陳培勇的世界

No eHarmony update this week

Why? Because I've turned off matching. I'm not receiving anymore matches. I'll let your imagination figure out the reason.

posted by John @ 10:58 PM Comments: 1

Moon Lady

The moon hung low and red listened to me.
"I am tired and lonely," I whispered.
I told her this would be temporary.
I told her I wanted to change things.
I wanted to change things for the better.
She was large and round smiling at me.
It's that wicked smile of sarcasm
She knows me well.
But I know I am changing.
But how?
I know I am out there dragging my feet.
Potential swirling like a mist around, my hands unable to grasp at them.
Tomorrow, I tell myself.
Tomorrow, I step forward.
And yet I cower in the darkness avoiding the lunar shine when the time comes.
Will you sense me here
Will you find me here?
I want to be near you.

posted by John @ 11:41 PM Comments: 0

Very bad phone message

Omigosh, you have to check out this link. This is the worst phone message ever left for someone. I can't wrap my head around it. How can someone be such a douche bag?

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posted by John @ 10:12 AM Comments: 0

Me too old or him too young

I was talking to a new intern at work today about our temp receptionist. She looks a lot like Blossom. "Who's Blossom?" he asked. Are you kidding me? You don't know Blossom? You don't know what it means when people say, "on a very special Blossom...?" He's all of 21 and he's never watched Blossom. Am I too old? The 90's isn't that long ago is it?

posted by John @ 5:40 PM Comments: 0

What a gorgeous day!

We finally did it. The literary genius of my group has finally succumbed to error. Well, not really a genius but among a bunch of tech savvy young adults in the Silicon Valley he might as well be Webster. (As in the dictionary not the short kid) His downfall came in a casual crossword game to a seemingly benign word. He mispronounced it in such a lovely tone. You just had to be there to savor in the grace and majesty that is his utter ineptitude at grasping the subtle nuances of such a auspicious and affable word. It will now and for always be my favorite word. Yes, Jack's downfall is....duh duh duh duh!

PARADIGM

Glory to you oh great and humble word.

posted by John @ 7:30 PM Comments: 0

eHarmony Update #3

Now, I am having fun. The numbers are in. For my one month anniversary I have 93 matches of which 77 are closed. I took a couple of new pictures of myself and apparently they are good. I haven't been closed by anyone since. I've had to close them out myself. I learned from another site that if you have too many on your waiting list, eHarmony is less willing to give you new matches. Being that a great bulk, perhaps 50%, are from non-subscribers, I just chucked half of my matches that didn't respond to me after a week. Remember, I send out communication to just about everyone I am matched up with.

Either I am very appealing or my goal for this 6 month experiment is too low. I just came back from my 3rd date and this girl actually shows promise. I don't want to get ahead of myself and say any more than that. The first girl didn't seem interested in a relationship. There wasn't a connection with the second girl. The third girl, I asked out again. Anyway, I'm extremely happy with my results being that I am ahead of the game already. Actually, I shouldn't call it a game. I hate that term for dating. I'm still not too sure that I would meet my soul mate doing this but I sure am having a blast participating.

posted by John @ 10:15 PM Comments: 0

Uncle twice over

I am an uncle again. This time to a rather fat 8 plus pound girl. Her name is Lianna. I like the sound of that. She took her time coming out and displaced my sister's pelvic bone. But all in all, a smooth delivery. I can't wait to go home and see her again. I want to hold her. Andrew is no longer cute. heheh.

posted by John @ 10:11 PM Comments: 0

The Drone

You hear that? Really, you don't? It's constant droning in my head. I recently moved in to a great apartment complex. It's spacious and clean. It even has central air. According to the managers at the office, it's the only apartment complex in Richmond to offer the luxury. I thought, great. Sign me up. If there is one thing I cannot live without, it is air conditioning. The last few days have been pretty warm. It's standard fare for summer in northern California. It's actually a bit cooler than I was used to in LA. It's cool enough outside that I can just open the window and let the breeze come in. But along with the breeze, I get the dreaded buzzing. That's right. The buzzing of 50 other AC units in this apartment complex. It's enough to drive a man crazy. I'm not just being cheap about it either. There's no reason to waste natural resources when temperatures are under 80. Good thing I just bought these noise isolating headphones. They're rubbish though for only $7 at Fry's.

