Two notes on my personal life

So far so good, but I'm expecting my personal life to all but cease to exist in the near future due to the disappearance of my free time (I spent three and a half hours today printing things from various course websites. Not reading, not learning, not filling out forms, but just printing all of the things I'm required to print. Just one week's worth of printing and I'd burned through a quarter of my waking hours). Before it's gone I wanted to record two items.

Item 1: Remember the guy with the pho? Or more accurately, the not-paying-for-the-pho? He got back into town from his holiday vacation and actually called to ask me for another date. I wasn't near my phone and listened to his voicemail with more than a little surprise. I guess I wasn't as obvious as I thought about how badly I wanted that date to be over. I sent him a nice little email ("you're a catch, but there's just no chemistry") and don't expect to hear from him again. I love how vague and yet final the phrase "no chemistry" can be.

Item 2: I went on another date at Lincoln Center. Different guy, better circumstances - it was half way between our places and we were going to see a movie. But still, twice at Lincoln Center in less than a month? I blame this on the fact that I've been dating people from the Eastside and I'm really bothered by that. What does this mean? Have I lowered (raised?) my standards? Am I destined by fate to live in Bellevue (or Kirkland or Issaquah or Redmond)? Have I dated absolutely every eligible man in Seattle and now have to go across the lake for a new pool? This is a really disturbing development.