Meeting People In Real Life VS. Online Dating

 
Love has gotten so weird now a days and it's just not possible for people to even identify whats the best way to meet someone. Between hanging out at bars, going to friends weddings, even walking down the street, one hopes to find "The One" at some random moment where you just make eye contact and BAM! Love was found. But of course we don't live on an LA set for a movie, so legit, love is a little bit more complicating than what we expected. So where do people go find love now a days? The Internet of course! I mean it makes sense to some extent. We use to to find what we need no matter how rare the item is, to find answers to questions that we cannot answer ourselves, and it is conveniently placed at the palm of our hands. All in all, the "easiest" way to find love. It's no Romeo and Juliet, it's no Cleopatra and Mark Antony, and it's definitely noooo Holly Golightly and Paul Varjak, but what we believed to be love has transformed into this little screen that we can either place it on a desk, lap, or palm. Now the question is...is it really L-O-V-E?

Online Dating:

Now you never know how this is going to go. It looks normal but when you translate it, this is normally  what it comes down to:

Sammi "Ready to find Love"

Age: 25

Location: San Diego, California

Ethnicity: Italian, German, and Polish

Sign: Capricorn

Religion: Catholic

Occupation: I work at a law office.

Interest: I love to read and rest at home. I occasionally go out with my girl friends, but I really am a home body. I like movies and long walks on the beach.

Looking For: Love! I have been single for a couple of weeks, and I am looking for a real connection. I want a man that I can snuggle with and enjoy a great afternoon, and maybe build a future together.

In Reality....

Samantha "I need someone to touch me!!! PLEASEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE"

Age: 30...ish

Location: Chula Vista, California (Kinda close to a major city....I guess)

Ethnicity: Who am I kidding..I was born in the US, those other ethnicity's were from far relatives.

Sign: Capricorn (Like as if this matters)

Religion: I haven't been to church since that little exorcism incident.

Occupation: I work in the mail room in my uncles law office because no one would hire me

Interest: I LOOOOVEEEEE to snuggle with my cats! I hang out with them 24/7. I have no friends...

Looking For: Someone to share my love of cats!

Hear me out..

I am not trying to say that everything online is fake, because I have heard a lot of sucess stories. But I think of online dating kinda like buying a car on Ebay.com. Seems awesome and so easy find, until you buy it, and then you get a BMFuckU rather than a BMW. I'm just saying...shit can get freaky.

        Meeting People Outside of the Web: AKA- A bar or whateverss:

       

Now this can be can great place to meet a person...if you wanna get LAID! lol no but for real though. It is natural to meet someone at a bar, but it is soooooo difficult to establish A.) If this person is cute because your totally WASTED. B.) If this person is a serial killer. or C.) Is this person really trying to get to know me, or trying to have sexy times?? 

It is so hard to see what it is that this person wants when they meet you because you are at a bar, and you can't ask questions like an online dater can. 

You can't ask:

"What are your life goals? Are you looking for a relationship? Are you looking to get serious?"

 But you can ask:

"So what do you wanna drink? Are you here with your friends tonight? (Or my personal fav) Do you like sausage with your eggs in the morning?"

It is all so confusing and can lead to mixed signals, while the online dater can easily pick who they want to talk to, and find out what they are looking for. So my question to the world is..Which one is best? I mean I know they both have a lot of pros and cons, but which one really benefits the heart? I am personally not trying to fall in love right now, but online dating is getting insane, and and I just wanna know...
What's all the fuss about finding love? And in the pursuit if it, why is it so difficult???

"Dr. T.J. Eckleburg's Eyes Are Always Watching Over the Valley of Reality"

     I decided I should get some reading into my life, since I don't want to talk like a complete idiot when it comes to conversations with people other than my friends. I also needed something to occupy my mind and keep me from worrying about my own troubles. So I picked up The Great Gatsby and got my reading on. Little did I know that this book would probably make me a tad bit more depressed than real life alone...fail. So what do I do, I watch the movie version... even bigger fail.

     For most of you that don't know, "The Great Gastby" is a very depressing story about a man (Gastby) who fell madly in love with the character Daisy. They were together for sometime, he went off to war, and Daisy was tired of waiting so she marries some rich dude. Gatsby comes back, she is gone, so in attempt to get her back, he spends 5 years doing some crooked work to make money fast, get a beautiful home, and move across a lake from her, to win her love of course. So he throws all of these crazy parties to see if one day she would appear. Epic failllllll!!! because Daisy never shows up. So the narrator of the story, Nick, is telling us all of this depressing shenanigans, and gets mixed up in Gastby's story because he is actually the bait to bring Daisy in, since he's known her for years. He brings them together, they have an affair, while all along Daisy's man had his little shiz on the side. But then one day everything goes wrong because Daisy's husband caught on, he kicks her out, Daisy is with Gatsby in his car driving and BAM! coincidentally runs over the woman who is having the affair with her husband and kills her! Eventually Daisy's husband tells his mistress's husband it was Gatsby rather that admitting it was his wife driving. Daisy and her man get back together, the mistress husband kills Gatsby and himself out of revenge and pity for himself, and no one goes to Gatsby's funeral. The irony is that Gatsby's house was always full of people with his parties, and yet no one was there to pay their respects, not even the selfish Daisy.

