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  <title>Nicky's Journal</title>
  <subtitle>Come visit my bubble</subtitle>
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    <name>amazonv</name>
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  <updated>2013-09-09T00:00:56Z</updated>
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    <id>tag:dreamwidth.org,2011-12-05:1124044:26483</id>
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    <title>amazonv @ 2013-09-08T19:53:00</title>
    <published>2013-09-08T23:54:54Z</published>
    <updated>2013-09-09T00:00:56Z</updated>
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    <content type="html">Message on OKC&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;WTF&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So heres the deal I work In Blacksburg and on most days ride to work there with a friend they go into work at 2am i dont go in till 7am. Im looking for something or someone to do. I Stay Hard when i get off so please be ready for a long round of fun and i love to eat a hot well you know &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Message from papasmurf2006 &lt;a href="http://www.okcupid.com/profile/papasmurf2006?cf=recently_visited"&gt;http://www.okcupid.com/profile/papasmurf2006?cf=recently_visited&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i hate when they don't read my profile &lt;a href="http://www.okcupid.com/profile/amazonv"&gt;http://www.okcupid.com/profile/amazonv&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=amazonv&amp;ditemid=26483" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; comments</content>
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    <id>tag:dreamwidth.org,2011-12-05:1124044:24282</id>
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    <title>amazonv @ 2013-08-12T18:08:00</title>
    <published>2013-08-12T22:25:27Z</published>
    <updated>2013-08-12T22:38:15Z</updated>
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    <content type="html">Dating Adventure&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I decided I would try "its just lunch"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.itsjustlunch.com/"&gt;http://www.itsjustlunch.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;they call you to chat&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;150 markets, international&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;stress confidentiality&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;they find matches by reviewing their database, and going out and finding people&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;they interview based on perimeters, and you have a permanent team&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;two way matches only - both of you need to agree to the date&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;they require post date eval/feedback to refine your matches&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;membership req is minimum 1 year $2300&lt;br /&gt;6mo hold allowed&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;min 5-10 matches&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;suggested meetup.com since they have too few people to try and match me&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;very professional and helpful&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;OK so "it's just lunch" is an awesome company, they had no one local so suggested i didn't give them money but check back later&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;They also have a solid plan, and gave me dating tips even though I am not a client ("it's just lunch") if i ever move they will get a call&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=amazonv&amp;ditemid=24282" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; comments</content>
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    <id>tag:dreamwidth.org,2011-12-05:1124044:23991</id>
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    <title>amazonv @ 2013-08-11T20:23:00</title>
    <published>2013-08-12T00:25:52Z</published>
    <updated>2013-08-12T01:50:27Z</updated>
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    <content type="html">Dating update&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;trying&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.wednesdaynight.me/share"&gt;https://www.wednesdaynight.me/share&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Unsubscribed or stopped checking the others&lt;br /&gt;chemistry.com &lt;br /&gt;match.com&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://plentyoffish.com/"&gt;http://plentyoffish.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.okcupid.com/"&gt;http://www.okcupid.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://adultfriendfinder.com/"&gt;http://adultfriendfinder.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/r4r/"&gt;http://www.reddit.com/r/r4r/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.asexualitic.com/"&gt;http://www.asexualitic.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Twitter&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.zoosk.com/"&gt;https://www.zoosk.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.howaboutwe.com/"&gt;http://www.howaboutwe.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.itsjustlunch.com/"&gt;http://www.itsjustlunch.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;suggested to try:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.2date4love.com/"&gt;http://www.2date4love.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4chan (terrifying idea)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.aspieaffection.com/"&gt;http://www.aspieaffection.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.aspiedating.net/"&gt;http://www.aspiedating.net/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://dating.thechive.com/"&gt;http://dating.thechive.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.swinglifestyle.com/"&gt;http://www.swinglifestyle.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.swingersocial.com/"&gt;http://www.swingersocial.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.gk2gk.com/"&gt;http://www.gk2gk.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.soulgeek.com/"&gt;http://www.soulgeek.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sweetongeeks.com/node"&gt;http://www.sweetongeeks.com/node&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.geek2geekdating.com/"&gt;http://www.geek2geekdating.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=amazonv&amp;ditemid=23991" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; comments</content>
