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Imagine a world with ideas. A place full of clever people who can articulate those ideas. A world of riposte and derring-do! A world that has style. A world that uses (gasp!) punctuation...

I can hear you now, my friends. "Whoa, whoa, wait a minute, pal. Ideas? Cleverness? Punctuation? What kind of magical fantasy land is this? Furthermore to which...on the internet?? Bwahahahaha!"

I know, my friends! I know. Believe me. This is just the reason that this site needed to come into existence. Haven't you ever wondered "Why are clever or interesting people so hard to find"? Haven't you ever lamented the fact that nobody gets your obscure, literary-based jokes? Haven't you read these other people's profiles, wherever they may be, and cringed to think that these are the people that you are surrounded by?

No way out! No escape! Forever doomed to hear "i like music n stuff, hit me up if u want"! NO! This cannot be!

We need a refuge. A sanctuary. A place where we can come together, and discuss the...finer...things in life. Poetry. Philosophy. Hats! Electric-eel guns!! Rest assured that whatever we discuss, it shall be held to a...(sniffs disdainfully)...higher standard. We have long needed a sanctuary and refuge for creative persons. For intelligent persons. For persons who like punctuation! We are surrounded on all sides by a howling, ravenous wasteland of vapidity and poor grammar, my friends. Shouldn't we have a place where we can enjoy a good conversation?

I think so.

So what is this place? What am I actually proposing? I propose...a penpal service. Where each person on there has been filtered, through a fine mesh screen. Okay, it's an imaginary mesh screen. Work with me here. But filtered! So we can keep OUT the wasteland! But how does this work, you ask? Well, look here.




*** Random Penpal of the Moment ***
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Details for Tiamat
Request posted: 2008-04-08 Request expires: 2009-04-08
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Click here to contact Tiamat!
(Female, Age: 41 years, Occupation: Computer geek)
My Requirements
Either Male or Female are okay.Age: 16 to 100 Email ONLY (No postal mail)
Native Language: English
Target Language: Any (Low Beginner)
Country: USA
About me:
Oh my GOD! Describe myself! You would ask that, wouldn't you? Pesky invasive web forms. I'm onto you, buddy.

*ahem*

Okay, then. First of all, I'm somewhat horrified to realize that I'm over 40 years old. I thought my 27th birthday was just a couple of years ago, but sadly, that is not the case. 40 sounds so incredibly ancient. Isn't that awful? Let's skip this part.

I was happily married to what I thought was a great guy for almost 20 years, but he divorced me a few months ago, so apparently it wasn't as happy as I thought! :-)

I'm not looking for romance of any sort, just friends. I enjoy talking about everything from politics to day-to-day life. I've had a somewhat interesting past, so if you'd like to discuss sociolinguistic theory or just shoot the breeze over what an idiot your boss/professor/customers are, I am right there for you!

I'm cheerful, but I suffer from a chronic illness so I do have my bits of depression over that from time to time. I don't need to impose that on you as a penpal, though.

I speak a little bit of Japanese, Korean, Spanish, French, and German (some more than others) so I'd love anyone who has these as their native language to feel free to drop me a line. I have a Master's in English, so I'll be happy to help there as well if it comes up -- but I do want a friend and not just a student. :-)

I try to be honest, kind, and ethical in all I do, and I love trying to make people laugh. I love animals: I have two dogs and four cats.

Interests:
Reading, math, physics, economics, pscyhology, linguistics, sociology, wire-wrap jewelry, buddhism, religion, politics, bagels
Favorite Music:
Rock,opera, swing, jazz, blues, Broadway show tunes, classical, Eminem mashed up with ragtime piano, Madonna mashed up with the Sex Pistols ... name it!
Favorite Book(s):
Far too many to list. Mostly sci-fi/fantasy (Asimov, Heinlein, Eddings, Lackey, Tepper, Silverberg, Hamilton, Weber ). Also, good non-fiction.
Favorite Movie(s):
Action/adventure, comedy, sci-fi
I think a true friend is someone who:
is loyal, trustworthy, brave and makes a mean Belgian waffle.
About the penpal I'd like:
Anyone, male or female, gay or straight, religious or not from any country is welcomed with the following restrictions:

Please have a sense of humor. :-)

Please do not ask me for money, financial or visa assistance, marriage, anything pertaining to erotica or romance, business opportunities, and so forth.

Please tell me something about yourself -- it doesn't have to be much, but, come on now! Any messages consisting of simply "i want 2 take u as my pal" or "hi, let's chat" will be deleted.

Email only: no postal or snail mail. As we get to be friends, we can exchange addresses for postcards or such things, but I'm just rubbish at postal mail. Sorry.

Oh ... and please, I beg of you, if you're going to email me, please spell out words such as "you" and "too" and so forth. I believe my former English teachers have permanently destroyed the part of my brain that would think "i have 1 for u" or "u r my friend @ last" is in any way cute, funny, or interesting.

I have no age restrictions whatsoever, because I have friends ranging from 16 to 85. As long as you're a human being able to carry on some sort of intelligent conversation (or reasonable facsimile thereof), email me!

Tell me your story, and I'll listen.
(I am Tiamat and I want to delete my request.)
(I am Tiamat and I want to change my request.)
 

















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