what a strange world

[mamajoan]

1. Ruthie's daycare had a flyer posted, saying that one can sign up one's child for "entertainment and activities" -- I forget the exact phrasing they used, making it sound like a special activity, but basically it boils down to, for $40 they'll babysit your kid of a Saturday morning so you can do your Christmas shopping. They phrased it much more high-falutin'ly than that.

Anyway, the flyer said that this will take place on November 31st. Um. No?

2. I logged on to OKCupid on a whim. (if you're not familiar with it, it sort of started out as a geek-dating site, but now is a bit more mainstream, but basically it asks you a zillion questions and then uses a complex algorithm (or so they claim) to match you up with fellow geeks.) I created an account ages and ages ago when it was the new "thing," but I hadn't actually used it. Anyway, so tonight on a whim I logged on and asked it to show me my best matches within 10 miles of me, between ages 25 and 45, sorted by best match and proximity to me. The FIRST person who showed up on the list was my kids' sperm donor. Yikes! And just a little farther down the list was his long-term girlfriend. (And just a little farther down from that was lbmango!)

I'm not sure whether I'm amused or horrified. heh.

3. Work has been stressful this week but I don't really want to talk about it.

4. But on top of all the rest, I have had hopemcg and meglett on my mind all day. Please send them healing thoughts as they are going through such a loss right now.

Comments

[wneleh.livejournal.com]

Anyway, so tonight on a whim I logged on and asked it to show me my best matches within 10 miles of me, between ages 25 and 45, sorted by best match and proximity to me. The FIRST person who showed up on the list was my kids' sperm donor. Yikes! And just a little farther down the list was his long-term girlfriend.

You know, this is the funniest thing I am going to hear today.

- Helen

[lbmango.livejournal.com]

I'm going with amused.

[mofic.livejournal.com]

I think it would be very entertaining and worth $40 to see them babysit on November 31. And how freaky about your donor being your best match!