In honor of Valentine’s Day, prepare to be amused:

Answer the following….

1. If you could have any Celebrity Valentine, who would it be?

Sara Watkins. I can’t say that I really have any celebrity crushes, but I think it’d be pretty fun to go out with Sara, since she’s amazing.

2. What is your idea of a romantic date?

Hmm…what to put here that wouldn’t incriminate myself… Well, I think that a romantic date would include time spent laughing and having a good time together, as well as time spent talking and listening. Maybe doing something special or out of the ordinary that would be memorable. Is that vague enough for you?

3. Do you prefer chocolates or flowers on Valentine’s Day?

Neither, actually. Of course, being the guy, I’m guessing that that’s not really meant to be a question directed towards me. I guess it depends on who I’d be giving the flowers/chocolate to.

4. What is your favorite romantic movie? romantic book?

I’m a pretty big fan of You’ve Got Mail. I know that’s kinda silly and probably far more information than you’d like to know, but it’s true. Say all you want about the unoriginal plot and the cheesy dialogue, but hey, there’s something about hearing Tom Hanks say, ”...as long as we both shall live” that always makes me laugh. I think it’s because it reminds me of E-Group during my senior year in college, when I was putting together a video montage and watched that scene about 30 times, trying to get the timing just right. Cottle knows what I’m talking about.

My favorite romantic book? I don’t really read that many romances. Pride And Prejudice is always a good choice; so is Redeeming Love. I think that covers the extent of my romantic book reading, unless you count Song Of Solomon.

5. Do you like those ‘conversation hearts’ or do you think they taste gross?

I think they taste gross. I do like the idea that you can create your own conversation hearts, where you can put together your own messages. I’d never actually eat them though, they taste like really bad breath mints. Maybe one of the messages I’d write is “This will help your breath.” Okay, probably not.

6. Who is your Valentine this year?

I don’t think I have one. I haven’t ever had a Valentine, come to think of it. Everyone can be my Valentine.

Extra word association: I say…you think…

1. Valentine - The day before Tom’s birthday
2. Cute - Mini Coopers
3. Romantic - The first thing that came to mind were “Rotic” dinners that the BSU girls would put on (“Romantic without the man”) and the guy response to that, the “Bathba” nights (“Bathsheba without the she”). I don’t know. I can’t say that was a particularly glorifying time in my past.
4. Red - October. I just watched the Family Guy Star Wars episode, “Blue Harvest.” “Red 5 standing by.” “Red Fox standing by.” (in a Sean Connery accent) “Red October standing by.”
5. Flowers - Bambi.
6. Candy - Candy, candy corn, candy cane, and syrup. And Erin Rex’s older sister.
7. Cupid - Bugs Bunny.

So while I was taking my lunch break the other day I happened to overhear the topic of a talk show that was playing on TV in the same room: “Sure steps to getting pregnant.” I didn’t realize people needed to go on TV to learn how to get pregnant. From what I’ve seen in the hospital, it doesn’t even really take much more than the right parts and some semblance of stupidity to figure out how that works. It’s good that God made things simple like that, or else we’d never have reproduced.

Now before you all start pouring judgment and condemnation on me, I want to preface my post with the following disclaimer: I come up with really weird and random stuff when I start getting curious (which I probably should have mentioned in yesterday’s post).

While I was on Facebook, I noticed an ad for a Christian singles dating website and out of curiosity I clicked the link. Stupid me. Not really because I got sucked into the realm of online dating, but because after about 15 seconds of reading through some of these bios, I suddenly had this scary thought – what if I happened to stumble across the profile of someone I knew in real life? Wouldn’t that be horribly embarrassing?

I mean, these profiles are pretty sophisticated as far as letting you search for just the right type of guy or gal you’re looking for – you can sort by location, age, what type of relationship they’re interested in, and even their “Christian Faith” which indicates the level of seriousness they consider God to mean to them.

And of course, they have those general survey “quick get to know” sorts of questions, like favorite pet and the name of your first grade teacher. Then there are short-answer types of questions, like:

• Describe the type of relationship you are looking for. What qualities would you like in this relationship or person? Are you seeking a particular age range?
• Describe a little of your personality and character traits. (Are you funny, laid back, more serious, open, shy, etc.?)
• Describe your Christian faith. Where are you at and what are your goals? What Scripture verses are important to you?
• What would be the perfect setting for a first meeting with a new friend or date? Describe it :-)
• What are your favorite activities? (Including sports, leisure, artistic/musical, etc.)
• Describe your current occupation. Do you like what you do? What is your dream job?
• Where did you go to school (i.e. high school or college/university, etc.)? What did you study? Did you like it? Would you like to do more?
• What are some of your personal goals in life?
• How did your previous relationship end and what positive lessons have you learned which will help you succeed in future relationships?
• Where were you born? Have you ever traveled? If so, where? What is your ideal adventure?

I don’t really have a point to this post. But I noticed that there were several people on this list were students at OU or working in a hospital or went to a small school where I have friends. I guess it’s just kinda creepy to think that this sort of information’s out there. I mean, what if I happened to meet one of these people in real life? This might be my thought process: “hey, that girl seems really familiar…where have I seen her…oh, on that Christian dating website!” It’s not like that would be a good ice-breaker either.

I found my point. It was sticking out of my ear. Ouch. Anyway, my point is that online dating services are kind of a lose-lose situation if you have a life apart from the internet. As a concerned citizen, I will lead the charge in not giving in to these marketing testimonials. And sorry, ChristianCafe, that will probably be the last time I visit. And to my online sweethearts Diane, Jennifer, Kelly, and Sue, I hope I never see you in person, because if I do I just might avoid you.

Ronnica tagged me, so I’m doing this for her.

Rules:

1. Link to the person that tagged you and post the rules on your blog.
2. Share seven random or weird things about yourself.
3. Tag seven random people at the end of your post and include links to their blogs.
4. Let each person know that they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their blog.

So here it goes, seven random/weird things about me:

1. I don’t like chocolate. I tolerate it at best. For some reason I don’t mind chocolate chip cookies, and I like eating a little bit of milk or dark chocolate from time to time. And German chocolate is real chocolate, which I can eat anytime. But brownies, chocolate cake, chocolate milk, chocolate ice cream, etc. – I can’t stand it but I’ll eat it to be polite.
   
   
2. I’m almost a doctor, but I have a degree in computer science and play 4 musical instruments well. What can I say, I have very varied tastes.
   
   
3. I didn’t start drinking root beer until I was in medical school. And if it wasn’t for Henry Weinhard’s Root Beer, I may never have started drinking.
   
   
4. I like watching some chick flicks. I want to emphasize the word some because there are plenty of chick flicks out there that are really smutty, and I just don’t really want to have that going on in my head. However, a quality chick flick is good when I just want to turn my brain off.
   
   
5. My taste in music consists of Christian worship, classical music, and Nickel Creek. I guess you could throw in The Hush Sound if you wanted. But I don’t really listen to anything else.
   
   
6. I can come up with puns for almost any situation or subject. Don’t ask me how I do it, because I don’t really know either. Most people hate that part of who I am. So I’m grateful that people don’t just murder me for this unusual gift…or curse.
   
   
7. I’ve read Pride and Prejudice...and Redeeming Love. Enough said.

I’m going to break the rules and not tag anyone…mostly because no one reads my blog anymore! But, if I were to tag people, I’d tag:

• Holly
• Katie
• Liz
• Kristina
• Brandon
• Emily
• Stefanie (if she still had a blog!)

“Pockets give you hips.”—Katie Quisenberry