This is getting personal.

More news from the internet personals front, eharmony not Match. Today I. (aforementioned 5'7" eharmony girl) sent me some questions to answer. (Note the period after "I" indicating the abbreviation of a name when referring to this girl. It may become important to be able to distinguish between I., the eharmony girl, and I, the me.) Let me elaborate upon the eharmony way. Step 1. Person fills out really long personality form. Step 2. Eharmony provides certain prospective matches based on the arcane logic of some psychologist/programmers. Step 3. Person reviews matches and decides whom he wishes to contact. Step 4. Person and match use form surveys provided by eharmony to communicate, in order: (a) premade multiple-choice questions,(b) lists of requirements in a prospective partner, (c) premade open-ended questions, then (d) open-ended questions written by each other. Only after all of this can one (or two in this case) reach Step 5, emailing each other whatever you want.

So I. wins the prize for best original open-ended questions. 1. How did you become a Proofreader? 2. Why are you currently single? 3. What do you enjoy about reading?

( The answers... )

THE GREAT ALTOIDO! (The Saga Begins)

The other day on ifmud I was struck with the memory of a quickly-made story from college. Here's part one, as told to veek:

( Come, sit by the fire and hush. )

Bank on it.

Yeah! Just made my reservation for my vacation on the Outer Banks of North Carolina this May. Some friends and acquaintances from ifmud are going in for a spacious house in Spindrift for a week of fun in the sun. Games, beach, excursions to Kitty Hawk, and a heated pool. Time to show off my manly bod.

Drip dry.

( Laundry: I hate it. )