March 23, 2005

Plunging Standards

It's a slow day at work today. Having said that... I decided to pass the time this morning by flipping through Yahoo Personal ads, mostly because it makes me feel better about myself. (This is harsh, but it's my damn blog, so I'm being honest. The 5 people who read me would know the truth anyway).

SoI compiled a list of about 16 out of 1100 or so of the men who were relatively human and had some concept of the grammar lessons they learned in school. I loathe poor grammar. I've considered making a grammar/punctuation/spelling test a prerequisite (or "GPS" as they called it at SU, before they stopped making literacy a requirement to get a college education because, apparently, it was too demanding) for conversing with me. Anyway, my co-worker and I have been weeding down through these 16 guys, and are having a grand old time doing so. Unfortunately, I've come to the painful realization that my standards may be sinking... rapidly. To illustrate this, I've included part of our conversation below.

ME: no oh Hyde Park guy?
ME: aside from being 33
ME: which would be 9 years older than me
HER: im reading his right now
ME: he's got a dog in a batman costume
ME: I find that endearing
ME: and all of his hair
ME: and teeth, I think
ME: wow, apparently my standards just became 'not homeless'

I think this might be the result of me really needing to get laid... otherwise, I'm SO screwed!

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