posted by John @ 10:03 PM Comments: 0

Sex and the City and Me

I was out hiking with Mandy again last week. She is by far my favorite hiking buddy. She can keep up with me and we have meaningful conversations. Perhaps a little too meaningful. She told me she should have invited me to go see Sex and the City with her girlfriends? Whatever, crazy girl. I'm a dude. I mean, I like Pride and Prejudice but I draw the line at Samantha, Carrie et al. She said she felt I was like one of her girlfriends. She can tell me anything. Yikes. I don't know if I should be flattered or offended. I'll just take it as she values my friendship. Which makes me feel good. Because I value hers too. But you won't find me watching that movie. Has nothing to do with me trying to be macho. I don't have interest in seeing the movie. I did watch the first season of the series. In fact, I bought half of it on DVD with Nam. He got to keep it. He must have bought me out.

posted by John @ 10:40 PM Comments: 0

Sex and the City: The Movie

I was having lunch with my sister when she got a phone call from her friend to go see Sex and the City. This is the third group of people I know who are getting together to go see this movie. I recently saw an email at work from a coworker who was planning an outing as well. All these throngs of women gather up to watch this movie like they were going to the bathroom or something. What is going on? It's some sort of cult woman thing. It's just odd to me. We guys probably have an equivalent thing too. But I can't think of one that excludes women. Women can watch the Superbowl. A strip club is all about the woman.

posted by John @ 10:42 PM Comments: 1

eHarmony Update #2

You know, I try to be politically correct. I try to be honest. I try to look beyond the cover. I try not to judge a person on first impression. I try to be a squeaky clean person. But I'm just not.

There are 5 levels of so called "Guided Communication." The final step is open communication. I've reached open communication with only 2 out of the 80 matches I have. So far I am above par in my expectations.

Anyway, back to where I am a jerk. So I've told you already. I basically, initiate communication with just about every match I get as long as they fit my criteria. Which are thusly in order of importance:

1. Local
2. Age between 22-32
3. Asian

I closed about 10 people who were matched to me outside this criteria. This is because eHarmony has a "pity" routine. If it sees that you are not receiving any matches, it starts loosening up your requirements so you get more matches. Which is kinda stupid because people set those requirements there for a reason. But I guess it's better to provide an irate customer with lousy matches than no matches at all.

Anyway, those that know me, know that I have one more criteria that I didn't list. I don't like pink people. I've already blogged about this in an earlier post and you can call me a pig all you want. I haven't met a single ugly pink person. They are all beautiful to me. If they would just drop the fork some time, they would be the most popular guy or girl. All they have to do is exercise. I'm not saying it's easy but it's something you can do. Ugly people like me have no course of action short of plastic surgery. And even that is not a sure thing.

So I was matched with a hot pink last week. I said to myself. I am not going to be a jerk. I'm not gonna be one of those 40 other women that closed me right off the bat without a single thought. Those that took one look at me and said, "Ewwww." I was gonna give all my matches a try. Looks aren't everything right? I initiated communication with her despite my jerkness. Her responses to me were lightning quick, within minutes. As if she sat online all day with nothing to do. I started to wonder what I would do if we came up to the point of having to meet face-to-face. My third communication with her was ignored for six days. And finally, on the seventh, she closed on me. Frankly, that is a relief.

Those of you snickering in the back saying I am pink too wondering how I can call people pink when I am pink too. Well, I don't like myself either. I don't discriminate on my hate even if it is to myself.

posted by John @ 6:14 PM Comments: 2

In-N-Out

Did you know that there are bible scriptures at In-N-Out Burger? Check the burger wrapper and the paper cups next time you are there.

posted by John @ 8:39 AM Comments: 0