I've been up since 430am today. It's awful. I've stopped sleeping because I get anxious I'll oversleep and lose my job which (a) wouldnt happen, (b) is insane, (c) so, so insane. luckily okcupid.com is open at 4am, so i can still surf the web for hotties.
let's talk about emoticons for a second. i know this is probably a very controversial issue. my opinion (which you might not give a shit about, but you're reading this, aren't you?) is that they really shouldn't be used. IF YOU MUST use them, one per message max. Also, the emoticon seems to be a nervous tick like the ''LOL'' (which, I think is the WORST, way worse than the emoticon). Almost like the 'um' of the written word. You don't know what to say, so you throw in that damn smiley face whenever you feel awkward. Another nervous tick of internet dating has to be the 'haha'. I don't mind a haha when something is actually funny, but it's overused and people say it when they don't actually think anything is funny. For example, "my dog died haha :)". Not cute.
I'm also curious to hear thoughts on regular messages v. instant messages. The instant message on okcupid makes me feel violated. Especially when I haven't looked at your profile, and then I can look at it right after but you KNOW I'm looking at it (literally, they tell you) and then I don't answer so you think I'm a shallow bitch. The instant message is like going from 0-60. It's sleeping with someone on the first date. It's too much too soon. Maybe this is why I'm single, I can't even handle the instant message. Whenever I sign on I'm bombarded with awful screen names such as, 'supersexyguy" asking if i would like to chat with a ''well hung italian guy''. WHY YES! i've been searching okcupid.com for weeks now just to find an italian man with a large penis. done and done. let's meet.
Currently I have two message threads active right now. One is a guy who is creepy, but I answer because he seems nice and I feel sorry for ignoring him. I think he might be gay, which is great. He asked me, ''if you are a lawyer, why don't you buy a house instead of rent an apartment?" muahahaahaha. Also he references me going to the beach in every message, like I live at the beach and never work, which unfortunately, is not the truth. On Monday he wrote, ''i bet youre going to spend all day at the beach!". well, weirdo, you just told me i'm rich because i'm a lawyer, so wouldn't that mean I work? More nervous ticks. More autism.
The other guy seems...normal? Which is bizarre. We actually have FB friends in common. He's a prosecutor (vomit) and clearly cheap because he uses a free website like i do. Of course I'm already very into this because it is a romantic comedy waiting to happen (prosecutor and public defender fall in love via internet dating site, hilarity ensues), but we've moved on to REAL email (he even has gmail account! I always find it susper bizarre when someone uses another form of email) but he has yet to ask me to meet. I'll grow some balls and ask him, I guess. This one is only a bit autistic. He uses one emoticon per message (wish he'd stop...) and emails me from the courtroom when he's bored at work (points for not being so impressed with yourself that you don't fuck around on your phone at work, and that you have an iphone, because honestly men without iphones are a strange breed these days).
Anyway, I'm sure he's a huge freak. We'll see what happens.
let's talk about emoticons for a second. i know this is probably a very controversial issue. my opinion (which you might not give a shit about, but you're reading this, aren't you?) is that they really shouldn't be used. IF YOU MUST use them, one per message max. Also, the emoticon seems to be a nervous tick like the ''LOL'' (which, I think is the WORST, way worse than the emoticon). Almost like the 'um' of the written word. You don't know what to say, so you throw in that damn smiley face whenever you feel awkward. Another nervous tick of internet dating has to be the 'haha'. I don't mind a haha when something is actually funny, but it's overused and people say it when they don't actually think anything is funny. For example, "my dog died haha :)". Not cute.
I'm also curious to hear thoughts on regular messages v. instant messages. The instant message on okcupid makes me feel violated. Especially when I haven't looked at your profile, and then I can look at it right after but you KNOW I'm looking at it (literally, they tell you) and then I don't answer so you think I'm a shallow bitch. The instant message is like going from 0-60. It's sleeping with someone on the first date. It's too much too soon. Maybe this is why I'm single, I can't even handle the instant message. Whenever I sign on I'm bombarded with awful screen names such as, 'supersexyguy" asking if i would like to chat with a ''well hung italian guy''. WHY YES! i've been searching okcupid.com for weeks now just to find an italian man with a large penis. done and done. let's meet.
Currently I have two message threads active right now. One is a guy who is creepy, but I answer because he seems nice and I feel sorry for ignoring him. I think he might be gay, which is great. He asked me, ''if you are a lawyer, why don't you buy a house instead of rent an apartment?" muahahaahaha. Also he references me going to the beach in every message, like I live at the beach and never work, which unfortunately, is not the truth. On Monday he wrote, ''i bet youre going to spend all day at the beach!". well, weirdo, you just told me i'm rich because i'm a lawyer, so wouldn't that mean I work? More nervous ticks. More autism.
The other guy seems...normal? Which is bizarre. We actually have FB friends in common. He's a prosecutor (vomit) and clearly cheap because he uses a free website like i do. Of course I'm already very into this because it is a romantic comedy waiting to happen (prosecutor and public defender fall in love via internet dating site, hilarity ensues), but we've moved on to REAL email (he even has gmail account! I always find it susper bizarre when someone uses another form of email) but he has yet to ask me to meet. I'll grow some balls and ask him, I guess. This one is only a bit autistic. He uses one emoticon per message (wish he'd stop...) and emails me from the courtroom when he's bored at work (points for not being so impressed with yourself that you don't fuck around on your phone at work, and that you have an iphone, because honestly men without iphones are a strange breed these days).
Anyway, I'm sure he's a huge freak. We'll see what happens.
