Sex and the City

It's 4:06pm and I'm blogging when I should be sleeping. Got home from work around 1:30pm and I tried to nap before a dinner and drinks thingy I'm attending tonight. Nap fail. I'm thinking too much again. Happens when the house is awfully quiet. P isn't home so that explains the quiet -- it's a lonely kind of quiet. I don't like lonely quiet.

Bored, I checked my Facebook account and saw a post made by a friend. She took a Sex & the City character quiz. Lucky her...she got Carrie Bradshaw! Yes, Gail, it's you. Hahaha! I know you follow my blog so SURPRISE!!! :P

I took a similar quiz ages ago...I  was 27 then...so yeah...AGES AGO.

I got Charlotte. The prude of the 4 best friends. Yeah, so okay...maybe I was a bit of a prude then. I really REALLY wanted to be Carrie Bradshaw...who didn't?! Curious, I took the test again. Maybe I've changed. Maybe this time, I can get Carrie Bradshaw. A lot of things have happened since 27. I've done a lot of growing up...I think I have. I tried some new things...like get married. Brave things...like get married. Stupid things...like get mar... I'll stop now.

I'm trying to recall all the questions but my sleep-deprived brain isn't working. I remember a few though.

I recall choosing 'a pea coat' over other items in a list, which included a fur coat (this would be a Carrie Bradshaw answer but I'm against the slaughter of furry animals), a leather jacket (too spunky...not me), a cardigan (maybe... but nah...I think I'm more a pea coat girl). 

Oh shoot, my alarm just went off.

Time to wake up, still-awake-Velvet. 

Ugh. The story of my life. 

Ok now, where was I?

Next question: What would you do if you were stuck on a bad first date?
I answered, 'I'll be polite and endure the rest of the date' (or something like that). Hmmm...is that a Carrie Bradshaw answer? Probably not -- again. *face palm*
I remember 3 of the other choices. One was 'Go to the john to call your best friend and tell her how bad your date is going.' I wouldn't do that. Too rude to keep your date waiting. I'll call my BFF AFTER the date to give her the excruciating run down of the night's event.
The other was 'think of an escape route.' Not me again. I would probably give the guy a chance to redeem himself up until my last glass of wine.
The last I remember was 'To treat the date like a social experiment and just keep asking the guy questions.' Possibly a good answer but it might lead the guy on with all the questions. It's like feigning interest, right? I don't know... that's just me. I'm overthinking again. Yes, I take these quizzes seriously. 

So anyhow, I finished the quiz and I ended up with this answer... 

You are Aidan. 

What the....?!

Aidan freakin' Shaw?!

That's not even one of the 4 female friends.

I'd pick Charlotte any day.
Why didn't I get Charlotte?  

Charlotte would've been better than Aidan.

I didn't even get Big.
Even for a guy, I'm uncool.

Instead... I got the nice (too nice, doormat type nice) ex who's heart Carrie broke. 

What is wrong with me? 

Hmmm...this may have caused my inability to nap, Gail. I blame you.

I read on... apparently this is WHO I AM...

     Good-natured -- thank you 

     laid-back -- yes

     and a true appreciator of easy living -- check

     you are Aidan Shaw -- NOOOOOO!

     You're probably told that you're "too nice" to people -- uh huh

     but this shouldn't be a bad thing -- ???

     While it's easier for you to get your heart broken -- tell me how this is NOT a BAD THING

     you will always stay true to who you are and what you want

End of quiz.

That's it? That's it?!

How is staying true to who you are and what you want supposed to make up for getting your heart broken all the time? That just doesn't sound fair.

Breathe.

Ok.

I AM staying true to who I am and what I want. I don't think there's a better way to live life. 

It may make me uncool and undesirable and very un-Carrie-Bradshawish to the general population but I guess that's how it is. *sigh*

I will never be Carrie Bradshaw. *double sigh*

Come to think of it, I do remember Aidan ending up with a wife and a kid and being happy. He may have gotten his heart broken and trampled on but things actually worked out for this nice guy. He did get his happy ending. Nice. I think I'm finally ready to nap now. 

Oh snap! The dinner!
I need to get ready. Time to hit the shower. Gotta look fresh and well-rested.
Yes, shower and makeup can do that sometimes -- make a fake fresh face. Let's just hope this works out for me tonight. I have a long evening of food and scotch-drinking ahead of me. 

I am so....*yawn* ...ready to par... *yawn* tee.

My thoughts as I head to the shower:

Maybe in a few years I'll get to take another quiz.
And maybe, just maybe, a 60-year old Velvet will finally get Carrie Bradshaw. I'd be strutting along NYC in my orthopaedic Manolo's (who knows), having a virgin cosmopolitan, arm in arm with my Aidan. Hopefully I'd know how to pick a nice guy by the time I'm 60.

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In case you're curious... Here's the link to the quiz: Sex and the City Character Quiz
Buzz me if you get Aidan too.
Your cosmo's on me. :)