Writing, writing and more writing

I try to keep this blog mostly about my experiences in the internet dating world. However, from time to time, I do have dry spells. Yeah, three guys emailed me over the weekend, but I couldn't get excited about any of them. So, I blog. And then I twitter. And then I write articles. Being unemployed stinks. But, the beauty of the internet is that there is instant access to moneymaking opportunities. Some are lame and multilevel marketing schemes. Some are just set up to teach you how to make money online. In the end, most people have learned a lot about making money, but they fail in the follow through. They don't end up making money because they never apply the techniques. It does take action, folks. You are going to have to do something. No matter how automated they say their process is, they wouldn't need you to market it if there weren't some required action. My latest and greatest venture is article writing. I've submitted articles to ezinearticles.com and hubpages. I really like hubpages because you can pump out an article and get it published immediately. I have been plagiarized. It was my second article and the loser copied it word for word! Really?! You couldn't have even changed the personal experience?

Such a nice email

Rachel was so kind. She told me she would definately call my brother and have him take her flying because she wants to be a pilot and hopes he doesn't mind if she tags along with his salsa dancing and volleyball expeditions. It could be a match made in heaven. But, I think she may be too intense and smart for him. I really can't handle my friends dating my brothers, so I am indifferent. If they hit it off, great, if not that's fine too.

Why do we feel the need to play matchmaker?

I don't think that my older brother needs to date my friend Rachel. I'm not sure he's into someone so much more athletic than himself. And yet, after she moved to San Francisco, I gave her my brother's number and told her he'd probably be willing to take her flying if she ever wanted to try taking airplane controls. Rob has a pilot's license and goes up whenever he has the time and wants to spend the money on gas. I'm sure he'd be nice to Rachel as she is friends with myself and my younger brother. I actually know that my older brother hates set ups, so when I notified him that I'd given out his number to a friend, I mentioned that I didn't think they'd make a great match but she is a fun person to hang out with.

More emails from match

One guy got to the point right away. His initial email to me was simply, "Is height a deal breaker?" I emailed him back that it wasn't and received another response from him. He is all the way out in Chantilly and it is just up in the air with that.
Another guy asked me for a drink. I'm Mormon. I don't drink coffee or alcohol. When I simply replied that I didn't drink. He asked if I wanted to have coffee with him. Our emails were political. While he is kind of cute, I'm still stuck with the dilemma of how to meet someone when I don't drive there and don't want my parents to know I'm dating strange men I meet online. It probably won't happen. But I have other things to do. Like find a job.

Saw the Nephews Yesterday

My nephews came down yesterday to go swimming. We had a great time. Tony, the one who doesn't talk yet is much more aware than I give him credit. He noticed me eating a cookie and asked for one using the sign lanugage my sister taught him. I saw him sign and asked my sister. She gave me a patronizing look. "What are you eating? It's the sign for cookie. He wants what you have." Of course.

A cattle rancher, a politcal junkie

I got two emails from men on match.com. One is an LDS cattle rancher in Florida who is widowed with 2 kids. In some ways, I don't mind the fact that a man already has a couple kids. It takes the pressure off of me to have them. I mean, if I can't reproduce, he won't necessarily be disappointed because he already has two to raise. I won't have to go through pregnancy or if I do, it would only be once maybe twice. I'm open to the idea of dating men who have kids now. I haven't always been though.

The other guy who is local contacted me. He campaigned for Obama. I'm not sure how well I'd do with an Obama supporter. I'm not as enamored by Obama as most people. He has some pretty half baked ideas like the cash for clunkers program. Yes, it got gas guzzlers off the road. But, it created pollution in the process because you have the pollution from creating the new car and destroying the old one. Does that justify the money spent? How much pollution did we prevent after the fact? I realize this guy really has nothing to do with Obama's current decisions. But maybe I'm looking for a reason not to like the guy. He has a spare tire in his photo, but claims to work hard at the gym. Hmm...got to keep a healthy dose of skepticism.

Out of town dating

The trip out to California will be so much fun. I've contacted a couple guys that I wanted to ask me out, but didn't ask out myself thinking they wouldn't be interested. The great thing is that they don't see it as serious since I'll only be in town awhile. However, I remember hooking up with a guy who was on a business trip. It broke my heart a little. Oh well. The tables turn. I need someone to entertain me in California. Might as well be someone with make out potential.