pretty pathetic. . ..but this time of year fucks with people.

I don't think it's pathetic. I know we're all supposed to be satisfied with ourselves, living full lives, and being otherwise completely self-actualized, but I think you can be all that and still want someone.

I know what you mean. There's a reason I am still on OKCupid.

Aghhhh... Don't get me started on online dating. I just took my profiles down this week. I have had the worst luck this go-round with online dating. I did it three years ago and met my exboyfriend - we dated for three years. This time? It seems like mostly douche bags who want you to send them naked pictures and never intend on meeting you (for the record, I don't send 'em). Or, it's guys who are perfectly capable of carrying on a conversation via email and phone and then when you meet, they have zero social skills.

I actually had a guy tell me on a date that he has a hard time looking me in the eyes because he gets distracted by my mascara (I don't wear much makeup at all!) and the "thin layer of mucous on my eyeballs". WTF.

I think, perhaps, at 27, my standards are a bit higher than they were at 23. I know, in my head, that's a good thing. But damn.

The pool... It's so shallow.