from the beach (by popular demand)

This morning, my father & stepmother renewed their wedding vows on the beach in honor of their 20th anniversary. It was very sweet, and makes logging on to eHarmony even more depressing and demoralizing. Especially since it's been nearly a week since I last logged on, and the activity has been almost nil. But here's the recap anyway:

# 0804-01 from Greenville, SC - a 43-year old vet assistant who didn't fill out most of the introductory information. Eight of the 11 questions were left blank, including "the most important thing XXX is looking for in a person is..." I guess maybe the most important thing is just a pulse. Or maybe not even that much - he does have a bit of medical training, what with being a vet assist and all. Based on the fact that there's literally nothing to go on, and he's had his post up for nearly a week, I think I'll go ahead and close this one down. Rating: 3 frogs

# 0805-01 from Lawrenceville, GA - closed me down pretty much immediately. Which is fine with me since 1) he's in sales and 2) his last book was Principles of Marketing and he says he doesn't really read for fun. Rating: 3 frogs

# 0808-01 from Atlanta, GA - actually seems sort of promising. Art director, which is good, since I lean towards people with semi-unusual jobs. A little older (38), which I also like because I like a little maturity in a guy. Didn't put anything down for his last book, which is a minus, but not an insurmountable obstacle. And for his photos...oh, no! Kiss of death - picture with a child. Probably going to be a non-starter after all. However, I should point out that in addition to that picture, he's also got a photo with his hand up a turkey's butt (a dead one about to be cooked, not a regular, walking-around alive sort of turkey) and a picture of himself standing next to a wax James Dean in the same pose. So I don't know if these will counteract the Curse of the Bambinos or not. We'll have to see. Rating: 1.5 frogs

# 0808-02 from Atlanta, GA - way too clean-cut for me. Plus, he's younger - 35 years old. One of his photos is either an Olan Mills-type thing or a publicity sort of photo for his job. Didn't fill out what his last book was, either. He also left four other questions blank, including the "the most important thing XXX is looking for in a person is..." I mean, come up with something, people! Put some effort into this! Rating: 3 frogs

That's it for this update from the beach. I probably won't update again until I get back home.