# I need a new crush (totally mundane and pointless) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 7, 2002, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-new-crush-totally-mundane-and-pointless/141056 "2002-12-07T00:27:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2002, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-new-crush-totally-mundane-and-pointless/141056/1 "2002-12-07T00:27:23Z")
Ok, I was thinking today, now that I’ve finished finals and such, that it’s time for a new crush in my life. I haven’t had a really good one in a while (the last long-term crush was the priest. Luckily, I moved, and I didn’t have too much direct contact with him so I couldn’t totally embarrass myself.) And yes, I know you can’t always choose your crushes, but you can influence them to a point. Or at least I think you can. The current main option is the fella at the circulation desk. He’s got one of those flirty personalities - and he’s a nice person. That one would be easy - at least from my point of view. I’d see him a couple of times a week (after the holidays) and chit-chat, then go off to study in a happy mood. I don’t really have any other possibilities out there, but I kind of miss having a good crush. I miss that jolt you get when you see them, and, yeah, I miss the fantasies too (look, I’m still in a LONG dry spell, ok? I’m entitled to a little fantasy in my life). Feel free to suggest a crush for me. I don’t mind. Or babble about your current crush. They are kind of fun, aren’t they? ---
**Author:** ![White\_Lightning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@White\_Lightning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/White_Lightning)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2002, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-new-crush-totally-mundane-and-pointless/141056/2 "2002-12-07T00:52:11Z")
Sorry, I’m taken. ---
**Author:** ![Silentgoldfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@Silentgoldfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silentgoldfish)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2002, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-new-crush-totally-mundane-and-pointless/141056/3 "2002-12-07T00:59:16Z")
I’m an incredibly handsome Australian man stepping up to the plate, recently broken up with my girlfriend and available. Course, I don’t have the “cute accent” finishing highschool in Canada and all, but I was born here and I live here, and I give you permission pretend that I sound just like Eric Bana. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![cuauhtemoc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecb155/32.png) [@cuauhtemoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cuauhtemoc)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2002, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-new-crush-totally-mundane-and-pointless/141056/4 "2002-12-07T01:26:04Z")
**Silentgoldfish** , if I were you, I’d pick up the accent. You’re letting a trememndous opportunity go to waste if you don’t. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2002, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-new-crush-totally-mundane-and-pointless/141056/5 "2002-12-07T01:32:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Silentgoldfish \* > \*\*I’m an incredibly handsome Australian man stepping up to the plate, recently broken up with my girlfriend and available. > > Course, I don’t have the “cute accent” finishing highschool in Canada and all, but I was born here and I live here, and I give you permission pretend that I sound just like Eric Bana. > \*\* While I appreciate the offer - really, I do - if I’m going to get a crush on someone thousands of miles away, there better be an accent to make up for it. Preferably one that makes “naughty” sound so…well, naughty. But I can pretend to have a crush on you and follow you around the boards posting things like _sigh_ and _swoon_ no matter what you say. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Silentgoldfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@Silentgoldfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silentgoldfish)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2002, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-new-crush-totally-mundane-and-pointless/141056/6 "2002-12-07T01:41:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by cuauhtemoc \* > \*\ ***Silentgoldfish** , if I were you, I’d pick up the accent. You’re letting a trememndous opportunity go to waste if you don’t. \*\* I’ve thought about it, but I’m a terrible mimic. My brother’s not and he’s spent about as much time in Canada as I have and sounds like he’s never left Brisbane. I, on the other hand, will have to spend the rest of my life with no-one believing I’m not a tourist. ---
**Author:** ![super\_head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d6d6ee/32.png) [@super\_head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/super_head)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2002, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-new-crush-totally-mundane-and-pointless/141056/7 "2002-12-07T01:45:11Z")
I hear Danny DeVito has fallen out of favor as a sex symbol. He could probably use with a good “crushing” for his ego. ---
**Author:** ![lel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8797f3/32.png) [@lel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lel)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2002, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-new-crush-totally-mundane-and-pointless/141056/8 "2002-12-07T02:10:57Z")
Can I jump in line for a new crush? I haven’t had one in a while and am quite eager to be on cloud nine. I really don’t mean to butt in, **Lsura** – I’m sure there’s two good crushes around, right? PS: How did the first semester of library school go? ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2002, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-new-crush-totally-mundane-and-pointless/141056/9 "2002-12-07T02:18:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by lel \* > \*\* > PS: How did the first semester of library school go? \*\* Sure, there are plenty of crushes to go around. And the best thing? They can be shared. We could both have a crush on the _same_ person and neither of us would ever need to know. School went well. If I managed exams as well as the rest of the semester, I should be carrying somewhere between a 3.8 and a 4.0. But more important: I learned a LOT, and I’ve broken some of my auditor thinking habits (but not all of them). ---
