Pete Chat

Response to Part I

I was pleased that my first post generated six comments. I was speaking on the phone to my buddy Jeff yesterday and I told him that I know longer write this blog exclusively for myself. So if you want to comment you should because I love comments.

Charles Clifford Hallberg of course that is you and you should feel privileged to be mentioned.

Dan as I mentioned last night my sister Jenn once sat next to Coach Cleveland at a BYU Alumni fireside.

Jordan consider this me giving you that salute that Doug gives to Jackie about 1,000 times during the game.

Jim you better believe I have been thinking about PHDE. Do you still have those pics?

KP and MJ thank you for being such sweeties.

Love 'em

The newest edition-Kitty Kate

Uncledom
First off I know that Uncledom is not a word but my title of Uncle Peter is the one I am most proud of. It was so fun to spend so much time with the little ones this year. Haydan decided that she was no longer afraid to talk on the phone, Bronte continues to be little Miss Social. Savannah reminded me that “Naughty Business” is not allowed, Gavin struggles with his pronunciation of the word truck, and Kate stole all of our hearts with her arrival in March. They absolutely drive me crazy (I was ready to leave them all at Disneyland) but that are absolutely adorable and truly are the apple of my eye. I freely admit that hearing about other's little ones can be annoying at times but I freaking love these kids. I love being the "fun" uncle and take great pride in that.

Probably my favorite photo of 2007. I was really happy this day.

Pete Chat

In the year 2007 I did 89 posts including this one. August was my most prolific month and I started out the year very slowly. As best as I can estimate I think about 20 people regularly check the blog. I am never satisfied with my writing but realize that if I edited it until I was satisfied then nothing would ever get posted. I received the most comments for the post about my mom and was most pleased about post about the trip to the Angels game in Baltimore (Dan and Matt will attest to the awesomeness of that evening) and I really found my “voice” in my Palmyra post. I was livid about lame people who tell me to quiet down. My whole life I have hated that. I do not like being bossed around by my so called “peers”. If I want to use a megaphone at 11:00 pm guess what.?. I’m gonna do it. I used to be pretty good at Monday Haiku but lately I seem to forget to do it. Mary has always been good at reminding me about that. I would like to thank Mandy, Dan, Kaylyn, and Mary McMullen for being the most prolific commenters. Seth Nielsen deserves a special shout out for inspiring me to have a blog and. My sister Jennifer inspired me to write for others as well as myself. My sister Chrissi gets a public reprimand for her inability to blog or upload digital pictures to her computer. I hope you have been inspired to check out the books I read or the music I download and am interested in any suggestions you might have for running columns or additions I can make.

Why this picture? Because I am alone but still hot. Plus as my neighbors will tell you I love to be sans shirt

Dating
One of the reasons I wanted to do this TSOP was to rant about my dating life. It’s frustrating. I think over the last 12 months there have been about 10 girls I had interest in although my office mates/roommates/friends would probably put that number higher. I will give a prize to anyone who can name the 10 I wrote down or surprise me with girls I didn’t think of please email me peterdorsch12@gmail.com. My blog should be a place where I can just say exactly what I want but so as not to embarrass myself or anyone else I will write in vagaries. I am sick of girls who want to be just friends, I am sick of girls who don’t know what they want, I am sick of not being appreciated, I am sick of caring for those who don’t care about me anymore.

I tell my dad that I think that Washington DC girls aren’t super interested in relationships. That being said I do realize that there are some pretty specific things I look for and if those things aren’t apparent then I am pretty easy to dismiss it. I used to love the “game”, but now it seems pretty old, I’m sick of call screening and countless discussions about “what did that mean?” (actually I kind of like that although I am almost universally wrong in interpreting what gestures mean, I should probably assume that whatever I think was meant does not in fact mean that).

I have been shot down in a variety of ways this year some brutal, some subtle, and some where they just didn’t call back and that is BUSH LEAGUE. Sometimes dating in the Colonial pond is frustrating because your reputation is everything. I have tried over the last two years to avoid being “that guy”, you all know the one. He doesn’t get the hint. He calls a little too often and invades what Diana refers to as the “bubble.” It is in the realm of possibility that this has caused me to abandon ship or pull the rip cord or as we have been known to say lately “shut it down” prematurely I feel that it is the necessary step.

I know this is not limited to the East Coast as B-Rock and I discuss this on a fairly regular basis. Sometimes it probably is me. Maybe I am grating or annoying or she just isn’t feeling it but certainly it isn’t always me. I’ve tried the hard sell (see my post about my trip to Utah) and the soft cell (Tainted Love if you got that good for you) which hasn’t seemed to foster results either. Jennifer assures me that it shouldn’t be this difficult and I believe her. I’m not sure if I will actually change my methods but I might. My hopes for this year are that I find the beautiful girl with a great testimony and what I call “first lady potential”.

I guess we’ll see what happens. I am not totally jaded like Kami (j/k)and I know that sometimes it does work the evidence being that virtually all of my non Washington DC friends are married and some couples out here even get engaged (hooray Ryan and Kaylyn and Jeff and Veronica) so I'm still an optimist.

Conclusion
I have really enjoyed this State of Peter post. It was cathartic to get this off my chest. I thought I might add one more thing. I will answer any question you have about my life. So if you wonder anything and I can answer without hurting others feelings too much, post a question and I will answer it. Thanks for being great friends. I thoroughly enjoy doing this blog and am thrilled by your comments.

-The Champ