The randomness of NYC... I found an art project where you show up, get a free train ticket to a random destination, then you document your travel. I'm going to check this out next week. Seems neat!
http://unknowndestinations.org/
Sunday, January 29, 2012
Saturday, January 21, 2012
Dating
I recently joined okcupid, an online dating site that matches people based off their answers to random questions. The questions range from relationship specific (e.g. "Is it mandatory for your significant other to have a college degree?") to some that are just interesting (e.g. "What's worse, starving children or starving animals?")
Here's my thought process when answering questions. The web site asks "Are you intense or carefree?" I'm intense in some ways; I watched two seasons of Breaking Bad in one weekend... does that count? Oh man, am I really on a dating web site? People do say I'm laid back. Maybe I should delete my profile before someone I know recognizes me. Maybe I'm more carefree. All right, I'll keep the profile and play it by ear. Okay, carefree it is.
Anyways, I tried okcupid out for a few weeks while in San Diego, but it didn't really stick. I went on one date, which went okay, then I disabled my account. During that time, I think I had about 15 profile visits a week.
A few weeks ago I went to reactive my account. I looked through my previous answers and found that I think a lot differently now than I did just a couple years ago. For example, one question asked "Would you be okay with your significant other seeing their ex as a friend?" My previous answer was a flat "No". Now, my thoughts are "Sure, go for it".
Most of my answers were slightly different so I just deleted the account and started from scratch. Since 2012, (around when I reactivated the account), I've gone on four dates and I already notice a huge difference between West Coast (San Diego) and East Coast (NYC) dating.
In San Diego's dating scene, the odds were against straight men. I thought it was pretty difficult to find a girl my age that was thoughtful, intelligent, into the outdoors, and passionate about something. At bars, the girls were always being pursued; you could always see a group of men swarming around the girl. The girls either loved the attention (usually the type that I didn't like) or they hated the attention (and didn't go back to bars). That's why we couldn't have nice things in San Diego.
In NYC's dating scene, the odds are heavily in favor of straight men. It's a good mix between girls and guys. The guys are just as likely to be gay as straight, thus the odds being in favor of straight men (from my experience, I haven't met as many lesbians).
The NYC girls seem a lot more substantial too. We have the rock climbing programmer who does non-profit hackathons, the yale grad going for her JD and PhD in political philosophy while TAing at Princeton, the RPCV teaching at a charter school, and the sociology professor that loves the outdoors.
So yeah, NYC is better in the dating scene too. I love this city.
Here's my thought process when answering questions. The web site asks "Are you intense or carefree?" I'm intense in some ways; I watched two seasons of Breaking Bad in one weekend... does that count? Oh man, am I really on a dating web site? People do say I'm laid back. Maybe I should delete my profile before someone I know recognizes me. Maybe I'm more carefree. All right, I'll keep the profile and play it by ear. Okay, carefree it is.
Anyways, I tried okcupid out for a few weeks while in San Diego, but it didn't really stick. I went on one date, which went okay, then I disabled my account. During that time, I think I had about 15 profile visits a week.
A few weeks ago I went to reactive my account. I looked through my previous answers and found that I think a lot differently now than I did just a couple years ago. For example, one question asked "Would you be okay with your significant other seeing their ex as a friend?" My previous answer was a flat "No". Now, my thoughts are "Sure, go for it".
Most of my answers were slightly different so I just deleted the account and started from scratch. Since 2012, (around when I reactivated the account), I've gone on four dates and I already notice a huge difference between West Coast (San Diego) and East Coast (NYC) dating.
In San Diego's dating scene, the odds were against straight men. I thought it was pretty difficult to find a girl my age that was thoughtful, intelligent, into the outdoors, and passionate about something. At bars, the girls were always being pursued; you could always see a group of men swarming around the girl. The girls either loved the attention (usually the type that I didn't like) or they hated the attention (and didn't go back to bars). That's why we couldn't have nice things in San Diego.
In NYC's dating scene, the odds are heavily in favor of straight men. It's a good mix between girls and guys. The guys are just as likely to be gay as straight, thus the odds being in favor of straight men (from my experience, I haven't met as many lesbians).
The NYC girls seem a lot more substantial too. We have the rock climbing programmer who does non-profit hackathons, the yale grad going for her JD and PhD in political philosophy while TAing at Princeton, the RPCV teaching at a charter school, and the sociology professor that loves the outdoors.
So yeah, NYC is better in the dating scene too. I love this city.
Monday, January 9, 2012
Guitar!
I wish I had my guitar here! Edit: I just picked up a ukulele! :) Edit Edit: My older brother just sent me my Takamine guitar!
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