March 25, 2005
you poor bastard
[NOTE TO SELF:]
Happy in your work again. Making money again. Opening up to the world again.
Time for ol’ Hughie to hit the dating scene again, you poor bastard.
Thinking: Female, thirtysomething-ish, based in UK, maybe London, maybe Paris. Brains and a massive sense of humor would be pretty frickin’ essential. Preferably somebody rather sensible and non-psycho, who enjoys her peace and quiet. Somebody who likes classical music, Cumbria etc.
I’d wait till after you have some photos of yourself in your new Savile Row suit before posting any new pics. Meantime those rather unflattering ones from last year will have to do.
Maybe you should blog this.
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What age range you looking at Hugh?
No idea. Depends on the person. I’m in my late 30s, so thirtysomething-ish, I suppose.
But fair point. Just added “thritysomething-ish” to the main post.
Darn. There’s a 20-something freelancer/blogger in Singapore who may or may not be free.
She just scored a t-shirt endorsement deal through her blog. She also pipped me to win the recent 2005 Asian Bloggie Award thing, but I won’t hold it against her.
And she’s not a total dog either.
http://newpaper.asia1.com.sg/top/story/0,4136,84880,00.html
Good luck all the same.
Heh. 20 has been “way too young for me” since I got out of college.
Unflattering? I don’t know, but there’s something about an unlit cigarette hanging from the mouth …
Too bad Europe’s the thing … did I miss the “Fuck me I’m wearing a Saville Row suit” cartoon?
Actually, you did miss a “Fuck you I’m wearing Savile Row” cartoon, mainly because I gave it to a client right after I drew it.
Maybe if he doesn’t mind, I’ll redraw it and post it up.
Sorry, Hugh, but.. “sensible and non-psycho”.. hmm, perhaps opposites do attract after all!
But, really, best of luck. Just make sure you find someone really understanding of why you spend so much time blogging/working. I am currently working this issue out with my partner, and she can find a little difficult to understand that there’s whole exciting world of business porn (and blog porn) out there.
“20 has been “way too young for me” since I got out of college.“
Ahh, the good old days, ehh
Hugh, man… Good thing you are doing Savile Row now. Blue and white horizontal stripes with a checked sport coat? Talk about the anti-fashion statement of last year!
I was visiting London at the time. Had run out of clothes. The shirt was the only clean one I had left. And I only had the one jacket.
Many people have commented on my dress sense of that evening, since
Wake up the day after my 39th birthday and see this cartoon. Ouch, you tug at the heartstrings…
I think you’re fascinatingly cerebral. But I’m one of those obnoxious effing yanks that the world despises. But on the other hand, I’m thirtysomething-ish, creative, an ardent cerebral lass of Irish decent, and an admirer of thou. Isn’t the latter reason enough?
Perhaps I should move to London-ish…
sigh.
sigh
Wow. Go to it and good luck. No eye-rollers please.
Heh. Heh.
My eyesballs were rolling long before I posted this. But hey…
I’ll have a think for you Hugh… Hmmmmm… I don’t think the photos are unflattering. And I certainly never thought anything bad about your dress sense that night either.
[sniffling] and all this time I thought we had something beautiful…[/sniffling]
And here I was willing to overlook that whole awful (was it houndstooth?) sportcoat fiasco, too.
Men.
so, hugh, if you can make a Bespoke tailor world famous, imagine what you could do with a blog based dating service! you have the audience, the biz savvy, the technical capacity.…it could be the next big thing!
paraphrasing you, the market for someone to date is infinite.…
Lock up your daughters and sisters, he’s loose!!!
Really, Hugh, I think many of your cartoons on…uhhhh…“dating”…are working against you more than the ugly suit. In fact, there’s a good marketing idea for you. Color them red, attach toothpicks and sell them as flags!
Actually, jbr, the dating industry really could do with a big Hughtrain shakeup..
Unfortunately finding love isn’t a big ticket item.. just maintaining it seems to be 
You’re probbaly right, Barbara. If I was (A) somebody else and (B) female I would date me, either
Au contraire, Barbara! The cartoons narrow the field, to be sure, but to that select slice of the – you’ll excuse the expression – pie that Hugh finds desirable.
She’s out there, Hugh. May your bravery in pos(t)ing the question be richly (and swiftly) rewarded.