Anyone want an email pen-pal?

[Note: I’ve already cleared this with one of the esteemed moderators of this forum. Cajun Man was so good to respond to my enquiry very promptly and apparently, all is copacetic. I just wanted to make sure that I wasn’t doing anything harmful to the environment or causing a bad vibe static to be meted out against the dwellers of this fora. And I tried the equally honorable coldfire, but apparently that silly thing called a ‘life’ or something must of gotten in the way. Where do you get one of those anyway? Ok, back to my plan for world domination, starting with this little corner and those I wish to mind control. I mean, lets go back to that purportedly altruistic gesture I had going there. No, I haven’t been drinking either. Yet.]

So, here’s my hare brained idea…

[ol]
[li]Dopers arrive here expressing their desire to participate to whatever degree. Levels of enthusiasm will vary. Void where offer prohibited.[/li][li]These self-same people will then detail some basic information about themselves. In this summary, you can include what you do and don’t covet, ultra secret hobbies, belt size or favorite brand of nail polish remover. Like that. In other words, go hog wild.[/li][li]Next, other Dopers (well, at least I hope so – unless you want to email yourself) come in and pair/quadruple/bazillion up with those they found interesting. Or depraved. Whatever. Then they can compare notes on fun topics like which shade of chartreuse is best (muted, of course), John Tesh’s hair and stick shifts. It’ll all be good.[/li][/ol]

Now, if you’re gonna play, you gotta make sure that you a) list your electronic address or b) send me the information that you’ll want kept private (I understand all about those witness protection programs. Really I do. If I’m going to be the next AC, I can’t really be me now, can I?) and I’ll comb the thread to see who was wantin’ to get jiggy with you and then hook you up. Of course, if you don’t even won’t me to have it (and I’m certainly not promising that I’m completely trustworthy – sometimes that gay baby whale porn spam is quite tempting to not pass along to those that are extra worthy), I suppose then it’ll be up to you to put out a smoke signal, message in a bottle or ESP to get their (whoever’s) attention. Or, of course, you could just look to see if theirs is listed or request it.

Simple, no?

Also, if I’ve left any intregal parts out, keep it to yourself. Ah, I guess not. Add 'em here and we’ll incorporate them in a seemless manner that I can take all the credit for. :stuck_out_tongue:

Anyhow, I’ma going to wait to see what kind of turn out I have for this before I go and get all, ::: choke ::: vulnerable and weepy ::: sob :::, then if we have enough to play Red Rover, I’ll venture back in, test the waters and then (as usual), let everyone know enough about my inner workings to make you all gloss over into catatonia and miss the Monday blues.

I swear.

:smiley:

Have at it you guys and make me proud! Take one for the team! Or is that “win one for the Gipper”? Go save the world, .37 at a time (if we just forward them – to sick children who collect pull tabs and petition to have “It’s A Miracle” taken off the air) and rejoice. For this is a new year!!

::: cue sappy inspirational music by the Chuckwagon Gang :::

[And once again thanks sir Cajun Man, from the bottom of my shriveled little heart! You so rocketh. :)]

BOMBS AWAY!!!

How funny - I was thinking of a similar idea just a few nights ago. In spite of the fact that I feel like I’ve been hanging around here forfreekinever, I don’t really “know” anyone on a person-to-person basis. I even went to a Dopefest and had a lovely time, but didn’t really connect with anyone because like here, there were just so many people! So I’m totally up for this.

A little about me: I’m female, married, have a teenage daughter, three cats and a dog. I’m a polymer clay crafter and a writer (both semi-professionally) and “work” at home on both (I don’t get out much.) As is probably evident from my participation in recent threads here, I’m interested in gender/sexuality issues on a purely academic basis, I have ADD, I am not religious or into religion. I like to cook, hate to clean. I am a smart person, but not very highbrow about it. I adore Eddie Izzard, Renaissance faires and loads of music (except for hip-hop/rap/top40 stuff.)

So…who wants me?

OK, I’ll bite.

I’m female, married (11 years come March), have 2 cats, no kids, and I’m a writer and computer programmer. I play computer games of all kinds, some XBox games, and D&D. I also like select TV shows on DVD (Buffy, Angel, CSI, Simpsons, Futurama) and movies. I write fiction, some articles for magazines and websites, and computer game reviews.

Oh, and today’s my 31st birthday. Yay me!

