The Virtual Date

My friend Rachel and I are doing one of my favorite things, a virtual date.  See, Rachel lives in El Paso, TX and I'm in Colorado.  We met online and have developed an amazing friendship (she's in a fulltime relationship and I'm not looking) and we treasure each other.  The idea of The Virtual Date came from Ali and her friend Howard years ago.

Here's what we do:

1. Set a time.  We usually go for a Friday or Saturday night a couple of weeks in advance.  We recognize that this is prime calendar real estate, but hey, we're worth it.

2. Get goodies.  Now, Rachel and I are mega-foodies.  This time, we've decided to apply Sam's recipe of putting Peanut Butter M&Ms into freshly popped popcorn (If you've not tried this, stop reading, get to the store and do so).  It is sooooooooooooo delicious.  One serving once every few weeks won't derail your diet too badly.  Also, because a friend of ours (Paul) got back from Germany recently, we're in a particularly pretzel state of mind, Rold Golds are our side salad tonight.  Again, not a problem as a rarity, BIG problem if it's your morningly breakfast!

3. Go to http://www.hulu.com/movies or http://www.joost.com and pick a movie. I picked last time (Mad Dog & Glory, not our favorite).  Rachel's picking this time, I think she did better than me in picking this time.  On tap for tonight is the Vincent Price 1964 classic: "The Last Man on Earth".

4. Get on an IM client together at date time.  We like Skype.  Hit me up at Greg0692.

5. The person who picked the movie counts down... 3.... 2.....1.... and both people hit play at the same time.

Watch and comment together.

Seriously, this is more fun than you can imagine.

Love,

 - Greg