From: anonymus+1410@godiva.nectar.cs.cmu.edu
Subject: --none given--
Organization: Anonymous contact service
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 06:52:20 GMT



Howdy there--

  I've been thinking about writing a personal ad for quite some time now,
but more importantly, I've been thinking about *how* to write that ad.
I think that writing an ad which asks for a specific body-type and mind-
set really wouldn't work for me, as I'm a fairly open person, easy to
adapt to new situations.  I've finally figured that I'd tell you a bit 
about me, and what I like to do, and let you decide if you like what you
see.

  I'm 27 years old, going on 16.  I'm endlessly fascinated by gadgets and
buttons and things that go "whir".  I used to take things (of my dad's)
apart, and put 'em back together, just to see if I could.  Sometimes it
worked... I'm presently enrolled at Eastern Michigan University in their
graduate program in Historic Preservation.  Rather than concentrate on
old buildings and their history, I'd really like to get into the monuments
and markers end of it.  Essentially, I'd love to save old graveyards.  I've
always enjoyed walking through them, and want others to have the same op-
portunity for a time to come.  My standard mode of dress is flannel and
blue jeans, and of course the ever-present baseball cap.  I really enjoy
country music; Randy Travis being one of my favorite aritsts.  In case you
happen to be thinking that I sound like I'm a country boy, you just happen
to be right.  I'm much more at home in open fields and woods than I am in any 
sort of a city setting.  Some of my best times have been spent in upper Mich-
igan with my camera (photography is another hobby), just wandering through 
the woods, taking pictures when the mood strikes me.  My sense of humor is,
well, dry.  Its not so dry that everything I say goes right by folks, but
a lot of it IS lost to the ages.  The bar is an occasional hangout, but I 
don't belive that you need to get drunk to have a good time.  I usually DO
happen to have a good time when I'm tipsy, but that's a whole 'nother matter.
I love cartoons, Monty Python, Bill Murray, Paula Poundstone, Steven Wright, 
and just about anyone else who makes me laugh.  I'm a voracious reader, 
taking in everything I can get my hands on, from science fiction (Star Trek, 
some Piers Anthony, Robert Lynn Aspirin) to history (technological history, 
World War II, alternate history) to whatever.  Doesn't matter, as long as I 
learn from it.  At present, I'm trying to complete my collection of the 
Univeristy of Michigan's History of the Modern World.  Of the 17 volumes, 
I've got 14, and its only taken me 3 years... I only look for them at used 
book stores, and sales, which happens to be another thing I do a lot; go to 
used book stores and sales.  I tend to lean to the right politically, but I'm 
no radical about it.  I basically support the best candidate for the job.  
But what I think best sums it up is the car I drive:  a 1976 Ford LTD which 
just turned over to 278,000 miles yesterday.  The body's rough, but it gets 
me where I wanna go in relative comfort. 

  I won't try to fool anyone, and blow sunshine up your kazoo-- I am pain-
fully truthful, and won't hide my feelings if asked about them.  I tend to 
be a nice guy (oooh, I'm beginning to HATE that term), but I do make my own
good share of mistakes.  All I ask is a degree of tolerance and understanding.

  Oh yeah, almost forgot...them vital statistics:  I'm 27, like I said, 
6 feet even and 230 pounds; a mixture of muscle and what I euphamistically
like to call "non-muscle".  I'm working out after a time off, and trying to
get the muscle/non-muscle ratio on a bit better footing.  I really like to
lift weight, and play racquetball, but I'm not a nut about it, either.  A
good steak dinner can push working out aside every time... I've got dark 
brown hair, and green/hazel eyes and a moustache, which I call "my person-
ality".

  Well ladies, that's me in a nutshell...heavy on the nut.  If you've enjoyed 
what you've read, the movie will be out next year... We're still in contractual
negotiations with several persons; Harrison Ford, Bill Murray, Woody Allen, 
and Ralph the Wonder Llama, to see who will work for union scale.  Or, you 
can just write back to me, ESPECIALLY if you're in my area (SE Michigan)... 
I HATE cafes, but maybe we might meet at a local McDonald's.  They can be a 
pretty romantic place under the right settings...

  Talk to you soon.

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