f|break: tuesday evening - saturday's breakfast musings

get booked.

breakfast buds chatted it up this past saturday with a new friend. we've now balanced out our chats - 2 guys & 2 gals. and once again, a spirited conversation at full house cafe just as we had done so a couple of weeks ago over here.

five ... that is the answer to the question, "how many on-line dating sites have you checked out?" (well, kind of five, when you count the time i helped my friend manage her profile on one of the sites where i didn't have a profile. short story.) nevertheless, five - over the past 10 years. these include:

• match (once back in SD around 2002/2003 and then again in 2006/2007 when i was moving back up to the BA),
• perfect match (for maybe 2 weeks because a guy pal wanted to commiserate - and yet eventually met his now-wife through perfect match!),
  
• chemistry (as the "profile manager" of a friend),
• eHarmony (first time back in SD around 2004 because i think a lost a bet or something; more recently a "thanks" to gadgetman for the gift subscription), and
  
• okcupid (at the major poking by my gal pal, piragua, currently on)

okcupid (aka OkC) ... it's fun to have piragua to bounce off tales and tidbits about our experience. when i was on eH with my friend gadgetman, it was great to bounce stories, as well. he's no longer on eH, so it's not as fun, and i've got until around mid-/late-may for the end of the subscription - but i'm still on eH.

(note to self: repost on this blog
the series of eH experience from my previous blog.)

day 10 ... as far as the OkC experience, i am just getting used to it. there are quite a bit of features for anyone OCD, AADD, or just curious. and admittedly, i didn't actually post anything at all on OkC (no photos, no content, no nothering) until day 2/evening (as a consequence result of the nicey-nice-nastygram-nudge from piragua, all with hugs and kisses and a gentle kick in the ass, of course). however, now my profile is up. i poached some content ideas from piragua and SD buddy, as well as eH content. massaged the content just a little bit. and all for what?

TWO WORDS.

GET BOOKED.

"it's all about getting booked," as my SD buddy reminds me. as a result, i have passed his wisdom along to others. get booked. when i call SD buddy up about dating prospects' emails, I/Ms, calls, etc., if i'm not talking about a location, date and time, all he hears is blah-blah-blah. and then all i hear is blah-blah-blah in my head. i've been trained. get booked.

sarah haskins comes through again - "it's airborne but not contagious." (OVER HERE)

(and her "grooming" segment OVER HERE toward the end of that blog post may be kind of related to this on-line dating thing ... well, kinda sorta, maybe. but perhaps i digress. ... now back on track.)

on-line dating ... wait! did you just call yourself "daddy"? oh the tales we all have. straight. gay. bisexual. old. young. divorced. single. separated. confused. i have a few tales. my friends have a few tales. i'm likely the subject matter for someone else's tales. and i'm sure there are more to come. all for a later date.

meanwhile,
gotta get booked!