Tuesday, May 11, 2010

This One Was Too Good Not to Share!!!!!!!!

Okay, below I have posted perhaps the most intriguing and maybe disturbing and fascinating and unnerving profile that I have found to date on Plenty of Fish:
HIs headline says:  She Gets Her Way - Looking for a Total Control Freak
Now, while many of you who know me very well might say - This is the guy you are looking for, hahahaha, I am not sure I could REALLY respect a man who let me have total control in a control freak sort of way.  We all know a man has to "have a set" to really get anywhere with me :)
Enjoy the read, but let me know if you think he's really looking for some kink or something and is just using "euphemistic phrasing."  If so, wow, someone needs a woman in black leather boots with a whip and the need to be called "madam"  For enough money.......no, just kidding!:

New to Philadelphia, new to online dating. Looking for a truly exceptional woman who expects to be treated as a Goddess.

I'm looking for a long-term, loving relationship with a completely domineering, demanding, and controlling woman. Okay, maybe that describes most women, but I'm not looking for your average control-freak. I'm looking for someone who needs unquestioned control over any and everything in our lives. She is the boss, she's challenging, and when a disagreement arises she expects that I will acquiesce. This isn't about sex, it's about day to day life and the way the whole of the relationship works.

I'm 39 yo, tall, shaved head, fit/thin, professional, confident, successful, divorced. I recently moved to Philadelphia after a number of years in the desert Southwest. I love my career and love my life, I'm just missing that special someone. I've taken plenty of time away from dating to gain some clarity and sort things out moving forward. I have often dated domineering women throughout my adult life, but it is now very clear that ultimately I need even more than what I've found. I suppose I have always known, but have plenty of life experience reaffirming this.

I don't need or want someone to financially or otherwise take care of me, I can already do this myself. And I am far from a pushover - I have thoughts, opinions, and a backbone. I get along in life just fine. But for the right woman, I am fully prepared to make a lasting commitment and give her sole control over everything in my world such that she can direct our lives together as she sees fit without my interference. If this is you, write me. You will not scare me off, no matter how extreme or demanding you are - there is quite honestly no limit to what I'll cede to the right woman. Should the chemistry be right, I will not hesitate to commit even to a woman other men would find a nightmare.

I get that this is probably not what most women want, but I firmly believe that my match is out there. Age and looks are far less important to me than who you are, and of course chemistry.

More about me. I love mountain biking, Arizona was kind of a Mecca for that. I'm not totally sure where to go around here but can't wait to explore. At least I won't have to worry about pulling cactus spines out of my butt anymore, but I will miss dodging rattlesnakes.

I read voraciously. I cut off my cable about a year ago and don't plan on getting it here. It was honestly the best thing I've ever done - I can now go back and read all the books I pretended to read in high-school and college. Okay, I do miss football and hockey (are Redskins and Capitals fans safe in Philly?). Love to read non-fiction and heavy historical fiction. Grapes of Wrath, Making of the Atomic Bomb, A Fine Balance, Sophie's Choice, LOTR, Gulag Archapeligo are a few faves.

I love wine, though I'm kind of new to it. Have been to Bordeaux and the Barossa in Australia. Am not a wine ponce - just love to try new wines. I like to cook, though I'm not awfully good at it at the moment. You'd expect after years working in a lab, which is essentially cooking, I'd be better at it?

I never really minded 115 degree days, it's the East Coast 95 degree summer days that are truly miserable. And I forgot about the cold - I came to Philly never having shopped for anything warm for 6 years.

I have random taste in music - metal, reggae, classical (Mozart & Beethoven esp), Yo Gabba Gabba!, and am willing to listen to anything new.

I love smart women. And I don't confuse educated with smart, there is a difference and the two don't always go together.

Other Random Likes and Dislikes:
Italian Food > Japanese > Everything Else >>> Indian Food
Redskins > Eagles (LOL)
Capitals > Flyers (pretty clear, isn't it?)
Biology > Physics

Anyhow, I'm completely totally serious about what I've written. If you have genuine interest, please say hi, even if I've already browsed you.

Friday, May 7, 2010

A New Time and Place for Coffee

Well, we have officially moved!  It's been over a month again, since I've written, but moving is enough of an excuse to warrant that :)
Today I sit in my new coffee shop - Baltimore Coffee and Tea Company.....ahhhh, surrounded by thousands, or, perhaps, millions of coffee beans, I endeavor to stay focused on my studying for my quickly approaching comp on Body and Physical Difference. 
This BCTC has already served as the site for a first date - another that does not warrant a second date.  SSDD people.  I am beginning to think God is having a lot of fun sending me all the men in the world who have bad teeth and put misleading pictures of themselves on their profiles. :)  But, no major investment, no frustration, when all is said and done.
This coffee shop has seemed to be one that is fairly quiet, not quite as noisy and chaotic as the Caribou I used to frequent.  Quiet in the sense that people respect each others' work space so are not ridiculously loud on cell phones or Skype conversations with their internet brides. ;)
However, there are still the "Outlet Hogs" that frequent almost every coffee shop.  I am sitting next to one today.  I asked him nicely if he would be needing both plugs the entire time (considering the fact that one of his plugs was for his IPhone.  And, if you have an IPhone you know that you can plug it directly into your laptop in the jumpdrive to charge it.  It does not require the actual wall-socket outlet in order to charge.)  He got a little incensed and removed his IPhone plug, so now I can plug in.  But, really........common sense people, common sense.  
New Apartment is great!  Neighbors are GREAT!  We have Mary Claire upstairs who introduced herself to my dad and I by saying,
"Hi, honey, I may not always have food in my cupboards but I always have wine and booze."  My kind of neighbor!!!
And, she told Abby that if we have a party, we should let her know, she likes to party.  
Let me clarify that Mary Claire is probably in her early 60s :)
We live below an international airline stewardess who is from New Zealand.  She has also invited us for a bottle of wine :)  a bottle, yes, not a glass.....
So, people have been really friendly - heck, anyone who wants to share their wine should be considered friendly, lol.
Wine in the Woods is coming up next weekend and I'm very much looking forward to that!  An old friend from high school is coming down to visit and it should be a really good time....
BTW, in the time that has passed, I did have a minor accident which resulted in some new scar-work on my face.  I figured it was time to get some scars on the left side to balance out the right :)
Thanks to the Cherry Blossom Festival and the guy who lifted the caution tape to push his stroller UNDER while I was in the process of stepping OVER it......I ended up with stitches and a lovely little scar on my chin which still has nerve damage and is not healing as well as I would like.  A trip to the plastic surgeon may be in order here.
All in all, life is good.  We have gotten away from Vagina Guy, the Domestic Abuse couple, and the case-a-weekend beer drinkers that live in our old building.  OHHHHHHH, and we rescued a new stray kitty in the process.  More on that later.