The answer to my questions

Thanks to those of you who took the time out of your day to answer a bunch of useless questions. Like myself, I'm assuming you are the ones who work the smartest because you get your work done quicker which explains why you have more extra time in the day. If we were face to face, I'd give you a fist pump, maybe a hi-five.

I genuinely enjoyed reading your answers -- I would date you. Your answers reveal a little more about you and I love learning more about people, especially people I like.

Here are my answers. 

1.) What is your dream job?

Be a writer for the following:
A comedy show (Tina Fey is my hero)
Travel publication
Food publication
Music publication
(I basically want to do anything that will pay me to travel, eat or listen to music and attend concerts and shows. If I were in college I'd say a political newspaper reporter or work on a show like Frontline-- but that's when I believed I could change the world and all that crap.)


2.) What is something you would do that you had absolutely no skill or knowledge of doing right now? 
Be a comedy writer or be a Slam Poet, Rapper/hip-hop artist, or be a hip-hop dancer and compete in a dance-off. You got served.

3.) If you could get paid to do anything (that is not currently an actual occupation), what would it be? 
A Nomad. I would also love to get paid to talk to random people because one of my favorite things to do is listen to other people's take on life. The more eccentric they are, the better.

4.) Name 5 bands or artists you would like to see perform live at least once in your lifetime.
The Cure, Radiohead, Bob Marley, Prince and Janet Jackson (the old Janet. Think Rhythm Nation). 
A list of five is too short. I can think about this one for days.

5.) If you were in a band, who would you be and why?
The Drummer because they are typically mysterious which elevates their hotness level. We usually only hear about the lead singer and the guitar player.

6.) If you could be any character in any book, who would you be and why?
Sal from On The Road because he was friends with Dean Moriarty. 
I would pick a woman character, except that I can't think of any book where the heroin is not crazy, pathetic, lame, desperate or obnoxious. If I had to pick a woman I guess I'd pick the chick from Confessions of a Shopaholic because she charged up her credit cards buying clothes and nabbed herself a hot rich guy in the end to help pay for it all.


7.) If you could punch anyone in the face, who would it be and why?
My brother because for as long as I can remember, he tells me he'd like to punch me in the face. 

8.) Do you have an award speech? Or if you could get any award, what would it be?
As a kid I had a speech for winning a Grammy for Best New Artist, but that seems kind of lame now. Does making the cover of the Sports Illustrated Magazine Swimsuit edition count as an award?

9.) What is your favorite meal of the day?
Breakfast for dinner.


10.) Whose mind would you like to borrow for a day?
I have a couple:
Karl Rove to see what it's like to be an evil genius.
Gisele Bundchen to see what it's like to be deemed one of the sexiest women alive.

George Clooney to see what it's like to be a "man's man."

Molly Atkinson so I don't have to keep trying to understand why she does the things she does.

If you could punch anyone in the face, who would it be and why?

I have come to a point in Project eHarm where I don't look at all of my matches and I just respond to the ones who attempt to communicate with me. That is my strategy. I have 93 matches and everyday, eHarm sends me 5 emails with subject lines like, "Love is Knocking on Your Door, Meet today's matches!" No, eHarm, love is not knocking on my door, it's likely some unemployed 34-year-old who lives with his mom and loves his cats.

As previously stated, I have responded to everyone who contacted me -- yes, even the extrasolar planets cat guy. I don't exactly have a method or a set of criteria for the men. My plan is to just roll with it. I don't archive or close anyone out either because I 'm too lazy to. Come to think of it, I maybe quickly developing the reputation of being too "loose" on eHarm. Perhaps that could work in my favor.

Also, because I am lazy, I did not really examine the profiles of those who I responded to. I possibly could have responded to someone who is passionate about collecting Troll dolls, locks of women's hair, someone on a police database or worse. I could have responded to an ultra Right-wing nutcase or a Left-wing extremist. I do not know which is worse. They say that politics is best left out of the bedroom (or is it the dinner table?). Either way, I do believe that relationships can work, even thrive, when there are opposing political views. My parents for example. Mom was a Democrat and dad, a conservative Republican and both were very opinionated. They somehow made it work. However, for me, anyone who fall in the very very far right or very very far left of the political spectrum will not do. These people are typically the "crazies" and you cannot reason with crazy people. It's like dating Hitler or Stalin.

Anyway, here are some questions I have used or am thinking about using for my next communication with a potential suitor:

1.) What is your dream job?

2.) What is something you would do that you had absolutely no skill or knowledge of doing right now? 
(For example, be a rapper because that's one thing I would do. The point is it has to be something completely out of your element. Another one for me would be to climb Mount Everest.)

3.) If you could get paid to do anything (that is not currently an actual occupation), what would it be? 
(This one I stole from Jude. The one rule is that it cannot be an actual job. For example, being a Food Critic is an actual job but petting dogs is not and it's something some people enjoy doing.)


4.) Name 5 bands or artists you would like to see perform live at least once in your lifetime.


5.) If you were in a band, who would you be and why?


6.) If you could be any character in any book, who would you be and why?


7.) If you could punch anyone in the face, who would it be and why?


8.) Do you have an award speech? Or if you could get any award, what would it be?
(This was on a Friend's episode once. For example, do you have an Oscar speech, a Grammy speech, Emmy, etc.)


9.) What is your favorite meal of the day?


10.) Whose mind would you like to borrow for a day?


No one has asked me any of these questions or anything resembling them. I think these are pretty kickass questions. I would totally date someone who wanted to know these things about me. Hmm. That kind of sounded narcissistic.

Anyway, if you are reading this, please feel free to play. I would love to know your answers.

What an annoying night

My internet is currently not working (I'm blogging from my phone) and I just spent nearly two hours with a guy from Comcast trying to guide me through what was suppose to fix my connection. A couple of hours prior, I got a very annoying text message from a very annoying person, a sign of what was to come.

Anyway, after unplugging and replugging things several times, I still have no access. I don't know if I am bothered by the fact that we failed at our efforts or that I am so attached to the Internet, I cannot enjoy an evening at home without being "connected," so to speak. I would've posted a new Project eHarm blog, but I can't get on eHarm at the moment. You see how even my dating (well more like lack of) is dependent on the web? Scary. How will human kind function without our computers and smartphones? We have advanced and evolved in so many ways, yet we have also regressed. I do not think I even know how to look up phone numbers in the Yellow Pages.I can't even conceive having to use a map to get directions instead of looking it up on the web or GPS! The Comcast support guy eventually told me it was my Mac that had a problem.

So, to make somewhat better this annoying night, I decided to turn off my laptop and get lost in a movie or two. At this point, some people would ease their anger by spending time with a loved one, work on a garden or take the dog for a walk. I on the otherhand have none of those things. I digress. Turns out, my Wii cannot connect to Netflix because the Internet doesn't work! I knew it! Comcast is to blame and not my computer. So, now I am doubly annoyed. Too annoyed to pack for this weekend trip and too worked up to read a book. Instead, here I am furiously typing on the small keypad of a Blackberry complaining about this night to all of you. Poor you.

If you read this, thank you for letting me vent and I apologize for wasting your time.