In his Bumble profile picture he is standing
in a field of freshly cut autumnal sandy brown grass wearing a kilt, white
shirt and black waistcoat. To quote Jewel, Foolish Games, he is most definitely
the ‘mysterious one with dark eyes and careless hair.’ On closer inspection his
eyes are green, so not dark, and it is his brilliantly carelessly curly hair
that is almost black. In his other profile pictures he’s wearing a lot of hats,
some more suitable for a five-year-old than a grown up. But, I like hats, even ones
with eyes. He’s also been to see the Northern lights and to the Banksy pop-up
Weston-Super-Mare art extravaganza, Dismaland. He clue are in, and I can
ascertain that this fellow likes a creative idea and a trip out. There’s a
couple of ticks. He is also a person who appreciates a natural phenomenon caused
by billions of electrically charged particles, or solar wind, from our closest
star, the sun, entering the Earth’s magnetosphere and colliding with atoms the
atmosphere, causing the quantum energy of the atoms to become excited, and
release energy in the form of Photons. This one is definitely a geek. I’m in
love. I wonder if I could get on this guy’s Aurora Bore-A-list? The rules of
Bumble mean the girls have got to do the chatting up so I wracked my brains for
a suitable opener.
“Evening Poldark, nice northern lights”.
“It was taken in Norway in a place called
Tromso …..”
Hoorah – Get in! Step one completed, I’ve got
a response.
Next time I’m in his city, we go for a beer.
As lovely in real life as his profile picture, he is indeed a Photon physicist
and is doing a PhD at the University. I make him explain his project in great
detail. To the point where he starts to look confused and tell me that know one
asks him these questions. In my world this is an interactive Horizon documentary
with a presenter hotter than Brian Cox. If only I could watch him on catch-up
every day.
We get on really well, he walks me back to my
friend’s house and we have a kiss. Not just physics, there’s clearly some
chemistry too. Since that date we’ve exchanged messages, spoken on the phone,
and met up for another drink. He wants to move back to Mexico in a few years,
and whilst I can toy with the idea of working in a dive centre in Cancun for
the next 10 years, it’s probably not the best long-term strategy!
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