tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595517.post109173407463667662..comments2023-07-19T09:45:46.715-05:00Comments on NoFo: The loneliest little SingleJakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00185984468611879364noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595517.post-1091762233100846422004-08-05T22:17:00.000-05:002004-08-05T22:17:00.000-05:00Hi Jake, just me burning some more beans here. Re...Hi Jake, just me burning some more beans here. Read your comments on your Top Singles experience and just had to chime in with my own. Yes, your picture sucked. And yes, you are better looking in person. Welcome to the club that everyone else already belongs to. No, you didn't connect with Mr. Right, but come now, did you really think you would (come now, that is)? Sorry it didn't pay off, but hey, you can pull up a chair at the big heavy glass table anytime you like. Have fun this weekend with your family.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595517.post-1091760926158532732004-08-05T21:55:00.000-05:002004-08-05T21:55:00.000-05:00Jake, you silly NoFo you.
1. That photo did suck...Jake, you silly NoFo you.<br /><br />1. That photo did suck. I would have pitched a bitch. But then, I wouldn't have had my photo taken anyway... I'm like #5743 of the top 6000 singles. So I guess whatever it ended up being, it was still somewhat of an 'honor'...<br /><br />2. Personal ads don't work, so why should Chicago Magazine Singles Profiles?<br /><br />3. Who cares anyway. You get 50x more sex than I do as it is. And probably 10x more dates. You're doing just fine with or without that silly article. Just because they SAY you're going to get proposals and dates doesn't mean it's gonna happen.<br /><br />Finally 4. My favorite part of that article was how they said you were soloist with CGMC... as if there were so few. ;-)<br /><br />Oh well, life goes on.Rick Aiellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17638849935882447342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595517.post-1091747357610959242004-08-05T18:09:00.000-05:002004-08-05T18:09:00.000-05:00How cool to have a regular reader who's been visit...How cool to have a regular reader who's been visiting since day 1! Aside from the handful of comments I get here and via email, I have no idea how many people read this thing.<br /><br />Some responses to your questions and comments:<br /><br />1. I am aware that my blog tends to focus on gay stuff. But it's not by design; quite honestly, it's the gay stuff in my life that seems to be the most interesting to write about. I do write about cell phone carriers and bathroom faucets and other pedestrian things when they present themselves as interesting stories.<br /><br />2. You call half an arm "more skin"? You must read really boring porn. And of course I don't trust a rating from hotornot -- but I was curious to see how a picture I hated fared there vs. a picture I thought looked like me (or at least looked more in line with the way I hope I come off). <br /><br />3. I care about the readership of Chicago magazine as part of a larger pool of potential dating material here. One of the reasons I moved to Chicago was to expand my chances of finding love. I realize the magazine probably doesn't enjoy a large gay following, but I'd like to think my presence on its pages of celebrated Top 20 Singles would have generated more than ONE response from a stranger.<br /><br />And I was all set to (slyly, ironically, faux-self-deprecatingly) work the Top 20 Singles thing into random conversations, but after seeing the pic and the profile I decided never to discuss it unless it was brought up first.<br /><br />4. You are the ONLY person to claim I look like that photo -- and I've gotten maybe 100 comments squarely in the I-don't-look-like-that-photo camp. And again, if you heard me discussing the profile at Proud to Run, I was responding to someone else bringing it up.<br /><br />5. What does solipsism -- the arrogant attitude that the self is the only reality, recognized and potentially enforced at the expense of all other realities -- have to do with disappointment over what promised to be an exciting dating adventure?Jakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00185984468611879364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595517.post-1091740608764893972004-08-05T16:16:00.000-05:002004-08-05T16:16:00.000-05:005 points from someone who's read your blog since t...5 points from someone who's read your blog since the beginning:<br /><br />1. Having read your blog for nearly a year, and then seen your profile in the magazine, I'd say it's fairly spot on. What they mentioned about you is what you write about yourself. You tend to focus on the really gay stuff in your life.<br /><br />2. Of course you're going to get a better rating if you show more skin in a photo. Do you seriously trust a rating from that site? If that's the case, you should have asked the professional photographers to take a shot that appealed to the lowest common demoninator on "Am I hot or not?" <br /><br />3. Do you seriously care about the readership of Chicago magazine and whether or not it wants to date you? I guess you do, since you claim a wealth of embarrassment and disappointment. Seems like an ironic approach to the whole adventure would have been healthier and a lot more fun. May have even worked to your advantage:<br /><br />JAKE [at Sidetracks to "hot" guy in muscle tee]: See, I've been featured as one of Chicago magazine's top singles.<br /><br />"Hot" GUY: Seriously? How crazy!<br /><br />JAKE: I know, but what a blast. I don't expect anything to come of it, but so what? At least it's something to use to pick up hot guys at the bar. [sly smile]<br /><br />"Hot" GUY: You got that right, sister. [winks, puts hand on Jake's ass, sings showtune]<br /><br />4. My friends who also read your blog spotted you in line at Proud to Run because you were talking about your profile! To us, you looked like your photo.<br /><br />5. And as someone who claims to despise solipsists, well, ...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595517.post-1091734632036778402004-08-05T14:37:00.000-05:002004-08-05T14:37:00.000-05:00Just remember, you're still Uppa Jake and thats a ...Just remember, you're still Uppa Jake and thats a heck of a lot more important and fun.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com