Confession: a few months ago I joined
OkCupid, the free online dating site of broke desperate singles nationwide. I originally signed up as a challenge as part of my Storytelling class at
UCB; we were all assigned to do something "out of character" - our true character as a person, not a fake character - but the catch was that the rest of the class picked it for you. Clearly, part of my "character" is my inability to pick up dudes... I guess it's more obvious than I thought. ANYWAY.
I brushed it off at first as an embarrassing, horrifying task, but soon I actually got kind of obsessed with it. There's something very gratifying about being able to brush off or hit on guys without it being in person and having to care about their reaction. It helped that I realized many of my friends use or have used OkCupid or other dating sites and it's really nothing to be all secretive and embarrassed about - in fact, it's often hilarious and makes for more great stories. Thanks, Storytelling 201!
As I seem to have regained confidence in picking up men on my own (thankyouverymuch), I'm kind of neutral about it now. I still check it out when I get emails about matches because I'm curious what other nerds live in my area ("We found a match for you! He likes 'Martin Scorcese'" - puh-lease internet robots, who doesn't??), but mostly, it's all about the hilarious messages. I get a few creepy or odd messages from guys every now and then and I like to have a good laugh before I delete them. Then I got two that put all the rest to shame. Naturally, I immediately consulted Andrea. Please enjoy:
me: ho
ly
shit
andrea: what?
me: this is the best ok cupid message i've gotten of all time
(long, but worth it)
Dear Molly :
Now I am manager of software department in a corporation in Beijing.
I am senior software analyst.
My hometown is Qingdao. It is a big city & seaport at east coast of China.
All my relatives are in Qingdao.
I am lonely in Beijing. So I need a girlfriend very much.
But fortunately, Beijing University gives me great happiness.
Besides my career, my best interest is study in Beijing University.
Beijing University is the best university in China.
She has an honourable fame in whole China.
Because Beijing University is in capital, & near central government,
so its information is more strong.
I am in a good environment of culture & information.
Every month, there are many aristocracies of intellect around me.
Every month, there are many conferences or forums in campus of Beijing University & Tsinghua University.
Many government officials, scholars, enterprisers, businessmen came from all over the world, take part in those meetings.
So I have many chance to meet those aristocracies in many fields.
I feel happy to meet them, because those meeting give me much light of wisdom. They open my mind & eyes.
My interest is wide. I attend many classes in several aspect: literature, history, philosophy, law, business, management, etc.
I love Beijing University very much.
I wish, in the future, I can invite you to visit Beijing University, & take some pictures in its campus.
Hongwu in Beijing
andrea: um...does he WORK for beijing university?
me: oh my gosh, he sent me an earlier one too!
andrea: does he want you to come to china and make out with beijing university while he watches?
me: i guess so???
i think he's a student
holy shit, he's looking for an american wife and i fall in the desired height range
Dear MollyCam , you are so lovely on picture.
Nice to meet you. How do you do ?
I am HongWu Xu in Beijing, China.
I am software engineer.
I study in Beijing University in spare time.
In Beijing University, there are some foreign students & scholars came from America and Europe.
Do you know something about China ?
If you are interested, I will send you some pictures about China & myself at once.
So you can understand something about China at first.
Please give me your email address.
My email address
xuhongwulove@gmail.com
xuhongwulove2@live.cn
On hotmail.com, I have instant messenger.
It's also called MSN. MSN is my basic instant messenger.
On MSN, my user name is
xuhongwulove2@live.cn
On Yahoo Messenger, my user name is
xuhowu@yahoo.com.cn
Are you interested to keep contact with me, and see what will happen
I am sincere and worthy gentleman, with a kind and tender heart.
I seek a wife whose height is between 5'4--5'8 (164cm -- 172cm)
I like to live with you in your side.
Hope to hear from you.
Hongwu in Beijing University, China
"i like to live with you IN YOUR SIDE"
andrea: he is a sincere and worthy gentleman
me: he wants to burrow into me like an alien!!
andrea: you should probs call him
me: oh, for sure
chinese sugar daddy
You guys: if any of you email him pretending to be me and get a response I will buy you a drink and then we can scheme on how to get him to wire us money. Deal? And yes, that photo is really him... HOTT.