My favorite mistakes
My Econ prof has an online dating profile that's been making the rounds. (He likes Aqua Teen Hunger Force...) At the moment, he isn't my favorite person, what with his midterm in a few hours and him not teaching us anything so far this term, but insisting on testing us on it anyway. But I digress. I feel for the guy, because he's a bit of an asshole, so I understand how that can diminish his chances with women. That and most of the elligible women he runs into are students. Apparently, even when your students are 25-30ish, it's not a good thing to date them. Over scotch a couple weeks ago, I got the sense that he'd run into problems with that in the past. Digressing again. I've been talking smack about the guy for so long, the bitch session has a life of its own.
But the whole thing got me thinking. I had a friend in college who wrote a short one-woman play on personal ads -- all the lies people tell. Distinguished=old and bald, etc. So that leads me to what I was pondering: How would my personal ad read? I suppose I'd have the same problem I'm having working on my resume -- to honest. Lessee, "Scrawny, geeky guy who likes playing games and talking people's ears off about venture capital's place in making this world a better place seeks the next in a series of enjoyable mistakes." Really, how would I describe the kind of woman I'm looking for? I've been focused on the disqualifiers for so long, my only real criterion is that she be a mistake I haven't already made before. Life is all about making new mistakes, no? Thankfully I have good friends to remind me of the big mistakes to avoid making again -- no lawyers, actresses, crazies. Or women with long-term boyfriends/husbands. Maybe I should just put all that in an ad, filter out any response with grammatical errors, and see what's left.
Yeah, but I couldn't do personal ads. Like my own Mom says, I'm too superficial.
*shrug*
But the whole thing got me thinking. I had a friend in college who wrote a short one-woman play on personal ads -- all the lies people tell. Distinguished=old and bald, etc. So that leads me to what I was pondering: How would my personal ad read? I suppose I'd have the same problem I'm having working on my resume -- to honest. Lessee, "Scrawny, geeky guy who likes playing games and talking people's ears off about venture capital's place in making this world a better place seeks the next in a series of enjoyable mistakes." Really, how would I describe the kind of woman I'm looking for? I've been focused on the disqualifiers for so long, my only real criterion is that she be a mistake I haven't already made before. Life is all about making new mistakes, no? Thankfully I have good friends to remind me of the big mistakes to avoid making again -- no lawyers, actresses, crazies. Or women with long-term boyfriends/husbands. Maybe I should just put all that in an ad, filter out any response with grammatical errors, and see what's left.
Yeah, but I couldn't do personal ads. Like my own Mom says, I'm too superficial.
*shrug*