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05 October 2005

More MeCha minutia: what are your "key words"?

→[More:] So I'm filling out my Hot or Not profile, and I put the following as my key words:

5'-2" with eyes of blue, architecture, art, beer, boobies, bunnies, comix, cooking, democratic socialism, documentaries, dogs, education, environment, feminism, film, gin, goofiness, houseplants, jazz, kids, knitting, mcsweeney's, meditation, nat shermans, naturopathy, pacifism, pool, portland, reading, rudimentary punctuation, salsa dancing, sci-fi, sensuality, shoes, singing, sushi, the great outdoors, travel, trees, vietnamese food.

You?

post by: Specklet at: 18:08 | 28 comments

tall, drunken, irish, italian, skinny, pimply, hyperactive, neurotic, boobies, butts, junk food, BBW, dictators, ramones, mp3, hotdogs, burgers, flannel, popculture, contrarian, beer, nudity, TV, richard price, james ellroy, beernuts

posted by jonmc 05 October | 18:14

cynicism, ennui, lassitude, exasperation, and short chicks.

posted by orthogonality 05 October | 18:15

Oh, that's easy -- same as my answer for a previous question.

posted by jrun 05 October | 18:21

Using yours as a crib, speck:

5'-2" with eyes of blue, architecture, art, bad habitry, baseball, beer, boobies [into them, don't particularly have them], bunnies, cats, ~~comix~~, contemplating, cooking, democratic ~~socialism~~ activism, documentaries, dogs, ~~education~~, environment, feminism, film, gambling, gardening, ~~gin~~, ~~goofiness~~, googling, houseplants, ~~jazz, kids, knitting~~, joan fuckin jett!, margaritas, metachat, was published once in mcsweeney's, ~~meditation, nat shermans, naturopathy~~, monterey, pacifism, picking things up off the ground, pool, portland, reading, ~~rudimentary~~ elaborate punctuation, salsa ~~dancing~~, ~~sci-fi, sensuality, shoes, singing, sushi,~~ sports (watching), the great outdoors, travel, trees, ~~vietnamese~~ indian food, walking, woodworking.

posted by mudpuppie 05 October | 18:25

Oooh I need to add gardening and picking things up off the ground.

P.S. pup, I love the flickr pics of yer chickens.

posted by Specklet 05 October | 18:34

tall, rumpled, anxious, film, film, film, music, sharing music, finding new music, reading, all things hard-boiled (except eggs), cats, computer, metachat, gathering detritus (I just found the coolest metal M on the way to work), words, hockey, Thai food, Thailand, Indian food, people-watching, travel, waiting for the bus.

posted by goatdog 05 October | 18:56

laughter, cigarettes, beer, black coffee, music, art, books, dogs, kids, gardening, friends, cynicism, disillusionment, a certain stubborn doomed romanticism, cooking, crafts, sloppiness, sleep, hiking, clothes, bars, restaurants, museums, carnivals, tacky shit, left-wing-politics, writing, more laughter.

posted by mygothlaundry 05 October | 19:06

Obsequious, purple, clairvoyant, thief.

posted by PinkStainlessTail 05 October | 19:26

hat maker 1790-1850, heart doner, inanimate, intellectual, porpoise-photographer, rabbit, racing car driver, shy, zombie.

Currently running at a hotornot setting of 6.5

posted by seanyboy 05 October | 19:27

I know i spelt it wrong. OK.

posted by seanyboy 05 October | 19:28

green eyes, books books books, baseball, beer, sleeping, walking, metachat, tall, rugby, board games, science, martinis, food, films, travelling, couch.

posted by gaspode 05 October | 19:31

arrogance, beauty, beer, bodies, books, jokes, music, salt water, tolerance, trees, words

posted by nomis 05 October | 20:39

6'-3" with eyes of dark brown, architecture, art, wine, pecs, newspapers, cooking, democratic socialism, documentaries, dogs, education, film, martinis, goofiness, classical music, gym, Adelphi Editore, New Testament studies, no smoking, vitamins, soccer, milan, reading, imperfect English, black and white films, sensuality, shoes, opera, sushi, the great indoors, travel, parks, Italian food.

posted by matteo 05 October | 20:48

5'5, classical architecture, classical music, punk, folk, Old Testament studies, cats, dogs, needlework, cars, fashion, absurdity, ballet, good manners, travel, gardening, sloth, bunnies, the Sunday New York Times, sharks, and large bodies of water.

