"What do you think about talking sometime?"

Welp. I said I'm getting close to actually doing some stuff for the socialize-as-much-as-possible mission. I haven't bothered to post updates on what I'm doing on those particular sites (and I haven't done anything out of the ordinary offline, so I really need to get on that), so just a quick summary:

* Nothing going on with yahoo personals or date.com. I met one person on yahoo who I said I would meet up with when she moves here in a couple months, but, that's pretty irrelevant for now.

* On match.com there is 1 girl who is apparently very interested in me (i.e., she talks a lot in e-mails), so unless I chicken out, I will almost certainly be meeting up with her soon

* I have one (platonic) female friend I made from craig's list/e-mailing, and it looks certain we'll meet up when she is free. We have exchanged phone numbers, but haven't yet talked. I have a second friend from that site, with an e-mail conversation like 110 messages long, but I know she's shy so I don't have an immediate expectation of meeting up with her soon.

* I joined eHarmony. Shocking even to me, but I decided to use every resource possible..! I mean, I'm obviously not particularly looking for anything serious, so I was quite reluctant to join a site that focuses on getting people married. It's easy though....I had no idea, this site gives you a bunch of matches (like 88 in a week), and then it's all multiple choice communication for a while. Anyway, see the next bullet.

* I've exchanged a few long messages with one person I met on eHarmony. Tonight she ended her message with "What do you think about talking sometime?" When I saw this, I had a panicky sort of anxious reaction. After a few moments of this, I remembered what I posted last time, and tried to think some positive thoughts. Have to work on that, but anyway....I intend to practice what I post and not avoid this! I have mixed feelings about the phone....sometimes I think it's easier, and I know I sound and usually feel good making business calls and of course talking to my 1 or so friends. But sometimes I think it's awkward compared to speaking in-person. So in keeping with my new philosophy, I'm just going to think positively about it now, because it should be fine. So here's the gameplan:
1. I'll tell her sure, that'll be cool, and exchange phone numbers and a time or whatever within the next day or so.

2. For this one, I will make a post with a list of a few things I have in mind to chat with her about. I would prefer not to use it, but it'll be a nice standby in case of any "awkward silences" and should make me feel a little more comfortable/confident going in.

3. I will relax, think positively, and just do it! To try is to succeed in this game.

4. I'll post an update, telling you all about how it went, of course!