-post by said writer of the e-mail. Here are a few notable excerpts:

I'm sure you get this all the time, but I think your blog is the wittiest and snarkiest I've ever read.

Ah, compliments. I love these. Great starting sentence. The e-mail continues...

Anyway, I'm sure you get this all the time too, but I'd like to know if we can just have a drink sometime.

I hear the DJ's record scratch and the room becomes dead silent. What? Did that really just happen? Did someone who reads my blog just write me an e-mail and ask me out? Wooooooooah. No, actually, I DON'T get this all the time. Out of curiosity, does this happen to anyone else? Thing is, though I am absolutely never adverse to making new friends, I'm not exactly looking for a date right now...

Regardless, I was impressed with his candor and assured lack of apprehension. I wrote back and told him so.

23 Comments:

At November 09, 2005 12:33 PM, Sharkbait said…

Whoa. Red Flag Red Flag.....tough. Nobody has done this to me, but I don't know if it's up my alley.

Go with your guy on this one girl.
At November 09, 2005 12:36 PM, DC Cookie said…

Oh yes, no question there. I still think it's kind of cool though. Bold. And I was flattered. There was a lot more to the e-mail.

I wrote back. He's well aware that there is someone in my life at the moment who I'm quite fond of.
At November 09, 2005 12:39 PM, Johnny said…

And miss another opportunity for the 82nd Airborne to do a jump?

Cmon!!! :D
At November 09, 2005 1:29 PM, A Unique Alias said…

Way flattering . . . hasn't happened to me. Even if I wasn't involved with someone at the moment, I'd probably politely say no, because the odds of there being chemistry would be statistically low, and the odds of me wanting to get the hell out of there fast would be statistically high.

*shrug.* Congrats, though :-)
At November 09, 2005 1:37 PM, I-66 said…

It's interesting to me that this has just happened, which leads me to believe said writer can't have been reading for very long else he might've gotten the courage to come to a happy hour.

That aside... SWEET MERCIFUL CRAP! I know we feel like we get to the blog author through reading their trials and such, but that doesn't mean the writer knows the reader one bit. It's seems an innocent enough suggestion - no harm in asking - but surprising none the less. I've not had this happen to me and I feel like I would have the same sort of reaction as you did... in the meantime I'll just have to make do with evidently lingering blogger issues that evidently are not droppable.

Kudos for writing back, by the way... many folks would've recieved the e-mail and pretended it would go away.
At November 09, 2005 1:38 PM, Anonymous said…

Oh stop playing, Cookie. Everyone knows the sole purpose of your blog is to be on the receiving end of some random, internet ass. Now get out there and start making it a truly enjoyable 'hump day'.
At November 09, 2005 1:49 PM, Anonymous said…

It's time for another round of "I Want To Date Your Blog"! Our next contestant....
At November 09, 2005 1:57 PM, Heather B. said…

Wow. Damn girl. I'm impressed-well by him mostly, but also by you, because I would've said, ummm no you crazy psycho freak.
At November 09, 2005 2:07 PM, DC Cookie said…

Actually, I believe the sole purpose of my blog was so that I could comment on Kathryn's blog. My how things have changed...
At November 09, 2005 2:15 PM, Phil said…

Look, there's only room for one of us bloggers in your underwear, so it is a moot point you bring up.
At November 09, 2005 3:24 PM, Lucy said…

Yeah, it's much different if he had a blog too, that you regularly read. And if you met him. In person. Maybe at a happy hour. And you had a lot of fun.

Ahem.
At November 09, 2005 3:54 PM, I-66 said…

you're talking about me aren't you. haha.
At November 09, 2005 3:57 PM, Lucy said…

Dangit, I-66! And here I thought I was being so mysterious.
At November 09, 2005 4:36 PM, Jessamyn said…

this happens to me at least 2 times a week

except i get IM's along with work emails...
At November 09, 2005 4:50 PM, Mamma Bear said…

Nice to respond, I may have given them the NEXT! At least you asked the person first before posting it...unlike Kathryn :) Those poor 'FRIEKS' (HA!)
At November 09, 2005 4:56 PM, Jinxy said…

I had a 46 year old gay guy from Florida just hit on me.

Not that there's anything wrong with that.
At November 09, 2005 5:03 PM, Kathryn Is So Over said…

YIKES! I used to do that when under 10 people read my blog... perhaps I should do some archive cleanup...
At November 09, 2005 5:32 PM, Anonymous said…

I give the kid credit. Balls are balls, whether in a bar, at a game, or in an email.
At November 09, 2005 6:35 PM, JordanBaker said…

I've had one or two of those--one from a friend of a friend. They were flattering, but I was freaked out just the same.
At November 09, 2005 9:24 PM, Jamy said…

pIt hasn't happened to me! But a (female) fan bought me lunch once--she was a friend of a friend and my friend was there. Nice, but not exciting :)
At November 10, 2005 7:04 AM, tommy said…

I had patients that used to look me up in the whites pages and call me at home asking me out to dinner. I sadly has to unlist my number.

Jeeze, what did they want me say? " yes mam, I just treated you for your sexually transmitted disease, since your clean now, lets go do the nasty:-)"
At November 10, 2005 9:50 AM, Mamma Bear said…

No K, you can't do any back editing...that is what makes the blogging so fun. You have to keep ALL the memories ;)
At November 10, 2005 11:23 AM, Crazy Girl City said…

I've actually had females contacting me wanting to hang out which is totally cool in my book. I've also had random guys contact me via email or myspace telling me how much they love reading and would like to hang out. Then we have my strange stalker that I am still not ready to talk about(online) just yet.