update on the live ones - Fri 7/29

So here's the latest on the guys I've actually been communicating with:

I've exchanged a few e-mails with #0726-04 from Athens, GA, the musician with the haircut I wasn't crazy about. So far, seems like a good guy. Likes The Simpsons, so he can't be all bad. Nothing in our exchange has been terribly exciting yet, but I'm talking about a grand total of three e-mails, so I might want to give it another couple of minutes before I pass final judgment. I'll have to wait until Monday to hear from him again, though, because by his own admission he doesn't have internet access at his house. I guess he does all his netsurfing at work.

Communication seems to have stalled with #0726-05 from Hartsville, TN. I sent him my list of Must Haves/Can't Stands and haven't heard anything back. I found one of his answers to the close-ended questions disturbing: he answered the question "Which of the following indoor activities sounds like the most fun to you?" by writing in his own response, which was: "Playing guitar and singing with friends." Anyone who knows me well knows that I can't stand guys that go to parties and pick up guitars and start sing-along & whatnot. That's actually a pet peeve of mine. Possibly because I can't carry a tune and therefore singing along isn't really something I enjoy. Alone in the car - sure. Sitting around a campfire at the beach? Pass me a valium. And a crack pipe. And a gun. I really can't stand it.

However, it seems premature to assume that that signals our complete incompatibility. That plus the fact that he lives in Tennessee somewhere (I haven't bothered yet to figure out where Hartsville is) don't bode well for us, but we'll see what happens. Of course, if he never responds it's a moot point. But the guitar thing means I won't feel it's a great loss if he doesn't.