Letter to my dating service in response to "What I am Looking for in an Ideal Mate"

Here we go again... here is the letter I sent to the dating service I paid $100 for over three months ago that has yet to provide me with one match.  I am not holding my breath.  They asked if I "could shed some more light on what you might be looking for in an ideal mate. We are excited to get you started with some wonderful matches for you in the NY area!" Uuuuum.  Ok. 

Nameless digital form monster in some undisclosed bunker in the midwest,
So great to hear from you!
Ideal mate for me?  Wow?  What a big question.  If you think I had that one covered at this point, I would have that one figured out huh?  What sort of info are you looking for? age range? interests? looks?

Honestly, I am open to meeting a nice guy, with sweet eyes, with a wicked sense of humor and a love of pop culture who is willing to treat me to nights out to dinner, music and good conversation.  He's gotta have a personality (read: a job and not live with his parents) and he's gotta be cute (at least to me It's all relative folks). Types:  Jason Siegel, John Cusack or any pub trivia glasses wearing nerd-type.  Well, just think of guys that Liz Lemon should date and then pretty much, that's who I should be dating. Yep. There you go. Or maybe a combo of Liz Lemon, Zooey Deschanel and Lena Dunham. Whomever you think should be dating that genetic mash-up, that's my guy.

Hope that helps.  Let me know if I can give any more information or if you want to chat!

Best,
Wordy and Wandering

And there it is.

Breakup Mix

With Gotye's earwig song, I am constantly reminded of the need for a new beak-up mix. In the early '90's I created a classic mix, perfect for wallowing in sorrow, while eating pints of Ben and Jerry's ice cream.  Below is the start of an updated list of songs:

Sorrowful, sad songs for sobbing:

• Somebody That I Used to Know - Gotye, 
• Nothing Compares 2 U- Sinead O'Connor
• Throwing It All Away- Genesis
• Someone Like You -Adele
• The One I Love- R.E.M.
• Against All Odds - Phil Collins
• I Will Always Love You - Whitney Houston (which has an even bigger depressing wallop now!)
• Yesterday -The Beatles
• Rolling in the Deep - Adele
• Both Sides Now - Joni Mitchell (or anything from that album really)
• It Must Have Been Love - Roxette (ok, I know, I know... not the greatest, but it sticks with me for some reason)
• Someone Else's Story - chess (yes, a Musical, but I love singing this song!)
• I And Love and You - Avett Brothers
• Little Lion Man - Mumford and Sons
• Crazy - Patsy Cline
• “Love on the Rocks” – Neil Diamond
• “Separate Ways” – Journey
• This Woman’s Work” – Kate Bush
• “Total Eclipse of the Heart” – Bonnie Tyler

 And for the angry phase,

• Forget You- CeeLo Green
• You Oughta Know- Alanis Morissette 
• Stronger- Kelly Clarkson
• Roses - Outkast
•   “Everyday I Love You Less and Less” – Kaiser Chiefs
• “Since U Been Gone” – Kelly Clarkson

How fast can you read?

This is awesome! I've now got confirmation that I"m a speedy reader, but probably not as speedy as my friend, Dr Theater, the college prof.

Check it out. Where do you fall?

Source: Staples eReader Department

I'm at 592 words per minute.

Finally back to reading!

After a long time away from my stack of books and my lovely and portable Nook, I am back to reading!

Here's what I'm reading this week:

Stephen Fry in America
Phantom Tollbooth (yes, I am catching up on books!)
The Last Dickens

Good stuff indeed! Gotta get back to reading!