Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Just once, I’d like to be hit on by someone who isn’t a Lovecraftain horror.

There is a local Roller girl whose rules of engagement are as follows:
1.       Don’t hit on me.
2.       Don’t hit on me, especially if you have facial tattoos.

It was one of those pieces of wit so good; I had to steal it and make it my own.

When you are single it never seems like you are approached by the people you to be approached by. If that ever happened,then you probably wouldn’t be single. 
I have the uncanny ability to attract Lovecraftain monsters. I am not referring to that fact that these people are unfathomably hideous, they are, it’s just it seems hardly fair to hold against people in East Tennessee, where everyone is an inbred fish monster.  I’m referring to the fact these people I encounter have to be from some dank unearthly dimension where there are no women because otherwise I would have no explanation for the inherent lack of social skills.
     So don’t hit on me if:

1.       You are in a moving vehicle -   I’ve never understood the whole yelling at someone out of a car window thing. Has this ever worked for anyone?  Did anyone’s parents meet this way? When someone in a vehicle going about 45 miles an hour and I am traveling at leisurely pace of 6 miles an hour listening to my slow jams on the iPod, the most I hear as they pass by is, “HEEEEYYYYYY ARRRRRrirorrororgggggggooooooooooooooooo.” Is this a distance and velocity problem?   As far as I know the guy could be yelling at me because his breaks are failing. How would I ever know. Let’s say that I understood whatever the hell you were saying and was flattered by it. What am I supposed to do? Run after the car? Write down a license plate number?

2.         I am with  another man -  When I go out when with my friend Big Daddy, I want to spend my evening with Bid Daddy.  He isn’t my date, but is that something you really want to gamble on when the guy I’m with is over six feet tall, and while I was never good at the “Guess the chicken’s weight” game at the fair, I’d say someone you don’t want to fuck with.
The thing is, he isn’t the one you should be worried about. If you ruin my evening out , all 5’1 of me is going to fuck you up. It’s akin being eaten alive by cute cartoon squirrel.

3.        I am clearly not interested - Here is a pro-tip, If it’s finals week and I am in the college library frantically typing a way on a computer, I don’t want to talk to you. If you strike up a conversation and I don’t make eye contact with you, I don’t want to talk to you. If I pull out my phone and start texting someone, while continuing to not looking your general direction, and making gritting noises with my teeth, just stop.

4.       If you like rape and torture movies - You can look at me and tell I like horror movies. It’s like guessing that my favorite holiday is Halloween, you don’t necessarily have to be Horatio Clark to figure that one out.  It’s great that you think The Human Centipede and Paranormal Activity are highlights of modern cinema. Even if I did 10 Whip-it’s every day for a year, I don’t think I would ever reach that conclusion , but please don’t feel the need to tell me how much you loved Salo’/ A Serbian Film/Cannibal Holocaust/Irreversible, etc. I have seen those movies; I wouldn’t recommend them to anyone.  Telling me that you’ve seen them 17 times doesn’t convince me that you are cool; it convinces me that you probably have a vagina in a box.

5.       If you make animal noises:  It saddens me that this has happened to me so frequently I had put on a numbered list. My name is Kat. K-a-t. The domesticated feline is spelled C-a-t. Hooked on Phonics/The Internet has screwed over a whole generation of people when it comes grammar and spelling, I know, I’m one of them. Still, it doesn’t explain why you would meow at me. It’s about as effective as meowing at an actual cat. I’ll give you a look of boredom and disgust and then go vomit on your shoes.

So to conclude: Don’t hit on me, ever.