     So in conclusion, Gastby is dead, Daisy is back with her wealthy man, and apparently the narrator Nick was the only one that felt pity for the "head over heals in love" Gatsby.

     All in all, despite its depressing antics, the novel is loaded with magnificent symbolism that does make you have a depth on the realness of Gatsby's loneliness, Daisy's selfishness and wealthiness, and also helps you reflect back on your own life, while Dr. T.J. Eckleburg watches over you in the valley of the ashes where all dreams come to wake up and die. The book shows a great deal of realisim. That even with all of the decked out parties and wealth, you have nothing, because you use materials to fill in the spot for love, and when we find love, we freak the fuck out. Oh American Idealism!

                                                 

Thanks Mr. Fitzgerald!
So much for reading to make me feel better.... ughhhh FML

<3 My reader
:* Besos

Don't you just hate it when you get asked to pay for someones GED? Oh I am the only one....FAIL

 

     So I haven't written in a while, but I am back on track, and expect to read more about my silliness/bored at work scenarios. I have been getting my personal life together and trying to make awesome plans of life with my gay lovers of life Lisi and Amanda. It's all so hard, but I have managed to take the stuff that drives me crazy to think of some great concepts for a youtube channel. I am one of the funniest people I know... yes don't judge me I love myself...also I am probably the most cynical person around, in an awesome kinda way, because I can give to shits what the issue is about, trust and believe I will judge! I also feel like the funny things I go through just have to be documented as, "Don't you hate it when... (scenarios)" because seriously that's what my life is! No joke. So as my first "Don't you hate it when....(scenario)" will be my favorite pick from last week as I went shopping with my girl Lisi at Burlington Coat Factory for some shoes... Please enjoy :)

CAN I GET A G-E-D??

"Good Enough Diploma"-Chris Rock

So my friend and I went shopping to get some shoes for an awesome night of partying in the city @ Latin Quater. Now best believe, I knew that night would be epic, which it was, but nothing tripped me out like our shopping experience. It was a small millisecond of my life and and this would only happen to me because I swear I am on The Truman Show, but seriously producers, take it easy, its getting extreme and just a little to obvious! So we are looking at shoes, and my friend was trying on some cute pumps. We are conversating about life, and mind you I am leaning on the stands for the shoes, wearing a coat, holding both of our purses, and chillin like a villain. Some woman comes up to me and says hello in a very cheerful voice. I thought "That's odd, no one does that in America, RAPE! Stop it Perla she is just saying hi, just say hi back!" She then continues talking in a very low voice, and I look at her pretty confused. I then start thinking, "Does she think I work here? I don't even have a name tag. But I am chillen like a villain, wtf? I even have my coat on, wtf, I don't work here lady!". So I stop looking confused and ask her, "I am sorry, do you need something?" She repeats her sentence again, and this time it sounded like she asked where she can take the test for her G.E.D. I was like "WTF???". I told her I have no idea where she can take it, with a very odd look on my face. She then repeats herself and asks, "Can you pay for my G.E.D test."

Pause

WTF DO I LOOK LIKE SOME SUGA DADDY? STOP IT LADY!

     I just looked at her even more confused than before. Seriiioouuuusssssslllyyy lady??? Is this what my life has come down to? I can't! Anyways, I just told her, " Um, no." with this very confused look on my face. I mean I felt that was appropriate to say. I guess... So she walks away and my friend looks at me maaaaad confused. I give her this funny look I always do when some random shit happens to me, and ask her "Is she gone?" My friend says yes and I just blur out like I was holding my breath! I told her what happened and we really looked at each other like, "Where are the producers?" lol. I sometimes question Lisi if she is in on my "Truman Show" craziness. She denies it. I think she's the producer/creator/director/full blown out owner of my show. FAIL because I will be moving in with her soon. She will get awesome ratings now... and have some Bill Gates monayyyy!

But seriously, what posses a person want to come up to you, at Burlington Coat Factory, to ask you to pay for their test! Not even, "Hey, do you have any spare change, I am saving up for my G.E.D. and I desperately need help", no! Her asking me, "Can you pay for my G.E.D. test", translated into "Bitch pay ma shizzzzz." Sorry boo, I got bills to pay :p

Ok guys tune in next week I will have a silly video for you guys. Love you lots for reading, and by you I mean Lisi because you are my only reader...FAIL

                                                                    Besos :*