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    <id>tag:dreamwidth.org,2011-12-05:1124044:10476</id>
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    <title>amazonv @ 2013-01-29T18:03:00</title>
    <published>2013-01-29T23:07:54Z</published>
    <updated>2013-02-01T00:36:40Z</updated>
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    <content type="html">Update on dating sites&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;chemistry.com - I paid, made 1 email friend, left site early as it was dumping incomparable people on me en mass&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;match.com - I paid, too busy of an interface, a few winks and other things, some messages, none i've really wanted to chat with, also offering me wildly inappropriate matches&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Plenty of fish POF - so many messages I can't keep up, large amount of crap, large amount that can't be ruled out right away so i have to spend time reading profiles. removing profile reduced messages to trickle, not bad just way too many people who belong on AFF&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;OK Cupid - a good amount of messages, normal mix of crap and actual conversations, OK but again people belong on AFF for just hookups&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Reddit, A++++ multiple dates lined up, good conversations going!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Adult friend finder AFF, not trying there, no pic so only a few winks, a few notes back and forth&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.asexualitic.com/"&gt;http://www.asexualitic.com/&lt;/a&gt; no locals found, not great interface&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Twitter - 1 found, not bad&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Zoosk - dropped quickly, too busy, too many crap messages&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;suggested to try:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.2date4love.com/"&gt;http://www.2date4love.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4chan (terrifying idea)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.aspieaffection.com/"&gt;http://www.aspieaffection.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.aspiedating.net/"&gt;http://www.aspiedating.net/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://dating.thechive.com/"&gt;http://dating.thechive.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.swinglifestyle.com/"&gt;http://www.swinglifestyle.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.swingersocial.com/"&gt;http://www.swingersocial.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.gk2gk.com/"&gt;http://www.gk2gk.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.soulgeek.com/"&gt;http://www.soulgeek.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sweetongeeks.com/node"&gt;http://www.sweetongeeks.com/node&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.geek2geekdating.com/"&gt;http://www.geek2geekdating.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I guess i am a bit blunt?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=amazonv&amp;ditemid=10476" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; comments</content>
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    <id>tag:dreamwidth.org,2011-12-05:1124044:9475</id>
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    <title>amazonv @ 2013-01-04T12:25:00</title>
    <published>2013-01-04T17:31:46Z</published>
    <updated>2013-01-06T23:47:11Z</updated>
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    <content type="html">Update on dating sites&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;chemistry - crappy interface, offers me X matches per day (i paid), no messaging so far with people&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;match.com - too busy of an interface, a few winks and other things, some messages, none i've really wanted to chat with&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Plenty of fish - so many messages I can't keep up, large amount of crap, large amount that can't be ruled out right away so i have to spend time reading profiles. May end up having to dump the site due to overload&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;OK Cupid - a good amount of messages, normal mix of crap and actual conversations, OK but more people than POF looking for just hookups&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Reddit, A++++ multiple dates lined up, good conversations going!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Adult friend finder, not trying there, no pic so only a few winks&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;suggested to try:&lt;br /&gt;4chan (terrifying idea)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.aspieaffection.com/"&gt;http://www.aspieaffection.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.aspiedating.net/"&gt;http://www.aspiedating.net/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.asexualitic.com/"&gt;http://www.asexualitic.com/&lt;/a&gt; &amp;lt;&amp;lt; plan to try&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://dating.thechive.com/"&gt;http://dating.thechive.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.swinglifestyle.com/"&gt;http://www.swinglifestyle.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I guess i am a bit blunt?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=amazonv&amp;ditemid=9475" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; comments</content>
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    <id>tag:dreamwidth.org,2011-12-05:1124044:9362</id>