S’alright. So far that’s two. Plus me. But I’m just chopped liver, ya see. :wink:

And I suppose this is the time for me to tiptoe back in and pretend oh-so-non-chalantly that I can’t take or leave it.

Here’s my short (?!) biography:

Female, 36, hopefully soon to be divorced, agoraphobic, favorite color is green, band is Aerosmith and fictional character is Pippi Longstocking. Peeve is people that drive slow in the fast lane and won’t get over. Dyed short red hair. A dog, Sagan, and two cats, Toto and Indigo. Fish. Love independent films, used to play co-ed softball 24/7/365 and collect clowns (do NOT poke fun!) and have no children or blood siblings. Texas, unfortunately, is my home, born and bread. I’d give anything to be a junior high English teacher someday and to travel the world over. Mitch Hedburg rules. And I abuse smilies, punctuation of all sorts and write too friggin’ much. I’m also a little quirky, in case ya didn’t notice. :smiley:

Oh, and if you missed my recent pit thread, I’ve been branded as demon possessed by my psychotic (etc., etc., etc.) mother. Yes, my pursuit of Anti-Christdom is next on the agenda.

What else is there? :stuck_out_tongue: Amount of freckles? Stance on evolution versus creationism? Dr Pepper or Coke?

Therefore, the tally thus far is…

LifeOnWry
DeadlyAccurate

and um, me (yeah, that a short list, but I just had to do it – paying homage to Ms. Ujest)

Come on now. Don’t be shy. Time’s a wasting and all the very best Dopers might be gone while you’re still undecided. Don’t wait and do your last minute ‘email pen-pal’ shopping. Avoid the rush. Besides, there are deep discounts and Archway Holiday cookies!!

Whoops! Meant to add that I’m very grateful to the two who was so incredibly brave and took the initiative to be the first on board. You know your stocks will soaring!

And, LifeOnWry, great minds and all that. :cool: Plus, I saw your “appreciation for this place” (paraphrasing, of course) thread and it was a wonderful sentiment to express and you did so beautifully. I feel the same way too, if I might say so myself. Thank you though, for saying it better than I ever could dream of doing.

To DeadlyAccurate… HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! May it be filled with lots of scrumptious goodies to eat, plenty of much-wanted presents and tons upon tons of love from those you hold dear. Enjoy and don’t forget to blow out all the candles. You never know when you might need to take a raincheck out on that wish.

Now, where are some guys to contribute to this?? Get your hairy behinds in here and sign up. We need the testosterone. (Well, really we don’t, but a different bits variety would be nice.)

Please.

Hey! I would love to participate.

I’m a seventeen (18 in February!) year old female, and will graduate high school in June. I plan to major in international affairs/international relations. I also have a small white fluffball of a dog. Somehow, I ended up with a collection of little white dog stuffed animals- my mother found a couple, thought they looked like the dog, and the collection just continued from there.

Interests include horseback riding, theatre, history, politics, international stuff, Spanish, Spain, writing, and about a gazillion other things I can’t think of at the moment.

My favorite color is blue and I love animals.
Oh, and Coke over Pepsi (most of the time- 'cept when my taste buds are being weird.)

My email address should be in my profile. Also, if anyone wants to do this the old fashioned way so that we have the excitement of opening real, tangible, paper mail, I’d be more than happy to do that to. Either email or mail, doesn’t really matter to me.

So, who wants me? Somebody please want me!

Hey! I would love to participate.

I’m a seventeen (18 in February!) year old female, and will graduate high school in June. I plan to major in international affairs/international relations. I also have a small white fluffball of a dog. Somehow, I ended up with a collection of little white dog stuffed animals- my mother found a couple, thought they looked like the dog, and the collection just continued from there.

Interests include horseback riding, theatre, history, politics, international stuff, Spanish, Spain, writing, and about a gazillion other things I can’t think of at the moment.

My favorite color is blue and I love animals.
Oh, and Coke over Pepsi (most of the time- 'cept when my taste buds are being weird.)

My email address should be in my profile. Also, if anyone wants to do this the old fashioned way so that we have the excitement of opening real, tangible, paper mail, I’d be more than happy to do that to. Either email or mail, doesn’t really matter to me.

So, who wants me? Somebody please want me!

Grrrr- I could have sworn I only hit that submit button once!

