The Last Word

So I get a message from a dude on an online dating site.  His profile was just ok - nothing wrong with him but not someone who'd catch my interest.  I would have given him a chance, but his message was not my style.  Let's just say he alluded to what beautiful babies we would create.

Needless to say, I did my typical 'ignore without reply', which is usually my standard practice when I receive a message from someone that I'm not interested in.  However, for those of you (lucky souls) not familiar with how online dating works, he could see that I'd viewed his profile and that I'd logged on since he'd sent the message. 

A couple days later, I get another message.  (Editor's sidenote:  Why, I ask, why, does anyone feel the need to send more than one message to someone who isn't answering? What good could possibly come from it?)

Anyhow - the message:

'Nevermind.'

Well then.  He sure showed me.  HE has rejected me.  He has the final word here!  (And yes, he sure does, because I'm not responding to that either.)

Le sigh.

I think I'll keep my OKCupid profile up indefinitely (even if I'm say, married, one day) just for the amusement from bizarre messages I receive.

Real or Fake?

This year, I had to make a tough decision.

Seeing that I am STILL sweeping up pine needles in my apt from last year, and that I was never able to fully get last year's tree to stand up straight - this year, I ended up buying a fake tree.

Le sigh.  Whop whop.  I know.  What's next?  Moving to the suburbs?   I PROMISE that won't happen.

Anyhow.  The tree is beautiful.  It stands straight.  It is consistently in the same state since when I brought it home.  There are no pine needles.  I'm not worried about the lights setting it on fire. 

Pictures to come.  Santa hasn't wrapped the gifts under it yet. 

Have any of you had to make the switch from real to fake?  Was it as hard for you?  Anyone prefer real?  I will agree that real is better.  But much harder to maintain.

A Treat for Your Insides After All the Cookies?

Thank you, YouSwoop.  Just in time for the holidays - what I'm going to give all my loved ones....

Colon Hydrotherapy!

Now I'd call that the gift that keeps on giving!  Actually, I don't really know what it is.  It sounds like some test my doctor would recommend for me that I'd dread.  But apparently, it's something you can buy for yourself or a loved one at a deep discount these days.  I saw it on Groupon awhile ago as well.  Apparently, people will buy anything for themselves these days.  Especially if it's at a discount.

No worries loved ones, I'm not planning on buying this for anyone.  Except maybe for those on the Naughty List.

Shoes, Shoes, Shoes

While we're on the subject of Sex and the City, this reminds me of one of my favorite episodes.  Holler if you know it offhand!

Going Back to My Roots

Remember when this blog used to have a ton of Sex and the City, Seinfeld, and Friends quotes?  Remember when this blog was updated fairly regularly?  Yeah, I know.

I thought I'd go back to the good old days.  I came across this one.  And I LOVE it.  It's definitely how I feel.

“I am someone who is  looking for love. Real love. Ridiculous, inconvenient, consuming, can’t-live-without-each-other love.”

While We're on the Subject of Crazy Online Dating Experiences....

Let me preface this message with the fact that I have the following in my profile:

a) you can form a coherent, grammatically correct sentence
b) you are looking for more than just a fling
c) you are an independent adult

I get the following message:

Sweetie, I've missed you in my life. I meet two of your requirements to contact you. I can form coherent and complete sentences, but they do run-on sometimes. Plus I am an independent adult. As for your other requirement, I don't meet that. What I want is a fling, someone to hold me and be naked with. I'd like it to be with you.

Yep.

Thanks for the honesty?

(Yes, of course, only on OKCupid.)

Deja Viewed Your Profile

Has anyone else noticed?

Ok - so it's no little secret, I've dabbled in some, ahem, online dating.  I've tried almost all of the major sites (not necessarily all at once).  Sure, each is different in its own way.  I've noticed, ahem, some overlap of 'clientelle'.

Of course I am guilty of this as well.  But it's kind of of funny.  One might think he or she is opening him or herself up to some new people by joining an additional site.  And this might be true, to an extent.  I'm curious the amount of 'unique users' each site has.

The funniest thing, however, is I personally have experienced several moments of 'deja vu'.  Or maybe 'deja viewed your profile'.  What amuses me the most (and I'm guilty of this as well), is that on every site, the people have the same user names and pictures.  When I was telling a friend about this, he commented that, well, it makes sense - it's the same single & looking people in the same city - it wouldn't really make sense if it was a completely different set of individuals.

I also remember once there was a guy I started talking to on one network.  I realized quickly that I just wasn't going to hit it off with him.  This may have been bad form on my part, but I just stopped responding (we hadn't even spoken on the phone or met in person).  He then messaged me on ANOTHER network, calling me out that I'd stopped responding on the first network, but he still wanted to keep talking to me.  I was weirded out and, needless to say, did not respond once again.

Do my fellow online daters have the same experience of dealing with the same people on every network?  Is there a point of being on multiple sites at once?  Does anyone else feel some 'people' are following them as aggressively as zappos remarketing?  (Sorry, lame search joke.)  Your thoughts?

That Time of Year

Happy Thanksgiving!

To Highlight or Not to Highlight

So I am thinking of revirginizing my hair.  Yep, that's right.  In the words of the immortal Britney Spears - my hair is not that innocent.

I believe at some point between sophomore and junior year of college, I started putting some color in and, well, it's a vicious cycle.  For the past three years or so, I've only done highlights.

I was reading in glamour magazine, I believe, that Amanda Seyfried was given some hair award (or some crap like that) and when she was asked what her secret was, she said she no longer puts any color in it - it's all natural.  She also mentions she only washed it every other day, which I just cannot bring myself to do (but this is a whole other can of worms entirely).

I've noticed I've been getting a lot of split ends lately, and quite a few sources have suggested that the color could be partially to blame.  That, and I am starting to question what the highlights really do for me.  A couple friends have suggested I wait until I actually really need to dye it (in other words, when it goes gray).

What do my readers think?  Do any of you have 'virgin' hair?  Are highlights, generally speaking, just a wash?  Have any of you gone back from the dyeing habit?  Does anyone else wash her hair every day?   Your thoughts? 

My Favorite Part of the Presidential Election

These Pictures.

You can count this as my last political post of the year.  We'll see if I break this rule.

McKayla is Not Impressed....

....with some random chick who is dressing as her for Halloween.

Sweet or Stalkerish?

A while ago, I wrote this post about a guy on Okcupid who has messaged me several times without anything remotely resembling a response from me.  I have now received message #4:

I must be a big idiot, cuz Im still trying here. I have no idea why Im even enamored with you, but I am. I must be a glutton for punishment or something. Either way...I would love a chance to chat with you and get to know you. Im sure that you still wont respond, but I gotta try with the hopes that youll respond...one day. LOL 

Mike

I can't say I saw anything in his profile that made me feel like he and I would hit it off, so I'll continue to ignore - but is this cute and sweet and what every girl really wants, or creepy and bizarre behavior?