Any chance that etiquette is online...?
Definitely, though I was only hearing people laugh about it in conversation, so I'd have to google search. I believe the premise was 40-year-olds trying to be hip and hang out with 20-year-old colleagues.
Aaanyway, let's start with the not happening: I got back the results of the speed dating. One match (the obvious one), and a loooooooong list of friendzoneing (some on my end, some on their end). Well, that's one less variable to worry about.
Yesterday evening I met with #2 for Thanksgiving at her Berkley Co-op. Chatted a lot, though it stayed entirely platonic, and I realized after I had been interacting with her much like I interact with friends. Really enjoy her company. I think she was getting the same general sense saying in an email "I'm not sure if you're feeling it romantically, but either way I really like talking with you, and would like to do more." Oh yeah, and she showed me one of the greatest music videos of all time
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5U-YT-mRmISo...I actually did get called back by #1 yesterday, and she was like "how about now" so we went and hung out around noon (11:30-3:30 I guess). Getting to know her, actually I'm pretty into her personality-wise too, and we're compatible in a lot of other ways (for instance, both like kids, both want kids). It also turns out she likes math, she likes math a lot, she was just never good at it. Oh, and she brought an adorable dog with her, whom I cuddled a lot (I miss having a dog). She also expressed interest in trying Touhou (well, not specifically Touhou, but I described the gameplay in general geometrical terms). We kissed goodbye, and I'm pretty sure I swooned (we were in the car, but I came out of the kiss disoriented, and was dizzy for the next 20 seconds or so). Yeah, this one seems to be going places.