From: ap.4417@cupid.sai.com
Subject: SWM ISO SF (business as usual)
Followup-To: alt.personals
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Date: Sun, 30 Aug 92 12:15:58 GMT
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   I am a single white male in search of a single female (quite the norm
for this newsgroup).  I figure that given the male/female ratio posting
to this group, I had better state my case in detail if I expect to stand
out in any way from the general mass of desperate men.  If you don't want
to bother with lengthy letters, you've been warned to stop now.

   For starters, I am 24 years old, and recently finished a Master's degree
in Electrical Engineering.  Currently, I am avoiding "real" work and 
instead working on several projects, consulting, and thinking about a Ph.D.
"Project-oriented" is probably a good way to describe me.

   I work in a male-dominated environment.  I am deeply bothered by the 
small female-to-male ratio in the hard sciences in general, and
engineering in particular.  This department is steeped in cutthroat 
competition and as a result, there is no noticeable social group among
the engineers here.  I spend most of my time in the laboratory (female-to-
male ratio: 0 to 5) at the computer and can go several days at a stretch
without talking to a female.  I feel like I'm missing one half of the 
world's perspective.  Equality hasn't come as far as it should and in 
some sense I'm one of the victims. . .

   To get back to the subject,  I'm looking for one of the rare women
of the math/CS/EE sort, in any area of the country or world, for 
communication and friendship, with no expectation per se of anything
more intense than a friendship, as such things happen as they will and
cannot be put on order.  I have no Absolutes about what characteristics
I prefer in a friend, and though I could make a lengthy list of preferences,
such preferences would be meaningless applied to an e-mail relationship
(i.e., write now;  I'll grill you for details later).

   I still should say something about myself which differentiates me from
everyone else, so here's a more esoteric description:
   I divide my activities up into three major areas, of about equal weight.
One area is art:  I like to draw, paint, and visit art museums.  I prefer
realist and photo-realist work, a preference which is reflected in my own
work.  Another area is music:  I like to play synthesizer and piano (albeit
badly), compose occasionally, and sing in a choir every Sunday.  I like to
listen to works by Russian composers played very loudly.  The last area is
engineering:  I surround myself with a high-tech atmosphere, with my 
workstation and my synthesizer and tons of cables in my room.  I like to
build things.
   Apart from the above, I like to travel (anywhere), I like to cook, and to
read (mostly classics these days;  I used to be heavily into Science 
Fiction).  For those who take stock in appearances, I am 6'1", 150lbs,
dark hair, glasses, left-handed, and tend to dress conservatively.  I
prefer warm climates, usually like to avoid large crowds of people, and
can be Very stubborn.  I was born and raised in southern Virginia, not
too far from the ocean, and consequently have what I consider to be an 
"East Coast" outlook on life, however you want to interpret that.  I don't
have a southern accent.

   So if you're out there with probability greater than zero, feel free
to drop me a line, and be sure to include a lot of details about yourself.

						--Tim

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