DAY TWO - 28 remaining...

Today, I read a couple of interesting emails, and responded to a few new questions. I didn't respond to any of that initial blast of "incoming"... okay, so it was more like 12 emails - but it seemed like 20... it was a little strange / overwhelming. Could it be an automated thing?

Pictures, pictures, pictures. Everyone here is SO VISUAL! And WOW, I've seen some great pictures... For now I'll still email pix privately if that's okay. I thought about putting one of those indistinct photos up, or one where I'm there, but with a group of other people (cast and crew shots, etc) - but it wouldn't be my first choice.

I haven't had time to sit down and write up an entry for today, because frankly I spent the entire day with my sons. "Wolverine" matinee, then shopping, then XBox, and we finished the evening with my special 'endless pasta bowl' (probably not quite like Olive Garden, but close enough for me). We watched "Marley & Me" tonight - a very sad movie, like "Ol Yeller", they should warn a person. Now everyone else is in bed, and I'm beat. I'll crib from myself here, and borrow from an email written this morning (apologies in advance for cribbing from myself) - as to why I'm doing this...

Part of me thinks that "... on-line dating is a crock. Yes, I've tried it before - but I've never stuck with it. I'd much rather meet people In Person, and at things where I'm doing something - like Free First Thursday at the EMP/SFM, or one of the Meetupdotcom events. But I'm 'open' to the idea... are people really what they say they are? That's part of what I'm trying to find out..."

And NO... I don't think comparing the answers on my checklist against the answers from someone else's checklist can really give a good indication about whether people have "Chemistry"... no computer program can predict that - hell, even I can't predict who I'm going to like most of the time. But I'm open to surprises.

And to the question about *MY* integrity... Yes, I was host of the Seattle based TV series "Short Flix" - cable access channel, 2007-8 - I conducted interviews with local independent filmmakers, and we showed their films. Yes, I'm doing a full-time technology job - working in Bellevue, and commuting daily.

So what kind of guy am I? I'm the type of guy who won't let on-line dating take me away from the already limited time I have with my sons. And I'm there for them during the emotional parts of "Marley & Me". Hopefully they won't have to be the guy crouching next to the table bawling his eyes out while his best friend of the past XX years is being 'put down'. But they probably will, so I'll do what I can to prepare them for those things nothing prepares you for. Baseball practice and a birthday "bowling" party tomorrow...