**Author:** ![Silentgoldfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@Silentgoldfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silentgoldfish)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2002, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-new-crush-totally-mundane-and-pointless/141056/10 "2002-12-07T02:23:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lsura \* > \*\*Sure, there are plenty of crushes to go around. And the best thing? They can be shared. We could both have a crush on the _same_ person and neither of us would ever need to know. > > School went well. If I managed exams as well as the rest of the semester, I should be carrying somewhere between a 3.8 and a 4.0. But more important: I learned a LOT, and I’ve broken some of my auditor thinking habits (but not all of them). \*\* You’re an auditor? Woah! Forget everything I said! :eek: (;j ) ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2002, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-new-crush-totally-mundane-and-pointless/141056/11 "2002-12-07T02:29:35Z")
I **was** an auditor. Now I’m going to be a librarian. Ok, an information professional, possibly working in a library capacity. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Silentgoldfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@Silentgoldfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silentgoldfish)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2002, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-new-crush-totally-mundane-and-pointless/141056/12 "2002-12-07T02:44:54Z")
Ooh! A librarian! Do you get to wear those cute little horn rimmed glasses? Sorry, I’ll shut up now. I’ve just been in a good mood all day 'cause of [this.](http://www.freep.com/money/tech/mwend6_20021206.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Garfield226](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Garfield226](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Garfield226)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2002, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-new-crush-totally-mundane-and-pointless/141056/13 "2002-12-07T03:06:39Z")
_raises hand_ Aww…come on…a cute college boy might be just what you need. 🆒 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Osip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4491bb/32.png) [@Osip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Osip)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2002, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-new-crush-totally-mundane-and-pointless/141056/14 "2002-12-07T03:33:36Z")
_ahem_ ---
**Author:** ![lel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8797f3/32.png) [@lel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lel)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2002, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-new-crush-totally-mundane-and-pointless/141056/15 "2002-12-07T03:43:15Z")
Ooh, that’s very true, **Lsura**. Let’s get together and pick the same one on purpose! 😛 And if library school gets some good positive reactions, I think I’ll be applying for admission very soon! 😉 (I have been planning on applying to library/information science programs anyway for a few years, it’s just a matter of getting off my duff and at least applying!) ---
**Author:** ![Witch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/258eb7/32.png) [@Witch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Witch)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2002, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-new-crush-totally-mundane-and-pointless/141056/16 "2002-12-07T03:45:58Z")
How did a thread about crushes get around to schools and libraries??? Sheeeeesh you guys :lol ---
**Author:** ![Berkut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@Berkut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Berkut)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2002, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-new-crush-totally-mundane-and-pointless/141056/17 "2002-12-07T04:56:00Z")
I’m available. Please allow me to point out some of my qualities: … Okay, so I don’t really have any. Except for this one: … I lied. Sorry, I got nothing. I _can_ pick locks with my tongue, but that’s hardly worth mentioning. ---
**Author:** ![Witch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/258eb7/32.png) [@Witch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Witch)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2002, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-new-crush-totally-mundane-and-pointless/141056/18 "2002-12-07T05:18:42Z")
Um, that’s worth mentioning. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2002, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-new-crush-totally-mundane-and-pointless/141056/19 "2002-12-07T12:13:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by lel \* > \*\*And if library school gets some good positive reactions, I think I’ll be applying for admission very soon! 😉 (I have been planning on applying to library/information science programs anyway for a few years, it’s just a matter of getting off my duff and at least applying!) \*\* It’s worth applying **lel**. I don’t know where you’re thinking of applying, but I’m at the University of Tennessee and they do distance education programs - this fall’s entering DE group was larger than the on campus group. I know that South Carolina also has DE, as do a couple of others. So if there’s not a school in your area and you don’t want to move, those are growing alternatives. And the library concept can get some interesting reactions from certain groups of guys, but I promise that classes are not the place to develop crushes (very few guys). (ok, I’ll stop hijacking now) Yes, **Osip**? Of course I will still devote the majority of my time to the advancement of Osipism - how could I forget about my life’s calling. This is just for a little thrill. 😉 **Garfield** , I have _nothing_ against college guys. Are you legal? And **Joey** , that is definitely worth mentioning. ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2002, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-new-crush-totally-mundane-and-pointless/141056/20 "2002-12-07T14:12:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lsura \* > \*\*The current main option is the fella at the circulation desk. He’s got one of those flirty personalities - and he’s a nice person. \*\* Heh. At first I had read this as “He’s got one of those _fifty_ personalities…” And then I thought, “ **Lsura** will _never_ be bored with this one.” 🙂 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-new-crush-totally-mundane-and-pointless/141056.md?page=2)