I Can't Believe I'm Still Single : Sane, Slightly Neurotic (but in a Sane Way) Filmmaker into Good Yoga, Bad Reality TV, Too Much Chocolate, and a Little Kinky Sex Seeks Smart, Emotionally Evolved... Oh Hell, at This Point Anyone Who'll Let Me Watch Footb

by Schaeffer, Eric

• ISBN13: 9781568583372
• ISBN10: 1568583370
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-04-25
• Publisher: Perseus Books Group

Summary

For actor, writer, director, and producer Eric Schaeffer, finding a romantic relationship that can turn into the Big One-a wife and family-has been an impossible task. From internet dating to blind dates, set ups, and random meetings, and even his relationships with the movie stars he's worked with, Schaeffer recounts the hilarious, frustrating, and poignant attempts at love by a semi-famous yet ordinary man whose occasionally mad mind guides him astray. As he brings readers along on his dates with the most recent promising lady, April, Schaeffer looks back on his earlier attempts at love from his first schoolboy failure to impress the pretty girl in class with a pocketful of candy to his doomed relationship with movie star Molly Ringwald. He also reveals his plot to rig the ranking system of an online dating site, his first experience with a dominatrix, his occasional dalliances with the female fans of his movies, and the crushing blow he felt when his fiancé left him and then married Conan O'Brien. As he reveals his wild sexual escapades, Schaeffer also shows the fragile side of a bachelor's psyche, giving women readers a glimpse of the way a single man's mind works. While giving an inside look at the world of independent film and studio television, Schaeffer describes his addictions to alcohol, drugs, and food and the way that his own worst enemy in his quest for love has often been himself. In the end, after all the laughter and pain, Schaeffer, still somewhat incredulous about his bachelor status, hopes that his current girlfriend just might be the one. Great counter-programming during the wedding season and a book that single men, single women, and anyone who's been out there in the strange world of dating will love.

Author Biography

Eric Schaeffer’s television project for the FX Network, Starved, was created, written, directed and starred in by Schaeffer himself, and was premiered to widespread critical acclaim in August of 2005. Schaeffer has written, directed, produced, and starred in several films since 1994, including: My Life’s in Turnaround (Arrow Films, 1994), Fall (MGM, 1997), Wirey Spindell (Wellspring, 2000), Never Again which starred Jill Clayberg and Jeffrey Tambor (Focus Features, 2002), and Mind the Gap (Five Minutes Before the Miricle Releasing and Showtime, 2004). Schaeffer worked with Ben Stiller, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Elle McPherson on his 1996 Tristar film, If Lucy Fell. Schaeffer’s other film acting credits include One Night at McCool’s (USA Films). Schaeffer has also acted in starring roles on television, including First Years (NBC), Mitch Hurwitz’s Everything’s Relative (NBC), and Century City (CBS).