RETIRED The Vviles world of It's Almost the New Year, VVilesians!!

Yeah I'm on OKCupid but need to take & post better pics. Apparently people like you better if you smile or something...

I never thought I'd say this- but Matthew Mcconaughey is totally not looking hot these days

Smiling helps These are my pet peeves when looking at photos of singles:

1. Web cam pics. They so grainy looking. You might as well taken a picture of yourself in a dark room with no flash.

2. Standing in the bathroom and taking a picture of yourself in the mirror. No one wants to see your dirty bathroom mirror or anything else in the bathroom. I realize that not everyone has a phone with front facing camera, but why can't you just take use a normal camera and hold it in front of you to take your pic...

3. Seeing five pictures in a row where they are wearing the same shirt. Do they not own other clothes or did they only have their picture taken one day of the year?

4. Photos of scenery. I want to see pictures of you, not some trees.

5. Photos of just their pet. I understand you love your pet, but I would rather see a picture of you and the pet together.

6. Sunglasses. One or two pictures of you wearing sunglasses is fine, as long as it's not all of them. I want to be able to see your eyes.

7. Photos where the person standing next to them has their face scribbled out. Don't you know how to crop a photo? I mean if you can go into paint or photoshop and white out their face, wouldn't it have been easier to just crop the photo?

Smiling helps These are my pet peeves when looking at photos of singles:

Seeing five pictures in a row where they are wearing the same shirt. Do they not own other clothes or did they only have their picture taken one day of the year?

Photos of scenery. I want to see pictures of you, not some trees.

Who's ready for Happy Funtime Dating Update with VQ?!?!?!?

Jesus.

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So I decided to look at dating like finding a job. When I'm hunting I spam out resumes on Craigslist and other places... so I started answering every W4M ad I sort of liked, and put up a 2nd one of my own.

So the date Sunday was one of my replies to an ad, and the girl was very nice, and we had a very nice lunch. And very nice did nothing for me (or, as far as I can tell, her) to prompt further contact. Which is fine! We had a nice conversation and a shared a nice meal and it was nice. The hostas outside my house are nice. If it's sunny and not too hot out it's nice. Nice doesn't fire up the old loins you know? She hasn't contact me & I haven't contacted her but I'm glad I went and I would (and will) do that again (with someone else).

The fun part is Ms. Tattoo #2, who answered MY ad (and was the only intelligent response I got by the way). We emailed and texted (wait for it) Saturday night, all day Sunday, and Sunday evening we talked on the phone... for four hours... which is the longest non-Dell-support call I've ever been on in my life (even in HS my parents would kick me off the phone after a while).

And... well just back up and read what I wrote early on about Tattoo #1 to find out what I think I'm feeling now. She's awesome/I like her a lot/I'm smitten. Yeah. This once's a Cancer (like me) so I feel a little safer. She isn't sober but doesn't appear to have a drinking issue. We were going to meet for dinner yesterday but... you guessed it, her plans changed. I understood/understand and we might be getting together tonight. But!

I keep setting myself up for this somehow and I can't figure it out. I must be doing some kind of emotional and conversational manipulation. I'm sitting in the same office IM'ing with Tattoo #2 where I was when Tattoo #1 told me "I don't want to kiss you, I don't want to sleep with you, I don't want to date you" and guess what #2 literally just said?

I don't think I'm being that pushy, but every time they say "I want to be friends" I try to be clear that I am interested in more. In fact that's almost exactly how I say it. At least #2 said "not that those things might never happen" whereas #1 pretty much flat-out told me there wasn't a prayer's chance in hell she'd ever change her mind.

Oh yeah and #2 has a small daughter (2 years old) and is tying up her 2nd divorce.

Anyway I'm trying to figure out how I've now arrived at the exact same destination twice even though I *think* I'm doing things differently.

On the plus side, between this drama and my new playlist I got closer to barfing up blood on the elliiptical yesterday than ever before!

Stay tuned for next time when VQ decides to bring his ex-wife back into the mix...

I have to stop and buy pet food on the way home.

Wouldnt it be cool if you and chewy traded cars

I need new socks.

My friend bitches constantly about lack of money. I try to give her tons of ideas on solutions, but she doesn't want to hear them. She just wants to bitch. So I avoid her calls, then she bitches that.

Adventures training mom's new dog.

I need new socks.

Trygve likes fun socks!!

Wouldnt it be cool if you and chewy traded cars

I don't want that piece of crap Sure, that'd be great!

I need new socks.

Nos keys move on to the real wardrobe- what kind (if any) underwear does Trygve wear?

Me- I like comfort- boy shorts FTW
But I wear others too on occasion