Male and Female Imponderables--Till Birnam wood remove to Dunsinane
POSTED BY: Tristan
UPDATED: Wednesday, August 2, 2006 20:49
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Fellow imponderers, answer me this; How should I respond to someone on a dating site who messages me with "You and I should run off together and get married!"? My off-the-cuff response would be "I don't believe in marriage." He doesn't sound like a bad guy (his age isn't accurate, though, and he lives pretty far away. I've done the "dating in Denver" thing too many times...) but I'm just not sure how or if I should even respond.
Also, I am still waiting to be asked out for sushi...
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I think the "I don't believe in marriage" line would be fine if you made it into a bit of a joke. Like "I don't believe in marriage, but maybe we could run away and get coffee together?"
I dunno, I'm totally lame tonight, lol. Another night without hubby, and I think I just ate my own weight in biscuits. 
~CK
You can't take the sky from me...
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Yeah, I thought about a "shouldn't we maybe have dinner first?" response, but I don't want to meet up with someone from the frickin internet without talking for awhile first. I know there aren't that many freaks, weirdos, serial killers and rapists in the world, but it's still stupid to meet someone you don't know anything about.
His profile says he's a Christian; think he'd still want to marry me if he knew I was Forsaken? 
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Oh, that might be a way to get a conversation going: "Your religion or mine?"
...Yep, still lame. 
~CK
You can't take the sky from me...
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What pisses me off is that these sites don't generally have "Pagan" as an option when selecting your religion, so my profile just says "other" which is really kinda stupid and lame. I could have said "Buddhist" but I'm only a little bit Buddhist and would honestly come off as almost ignorant if a lifelong, hard-core Buddhist started talking about it. I'm pretty sure I'm wearing a pentacle in my picture, but maybe it's hard to tell what it is.
Stupid *mimblewimbleratsofrasing...* 
*GARGANOOKBRATSOFECK...* site!
Anyway. How were the biscuits?
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Yummy but heavy. I had a craving for "pigs in a blanket" (hot dogs wrapped in biscuit dough and baked) and tomato soup, which is something my mom used to make when I was a kid. So I went online and found a simple recipe for biscuit dough that I had all the ingredients for, and started making it. When I was mixing the milk in, I realized that if I put hot dogs with the dough, it wouldn't be kosher (no meat and dairy at the same time). I've been working on keeping kosher, and I'm generally pretty good about it at home (not so good outside of the home, but I'm working on it), so bah, no hot dogs. So I made four gloppy biscuits instead (the recipe made more than I thought it would!) and cooked them up. They were yummy, and with the tomato soup more or less fulfilled my craving.
And that's fairly lame for them not to have a Pagan option. A picture of you with your pentacle would probably be a fairly clear hint to those who know.
So what's happening with Sushi Boy?
~CK
You can't take the sky from me...
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Well, my picture on this particular site looks like this:
Don't know if someone not in the know can tell what the thing around my neck is.
Right now I'm giving Sushi Boy some tips on how to make his website a little less eye-searing. We've gone back to talking about graphics, you see. He's now asked what I've done so I told him about my photobucket account since that's basically the only place all (or most of) my graphic art is. We'll see if he thinks I have skillz. No sushi as of yet. 
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Hmmm, yeah, since I know what it is I can tell what it is, if that makes sense, but I don't think it would clue most people in. At most you might get a question about it, I think. If you cropped that picture closer on your head and shoulders, would the pentacle be more visible?
So does Sushi Boy seem to have a soul? So many of the guys on dating sites are just so... odd. It'd be awesome if you found one who is actually human -- and who likes sushi and graphic design!
Would you ever consider asking him out to sushi? Or are you more of a traditionalist?
~CK
I blame the biscuits...
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I don't know i i could cope with keeping kosher - from what i've read, they way they treat the animals, and slaughter them, is way better than standard western practices, but no meat with dairy? Could'nt do that.
Of course, now all my favorite meals that are non kosher are sitting on the edge of my brain going 'haha, you ain't remembering what we are..' but nevermind.
Its just a good thing i'm allergic to religion.
MsG, MisterG, you will make wonderful parents, but i can hear the cries for the next four years no - Bregan (is that the name?) put down the brulee torch! mommys best pans are not toys! Put down the toast and step away from daddy's stereo equipment! no sweetie, daddy doesn't want to listen to the tweenies album again, can't you put some Slayer on?
ah, domestic bliss. And take heart, i can't do children, but myu neice turned out great despite close and prolonged contact with me, so you will be great!
Fancy another lodger? Infact, think you could maybe put another wing on the house and we'd all move in and pay you rent?
My best friend, did i tell that story? Just got intouch, after years, and wants to talk again.
i'm still a little annoyed at her, but the fact that she got in touch with me helps enourmously.
should i drop the issues and carry on as we were before?
i'm thinking 'hell yes' but hmmmm.
Oh, i think my interview went ok. i'll tell you all tonight, it was quite amusing actually, or i'll blog it and you can laugh. (a wee bit)
http://www.myspace.com/seryndippyt
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Well, that's a good question. I might at some point say "We should go get some sushi!" but there are two concerns I have about that. The first is, if I ask, do I have to pay for the whole thing? The other is, if I ask too soon, do I come off as really desperate? (maybe that's his concern, too...)
Yes, many guys on these sites are odd. And I've found some truly enraging and disgusting ads (My favorite was "seeking clean, disease-free girl for sex behind my girlfriend's back" 
) but so far he does seem to have a soul. Probably. He talks about his website a lot, so I wonder if he just wants to talk about that or actually meet people. It can be so hard to tell.
I might try cropping my picture. I just didn't want anyone thinking I had something to hide in the waist area, ya know?
Also I am really not fond of my chin. I think it's too big and looks strange in pictures. So I don't know if I want to zoom in on that area...
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