The way it should be

There are social meetings out there called speed dating. It's where a group of single willing people that are looking for more than a fling gather together and try to find try to build a relationship. The problem with speed dating though, is the very nature of it. Like it's title insists, speed dating is a series of mini-dates, where you all play sort of a "romatic" version of 'musical chairs'. You're paired with another single and for two minutes you both ask each other as many cute questions as you can to find out more about each other. However in 120 seconds, there isn't enough time to form a connection, so you're usually left with the same stock questions of: "Hi. My Name is Such-and-Such. I do this for a living. What do you do?" -- And just like that, your time is up. It's very hard to try and find true love in speed dating.

Earlier today I came home from the store, pulled up in the drive way, and when I got out of the SUV the neighbors usually friendly (to everyone else) dog started barking at me. It seems all dogs hate me. It's not that I'm cruel to thing, nor am I nice to them. I'm simply indifferent. I leave them alone, they leave me alone-- usually. It seems dogs -- for no reason whatsoever -- take the time to bark at me just for the heck of it. I don't invade their space, I don't try to take something away from them, I am always distant, and often not even looking in their direction. But still they take the time out of their busy day from licking themselves and digging up the garden, to bark at innocent me. It's quite annoying.

I don't consider myself a pet person, but cats are always more friendly to me. Or rather, they share the same belief I do. As indifferent towards me, as I am to them. They don't randomly hiss and bare their claws when I am in the area. If I were a pet person, I think I'd most definitely be a cat person. Perhaps it's a good thing dogs don't like me, I'd hate to have them on me, in my space, licking my face and hands. I'd be the one barking at them! Plus cats are relatively low maintenance, where as dogs if they're not properly trained, will raise hell in a heart beat on your house.

Nope, I'm definitely not a dog person.