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    <title>amazonv @ 2013-01-02T09:43:00</title>
    <published>2013-01-02T14:47:52Z</published>
    <updated>2013-01-02T14:47:52Z</updated>
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    <content type="html">Tips for single straight men on dating sites&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Read her profile, introduce yourself with a quick question about something in her profile or at least a comment about it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Simply saying hi, wanna talk, your cute, etc. will get you ignored&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Don't proposition for sex, want sex? try adult friend finder or similar sites (there are many) that will be targeting only women who want sex, you'll have better luck&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Try to use full works and not text massage speak, at least in your first few messages&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Have at least one picture, try and have it of your whole face, forehead only is weird.  A whole body shot (with clothes!) is also helpful. yes it is shallow but most people won't date someone they aren't physically attracted to. Admit it you do the same.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=amazonv&amp;ditemid=9362" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; comments</content>
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    <id>tag:dreamwidth.org,2011-12-05:1124044:8976</id>
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    <title>Dating Sites</title>
    <published>2013-01-02T14:43:18Z</published>
    <updated>2013-01-02T14:43:35Z</updated>
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    <content type="html">So I joined&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Zoosk.com - already un-joined as it was low quality noise and hard to use without paying&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Chemistry.com - easy to use, a few maybes, not overwhelming, very little nonsense so far&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Match.com&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Adult Friend Finder - joined to have a profile there not really using it as I don't want a hookup&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Plenty Of Fish - NOISE so much! I can't keep up 25% "hi" or other ignorable intro (pro tip, ask a question, or comment on something you read in my profile!) that i don't respond to. 50% "sexy/want to cam" and other propositions I ignore, 25% legit conversation, a few good hits so far&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;OK Cupid - noisy, a few propositions, a few "hi" and a few new friends on fetlife no good hits&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Reddit R4R - one proposition the rest really great conversations! 1 date scheduled&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I probably should clean up my profile a little better but this dating thing is too much work *sigh*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=amazonv&amp;ditemid=8976" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; comments</content>
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    <id>tag:dreamwidth.org,2011-12-05:1124044:8744</id>
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    <title>amazonv @ 2012-12-16T22:30:00</title>
    <published>2012-12-17T03:33:00Z</published>
    <updated>2013-01-06T23:56:16Z</updated>
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    <content type="html">Geek / Nerd seeking a partner to enjoy things with.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am looking for someone who is skilled where I am not, a partner to take on life with.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I grew up Jewish / Roman Catholic but am not religious. I would prefer a partner be non-religious, or at least willing to participate in their spirituality alone and leave me out of it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I do not want children.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I do not smoke, and don't want to date anyone that smokes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am:&lt;br /&gt;A gun owner and pro second amendment.&lt;br /&gt;A Sexual (don't like sex)&lt;br /&gt;Kinky (BDSM - masochist not submissive or top, and i don't mix sex into my kink)&lt;br /&gt;Polyamorous / Open relationships (FYI it's hard to get security clearance with the US Government if involved with poly)&lt;br /&gt;Heteroflexible (prefer men)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hobbies:&lt;br /&gt;Tea - I own a tea company and love trying new teas&lt;br /&gt;geek/nerd TV / movies (Dr Who, Star Trek, Star Wars, Xena, Battlestar Galactica, other Sci Fi)&lt;br /&gt;gamer (pc, console, board, card, dice, RPG, LARP)&lt;br /&gt;hacker/infosec (DEFCON, shmoocon, HOPE, BSides)&lt;br /&gt;Reading (fiction, non fiction, all the books!)&lt;br /&gt;Shooting (Range with paper targets, never tried trap/skeet)&lt;br /&gt;love to travel - well being somewhere not getting there&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pets:&lt;br /&gt;Rabbit&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bad with:&lt;br /&gt;saving / money management&lt;br /&gt;cooking&lt;br /&gt;directions&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I dislike driving and can't wait until we can all just appear somewhere!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am type A and like making lists (you couldn't guess from the crazy lists of things above?)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Random information, I only have one eye, the other is lazy and blind meaning I have no 3D / depth perception.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;prior rants:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://amazonv.livejournal.com/tag/dating"&gt;http://amazonv.livejournal.com/tag/dating&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=amazonv&amp;ditemid=8744" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; comments</content>
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