Day Nineteen-First Date

Potentially bad first date ideas that actually turned out okay:
1.  Brought his little daughter with him.  Seemed like a bad idea but she was so sweet and adorable that it turned out she was the best part of the date.
2.  Motorcycle ride.  It seemed a bit too intimate for a first date but we had a great time and I found out that I have a love for riding bikes.
3.  Christmas shopping.  We had made a date for lunch but that morning he found out that a gift he ordered would not be arriving in time for Christmas and he had to hit the mall.  Instead of canceling the date, we decided to make that our activity...keep in mind that I HATE shopping and even more so during the holiday season.  He had such a great attitude and sense of humor that it made even shopping enjoyable.
Potentially good first date ideas that actually went astray:
1.  Concert that was so loud that my ears were ringing for the entire following day.  I couldn't hear a word he said after the show and I'm pretty sure that some of my responses were totally inappropriate to what he was saying.
2.  Meeting up with some of his friends for drinks.  It turned out that they were at a strip club.
3.  Hiking.  He fell and scraped his knee and went from a charming, funny guy into the whiniest, poutiest, most ill-tempered first date ever.
Moral of the story:  
The activity is never as important as the company........unless it involves sticking dollar bills in half-naked womens' g-strings.