<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4931587843220769809</id><updated>2011-08-22T09:10:51.107-07:00</updated><category term='bachelorette parties'/><category term='what happened last night'/><category term='note to inconsiderate bitches'/><category term='excuses to stare at my chest'/><category term='oh no you din&apos;t just say that'/><category term='daddy and me time'/><category term='iPhone'/><category term='stupid shirts'/><category term='therapist'/><category term='okcupid dates'/><category term='pink shirt guy'/><category term='exes'/><category term='liver damage'/><category term='crazy jews'/><category term='dildos'/><category term='awkward food moments'/><category term='note to self'/><category term='evil LG'/><title type='text'>Dating is the New Awkward</title><subtitle type='html'>What did you just say?</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://datingisthenewawkward.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4931587843220769809/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://datingisthenewawkward.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Chaime</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07215492506128389577</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KvnZk8Ajrl0/SPPdjPn-gLI/AAAAAAAAAA8/MlozLuBnzME/S220/Awkward.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>9</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4931587843220769809.post-5162326883779602940</id><published>2008-11-23T18:49:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-11-24T10:50:21.828-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='daddy and me time'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='dildos'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bachelorette parties'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='note to inconsiderate bitches'/><title type='text'>classy bachelorette parties</title><summary type='text'>When you grow up in a big city like San Francisco, you have so many options to celebrating each and every occasion you can think of. Wedding? Funeral? Boyfriend broke up with you? Didn't go home with that guy last night for once? There is a venue and/or a party for all of them. Hell, even a few weeks ago when Yelp put on a big event at the Contemporary Jewish Museum for a fashion show showing </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://datingisthenewawkward.blogspot.com/feeds/5162326883779602940/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4931587843220769809&amp;postID=5162326883779602940' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4931587843220769809/posts/default/5162326883779602940'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4931587843220769809/posts/default/5162326883779602940'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://datingisthenewawkward.blogspot.com/2008/11/classy-bachelorette-parties.html' title='classy bachelorette parties'/><author><name>Chaime</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07215492506128389577</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KvnZk8Ajrl0/SPPdjPn-gLI/AAAAAAAAAA8/MlozLuBnzME/S220/Awkward.jpg'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4931587843220769809.post-5460282325794044778</id><published>2008-11-11T13:45:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-11-12T16:11:10.765-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='note to self'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='awkward food moments'/><title type='text'>strawberries and chocolate, hold the awkward.</title><summary type='text'>Food and Chaime go together like ice cream and mustard- most people will recoil and cringe, but chances are you're going to meet someone who enjoys it just as much as you do and you'll both live happily ever after in fairy tale land. Until then, however, I particularly enjoy dates that do not involve food because it lessens my chances to embarrass myself through a combination of food choices and </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://datingisthenewawkward.blogspot.com/feeds/5460282325794044778/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4931587843220769809&amp;postID=5460282325794044778' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4931587843220769809/posts/default/5460282325794044778'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4931587843220769809/posts/default/5460282325794044778'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://datingisthenewawkward.blogspot.com/2008/11/strawberries-and-chocolate-hold-awkward.html' title='strawberries and chocolate, hold the awkward.'/><author><name>Chaime</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07215492506128389577</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KvnZk8Ajrl0/SPPdjPn-gLI/AAAAAAAAAA8/MlozLuBnzME/S220/Awkward.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4931587843220769809.post-5108369312880614767</id><published>2008-11-10T09:53:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-11-10T10:43:55.639-08:00</updated><title type='text'>we need some febreeze, STAT</title><summary type='text'>At work, I am the office bitch. I take care of all the menial tasks that no one else wants to deal with; answering phones, fixing the copiers, cleaning the broken wine glass from the bottom of the dishwasher because some stupid asshole doesn't know how to load them even though they're married and over the age of 30...those kind of things. Don't get me wrong I love my coworkers, but sometimes I </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://datingisthenewawkward.blogspot.com/feeds/5108369312880614767/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4931587843220769809&amp;postID=5108369312880614767' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4931587843220769809/posts/default/5108369312880614767'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4931587843220769809/posts/default/5108369312880614767'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://datingisthenewawkward.blogspot.com/2008/11/we-need-some-febreeze-stat.html' title='we need some febreeze, STAT'/><author><name>Chaime</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07215492506128389577</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KvnZk8Ajrl0/SPPdjPn-gLI/AAAAAAAAAA8/MlozLuBnzME/S220/Awkward.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4931587843220769809.post-8624869806315028300</id><published>2008-11-05T00:55:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-11-09T13:22:33.323-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Please stop saying I have herpes.</title><summary type='text'>Men are odd creatures. For the most part, they are indecisive and want what they want at the exact moment they want it. Then it's over. Kind of like sex with most the guys I've been with. IRRITATING.Notwithstanding, I have noticed that men can be incredibly clever. Despite their faults, they have a great way of manuvering things to go their direction. My brother, for example, is wonderfully witty</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://datingisthenewawkward.blogspot.com/feeds/8624869806315028300/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4931587843220769809&amp;postID=8624869806315028300' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4931587843220769809/posts/default/8624869806315028300'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4931587843220769809/posts/default/8624869806315028300'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://datingisthenewawkward.blogspot.com/2008/11/please-stop-saying-i-have-herpes.html' title='Please stop saying I have herpes.'/><author><name>Chaime</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07215492506128389577</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KvnZk8Ajrl0/SPPdjPn-gLI/AAAAAAAAAA8/MlozLuBnzME/S220/Awkward.jpg'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4931587843220769809.post-6810075720769216114</id><published>2008-10-28T15:47:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-29T14:00:25.720-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='oh no you din&apos;t just say that'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='okcupid dates'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='iPhone'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='evil LG'/><title type='text'>guys + phones = ???