It is my one week anniversary.  With who you may ask, well it is more appropriate to say with what?  Online dating, OKCupid to be specific.  One week ago I took the plunge into the world of cyber courtship by making a profile on the online dating site, OKCupid.  Now why did I pass up the greatness of Match.com or eHarmony.com you may ask(those sites at least have commercials so they must attract some winners right?), well simply out OKCupid offers the same wide array of eligible and not so eligible bachelors for FREE.  And with the budget of a 24-year-old, free is always a good thing.  Also, I will know the people I meet on this site also can spot a deal when they see one!  Paying for online dating is for people over the age of 35, us young things need to save our funds so we actually have money to spend on the dates we acquire.
     But yes, that aside I made myself a profile and desperately tried to make myself seem as desirable as possible.  I tried to make my profile scream 'this girl is witty and smart and o yeah she's attractive too(just check out those pics).  So I made a few jokes in my profile, uploaded some pics from Facebook and bam I was available to the world for online courtship.
    I must give credit to my dear friend Laura who may have been the one that actually signed me up and insisted I use the screen name OKCupid suggested, Carebearinabox.  She is also my dedicated profile manager, helping me to sift through the initial onslaught of messages to weed out the people I deemed incompatible(more on just what that means later).  So to her I owe so much, and I usually like to tell her all my commentary on this subject but she hasn't yet agreed to be my personal typist and write down everything I say so I will be writing this blog in order to relieve her from some of my jabbering.  And now she can not only listen to me talk about my OKCupid adventures but also read about them alongside all of you. (She is really so lucky!)
     I must admit, although it has only been a week there has been so much action!  It's exciting, overwhelming, and just plain hilarious all at once.  I've received dozens of messages, even one from a female fan, been on one date, and even have a wager resting on a game of WordsWithFriends.  So hold on to your seat belts, it's gonna be a wild ride!