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RandomConstant is offline RandomConstant Post #1  June 10,2010, 8:50am
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Greetings, and thanks in advance for your time and input. In another effort to fine-tune my profile, I'm calling on the community to possibly point out rough edges or key points I may have missed with my judgment alone. So here goes (name casually removed from headers.)
p.s. I'm a male.

The one thing is most passionate about:
Languages. Through them, I discover their culture, their society and history, how their people evolved. By finding similarities between them, I see how populations influenced each other. Lastly, learning a foreing language feels like cracking a code that unravels a whole new aspect of the world we all live in.

The most important thing is looking for in a person is:
Someone looking for a true engagement, a woman who knows where she is, and where she wants her life to go. Someone for whom sampling and tasting around random dates is behind her, and whose next step is to build a healthy family, nurtured with mutual love and equality. Someone who can listen to the needs of others, yet aware of her own.

Basic Information
Occupation:
Programmer/Analyst (Video Games)
Age: 28
Height: 6' 2"
Wants Kids: Yes
Kids at Home: No
Ethnicity: White, non-Hispanic
Religion: Christian
Drinks: About once a week
Smokes: Never

The most influential person in 's life has been:
My babysitter. I have a memory of a pixelated dog running across a computer monitor. That's where I realized people like you and I could create and fashion video games, that they weren't just magic boxes only wizards could understand. That ordinary dog started my carreer.

The three things which is most thankful for:
* Having a stable familial background.
* Finances healthy enough to have a house and live away from need.
* Starting my professional life in the one domain I was aiming for.

Three of 's best life-skills are:
* Continuing to expand my knowledge and awareness
* Using humour to make friends laugh
* Remaining calm yet resilient during a crisis

The one thing wishes MORE people would notice about him is:
I'm a very loyal and devoted person, I'm a good listener and will give you the advices you request to the best of my knowledge. My trust is easy to earn, and hard to lose.

The things can't live without are:
* A computer, of any form.
* Wikipedia
* Nature
* Music, my music
* Humour. Can't live and not laugh.

The first thing people notice about is:

I'm a very shy and reserved man. I prefer to listen and analyse, and speak up when asked for my advice. Discussion for me is usually more functionnal than emotional. My body language and my physical affection are my vessel of choice to convey my intimacy.

Some additional information wanted you to know is:
Le Francais est ma langue maternelle. I like to write, and I get carried away easily while composing. Be prepared for some architectural and sculptural walls of text!

typically spends his leisure time:
If there's some household chore that still needs to be done, I'll try to give it a priority over leisure. I like to go cycling or walking, where I can set aside the stress of the day and let my thoughts wander on everything else. When I'm too tired, or not willing to do exercise, I sit back and read or watch tv. The latter is more common, as I read through books quickly and run out of material often.

The last book read and enjoyed:
Gunnm Last Order (graphics novel.) The author depicts a dystopian world with such mastery. I know this isn't exactly a welcoming type of reading, but I really love stories that will divert from the classical frame of a righteous hero struggling against an obvious evil. When frontiers become blurry, and both sides of the fence appear justifiable, the moral struggle absorbs my mind into the depths of the book.

's friends describe him as:
* Dependable
* Rational
* Quiet
* Intelligent

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The one thing is most passionate about:
Languages. Through them, I discover their culture, their society and history, how their people evolved. By finding similarities between them, I see how populations influenced each other. Lastly, learning a foreing language feels like cracking a code that unravels a whole new aspect of the world we all live in. "foreign" - the "n" and the "g" are inverted here. Otherwise, I like this.

The most important thing is looking for in a person is:
Someone looking for a true engagement, a woman who knows where she is, and where she wants her life to go. Someone for whom sampling and tasting around random dates is behind her, and whose next step is to build a healthy family, nurtured with mutual love and equality. Someone who can listen to the needs of others, yet aware of her own. I think this is well said.

Basic Information
Occupation: Programmer/Analyst (Video Games)
Age: 28
Height: 6' 2"
Wants Kids: Yes
Kids at Home: No
Ethnicity: White, non-Hispanic
Religion: Christian
Drinks: About once a week
Smokes: Never

The most influential person in 's life has been:
My babysitter. I have a memory of a pixelated dog running across a computer monitor. That's where I realized people like you and I could create and fashion video games, that they weren't just magic boxes only wizards could understand. That ordinary dog started my carreer. I like the uniqueness here; I'm not sure I understand the connection between the babysitter and the pixelated dog -- did your babysitter create the dog image?

The three things which is most thankful for:
* Having a stable familial background.
* Finances healthy enough to have a house and live away from need.
* Starting my professional life in the one domain I was aiming for.
Again, I think this is unique and clear.

