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aggravated Or, I should say, online dating services suck. I want to start dating now, and I figure since I'm a pretty online guy, I would go with an online dating service or 2. I signed up at Yahoo! Personals and Match.com and put some words about me. Words about me aren't that easy to come by for me, because I'm not a really introspective person. I guess the main problem I have with personals sites is that they all cost money. I'd certainly be willing to pay if I knew that someone was interested in me from these sites, but so far I've gotten one response from one person in the non-pay way (which are usually some sort of flirt or wink or something that you can't really put anything into). Granted, I chat with that person regularly now, and she's great, but I kinda hoped for better. Sometimes I think I'm just not suited to these types of things - that people have to get to know me first before they like me all that much. Then again, I'm a fairly weird person by most people's standards. Oh well.
Watched:
Yami to Bushi to Hon no Tabito 4
Sou Nanda! 4
Gained:
Sou Nanda! 4
Tokyo Mew Mew 34
Uninhabited Planet Survive 11
Avenger 12
Naruto 68
GaoGaiGar 31-32
Diamond Dust Drops 1-2
Ocha-Ken 14
Net Anime Debt: +8 episodes (~ 2 hours 40 minutes more to watch)
Total Anime Debt: 88 (~ 29 hours 20 minutes left to watch)
I've been slacking the last couple days. Better get caught up.
January 31 2004, 14:14:07 UTC 8 years ago
Oh well I guess I will just have to stick to using ACM and the Chess Club as my means of meeting people and (hopefully) women.
January 31 2004, 14:31:48 UTC 8 years ago
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One of the problems I have with using things like ACM and Anime club (which I should start going to after my TA lab on thursdays, I could catch Prince of Tennis) is that I'm usually one of the oldest ones there, and I'm not sure I'd be too comfortable with someone who is too young. I'm beginning to think the Omiai system isn't so horrible. :PJanuary 31 2004, 15:00:02 UTC 8 years ago
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I can guarantee that you are not the oldest in ACM ;-)Ha the Omiai system is horrible. Arranged marriages are never successful (of course this is mainstream logic, and if you look at the proof in history they were more successulf at preventing divorces than what currently goes on.)
I really should go to Anime club a bit more. The only big problem is that it would make my Thurs REALLY long (7 am till whenever anime club is done) and that is just way too long to be awake.
January 31 2004, 19:31:40 UTC 8 years ago
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Omiai nowadays isn't so much arranged marriage as arranged serious dating, from what I understand. If either of the two has issues, it's not really taken much farther. Granted, I think it's way out of date, but it give that 35 year old guy a chance sometimes.I can only come to the last showing, because I have to teach a lab from 6:45 until 9, basically. Of course this would extend my thursdays even more, but at least it would give me something to look forward to at the end.
January 31 2004, 19:45:30 UTC 8 years ago
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Yeah I tend to see you enjoying yourself in the lab section for 1901 when I walk by towards my office.January 31 2004, 17:02:54 UTC 8 years ago
January 31 2004, 19:32:53 UTC 8 years ago
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Wow, I didn't even know such a LJ service existed. How interesting - it can't hurt to give it a whirl. At least we have ONE thing in common.January 31 2004, 22:13:35 UTC 8 years ago
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I actually didn't know it existed either, until I saw the link atJanuary 31 2004, 22:17:17 UTC 8 years ago
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and according to our interests, we have kevin smith movies and law & order in common. plus I like anime, in the sense that I like tenchi and DBZ and sailor moon and spirited away, but I know way too many hard-core fans to list it as an interest for myself.January 31 2004, 22:24:46 UTC 8 years ago
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Tenchi is great, and spirited away is one of the favorites I'd show to anyone (even my mom saw it, it can't be that bad!). I cheated on the interests thing, I've been going through friend's interests and adding ones that I am interested in as well. I'm not sure if I qualify as a hard-core fan of anime - I sure watch a lot, but I'm not one to go on long diatribes or something. Sometimes it's just taking up time that otherwise would be wasted doing something productive.January 31 2004, 23:12:27 UTC 8 years ago
January 31 2004, 19:45:00 UTC 8 years ago
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Man Alive I totally forgot that LJ had this going on. I used it way back in BETA, and yet no one was on there from Minnesota. Now there are *gasp* 10 people in my criteria. ;-)January 31 2004, 20:11:49 UTC 8 years ago
January 31 2004, 20:05:04 UTC 8 years ago
Make sense? I think it does...granted, I had to hit that one over my head several times in the past.
And livejournal has a singles community? That's just...so...I don't know.
January 31 2004, 20:17:45 UTC 8 years ago
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Well, I'm about to give up again, since the whole "actively searching" thing doesn't seem to be working out that well. I don't think I'll be finding anyone when I stop searching though, because mostly my days are filled with people who are married, in committed relationships, or aren't interested. I usually don't see other people at all. Plus, I'm a pretty self-sufficient guy. If someone told me I would have to live without "normal" human contact for a month, I may be able to do it (online contact is a different story, however).