One of the WORST dates ever

Once again, I've been drop-kicked back into the dating world. I'm not exactly happy to be here, but I figure if it's not meant to be, it's not meant to be - so I guess we'll see what fate has in store for me. Upon my arrival back into the dating world four and a half years later, I made it a point to BROADCAST that I was single to everyone and their brother. Thinking back - this may not have been the best approach. As with this comes many blind date offers. Take for example, one of the WORST blind dates I've ever had a few weeks ago. I should have known it was going to be bad as one of my friends - friends set it up. I'd only met her a few times but she figured she knew me well enough to "know my type" and "set me up." I always look at blind dates as the worst case scenario as how bad could it be? If it's that bad - I'll have a HILARIOUS story to tell. And with this one - that I did.

So to begin - his name was a combination of my 2 ex-boyfriends (first name - the same as my first ex; last name - the same as my most recent ex)... I should have seen the red flag there but no - I kept going. We emailed a bit back and forth and talked on the phone too. He seemed pretty normal. He told me he was an accountant, was 5'10", blue eyes and blonde hair. I figured it couldn't be too bad. Well - I was wrong. He ended up taking me to a local keno parlor FOR DINNER. Granted, this could have been fun and funny if we were going to play keno or something - but no - this was for dinner. The conversation was okay - but he had a twitch... so I couldn't really look at him. Not that a twitch is/was bad... it was just distracting. He was also nowhere NEAR 5'10". I think he was lucky to be 5'4" and that's stretching it. He also would burst out randomly into weird 70's songs in the middle of conversations. And I mean LOUDLY. It was so awkward. And embarrassing. He also had about 8 beers - I'm not joking. One after the other, after the other, after the other... I was scared to ride home with this dude. The bill came and I paid for my own dinner too. Good thing it wasn't expensive I guess! More and more went on but those are the "highlights". Needless to say I haven't gone on any more blind dates and I don't plan to for awhile. But like I said... worst case... a HILARIOUS story ensues!