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Peter Staack


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Gender: Male
Status: Single
Age: 32
Sign: Gemini

City: Deerfield
State: Illinois
Country: US
Signup Date: 6/24/2007

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Leader of t.. (2)
Thursday, January 03, 2008 

Current mood:  angry
I'm starting to crack under all the pressure of my various work projects (including a 10 minute TV infomercial, a 3 minute TV commercial, a 4.25 minute web video, two webpage designs from scratch, redesigning a webpage from some lousy Dreamweaver abomination, updating two other pages, 4 print ads of various sizes, and my usual IT and customer care duties), computer problems, sporadic bouts of insomnia, adjusting my investment portfolio, preparing for the Ohayocon road trip, and the constant reminder that douchebags seem to thrive in the anime convention community.  Really, it's not even that much more stress than usual, but I suppose I'm also a little more worked up because I've been doing more bodyweight exercises (since it's suicide to run around when it's slushy outside, and people are rolling their SUVs left and right).  Maybe I've got more testosterone in my blood, or perhaps the seasons are starting to having an effect on me.

EDIT (08:23 PM 1/2/2008):
Oh, I'm probably also a mix of mad, perplexed, and jealous that most assclowns seem to have no problems finding other assclowns to form their circlejkerks, but in the last 8 months I haven't been able to make more than 3 new friends online, or in person.  I'm a pretty friendly and nice dude, when on a new forum (virtual or physical).  I'm polite, helpful, and try not to seem overbearing.  Yet, despite all my efforts, I go largely ignored.

Video games, anime / manga, fishing, gardening, camping, pets, geocaching, academics, firearms, martial arts...

No matter the topic, in groups spanning 16 and 60 years of age, it seems I'm always at odds with everyone, even when I'm in complete agreeance.  I know I sometimes come across as a little pretentious, because of my education and formal typing.  But - statistically speaking - 1 in 4 people should have IQs within 5 ~ 10 points of me, and yet I never seem to meet these people.  Among all, but my closest friends (all 6 or 7 of them who are really just 's friends), I always feel like the only adult chaperone to a parade of penis-shaking morons.

Even at 4 different matching sites (Match.com, eHarmony.com, Chemistry.com, and Yahoo! Personals), I'm not compatible with anybody in a 300 mile radius, beyond a superficial 38% personality match.  WTF?  Hell, a block of wood could probably score better than 40% on most sites.

eHarmony's multifaceted personality profile indicated I'm exceptionally agreeable, open-minded, emotionally stable, conscientious, fun and intelligent - above and beyond the norm.  That's cool, right?  Apparently, that actually -hurts- my score, and they even intimated that maybe I was lying on my profile.  Dicks!  I found if I answered questions to make myself seem more bigoted, and misspelled a few "match words," I actually scored better.  That's some bullshit, right there, buddy.

The only interest generated on any of my profiles (besides obvious mugu-scammers trying to"rescue their family in Nigeria" or sell me something) was based purely on my physical appearance and photo.  That's bullshit!  I don't wanna be anyone's "pretty" friend, and I guess I'm not a big enough of an asshole, racist enough, or r-tard'd enough to fit in.

I figure, as I get older, that's only gonna get worse.  Or, maybe not.  I have noticed that most dumbasses, after being burned enough times by friends who turn out to be Grade-A dickholes, realize later in life they probably would have been better off hanging with someone who can land an airplane, diffuse a bomb, snap a terrorist's neck, survive a zombie invasion in style, or do my own taxes.  Bah...  Fuck 'em.  I'll have the last laugh, when the poop hits the fan.

As well - Fuck you, eHarmony.  Fuck you, Match.com.  Fuck you, Chemistry.com.  Fuck you, Yahoo! Personals.  At least my old pal Google still likes me!

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I should still be in a pretty good mood for Ohayocon, this weekend, since I get to spend some more time with friends and less time worrying about work.  The Hyatt Regency Columbus' staircase is steel, which is easier on my knees to run up and down, so I'll probably get a good workout.  There's a Max & Erma's nearby, too.  They've got good food, which always perks me up.  Anyone I know who's going to be there, feel free to say "hi" and all...  But anyone with a problem with me would be best advised to leave me alone.  I'm SO not in the mood to tolerate anyone's bullshit, this weekend, and watching Wanderlei vs. Chuck at UFC 79 got me working on my Muay Thai clinch and takedowns, savvy?
1:40 AM
 
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Leader of the Viper Wing

 
Ok first off dude, when the hell are you gonna be in C-Bus, cause that is where my shiznite lives right now!

Secondly....don't worry about those idiot dating sites... I took the eHaromony web profile, and you must have scored better that I did because I got.."Uhhh...yeah, well we can't help 20% or the population, and that means 1 in 5 people we can't help. Thanks for trying, you're in the 20%"
 
Posted by Leader of the Viper Wing on Friday, January 04, 2008 - 2:35 PM
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Peter Staack
Peter Staack

 
Y'know, I was just in Columbus last weekend for Ohayocon, though it was kind of a last-second decision to go. In the future, I'll get ah old of you if I find myself in your neck of the woods again.

I'm really not that surprised I struck out with those sites. The thing that bugs me is how bass-ackwards their matching algorithms must be.

I scored well in all facets of my personality - being reasonably extroverted, very open minded, VERY supportive, relatively bright, relatively successful and my match qualifiers were VERY broad (since I'm not looking for a mate, just friends)... 21 ~ 50, all races, all religions, all sizes within a whopping 100 mile radius (which includes Chicago, Milwaukee, Madison, Rockport, Gary and even Grand Rapids).

Despite all that, my matches were piss.

The only way I could get my match scores were counterintuitive... I had to be increasingly intolerant (excluding races, religions, short people and heavy people), selfish (picking more self-serving answers), and having more vices. How stupid is it that I score BETTER by narrowing my search, and lowering my personality score? Shouldn't it be the opposite? Am I on crazy pills, or is this Bizzaro-Boolean World?

I'm actually pretty happy not having a significant other... That I used "boolean" just now proves I'm girl-repellent. Still, it does dog me a little that I can't even find camping, hiking or hunting partners. I can't find reading groups that don't follow "She, The All-Mighty" (Oprah). I can't find fellow gastronomes to go restaurant hopping with, because for everyone else it's just a cover for swinging orgies and more Oprah worship.

On the plus side, since I'll have more time to myself, I can really shore up my aim - there aren't any group discounts at the range, and all the people that pissed me off aren't gonna shoot themselves when I finally crack...

Though, wouldn't it be a bitch if they all did shoot themselves before I could? Fate has a twisted sense of humor, like that.
 
Posted by Peter Staack on Wednesday, January 09, 2008 - 9:42 PM
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