Just when you thought it was safe - OK CUPID PART 3: The Return of the WOO!

So I'm at the bar, msged my date and he forgot and can't make it?

well, at least you didn't waste any more time w/him

Dodged a bullet for sure

Geez whats with everyones bad luck lately :(

So I'm at the bar, msged my date and he forgot and can't make it?

are you at a hardcore show yet?

someone needs to invent a website like okcupid, but for emotionally available people.

kind of lol but mostly sad and otm :(

Reading this thread made me miss OkCupid so I made a new profile last night but now I'm bummed out so I think I'll just delete it. :-/

Haha there is actually no hardcore show tonight that I know of. I'm home, with beer! Which will never stand me up.

DEAR BEER,

Hi Bryan!

beer is mine -- back off, you hussy

DEER BEER PAL

You the best.

xoL

i too am hanging out with my pal beer

someone needs to invent a website like okcupid, but for emotionally available people.

I'm not sure but that might rule me out.

Dodged a bullet for sure

― pun lovin criminal (polyphonic), Friday, July 20, 2012 9:15 AM (57 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post

maybe ilxors ought to start being more walter white-ish in its dealings with these stupid cupids.

"i didn't dodge a bullet, i AM a bullet."

i am the one who drinks (beer)

I mean it's okay, being cancelled on tonight. We didn't msg much, we just said, wanna go out? Thursday? All right. and it didn't happen but no harm done. I will not be pining.

Best approach :)

Hi Trayce! Glad OKC is working out for you these days.

Urgh, Laurel, I hope you didn't go out of your way. I guess that's why people always message before hand to make sure it's still going on. There's got to be a better way to not find a boyfriend.

I guess that's why people always message before hand to make sure it's still going on.

it's not a flight, tho -- if you've made arrangements it's on the person who's canceling to deal with it, not 'forget'.

that's like school in the summertime

I'm out for drinx w my downstairs neighbor, she of the multi-tasking dating. Should be fun.

Yeah, totally, MP, but I guess things are so lax that people are always checking up. I once planned something with someone like a week in advance and we both showed up without checking in to make sure that no one was going to flake, but, upon reflection, I don't really think that that's the norm.

Hi Trayce! Glad OKC is working out for you these days.

LOL uh yeah, i dont know if it is :/

Oh no, maybe I didn't load enough of the thread. I'm sorry. Likely working out better for you than it did for me.

Nah I havent talked about it here is all. S'all good.

I started actually working on my OKC profile since the first week in June.

Questions answered: 352. Photos uploaded: 0. Essays written: numerous! Essays not deleted in disgust: 0. Somehow I spent over an hour at work today writing a failed draft describing my Friday night! lol?

I used to be able to do this - there was angst, but it got done. WTF, man?

Needs more multiple choice.

Wait. No photos? Dude you have to put a photo up. You're cute!

Aw, thanks, Trayce!

I am going to put up a pic, but I was working on the words first.

I like the way I look but I don't photograph to my liking. It's funny, Jeremy Renner is my A-#1 dreamboat (he overtook Mark Ruffalo), but it's hard to find a still pic of him that shows him off, and the other day a friend compared my face to his (ego boost!) and I realized that we both look better in motion. I need a good animated gif as my pic.

Start with this one

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8290/7607841384_6ecce92124_n.jpg

lol! But yeah dont be shy about a pic thats the whole point :) If ppl dont like yr pic fuck em, I say.

Er... well not literally. Or? Gah.

Je55e and the raccoon, what a fantastic photograph.

laurel -

for the record i dunno, i really like it! it sounds like you and a lot of the things i like about you are in there. like, a LOT of them! you know yourself and you seem like the real you here. i think likeminded people will see that too. my only observation is that you are a rare bird, not a boring normal person, so it's going to be more rare for you to find a person who can see, appreciate, and also be available for that. that's just an unfortunate truth. i know a lot of people like that because i am not friends with boring people.

one suggestion - lose the sturdy peasant thing - you always go on about this and it sounds like your mom talking

also maybe the phrase "overly strict" in the first line is nagl

?

Oh, okay! My mom wouldn't call me a peasant but I guess it probably is my reclamation of my body type from a lifetime of being not tall or thin enough. It probably doesn't need to be out in the open like that nor do I need to harp on it even to myself. Good call.

I'm glad you like the rest of it! I do feel like it's probably repelling people but otoh I'm probably okay with the ones it's keeping away so ymmv.

xp I will edit that, you know what I mean but I guess you have to parse every line for what impression it might give. I've been editing this thing every few days so I've gone back and forth.

just bc it's the first line -- there's nothing wrong with the idea, just that it sets a tone that i don't think you want to set
also i just meant metaphorically it's your mom talking -- not that she would say that.

otherwise i wouldn't worry about who it's "keeping away" -- probably no one you want to talk to, for sure.

"I do feel like it's probably repelling people but otoh I'm probably okay with the ones it's keeping away..."

i am totes trying to repel ppl b/c screw talking to ppl who wouldn't like me/my circumstances. seems worthwhile to be genuine/honest. xp yes LL otm

jesse--i worked on my essay ideas off the okc site after takign a screenshot of the qns. that seemed much less daunting--i could take my time, throw around stupid ideas, whatev. i used 750words.com b/c it's supposed to be stream-of-thought, so it's totally ok if it seems stupid. whatev, you're just writing.

I decided to keep the main bio very brief and get wordy in the comments to all the questions... it keeps you from having to wander crazily from subject to subject in a paragraph or two, plus I want to attract people who like to read. And presumably take quizzes. Which is fine, I have a trivia-rich lifestyle.

I hope everybody finds what they're looking for.

Since the beginning of our convo is on another thread: my prof is Cr3p3-Suzett3, if anyone else wants to stalk. Ungoogleproofed, obvs.

Does okcupid still have that thing where you can recommend or give little titles to friends? I could reactivate my account to put my endorsement on your page. I am assured this is worth something.

What does that do?

It puts a little gold star on your page and says "mh thinks Laurel is Awesome" or something

That's sweet. Sure, if you want!

this weekend I will see if my account still exists

Laurel, I had a look and I would totally date you. If I was single, male and in the same country.

I reversed my search to be for women in my demographic and read a bunch of their profiles and MAN they are boring as fuck. Or...not "boring" maybe specifically but...trite? Too many exclamation marks and not very good writing.

Hahaha! Thanks! That means it's totally working, because if you were single, male, and lived in the US and asked me out, I'd say yes.

suprised you didn't leave the gays out tbf