Yet another female. College student. I live in the Chicago suburbs when I’m not at school. I love going into the city. I’ve spent my entire life in the midwest (go you mighty Boilermakers!). I don’t watch TV very often at all. I’m majoring in French (I think). My favorite non-major subject in school is Cinema Studies. I like pretending that I know how to analyze films. I spend all my money on DVDs. I play the violin, and I used to play softball, run cross country, and take tap and Irish dance lessons. I listen to Ben Folds and Radiohead and a whole bunch of other bands that I thought were kind of obscure but like everyone in my friggen dorm knows about. When I’m not at school, I’m a counselor at a day camp run by a living history museum. My job is stressful and rewarding.

On preview: like monica, I wouldn’t mind doing a paper-and-pencil letter exchange.

Someone ask for testosterone? But next time leave the hairiness of my ass out of this.

Happy Birthday DeadlyAccurate! Today is my B-Day too!

Anyhoo, I’m a 27 yr old male; married for 6 (almost 7!) years with two daughters (5 & 3). I have no hair (semi on purpose) blue eyes and a goatee. I enjoy all kinds of music from Aerosmith to Zappa, and I even used to read a lot. A die-hard Washington Redskins fan, and a fan of American football in general, but I keep up on most of the major sports. I enjoy computers & video games, and RPG’s (although not in about 6 years). I’m a pretty good cook, and like to work on cars. Huntin’, Fishin’ & Shootin’ are all good fun even though I’m a democrat. (Shh, don’t tell!) That can’t be it, but I’ll be damned if I can think of any more right now.

Sure, why the heck not? Never hurts to get to know someone a little better.

I’m a 20-year-old male, soon to be 21. I’m a part-time Comp Sci/Psych student who I currently waits tables, though I may soon be joining the Air Force’s Linguistics program. My main interests are philosophy, weirdy introspective psychology, writing (mainly editorial essay-type stuff, though I dabble in science fiction), and all manner of computer and mathematical geekery. I’m also a (very) amateur movie geek…when it comes to film, I like 'em weird and/or poignant, and I have a very low tolerance for doopy comedies. I also have certain other cultural tastes that a select few among you may be aware of. :smiley:

A note of warning: if you don’t fancy receiving 5-plus-page collections of semicogent philosophical/ideological/psychoanalytical ranting, complete with self-referential in-jokes, you probably don’t want me as your e-pal. Regardless of my intentions, the only emails I send that don’t turn into that are my Ebay communiqués. A quick look at my posting history will probably give you some idea of what I mean. But don’t despair; some people actually find my writings quite interesting! At least, that’s what they tell me… :wink:

I’m in.

Another female, married, two kids, two cats, one dog, one house perpetually covered in animal hair. I teach preschool part-time, love to read, watch too much TV, favorite color is blue, love winter, hate summer, scared of clowns, listen to country music (no poking fun!), but I also like Lilith Fair-type singers and classical.
Pet peeves are people who drive too slow in the fast lane and people who don’t use their turn signals.
On the subject of soda, I don’t care - I don’t drink it at all.
My favorite beer is Corona with a chunk of lime.
I’m a Ravens and Orioles fan, but not a fanatic. I don’t know stats, and am still trying to figure out exactly why someotherteam losing means we won’t be going to the Superbowl. Whatever…

FUN!

First off - I’ll do paper or e-mail. I love to get letters.

Anyway, 24 (almost 25) year old female. I’m engaged and have been for almost 4 years. I live with my fiancee and our two bunnies. I work full time in customer service selling boilers and I’m a part time college student. I just started so by the time I’m 34, I should be a teacher.

I love to read just about anything (I’ve been known to read computer manuals and cereal boxes). My favorite book is The Hobbit. I love music and will listen to just about anything but I prefer Country and Classical. I enjoy computer, board, and card games. I watch a lot of TV but mainly because it’s just always on. I don’t pay attention to it most of the time.

My dream job would be Medical Examiner but since medical school is expensive, I’ll settle for my second love - teaching. I’d like to teach second or fourth grade.

My biggest pet peeve at the moment would be companies which reward slackers and abuse hard workers (I have issues with my job). I also hate erratic drivers.

My e-mail is in the profile.

Whoopee! We have some more people! Even those with Y chromosomes. :slight_smile:

But come on guys!! Everyone is being bashful here and no one has outed themselves by actually picking someone or more. Or is this going on surreptitiously behind the board’s collective back? I know how sneaky y’all are.

Uh huh.

So, am I gonna have to play matchmaker and pair everyone up? If not, at least please come back and post that you’ve already chosen a victim. And by all means, motivate some others to join in the torture.