I look at that and wouldn't guess it was me, but it is.

posted by puddinghead 05 October | 21:34

verbal misdirection, SF, ideas, short bursts of enthusiasm, writing, empathy, latinophilic (as in latino), world music, books, incongruity, spiders, coffee conversations.

posted by dhruva 05 October | 21:58

animals, birds, cats, classical music, christmas season, country music, dogs, driving outside of the city, fall, flower gardening, folk music, fresh water streams rivers ponds and lakes, kids, knowledge, modern or alternative rock music, nature, night, rain, running, science fiction, shy, snow, spring, thunderstorms, tornados, travel, trees, weight lifting, writing, vegatable gardening

posted by weretable and the undead chairs 05 October | 22:40

Oh, yeah, that's right. Rain and storms and tornados for sure.

posted by puddinghead 05 October | 22:47

tall, brown eyes, brown hair, boring, grumpy, anal, geeky, driving, boating, fishing, watersport (not that kind), motorsport, speed, adrenalin, rock music, alternative rock, bike, bushwalking, photography, storms, trivial knowledge.

posted by dg 05 October | 23:08

"average height" "changeable eye color" (usually green or blue hazel) "brown hair" glasses "radio voice" chicago nightowl books writing journalism editing PR i/enfp aries-rabbit blog "city blog" art music culture gardening photography boobies "found objects" film "bad movies" sushi thai indian bbq cooking foodie social friends antiques scotch wine geeky scrabble ephemera "interior monologue" puns worldplay

posted by me3dia 05 October | 23:21

and astonomy.

posted by puddinghead 05 October | 23:23

family, "muggles, pre-harry", football, "fat chicks", code, "fuck bush", sellout, furries

posted by danostuporstar 05 October | 23:29

Ironically, my hot or not was exactly the same as yours, Speck. Thank goodness I used amberglow's picture instead of my own.

(And by the way, I am muy caliente!)

posted by DeepFriedTwinkies 06 October | 02:07

5 foot, brown eyes, specs, wine, art, reading books/magazines, dvd, music, indian food, internet, sun, seaside living, outdoors, shopping, chocolate, laughter.

posted by Chimp 06 October | 05:11

4'11, light orangey-brown eyed, long haired, size 2 polymath with an attitude. shy, hates being "hit on" because of looks. humourous, musical, athletic, artist, voracious reader, gardener, handywoman, nurse, mom.

posted by reflecked 06 October | 07:13

5' 7" -- BIDS, shaved head, glasses, in a relationship, listen to music, play music, read comix, draw comics, watch films, critique films, eat food, drink drink, meet people, robots, cartography, design patterns, snowboarding, swiss design, the international sport of football, lomography, making lists, computation machines, ink on paper, paint on canvas, pixels on screen.

posted by safetyfork 06 October | 09:28

5'3", hazel eyes, brunette, voluptuous, Chicago, New York, Indiana University, reading, writing, dogs (especially terriers), music, traveling, football, basketball, baseball, Cubs, Bears, Bulls, Hoosiers, Jaycees, newspapers, magazines, lots of books, Italian food, Mexican food, steak, reality TV, Seinfeld, liberal

That is a pretty good summary.

posted by sisterhavana 06 October | 09:58

Thanks for sharing, guys. I like seeing these: terse yet descriptive.

I think now that my heart shows signs of healing, I'm uh, developing a raging crush on matteo.

posted by Specklet 06 October | 12:43

With good reason, Specklet.

posted by puddinghead 07 October | 18:29

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