Online Dating

As I mentioned a while back, I thought I'd try my hand at online dating. After eventually plucking up the courage to email a girl, with whom I thought might share a few interests, I wrote an email.

Nothing too serious, or threatening, followed a couple of guidelines posted on the website's forum and waited for a reply. Considering I'd written a couple of paragraphs I was hopeful that I'd get one. It came about an hour or so later. She deleted the email and removed herself from my favorites list; something I wasn't aware you could do, but I digress. Her response wasn't quite what I imagined. It is written verbatim below:

"yeah, whatever weirdo."

I might be feeling just a touch cynical right now, if not downright crushed. A polite, 'sorry, you're not my type' would have been nicer, but apparently common decency these days in on the decline. Mind you, I should also say that this is a minor improvement; the first two women I emailed read the messages but didn't bother replying.

In case you're wondering why I'm bothering trying online dating, it's simple; I'm lonely. There's no point in trying to call it anything else, it's just a sad fact. Oh well, it appears that I'm going to be single for quite some time.

Alex.

Wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii......

No, seriously. It's not the best name they ever came up with for a console, but it certainly plays well, mostly. I finally had the opportunity to have a quick blast on Nintendo's newest creation; the Wii (thanks Dave!).

Some of the games work really well, the bundled Wii Sports is a good showcase for what the controller can do when utilised properly. Equally, Zelda: Twilight Princess was great fun and graphically the best so far. Unfortunately, some games such as Red Steel aren't so good. What might seem like a good idea on paper doesn't always translate to a game so well.

If you've not already got a GameCube or one of the older Nintendo systems (N64 especially) then it would be worth it just to be able to play the entire back catalogue of games. As it is, the games are a little hit and miss as I've mentioned. Personally, I'm going to buy one just to play Zelda and Smash Bros. when it comes out in a few months.

This all came about when a good friend of mine, Dave, who I hadn't seen in a while called me. I'll be the first to admit that I hadn't been a good a friend as I could have been when he phoned. The reason for his call? His main gaming PC had finally given up the ghost after the best part of four years hardcore gaming and he wanted my advice on what to buy and value for money.

With any luck, the PC rig he buys will last just as long as his old one, if not longer. I had given some thought to updating my gaming rig, although I don't play computer games as much as I used to. Did feel all nostalgic for a while, thinking back to trying to get my old PC to run C&C: Red Alert. Ah well.

till next time,

Alex.