6 August 2006Making the pitchI've mentioned before that I was hanging around a bit on OkCupid, which is a dating service based upon screwy TheSpark-like tests which isn't surprising, since the same guys were responsible for TheSpark. And I'm not at all thinking I'm actually, you know, going to meet anyone as a result of this, but I get a major kick out of reading the user profiles, and the following is a selection of stuff I read today.
I am not one of those glass-half-full people but I am also not one of those glass-half-empty people either. My freaking glass has holes in it and the water is dribbling out down the front of my shirt.
I spend a lot of time doing homework, and even more time doing nothing. I'm also learning to throw pottery. You know, on a wheel, not across the room. I learned how to do THAT ages ago. I enjoy just about any food as long as it doesn't contain flaked coconut. I have a pretty strong sense of humor, though it can dip to the dark/dry side where not even I quite get my own jokes. Someone pointed out to me the other day intimidate and intimate are only 2 letters different. Thought that was interesting. I shave my legs pretty infrequently, partially because they're a little sensitive in spots, but mostly because I'm lazy and it's a real chore. I am one of the most independent people I know, but according to whatever this site uses to measure independence, I show up as borderline basket case. I wholeheartedly disagree. As they point out though, it's only a website. Hey, it beats reading me all the time. Posted at 8:00 PM to Table for OneWhew. So if you HAD to pick one of those, which would it be? Posted by: anne at 8:57 AM on 7 August 2006That's a bit harder to say, since these fragments are separated from the rest of the profile and from the test results. (The service computes a percentage for "Match," for "Friend," and for "Enemy," in descending order of comprehensibility.) I pulled these bits from about forty profiles of people who happened to be online at the moment I was looking; I didn't check the rest of the details. Still, anything worded well enough to get my attention suggests at least the possibility of something. Possibly. Let us know how it turns out, if you take it any further. Posted by: anne at 11:36 AM on 7 August 2006Gee...these folks sound a little like they have attention deficit disorder... oh look, a chicken. Posted by: Dr. Jan at 8:02 PM on 7 August 2006 |