Prettying up the Profile/Meet Jose

As of this week, I've officially been on match.com for six months.  For some, that might feel like utter failure, but I'm thinking it's not such a bad deal.  I signed up for the six month guarantee, and unlike the other thousands of people who fall for that trap, I actually met all the requirements to redeem it.  So, it's a free six months for me.  Whooo Hoooo!

One thing you learn from being on match.com from six months, the best way to get the computer to put you high in the search results is to update your profile.  So, this week I went for a complete overhaul.  I got a new haircut, had a friend take a new profile pic, and uploaded away.

Unfortunately, my new pic was so pretty, the computer didn't believe it was me!  It was approved as an "additional photo only" because some fancy software tagged it as a photo in which the subscriber did not appear. 

Two moderately annoying email exchanges with match.com customer support later, I finally have myself a new profile pic.  (Seriously, why on earth should that have taken TWO different customer service reps to get fixed?)  I also changed a few paragraphs here and there, with an eye towards brevity.  As you might have noticed, I tend to be a bit verbose.

All of this results in a whole flurry of new views.  Guys are looking at my profile left and right!  Most of them are only looking, not writing.  But hey...you gotta start somewhere!

Apparently, I'm starting with Jose.

Wow, Jose.  Where do I begin with all the things that are wrong with this picture?

Beyond wanting to show me his keen eye for interior decoration, (I particularly adore the way he hung the US map askew.  Very edgy.)  Jose also wants me to know that he owns horses and enjoys "travel yam sport."  The last book he read was apparently called "any." 

Jose also claims to be "slender."  Don't get me wrong, slender guys kinda creep me out.  The mere idea that a guy might weigh less than me sends me into nervous fits.  So, I'm not judging Jose's body type to be wrong in any way.  All I'm saying is, judge for yourself, but Jose is either wearing a shirt three sizes too big, or he's not "slender."

I actually think Jose might be a nice guy.  There was something sweet about his little email to me.  (Maybe it was the fact that he called me sweety?) 

English is clearly not Jose's first language, and that's fine.  But, whatever language Jose first learned to speak probably included some sort of punctuation.  It likely used capitalization as well. 

Jose's profile?  Well...not so much.

i would love to get involved activites any time of year i love life and every thing that como withit enjoy having good around me you only live once i liike to going for dinner i would like to have girl very personality family loveing good future and love for ever some times we forget about how lucky are to be here i looking for good girl i not looking for jump thank for reading my profile

Huh?