Three of 's best life-skills are:
* Continuing to expand my knowledge and awareness
* Using humour to make friends laugh
* Remaining calm yet resilient during a crisis

The one thing wishes MORE people would notice about him is:
I'm a very loyal and devoted person, I'm a good listener and will give you the advices you request to the best of my knowledge. My trust is easy to earn, and hard to lose. Nice. You may want to say "advice" instead of "advices" -- it may sound more natural to most of your readers.

The things can't live without are:
* A computer, of any form.
* Wikipedia
* Nature
* Music, my music (maybe describe, or do the "Something to Talk About" feature)
* Humour. Can't live and not laugh. (It may help to engage matches by cracking a joke here instead of saying you like to laugh -- just an idea).

The first thing people notice about is:
I'm a very shy and reserved man. I prefer to listen and analyse, and speak up when asked for my advice. Discussion for me is usually more functionnal than emotional. My body language and my physical affection are my vessel of choice to convey my intimacy. "functional" has one "n". Personally, I'm not sure the speech vs. body language information adds anything; it may come across as negative to some matches or be misunderstood. But that is only my opinion -- see what others say.

Some additional information wanted you to know is:
Le Francais est ma langue maternelle. I like to write, and I get carried away easily while composing. Be prepared for some architectural and sculptural walls of text! I really like this one. Nice.

typically spends his leisure time:
If there's some household chore that still needs to be done, I'll try to give it a priority over leisure. I like to go cycling or walking, where I can set aside the stress of the day and let my thoughts wander on everything else. When I'm too tired, or not willing to do exercise, I sit back and read or watch tv. The latter is more common, as I read through books quickly and run out of material often. I think this gives a good sense of "what it would be like to be with you." So I like it.

The last book read and enjoyed:
Gunnm Last Order (graphics novel.) The author depicts a dystopian world with such mastery. I know this isn't exactly a welcoming type of reading, but I really love stories that will divert from the classical frame of a righteous hero struggling against an obvious evil. When frontiers become blurry, and both sides of the fence appear justifiable, the moral struggle absorbs my mind into the depths of the book. Personally, I think this is nice and gives more information about you and your interests.

's friends describe him as:
* Dependable
* Rational
* Quiet
* Intelligent

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Thank you for your time and input!
Hi RandomConstant,

Thanks for sharing your 3rd draft. It’s excellent! And if French is your first language (I don’t speak French, but I’m guessing that’s what the French says), then you certainly do have an excellent command of the English language. I included my feedback in purple.

All the best,

~Kate
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DancingFool is offline DancingFool Post #3  June 10,2010, 9:12am
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Hmmmm.....it presents you as a very heavy brooding person without much humor and perhaps overly serious. If that's who you are, that's fine, if not.....something needs to be lightened up.

Also, the one quality you are looking for reads like heavy bitter baggage and almost places pressure on me that a meeting with you is essentially an agreement to enter a long term relationship with you. If I meet you and don't like you, I'm afraid that you may attack me for being a flaky floozie who was never serious about dating because if I was, then naturally I'd be dating you. This paragraph definitely needs to be reworded.

Personally, I think it's a bit overstating the obvious to say that you are looking for a serious relationship. Either way, it can be stated in a way that does not leave a negative impression.
 
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Thanks for the advice so far, Kate. I'll take that into account and reword some things.

About the Five things one can't live without, however: isn't the input length very restricted on that? I recall entering a short explanation on each line and being denied because it was too long, so I ended up just putting the things bare. So a joke on that humour line might just not fit.
 
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The one thing is most passionate about:
"Languages. Through them, I discover their culture, their society and history, how their people evolved."


I'm not a writer but this sounds sort of discombobulated, to me...
Languages don't "have" people...people have languages.

maybe say: Languages; their origin...history, and how differently societies and cultures evolved through language.
 
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Thanks for the advice so far, Kate. I'll take that into account and reword some things.

About the Five things one can't live without, however: isn't the input length very restricted on that? I recall entering a short explanation on each line and being denied because it was too long, so I ended up just putting the things bare. So a joke on that humour line might just not fit.
Hi RandomConstant --

I was more or less just thinking of a short, brief funny description of something "you can't live without", in whatever style of humor that demonstrates something funny you would say or the type of humor you would appreciate.

If you are less of a funny-guy and more of a humor appreciator, for example, you could list a favorite comic strip or funny author, or something along those lines, maybe. I think it works as it is, it's more about possible ways to enhance what you have.

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My main thought is that the tone of this profile is bordering on being too intense and serious. I noticed that you had humour as one of the things you must have. If that is true, injecting a bit of it into the profile would lighten the mood. You may also want to make sure one of your pics is of you doing something fun and interesting.

Also, one trigger word caught my eye: shy. I would go with 'strong, silent' type, which seems to fairly describe you. I wouldn't pitch myself as shy.
 
