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I may have been hard on myself for the idea that inviting a woman to my apartment to watch TV was some deceptive scheme.

Why not? Because this implies that I'm not me, but instead am some unrealistic stereotype of a guy, who not only is comfortable enough to make a move on a woman the first time she comes over, but has enough mad seduction skills to make her receptive to that within a single visit. Neither is true.

I've heard of at least one guy who can get women to visit his apartment but can't, so to speak, close the deal. It's reasonable for me to see that as a level to work up to.

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whee I'm escaping my problems with distraction.

This EXPEDIT shelving unit is all put together now. Doesn't look quite as good as I'd hoped; maybe I need more lighting after all.

Actually, I had promised myself I would, as an exercise in improving my life in a measurable way, go on craigslist and look for apartments and jobs in other cities, just to get a feel for what's out there. I looked up apartments in Portland but nothing else.