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Loinmeter Lesson
"What Happens When You Put Your Sex Life Of The Web"

I'd been going through a dry spell. My friends and I were discussing my romantic woes when we figured it had been 96 days since my last sexual encounter. After some razzing, Deron suggested I keep the running tally up on my website. Remarkably, when I sobered up, I still went through with the idea. The "loinmeter" got pretty popular: People starting wagering when it would be reset, the phrase "reset the meter" as slang for "sex" fell into favor, and I got several enticing offers via email.

Well, the "loinmeter" has yet to be reset. It is now at 172 days and something unexpected has happened.

The loinmeter is *prolonging* my dry spell. You see, my sex life is no longer "none of your business." I did this to myself. I created a running joke where the "punchline" will be when I get laid. There are people out there waiting for the punchline.

It makes me want to make it worthwhile. If the loinmeter is reset, people will ask me about it. And they have every right to. *I* was the one that made it a public issue. I certainly don't want to answer the question with, "Oh, it was nothing…just a one night stand."

I don't want to have sex just for the sake of having sex. Its weird. I feel like I have a "refreshed virginity" token that I get to spend. I don't want to just hand it to the first person who gets drunk enough to sleep with me. I kinda want to wait for someone special. Not a bride or anything, but at least someone special.

I am putting the Loinmeter on indefinite hiatus. At the time of its removal I was sexless for 176 days. Now a new chapter begins. And I hope you understand that,for now at least, its not gonna be shared.

Wish me luck.
-Halcyon