August 11, 2009- The Nuts and Guts of Internet Dating

I’m up early - my energy was a bit low this morning and I was feeling kinda bummed out so I thought I’d hit the research section of the book since that doesn’t formally require my sense of humor. At least not until I pull it together.

The first chapter of the book is (logically) about stats and facts - or as I like to call it, the ‘Nuts and Guts’ of Internet dating.

I get this great e-zine with a gazillion social networking articles and from there I scour the references online for further information. Everybody needs a main portal or they’d go out of their minds surfing the net. So far so good. But I’m still bummed out.

I’m sipping my Bojemni Tea (did I tell you I quit coffee too? Ugh), and wondering again why I’m alive and what am I doing on this earth when I casually go to the Rubixx.com website (using one finger) to find out what’s the deal and if this site is any good.

Turns out Rubixx is a service that culls profiles from various dating websites into one central portal. And according to their tag line:

“Finding someone will be easier than finding a hooker in Thailand.”

BRILLIANT. I just found Dating Central.

So I plug in my information in a format that looks something like this:

I’m a (woman/man) __ (adjective)___ ___(noun)___

I want a (woman/man) ___(adjective)___ ___(noun)___

In ___(zip code)___ GO!

I click on what gender I am and what gender I want. They fill in the adjective and noun component. Simple.

And the descriptors change with each search.

Apparently, I’m a:
Fantastic Model, looking for a Horny Shizzle in Beverly Hills

(Beverly Hills was my idea).

Love it. My mood is lifting. So I do it again.

This time, I’m an:

Erotic Broad looking for a Far-Out Mate

And again.

Stunning Sex Machine looking for a Diesel Gentleman (okay, maybe they dropped the ball on that one)

And my personal fave:

Sparkling Bunny looking for a Scandalous Chap

Now that's me (although Sadistic Senorita came in a close second)

But I have a smile on my face. And I’m convinced I’ve found the Internet Dating jackpot.

There are apparently 30,096,407 profiles online. So far.

And when I plugged in big cities like L.A., Chicago and NY, they gave me almost 300 profiles to choose from.

Just like being at Sub-way.

Now if you’ll excuse me, I got a sandwich to make.
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