Friday arvo bullet points, hurrah!
- I put myself just a little more in debt a few days ago and now have a TV! and a DVD player! and a stereo! Which is very exciting because I can now throw away my best mate's 23-year old TV that flickered constantly, could hardly ever get any reception and loudly fizzed 95% of the time. Unless she wants it back, of course. And hey! Who wouldn't.
- On this marvellous new TV, I have watched the entire first and second series of Little Britain. I am continually saying "computer says no" and "I'll write the theme toon, sing the theme toon. Duh-do-do-dodo." And on the subject of my newfound love of DVD-watching, I watched the entirety of Pride and Prejudice (the Colin Firth version, is there any other?) on a day off. And then I followed every sentence with "make haste!" and continually slow-mo'd the scene where dear Colin is walking around sopping wet in his (gasp) underclothes. Oh, Mr Darcy! I say!
- On a whim, I clicked a link for RSVP. Purely out of curiosity, you see. I pulled up a list of people in the general Brisbane area. I was about to close the page and go back to google to search for rude words, when I spotted somebody I went to high school with. Hello! Five minutes later, and I spotted TWO MORE people, this time former co-workers. And these are just the people willing to publicly post pictures of themselves. I cannot help but think that maybe there is something about me that causes former acquaintances to end up looking for love online. Not that there is anything wrong with it, mind you, but hey! Strange, no? Or is that not strange at all? Is everyone into this RSVP thing?
posted by GBE at 6:20 pm
14 Comments:
You sound like you'd fit right in with my wife and her friends when they hold their annual Pride & Prejudice all-day-event! Of course the Colin Firth version!
Knowing fully well this is what girl porn looks like I managed to watch the entire thing in a private session with my wife... needless to say I do not partake in any future P&P events.
Oh how he smoulders!
*shakes self out of drooling reverie*
*tries again*
*oh my*
TV, Sterio, AND DVD. . . you're moving up in the world!
I don't know what to tell ya about P&P. . . haven't seen it. . .
But, it is of my oppinion that those sites like RSVP don't work. To me its just another excuse to hide from the individual you are half heartedly chasing behind your computer screen. We would all be better off with a more face to face approach.
Yup, we have banners, but there are no guarantees for the petition.
I WAS ALMOST FIRST THIS TIME!!!! Da well. . . next time I suppose.
I'm sorry. I have nothing to say since I didn't read that blog. But I do need to clean my keyboard now.
I'm not down with RSVP. Internet dating strikes me as just a little wierd.
Why not just go to the pub?
If only I wasnt happily married I would be internet dating like crazy. Much better than pub I think as you get to choose slightly better than through a beer haze.
I know at least three people who are, or were, doing RSVP - and I haven't even looked at the website to see who else I know is on there. It's waaaay more common than you'd expect.
But no, I haven't heard of any great RSVP success stories.
Joi, could you try and score an invite to that party for me? I shall fly to Iceland for it. If Colin Firth could be in attendance also I will be well pleased.
Nails, resistance is futile. Nobody can escape Mr. Darcy's fantastically shaggy hair and piercing brown eyes. We can only succumb.
Abe, y'see, I find that I communicate far better in my writing than I do in person, because in person I start giggling like a teenage girl and chewing my hair and answering every question with "yeah." Hence the whole blog thing. So I think I'd be much better at internet dating than real life dating, but I do acknowledge that the site is probably made up of 5% nice people, 95% odd folk.
Phishez, pictures of Colin Firth should come with a warning, shouldn't they?
Chesty, I've always found that most pub boys have a 'vagina first, personality second' mentality. It's the alcohol that does it. Then again, my best mate is engaged to a bloke she met at the pub, so it can work on rare occasions. I've only ever had sleazebags, though. Who knows where the nice boys hide.
Killerrabbit, I agree. At least then you can go on how well they can spell. And let's face it, that's the most important part of a relationship. Unless they're Mr. Darcy, in which case, spell shmell.
Mark, I knew it was a pretty popular site but I just didn't expect to see any familiar faces. I guess more people have cottoned onto this internet business than I'd figured. People probably have as much luck on there as they do out mingling in the real world. Gotta have chemistry, and all that jazz.
Guessing RSVP is a dating site online.. and I do those here.. and you wouldn't believe how many people stop me in the city and tell me they've seen me (the desperate one) or they email me and tell me I'm featured (thank God that has stopped).. and oh dear, it's so annoying being outed that I'm forever single.
Also, haven't seen the P&P w/ Colin, but NOW I want to!
Mmm...Colin Firth...warnings should definately come before you post pics like that gbe!
I did try internet dating once, the guy was lovely but the photo was about 6 years old and he looked completely different! Gave up after that really :)
Miss Devylish, does being 'featured' mean they've got you displayed on their front page or something? It's amazing how popular it is; I just never realised. Are the nice/vaguely normal people few and far between?
Ellie, I guess that's the thing - people can post whatever pictures they like. I don't think I'd post a picture of myself in which I look rubbish (which is 99% of photos) if I was ever going to try it. It's hard to be honest on the internet.
Absolutely. A warning to go find yourself a nice, quiet, solitary place :)
Oh Pride and Prejudice! Keira Knightly as Elizabeth was an evil travesty of the worst kind. I don't believe that Elizabeth Bennett would be as irritating as Knightly or have such a weak chin.
One of my favourite lines:
"Save your breath to cool your porridge Kitty!"
and:
"No Jane, you must go lower, for I am a married woman! Mrs Lydia Wickham! Lord, how droll it sounds!"
Sigh.
Audrey, I must admit that I have not yet subjected myself to Keira Knightley's gittish interpretation, because I know I will hate it, if only because she's too thin and pouty. If they had cast Colin Firth again, then I may have been tempted.
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