Google Wave and I are Officially Dating

I don’t remember where I was when I first heard about GW. But I knew he had a presence on the web. He had this really long video about himself. His parents were even in it. His dad gave him a great tagline which I never forgot “Imagine if email were created today”. GW sounded great. But I had doubts that we would ever become involved.

On November 10, Mike VanDervort asked me if I would like to meet GW. Even though I was nervous, I went with my gut instinct and said yes. So he made the arrangements. A day later, GW emails me and asks to meet up.

So we meet up later that day after work. And I have to say, after the first date, I was thinking I had a lemon on my hands. In other words, it didn’t work out too well. But I still agreed to another date.

One day later on November 12, we went to a party together called HR Happy Hour at Steve and Shauna's place. Again, not a great date. In fact we didn’t even kiss goodnight. If you remember the scene in the movie Goodfellas where after Ray Liotta & Lorraine Bracco’s first date, he practically pushes her into her front door because he can’t get away fast enough ... that was me and GW.

Well a couple of weeks go by and I am not returning GW’s calls. I just don’t know what to say.

Even my new pal, Joan Ginsberg, is emailing me saying GW still wants to see me. She told me about a party and that GW would be there. I ended up not going.

Shortly after that, on November 30, I agree to a double-date with some people I know from work. And wow, did we hit it off! I guess it was just the right set of circumstances. I remember I didn’t want the date to end.

But no worries, we have ended up talking almost everyday since then. I have shown GW where I work and even had a laugh over a funny picture of a crazy cat. In fact, I have a cute nickname for GW I haven’t even said out loud yet. It’s Goovy.

I had not really thought about our status. We’ve just been having a good time together. But when I woke up yesterday morning, the first thought I had was of Goovy. I thought I guess we're officially dating. And this made me feel really happy. I can’t say we are in love yet or that we are officially boyfriends. But it’s a start.

I’m curious. What’s your status? Are you happy with your Goovy?