DREWspective

Hi.

I haven’t written much on DREWspective recently, as you can tell. Besides being extremely busy with work, and trying to get The Ignored Board back on track, I felt like DREWspective was going down the same road as my old weblog.
I don’t want that, because I don’t fancy being brought to trial by an attention-seeking whore and her brainwashed mate again. I have a feeling you guys don’t want it either.

As you can see, I haven’t been doing well at all on the misogyny front.

I’ve refrained from ranting about V Day (unless you were on Facebook), where I hinted about being armed with a baseball bat on the day. Luckily for many happy couples, none of the stores around my workplace stocked baseball bats. Even more fortunately, not that many people bragged openly about their gifts and relationships. A couple of people had to have their digs at work - everybody at my workplace excluding me is in a relationship - at the last minute, but I restrained myself. After all, I’d be the only one that gets in trouble (and being a black man, they’d throw the library at me).

However, there hasn’t been much else going on in terms of girls. I still hasn’t been any response from my one "match" at speed dating. She’ll get one more e-mail sometime today, and then it’s entirely up to her.

I’ve also been doing a lot of asking out on Facebook and Dating Direct. If you don’t know already, and I’m not sure if I’ve mentioned it on here, I took the plunge and signed up for 3 + 1 months on Dating Direct. (In a battle between Match.com and Dating Direct, Match had the greatest number of proactive girls, but had a greater perceived number of shallow ones to boot.)

So far I’ve made two or three contacts on each site, but the majority of girls have done their usual thing of giving silent treatment to anyone who doesn’t match their "list".

Another reason why I didn’t choose Match was the sheer number of rejection e-mails I received, purely as a result of "winking".  The emails begin:

xxx received your wink and reviewed your profile, but is not interested.

The email then goes on to give the usual spiel about their millions of members, how there’s "someone out there" etc.

I say: cut the bullshit. Any reviewing of profiles these girls do is to look at the pretty pictures, not to read what the guy put in his profile. Do you know why? Because they can’t f***ing read.

I would suggest that Match encourage people to give reasons for turning someone down. Not only would it potentially help someone looking for "the one", but it would give an insight into the intelligence, stability and morals of the person involved. (Especially those who give vague, or no answers.)

And they wonder why they’re single.

Weight wise, I had a shock earlier this week when I found myself approaching 19 stones. I really don’t look good these days; although I’ve been told I’m "slimming down", my double chin just keeps growing.

Nothing I’m doing seems to work: I’m unable to go to the gym regularly because of work, and it’s ultra difficult to eat healthily because of the shops and restaurants around. There’s a Sainsburys across the road, and while they’re known for premium food they’re pretty shit at healthy food you don’t have to cook.

If I had the freedom, I would go on the LighterLife diet in a heartbeat, as I have around four stones to lose now. But trapped at home, mom insists I do the usual, "cut back" thing I’ve been doing for so long. I’m getting sick and tired of her getting in my way every time I want to try something new, but moving out isn’t an option right now.

That’s all.