Poke 'em with a stick if need be.

:smiley:

Now to my requisite notes…

monice, although you can have multiple email partners (if you practice safe correspondence always, that is), you need not apply several times. Truly, you had us at hello.

Hey, and AwSnappity is here too! I know you’ll never live this down (I mean, we are a long-term memory pestering bunch), but I’m another fan of your old name. The new one is pretty cool as well, but the whole imagery of ‘boobs,’ ‘fire’ and ‘underpants’ just can’t be beat. :stuck_out_tongue:

Another Happy Birthday to Madd Maxx!! It seems Doper parents were extremely busy at the same time the previous nine months. Years are irrelevant. I do really appreciate the first male sacrifice to take to my nefarious plans. We, in the vast awful pits down below (can’t mine be sideways? – that’s so much more interesting), salute you. Just like AC/DC.

Now I have to admit I’m quite please to see Roland jump into the fray. A fellow kindred spirit who writes tomes will never be far from my admiration. And I’ve seen that really adorable picture of you as Spike. ::: swoon ::: That should definitely net you a fan or four.

Lastly, but very importantly, we have the BiblioCat curled up in a sunny spot in the corner of the library. Happy to have you join us. Could you tell us a story? Puleeeeeeeeeze. Although I think we might line up pretty good due to the whole peeve thing, there is that mention of clownaphobia. Should I regard you suspiciously instead? :slight_smile:

Now that’s done, let’s review our list.

me (the creator of all that’s goofy and ditzy about this thread)
LifeOnWry
DeadlyAccurate
monica
Xs three
**AwSnappity
Madd Maxx
Roland Orzabal[/.B]

and the nice kitty

BiblioCat

That’s eight dupes so far, not counting repeats. :wink:

I’m at a loss though. I just knew the whole SDMB nation would be chomping at the bits to play along. Hmmm. I know we’re not a intrepid bunch, so where are you all hiding? Hurry in, the water is just fine.

< Shh! Don’t tell them it’s close to boil. We’re supposed to regard this as ‘hot tub’ tempatures. >

Therefore my little kiddies, shuck that shyness and commit! We promise to only snicker. :slight_smile: Besides, you wouldn’t want to miss the deadline. Would ya? (And no, I don’t know when that cut off will be or not, but still. Don’t make me stop this car.)


Then upon preview, I see we’ve hooked another boys! Who just happens to enjoy the Congo and dwarves. Or, are you a dwarf? Collect them maybe? Anyhoo, you bring our total head count up to a nifty unround number of nine. We are becoming legion, I tell you! BWAHAHAHA!!

:smiley: :smiley: :smiley:

No, weally. I do appreciate everyone who’s shown a desire to do this. It’s really cool, when to me, you guys are the established ‘big guns’ who I’ve always liked (yes, Virginia, each and every one – which also means I have no life, but just go ahead and try to sue me for any monatary value that I don’t posess… I dares ya) and am beyond beside myself thrilled to share y’all’s company. Again with the whoohoo!

That’s enough of the gooey, sentimental schtick. I have one more addendum (riiiight – sure I do) to tack on; I, as general arbitrator of said lovely commission, make no guarantees about the quality of these future relationships, their duration or whether or not they’ll send you flowers for Boxing Day. I’m merely the messanger folks. Caveat emptor.

See Roland, what did I tell you? I just keep going on and on like some demented Energizer Bunny. Perhaps I’m really FRank from Donnie Darko. Although I do now see a correlation. They both are Pepto Bismal pink. It’s a conspiracy for the rabbits to take over the world!

What?

In conclusion, I’d like some members that aren’t from the U.S. of A. Surely we can encourage the non-American faction to at least offer up one sacrifice.

::: rubs hands in malicious anticipation :::

Here foreigners! Over here!!

~signed faithfool, Who thinks it’s all so groovy (neo-hippie present!) that we have offers of (GASP!!) snail mail participation too… that’s so retro! We love it!!

::: clicks submit and casts another spell for netting the oblivious :::

Did I already say BWAHAHAHA? Thought so.

This sounds like fun.

I’m a 23 year old male, ex-biology major turned wanna be plumber (I’d spent five years in University, and was a year away from graduating, and gave it all up to become a plumber. Well, I’ve given it up. Won’t start the next step until I can scrape some cash together, and move to a city with a proper tech program.) Right now I’m working part time as an office assistant.

