schinders
Schinders is a fabric artist, writer, humorist, devourer of books, and all around neat gal living in Los Angeles and waiting on a miracle. You can read some of her other writing at http://imnotnorma.wordpress.com/.
By schinders on July 23, 2009
Howdy all, Schinders here. Been back in the online dating pool a few weeks now, and I’m finally adjusting to the temperature. I’m beginning to remember how this all works. I’ve also seen, and remembered, some things that just seem inexplicable. So, here they are, my top five things that make me go Hmm, the [...]
Posted in Dating, Random, The Lek | Tagged enigmas, mysteries, top five |
By schinders on July 14, 2009
Sorry I’ve been AWOL, y’all, been going through it a bit. The bad news, my boyfriend and I broke up - the long distance thing was too much - but the good news, for you, is that I’m back online dating. So I have stuff to say on the subject.
I know I already wrote a [...]
Posted in Dating, Random | Tagged emails, karma, write back |
By schinders on June 3, 2009
Went to dinner and a movie tonight with friends (Up, it’s terrific), and afterward, on the way home, the girlfriend with whom I carpooled - we try to be green - asked me if I’d ever on line dated. I said yes, and our married friends who we just left met on line. She asked [...]
Posted in Dating | Tagged dinner and a movie, putting it out there, Up, what you give is what you get |
By schinders on May 24, 2009
Hope you’re all enjoying the kick off to the summer. A perfect time to revamp your profile and think about who you’d like to spend your summer with and where. Are you ready to get active and take part in all of LA’s summer sports? Or are you more summer lazy (like me) and are [...]
Posted in Dating | Tagged profile, revamp, summer |
By schinders on May 15, 2009
Are you looking for something to do tonight? Are you in Hollywood and want a good giggle? Then head over to the Fake Gallery, 4319 Melrose Ave, where The Heliotrope Dramatic Society will be presenting a special recital featuring dramatic scenes about famous persons from history. Featuring Eddie Pepitone (Last Comic Standing, Old School), David [...]
Posted in deLEKtables | Tagged comedy, david earl waterman, eddie peps, fake gallery, history, john ennis, last comic standing, mr show, overactors, sarah silverman |
By schinders on May 1, 2009
Just want to remind everyone about the Masters of Horror Drive-In Series, continuing Friday nights in Hollywood, in the parking lot of the Steve Allen Theatre. Tonight catch Fright Night at 8pm. Plus, check out the Steve Allen in general; there’s all sorts of weird and wonderful shows going on there. Frank Conniff, [...]
Posted in Dating, Lekking | Tagged Cartoon Dump, Film, Frank Conniff, Fright Night, Masters of Horrorr, Ring a Ding, Rudy Casoni, Steve Allen Theatre |
By schinders on April 28, 2009
Here’s the second part of yesterday’s post, as promised, about lying liars and the lies they tell. Okay, well, maybe that’s a bit extreme. Yesterday I was talking about how people lie online, and that men predominantly lie about their height. Today, I wanna look at the ladies. Yeah, where my bitches at???
The one thing [...]
Posted in Dating | Tagged 1912, age, cooler, david lapham, girls, ladies, lying, Pollyanna, stray bullets, taller, young liars, younger |
By schinders on April 27, 2009
We all want to present ourselves in the best possible light, and there always comes that moment when filling out a dating profile where you sorta, kinda, wanna fudge the truth a little bit. “Well, I mean to work out three times a week, and I intend to some time soon, so I’ll say I [...]
Posted in Dating, The Lek | Tagged Dating, height, idealization, liars, lies, profile, truth |
By schinders on April 19, 2009
Being in a long distance relationship, my fella and I spend a lot of time on the phone. This morning when I called, he was very brusque; not rude, but not very present. The good news is, I didn’t take it personally. I knew that the tech from Hughes Net was there fixing his satelite-dealie [...]
Posted in Dating | Tagged long distance relationship, Online dating, Prince, tone |
By schinders on April 17, 2009
Howdy Lekkers! Schinders here. Just wanted to post a little intro before I started blogging at you. I’m a friend of the Lek’s and I’m going to be chiming in here, suggesting some things to do and see around LA that might make good dates, musing aobut things I noticed or learned dating on line, [...]
Posted in Lekking | Tagged architecture, cod piece, Fat's Waller, Key Club, Led Zeppelin, Lez Zeppelin, Neutra, new girl, Renaissance Faire, schinderLEKtables, sketches, wenches |