My date with Joseph had no pulse

I just got back from meeting Joseph, a 34 year old bank employee.  He explained what he does but I've got to be honest, I had a really hard time focusing on what he was saying -- he had a Michael Jackson voice.

What I couldn't tell was if Joseph was speaking that way out of timidity or shyness, or if that's actually his normal speaking voice.  The poor man was painfully shy.  He even walked shy.  (He's 6'4" but he was so hunched over that I would never have guessed.)  I've dated shy men before, but not to the extent that they couldn't make any eye contact.  I think there's a difference between shy with confidence, and shy without, and Joseph was clearly the latter. 

Actually, this guy might have been more exciting.

So there was no spark there.  It was like being in a date coma.  Part of the problem was that he wanted to go for Korean food, and I HATE Korean food.  (I wish I'd remembered that when we were making plans.) Anyway, from what I can tell, Korean food is all about side dishes -- tiny bowls of unrecognizeable stuff that comes out in bubbling stoneware.  I just ate what I think was chicken.  Joseph said he was hungry enough to eat all of it, but then I think he got really self-conscious of the fact that he was the only one eating, so he just sat there.  I could hear his stomach rumbling over the Korean pop music.  Poor guy.

I feel sort of bad for him.  He needs a confidence coach.  (I'm not offering, just saying.)

We'll see if my date on Wednesday with Tim goes any better.  I've got between now and then to prepare myself to come face to face with what I suspect is an unfortunate lesbian haircut.  To be continued...