I'm definitely all dressed up with nowhere to go, and no one to see. I just got back from the murder mystery dinner theatre, which was fun. The actors were very entertaining, the music was great - all in all, a very enjoyable and fun evening. I would have stayed, had I a man to dance with...it's only the late hour and the fact that I'm all prettied up (and I do look damn good if I do say so myself), and sitting in my room alone. But then, it's by choice, and I am tired. Besides, after a few visits to the Heartless Bitches International website (good stuff), I realize something I should've known for a long time. I was beginning to figure this out on my own, but they put it well - to have a healthy relationship with someone else, you have to have a healthy relationship with yourself. Know yourself, have confidence in yourself, otherwise you're just leaning on someone for validation. Having a boyfriend because everyone else does, because you want one in name, because you feel crappy about yourself and need constant, constant assurance that you're ok, all not good reasons for seeking out a relationship. You have to ask yourself, do I want to be someone's significant other? Am I ready for that? Am I giving in to the cliched peer pressure to "just go out and get laid already", to "find myself a man"?

Tell me if I'm wrong guys, but I think a confident woman is more attractive than a weepy, needy one. When I'm secure enough to not mope around, lamenting the fact that Mr. Perfect has yet to walk through my door, secure enough to be happy in my own company, then and only then am I ready for the kind of relationship I want.

What's weird about that last sentence is that in the middle of it, Steph and Saurav walked in, and now I have two roommates for the night. Go irony.