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Thanks for the feedback, here are my modifications so far, aside from orthograph corrections.

The most influential person in 's life has been:
My babysitter. I have a memory of a pixelated dog running across a computer monitor, something she had created herself. [...]
clarifies the link between the babysitter and the dog.

The first thing people notice about is:
I'm a very shy and reserved man. I prefer to listen and analyse, and speak up when asked for my advice. .
I simply removed the last part.

The things can't live without are
:
* A computer, of any form.
* Wikipedia
* Nature
* My melting pot of music
* Good food and red wine
There's just so little room in these, I could not find anything short enough to fit in there unfortunately. So out with Humour, bring in the bread and booze! er, wine.

and then the terrible One Quality, I chose to rewrite it completely, as suggested. It's true that we're all on eHarmony to find someone, so it's pretty much useless and misguiding. However, upon reflection, I realized that, with no love experience, I don't really know what I'm truly looking for. Can you say 'double standard', somehow?

So I thought of three things, I'd like your feedback on them:

a) Someone who can appreciate the fine arts. Even though I love heavy metal, I have a passion for classical music. Without the foundations laid by millenniums of composing, a melody with depth and personality cannot bloom. Likewise, one should see through modernity a long legacy that deserves respect and admiration.
While that trait isn't a deal maker/breaker, it doesn't sound as heavy, and it highlights some of my interests. By taking something lighter here, it takes out a bit of the serious tone overall.

b) The ability to see the glass half full, or perhaps at the crossroads between fullness and emptiness. Someone who refuses to be veiled by the lemons of life, no matter how sour they can be.
A more realistic trait, although fairly common. I've included some play on words in the hope of diverting from the seriousness of the message. Not exactly humour, more like artistic decoration.

Another topic I could put there instead would be about seeing through (my) timidity, but that would put too much focus on that negative issue of my personality.

Now on to precisions about your (very welcome) replies:
DancingFool wrote :
Hmmmm.....it presents you as a very heavy brooding person without much humor and perhaps overly serious. If that's who you are, that's fine, if not.....something needs to be lightened up.
Well I have to admit I'm usually quite serious. I agree a touch of fun in that profile would help a bit further. It's unfortunate that there's just little room in the Five Things, that's a perfect spot for fun bits.

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I'm not a writer but this sounds sort of discombobulated, to me...
Languages don't "have" people...people have languages.
Well, what I had in mind was the relation between people and tribes that shaped the Old Continent. For instance, Germanic tribes that vastly influenced history in the antiquity. Back then, people that shared a culture shared a language, it represents the reflection of a people and a long history.

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Also, one trigger word caught my eye: shy. I would go with 'strong, silent' type, which seems to fairly describe you. I wouldn't pitch myself as shy.
'Shy' does have a negative impact. However, my shyness is my number one issue in life, and that's something I wish to disclose upfront.

Again, thanks for your helpful input!
 
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I like option B way better than A. Option A is just too heavy handed and exclusionary. Meaning that I like classical music myself, but your paragraph sounds like I would have to be over the top into it or it's a deal breaker. It's overly intense and would cause me to close you out.

Option B is a bit lighter and is a creative way to say looking for a positive person.


"I'm a very shy and reserved man. I prefer to listen and analyse, and speak up when asked for my advice"

This reads really badly. I get an overwhelming impression that if I met you, you would sit and stare at me like a mute unless I spoke to you or addressed you with specific questions to which I would get a calculated brief answer and nothing else. Now I'm going to go out on a limb and say that this is not true and that you are able to communicate with people much better than that. I'm also going to go out on the limb and say that you are not all that shy with your friends and other people you are comfortable with. So the lighter way to say this is maybe along the lines of "I may come across as shy and reserved initially." and leave it at that for disclosure's sake.

What make you seem much more serious and intense than you probably are is simply your writing style and the way you word things.
 
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Well, what I had in mind was the relation between people and tribes that shaped the Old Continent. For instance, Germanic tribes that vastly influenced history in the antiquity. Back then, people that shared a culture shared a language, it represents the reflection of a people and a long history.
yes, I know what you had in mind. But it's jumbled up the way you wrote it. And, if you have to explain it...you're not wording it correctly in the first place.

I agree with DancingFool here:
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What make you seem much more serious and intense than you probably are is simply your writing style and the way you word things.
Flowery speech is perfectly acceptable if you're writing love sonnets, but that's not the goal here...

In much of this profile you come across as sort of stiff, even snooty...and that's not very attractive.
You need a more conversational tone in the profile.
When was the last time the average person heard the word "modernity"??
C'mon, guy...

and the whole thing between the babysitter and the pixilated screen...why?
It reads as some inside joke between you and her/him...whatever...that no one else has the right to know.

You're trying waaaaay too hard.
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