You read the product description twice just to make sure you know exactly what you're getting since it's coming in the mail and you don't get to "try it on/out" beforehand. This process is similar to OkCupid where an individual reads about another individual's "self-summary, the six things I couldn't live without, the most private thing I'm willing to admit, favorite books/movies, On a typical Friday Night, etc."--this is all information that is sort of important if an individual is looking for another person with similar interests or an intriguing lifestyle, but this product description of a person (if you will) is only a projection of what an individual wants other profile visitors to perceive (it's not guaranteed that an OkCupid profile is completely honest). Holy hell I must have wishful thinking to hope that such an honest profile exists, but really don't people just want to be clear at the beginning and get that dirty laundry shit out in the open? I can understand that the OkCupid profile is an advertisement of the self--sure one wouldn't want to scare away potential suitors by being crassly honest and maybe a little rude? If I was a crassly honest and rude person it wouldn't be a breach of honesty to write my profile with that voice. I suppose one writes his/her profile a certain way to get his/her foot in the door--to get in with the folks he/she wants to be "getting it in with", but forreals OkCupid doesn't work like a raffle--each SAT word used in one's profile doesn't equal one more raffle ticket in your name being put in the dating pool bin to be shuffled about and pissed on by your best friend's Boston Terrier (who's ugliness equates to ultimate cuteness). I can only imagine writing my profile to fashion myself as this sweet type who is a "girl next door" (what the fuck is the "girl next door" stereotype anyway--someone give me a definition that's not straight off urban dictionary) as a means to gain prime visibility to potential suitors. Once I would get to dating these folks I can only imagine scaring the pants off hella men and probably confusing them; their perception of me based on my profile would be completely different from WHO I REALLY AM (AND HOW I ACT). So really why not just say it like it is--show me, don't tell me--use your words now (but some folks might not know how to articulate who they are). Ya know, it could be a lot easier to do this IN PERSON AND IN REAL LIFE--for both parties involved it could be a lot less tiptoeing. STOP TIPTOEING AROUND WHO YOU ARE! Don't be scared to tell...SHOW it like it is. We, the daters of OkCupid vow to "show it like it is". Oh the poor daters of OkCupid are like salmon swimming upstream (the cyber stream of course), swimming against the current of internet anonymity and gender norms.
Now for that steamed salmon I made?
It's late.
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