</title><summary type='text'>I hate my phone. There, I said it. The little demon is also known as the Chocolate LG from Verizon, and there is a theory that the company puts out a shit phone to purposefully break down once every 9-11 months, thus forcing you to replace it or buy their insurance protection plan. Am I going to get sued because of this post? If anything, I should be suing them for the awkward moments their </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://datingisthenewawkward.blogspot.com/feeds/6810075720769216114/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4931587843220769809&amp;postID=6810075720769216114' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4931587843220769809/posts/default/6810075720769216114'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4931587843220769809/posts/default/6810075720769216114'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://datingisthenewawkward.blogspot.com/2008/10/guys-phones.html' title='guys + phones = ???'/><author><name>Chaime</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07215492506128389577</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KvnZk8Ajrl0/SPPdjPn-gLI/AAAAAAAAAA8/MlozLuBnzME/S220/Awkward.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4931587843220769809.post-8650393647422493186</id><published>2008-10-20T09:57:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-28T15:46:03.117-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='exes'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='what happened last night'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='liver damage'/><title type='text'>I might be Irish, but I can't hold my liquor</title><summary type='text'>One of these days I'm going to learn that my personality + alcohol don't mix in a group of more than one person (myself). While becoming an alcoholic usually means you're by yourself, I'm sure more than most of the people I have been around will agree that it's something I should do more often because of my potential behavior. I don't warn new friends, dates, or anyone else for that matter, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://datingisthenewawkward.blogspot.com/feeds/8650393647422493186/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4931587843220769809&amp;postID=8650393647422493186' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4931587843220769809/posts/default/8650393647422493186'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4931587843220769809/posts/default/8650393647422493186'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://datingisthenewawkward.blogspot.com/2008/10/i-might-be-irish-but-i-cant-hold-my.html' title='I might be Irish, but I can&apos;t hold my liquor'/><author><name>Chaime</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07215492506128389577</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KvnZk8Ajrl0/SPPdjPn-gLI/AAAAAAAAAA8/MlozLuBnzME/S220/Awkward.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4931587843220769809.post-7305234275770993128</id><published>2008-10-16T16:47:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-16T17:21:12.229-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='therapist'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='exes'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='note to self'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='crazy jews'/><title type='text'>friends don't leave friends behind with their other friends</title><summary type='text'>I firmly believe in the whole "reaction to every action" theory out there. I say this because it seems as though whenever I suddenly become single, my dating life transforms into this major awkward hell-fire before settling down again. Having been in [any] previous relationship that allowed for you to be yourself, it's a bit hard to stay mysterious for the lucky first few dates you go on. I'm </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://datingisthenewawkward.blogspot.com/feeds/7305234275770993128/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4931587843220769809&amp;postID=7305234275770993128' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4931587843220769809/posts/default/7305234275770993128'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4931587843220769809/posts/default/7305234275770993128'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://datingisthenewawkward.blogspot.com/2008/10/friends-dont-leave-friends-behind-with.html' title='friends don&apos;t leave friends behind with their other friends'/><author><name>Chaime</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07215492506128389577</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KvnZk8Ajrl0/SPPdjPn-gLI/AAAAAAAAAA8/MlozLuBnzME/S220/Awkward.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4931587843220769809.post-2391822815467895110</id><published>2008-10-13T21:04:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-16T13:21:58.785-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='oh no you din&apos;t just say that'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='therapist'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pink shirt guy'/><title type='text'>the way to my heart is through my therapist</title><summary type='text'>These days, everything is a joke to me. No matter how weird, un-amusing, un-funny, awkward the jokes are, more than likely I have either a) made them, or b) laughed at them. Oh, I'm sorry--we're you being serious about that? Let me just finish laughing...This has created some awkward moments, in all aspects of my life. However, there are some ground rules as to what taboo topics are fine and </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://datingisthenewawkward.blogspot.com/feeds/2391822815467895110/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4931587843220769809&amp;postID=2391822815467895110' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4931587843220769809/posts/default/2391822815467895110'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4931587843220769809/posts/default/2391822815467895110'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://datingisthenewawkward.blogspot.com/2008/10/way-to-my-heart-is-through-my-therapist.html' title='the way to my heart is through my therapist'/><author><name>Chaime</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07215492506128389577</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KvnZk8Ajrl0/SPPdjPn-gLI/AAAAAAAAAA8/MlozLuBnzME/S220/Awkward.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4931587843220769809.post-3331078297583454542</id><published>2008-10-13T15:11:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-14T12:10:09.177-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='note to self'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='stupid shirts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='excuses to stare at my chest'/><title type='text'>no, please, keep staring at my chest.</title><summary type='text'>"So, I..uh...heard you recycle boys.", he said to me as our conversation came to a standstill. Already two minutes into drinks at a kareoke bar in Nob Hill, and I was already regretting being set up by two mutual friends of ours. I just stood there, thanking the diety I believe in that the bar was not only dark, but loud as hell so he couldn't hear me mumbling, "Oh. My. God."To be fair, I was </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://datingisthenewawkward.blogspot.com/feeds/3331078297583454542/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4931587843220769809&amp;postID=3331078297583454542' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4931587843220769809/posts/default/3331078297583454542'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4931587843220769809/posts/default/3331078297583454542'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://datingisthenewawkward.blogspot.com/2008/10/no-please-keep-staring-at-my-chest.html' title='no, please, keep staring at my chest.'/><author><name>Chaime</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07215492506128389577</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KvnZk8Ajrl0/SPPdjPn-gLI/AAAAAAAAAA8/MlozLuBnzME/S220/Awkward.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry></feed>