I like to read, and I’m currently teaching myself Linux (poorly), which shows what kind of computer nerd I am. Musically I’m wide open, but I do have a soft spot for folk (New Folk, ala Gillian Welch, The Wailin’ Jennys, Nathan, and The Be Good Tanyas. Any mention of John Denver will get you shot), and alt-country (Neko Case, Wilco). Sleater-Kinney is cool too, as well as Matthew Good, and Sarah Slean.

Not too big into TV, except for The Simpsons and Family Guy, which should give you an idea of my sense of humour.

When I write I tend to ramble on, going here, there, and hither. Some call it bizarre and disjointed. I call it the mark of true genius. So far, I’m the only one.

My address is in my profile (I think. Lemme check. Yup. There it is.)

Sure, why not? I’ve had some email communications with a couple Dopers recently and have been pleasantly surprised so let’s see if I can keep the streak alive.

I’m a 23 year old (or will be on 1/30, rather) male that was born and raised outside Chattanooga, Tennessee but currently lives outside Salem, Oregon due to being asked to leave my home due, in part, to my bisexuality. I live alone, have never had a girlfriend or boyfriend, never attended college, and, for the time being, am not working due to a broken leg that I got from getting hit by a truck while walking to work in November.

My job, ironically, is as a caretaker.

My chief interests as of this time are Netflix (it keeps me sane with nothing else to do), Star Trek, history, reading, listening to music, and anthropology. I have a passing interest in a ton of other subjects though and like to learn new things so conversation with someone intelligent is always welcome.

I rarely drink (but love tequila and jagermeister when I do), have never smoked, don’t do any drugs, am an ardent atheist, decidely liberal, and am generally friendly but shy and awkward at the same time so I don’t know how to really go about making friends, hence my having none.

My email and my livejournal are both in my profile if you’re interested.

This sounds like fun.

I’m a 23 year old male, ex-biology major turned wanna be plumber (I’d spent five years in University, and was a year away from graduating, and gave it all up to become a plumber. Well, I’ve given it up. Won’t start the next step until I can scrape some cash together, and move to a city with a proper tech program.) Right now I’m working part time as an office assistant.

I like to read, and I’m currently teaching myself Linux (poorly), which shows what kind of computer nerd I am. Musically I’m wide open, but I do have a soft spot for folk (New Folk, ala Gillian Welch, The Wailin’ Jennys, Nathan, and The Be Good Tanyas. Any mention of John Denver will get you shot), and alt-country (Neko Case, Wilco). Sleater-Kinney is cool too, as well as Matthew Good, and Sarah Slean.

Not too big into TV, except for The Simpsons and Family Guy, which should give you an idea of my sense of humour.

When I write I tend to ramble on, going here, there, and hither. Some call it bizarre and disjointed. I call it the mark of true genius. So far, I’m the only one.

My address is in my profile (I think. Lemme check. Yup. There it is.)

Dammit!

Since it’s still early in the game, so to speak, may I make a small suggestion? We’re all posting about ourselves and our interests, but it occurs to me that it’s not very clear who we’d like to talk to! So in the interest of clarification, take my above post and add the following:

I’d love to hear from Dopers with similar interests, but I don’t want to talk to myself (I already do plenty of that) - variety is the spice of life is what I say! I’m totally open to hearing from people who don’t like the things I like and vice versa. That said, I canNOT speak with any intelligence at all on sports or sitcoms. I like learning about different cultures, so an overseas or way-across-the-country Doper would be fun just for the educational potential. A sense of humor makes everything more fun.

(Pck me! Pick me!)

Goody! Goody, goody!!!

Revised, updated and with lower calories (and no carbs!):

me
LifeOnWry
DeadlyAccurate
monica
AwSnappity
Madd Maxx
Roland Orzabal
BiblioCat
Emperor Penguin

and

Aesiron

(hopefully my damned pathetic coding skills will improve this go 'round – preview my ass)

So how awesome is it that we have both a cat -and- a penguin? Who, the latter I’m thinking, was doing a subconscious flirt with the cutie pie monica by subliminally (uhuh) triplicating her enthusiasm. You two should already be paired up. :slight_smile:

I’m also super pleased to see Aesiron. That being house-bound thing sucks fetid green donkey balls, so I’m hopeful this’ll provide a little extra diversion and warm fuzzies.

Keep those enlistments rolling in. We need more good, dedicated troops who must share the word and fight ignorance one gigabyte at a time.