Recapitulation & Reflection

We’ll pretend that the last few days were filled with dates and wildness, but in reality, sometimes you’re just too busy to even look for a date.  It’s a bit ironic, considering when I started this heinous agenda I had time to have at least 2 dates a day.  I guess I just assumed that women would be lining up for a talented and attractive young man (by “talented and attractive” I mean “capable and not ugly”).  Then again, how in the world is someone going to have any idea who you actually are by reading five or six paragraphs?

Let’s take a step back. 

Recapitulation is one of my favorite music terms ever.  Although it is not taken the same way now as it was in the heydays of classical music, the same principles apply.

Classical                                                 Modern

Exposition                                               Verse or “A section”

Transition                                               Pre-Chorus

Development                                          Chorus

Re-transition                                          Bridge

Recapitulation                                        Verse or “Last A”

The recapitulation is when you bring back the theme.  HOWEVER, the recapitulation is almost never the same as the original exposition.  It has evolved, it has developed, it has transformed into a new organism, based on the original theme.  It maintains the core pieces, but it takes all of the experiences throughout the development to strengthen or re-affirm the original meaning.

So what in the world does that have to do with online dating?

I went back and re-read my musings from the past week.  Apparently I have some fairly deep seeded issues.  Not that we all don’t, I’m just choosing to air mine to the world.  We can acknowledge the fact that I’ve yet to follow through and actually meet one of these women in the real world, but we can also consider that the lot of them are kind of scary and incompatible with my philosophies on life.

I want to know if all these women are husband-hunting or are they just trying to get laid?  What is their angle?  Don’t try to tell me there isn’t one.

Vote for who Paris?  What do you want from me???

I have an angle too, of course.  It’s just undefined between exploring a social taboo and avoiding talking to women at bars that I have absolutely nothing in common with.  First and foremost: I just want to meet new people.  Using the online thing as a tool to filter out the people that I know I won’t get along with.  Too many times I’ve tried talking to an attractive stranger, only to find out they vote Red and commit other related unspeakable offenses.  I’m tired of wasting that golden half-hour before the bar closes on a woman who wouldn’t touch me, when sitting right next to her is a woman who I could actually converse with when sober.  Not too much to ask, eh?

Well, am I saying too much or too little in my profile?

To some, yes.  To some, no.  I am definitely being my typical chronically honest self.  I’d rather that be in open air before hand, rather than having some date walk out because I don’t filter the truth very well. 

Bender says: "You're boned."

I have noticed a fairly steady stream of women visiting my page.  Is that the same thing as a woman staring you down, telepathically telling you to talk to them? 

Is this a "sex-me-up" look?  Or is it a "murder-you-in-your-sleep" look?
I think I'd prefer the latter...

What kind of woman am I looking for?  What a wonderfully vague and undefined answer I have for that one...  Frankly, I don’t care if she’s old or young.  Of course, I would prefer a sublimely attractive woman, but it’s not a deal breaker.  The only mandatory requirement is that she can put up with me!!  Or at least be as crazy as me.  On second thought…

I'll stay single, thankyouverymuch