From: anonymus+3069@godiva.nectar.cs.cmu.edu
Subject: SWM (32) ISO S*F (Southern California)
Organization: Anonymous contact service
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1992 03:39:39 GMT

I know that as hard as it is to create one of these ads, it's even harder to 
respond to one.  Too many original postings seem to contain only a small amount
of general information, leaving it up to the respondent to do all the work to
appear interesting.  So, my posting mostly consists of paragraphs about me and 
the things I enjoy that I felt would best help you decide whether I'm someone
you'd find interesting, and would provide some topics about which you could 
write if you did.  (The "heavy" subjects like values and politics can wait til
later.)  If you find my ad boring or dull, that's fine -- I'm probably just not 
the type of person who would interest you.  If you do find something of 
interest to you here, I sincerely hope you'll write back.  

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Curriculum vitae:

  I'm 32 years old, about 5'7", brown hair, brown eyes.  (If you really care
  about physical attributes, I have a photo of myself that I can mail to you as
  a GIF file.)  I live in the San Fernando Valley and work for a very large 
  (and rapidly shrinking) computer company as a software consultant.  I can't 
  say I'm always thrilled about the type of work I do, but it's sometimes 
  interesting and it pays fairly well.  What I'm looking for is a woman with 
  whom I can spend the rest of my life.  That may sound a bit presumptuous, but 
  it's essentially the truth.  I'm not a non-commital kind of person, and I 
  would like very much to be married if I could meet the right woman.  
  Unfortunately, my work relegates me to mostly government and aerospace sites,
  where there are precious few eligible, interesting women to be found.  
  (Frankly, I don't find many interesting people of either gender at most of 
  the places I work.  Even if I did, I get moved around from site to site so 
  often that I don't really have time to get to know anybody.)  Since I don't 
  seem to meet many women in the daily course of my life, I'm trying 
  alternative channels such as this one.  I have no "shopping list" to define
  the type of woman I'm searching for -- I'm not concerned with your age or
  physical attributes or income or line of work or level of education or 
  anything else.  If you feel like you'd like to respond to this ad, that's
  all the "qualifications" I'm looking for.  I'm basically a very private,
  quiet person who enjoys simple things and doesn't like crowds and noise.
  The rest of this ad consists of some things about myself I've jotted down to 
  give you a better idea of who I am:

   o  I have a B.S. in Computer Science from the University of Texas, even  
      though I'm a life-long Californian.  Ever since I graduated and came 
      back to California, I've been taking night classes at the local
      university.  I have no particular aim or degree in mind -- I just sign up
      for courses that interest me because I truly enjoy learning.  Usually I 
      take English classes, with a science course or two thrown in here and
      there.  (I was heartbroken to find out that my very favorite English
      professor accepted a retirement offer over the summer in order to make
      room for some of the younger teachers who had been laid off due to
      California's budget crisis.  If this keeps up, there may not be any more
      classes for me to take in the future.)
      
   o  I have a large collection of stuffed bears that continually threatens to 
      overrun my apartment.  The main portion of my collection is a complete
      set of the North American Bear Company's VIBs (Very Important Bears) that
      I've painstakingly collected over the past ten years or so.  (You've
      probably seen these bears around in stores: they're about 20" tall, come
      in various colors, and they're always dressed to resemble famous real and
      fictional characters, such as Albeart Einstein and Beary Poppins and
      Abearham Lincoln, to name a few.)  I also have a burgeoning Lego exhibit
      (mostly castles and pirates) taking up more of my ever-decreasing living
      space).

   o  I'm very much a fan of anything Disneyana-related.  I get out to 
      Disneyland as often as I can (and other amusement parks as well, but not
      nearly as often), and I even know someone who graciously allows me to use
      his membership to bring guests to dine at the secretive Club 33 (which 
      carries the added bonus of free admission).  I usually go to a few
      Disneyana sales each year, although I don't have nearly enough money to
      buy everything I'd like to collect, so I have to content myself with
      smaller items such as posters and pins and books and such.  Each year
      the annual Teddy Bear & Doll Convention is held at Disney World in
      December, and I'm looking forward to going this year (preferably not 
      solo again, though).  Frankly, I don't really care about hobnobbing with
      other bear makers and collectors, but many companies make special bears
      sold only at this convention, and they become sufficiently valuable to
      make the trip worthwhile.  Besides, it's a good excuse for going to
      Disney World, and at a pretty good price to boot.

   o  I read as much as I can, but not nearly as much as I'd like (outside
      activites like working and commuting really cut into my reading time).
      Since I mostly read in fits and spurts, most of what I read is magazines.
      I subscribe to just about every major magazine there is, but I don't
      usually have time to do more than skim through them, picking out the
      articles I find most interesting.  I read every issue of _The New Yorker_
      no matter what, though (and _The New Republic_ as well, because it's thin
      and has fairly short articles).  When I read books I generally prefer
      non-fiction, but I read anything that interests me.  I managed to plow
      through Melville's first three books as a way of killing time in hotels 
      and airports during business trips this summer.  (I'm trying to read my
      way through The Library of America, and the first volume happened to be
      Melville's first three novels.  I have some sort of compulsion about
      reading things in chronological order.)

   o  I enjoy going to the movies as often as time permits.  I don't mind if I
      have to skip seeing a "light" movie until it comes out on video or
      laserdisc, but prefer to experience more "serious" films on the big
      screen whenever possible.  I frequent the Laemmle Theatre in Encino in
      order to watch foreign and off-beat films that don't seem to be shown
      anywhere else around here, and sometimes I go out to the Beverly Center 
      or the Westside Pavilion to see movies that don't make it out here at 
      all.  I don't watch television all that much: I have a few shows that I 
      like to watch here and there, but ever since the demise of "St. 
      Elsewhere" there isn't really anything that it upsets me to miss (with 
      the possible exception of "Mystery Science Theater 3000" ).  I do listen 
      to the radio quite a bit, but usually talk radio or NPR rather than 
      music stations.

   o  I'm not really much of a sports nut, with the exception of baseball.
      I've been a Dodgers fan since I was nine years old, and I follow them
      closely and attend about or dozen or so games a year.  Even *my* interest
      is somewhat slackened in a season like the one they're having this year,
      though.  I usually go to a few USC or UCLA basketball or football games
      each year as well (preferably when they're playing each other, since I 
      grew up as a USC fan).  Generally, though, I don't watch sports on 
      television unless it involves one of the local teams, and even then only 
      if they're having a good year.  Sports is something I can take or leave: 
      it's okay in limited quantities.  


  I hope you found something of interest in this random noodling of mine.  If
  so, please drop me a line; if not, thanks for at least reading this far, and 
  I wish you well.     

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