Yet, we all keep trying, like fools - Lo-Pan
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Posted:Dec 23, 2021 9:19 am
Last Updated:Dec 23, 2021 12:42 pm 312 Views
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Another year is coming to a close. As a year on Alt, it's been pretty meh, honestly. I've met a few good-hearted people, and built relationships with them. I've met a lot of people who in the end (or in the middle, or at the beginning) just wanted money.
In Big Trouble in Little China, the sorcerer Lo-Pan laments to the buffoon Jack Burton, "You seem to be one who knows the difficulties between men and women, how seldom it works out. Yet, we all keep trying, like fools."
It's optimism that keeps us trying.
My wish for you for this new year is that you'll keep your optimism, that you'll get over however foolish you might feel after being taken in or hurt or discarded. That you'll keep trying. What you want is out there, wherever "there" might be. Even if it's just love, or just money.
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The Piss of a Long-Dead Cat
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Posted:Sep 1, 2021 5:36 pm
Last Updated:May 2, 2024 8:25 pm 501 Views
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Last night I was remodeling my house. I pulled up an old hardwood floorboard and an unmistakable scent wafted up from the juncture of floor and wall: the smell of a cat, spraying.
Its a tenacious scent. No cat has lived here for ten years, but the scent was strong.
It is a scent from a past life - both for me, and for the cat. I remember when a former partner had too many cats here, and they would contest for territory and express their displeasure by spraying. I remember grieving, with her, the deaths of those cats over the years. The cat that left this scent below the floorboards is long-dead.
I will spray the area before I replace the floor. I'll erase the scent and the attendant memories. It will work, in that exact spot. But I wonder: how many other spots are there in the house, under the floorboards and behind the wall plates, where that cat's quest for dominance and olfactory imprint on others lives on?
I think about my own life and the imprints it has left on others. Someday what's left of me will be tantamount to the piss of a long-dead cat. For that, I apologize in advance.
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Things I've Learned My First Two Weeks Back On ALT
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Posted:Jan 12, 2019 9:27 am
Last Updated:Jan 12, 2019 9:30 am 624 Views
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A few years ago I wasn't finding compatible others here, and I was getting a lot of spam, so I left ALT.com. Two weeks ago I decided to give it another try. Here's what I've learned since rejoining.
1) A photo taken professionally by someone else, especially one that prominently features an ass in a thong, is a pretty good indication you're dealing with a professional.
2) Email that wants to know lots about you, with phrases such as "I am not here to talk to you about general things such as partying, the weather, sports, e.c.t. I want to learn about you and what makes up your heart and soul" is a pretty good indication that you're dealing with an identity thief.
3) A well-written profile followed by an initial contact message with poor grammar is a pretty good indication you're dealing with a scammer.
4) A person who presents as a submissive and then asks if you want to be their sex slave isn't "testing" you; they're serious, and probably a (male pretending to be female) findomme.
5) Many initial contacts I receive include spelling and grammar errors characteristic of native speakers of Eastern European languages, for whom English is a second language. I know this because I speak some of these languages, and my ancestors spoke them natively. The associated profiles often include phrases like, "Seeking for my soulmate." I've found these are pretty good indications you're dealing with (e.g.) a Ukrainian Bride.
6) I deliberately use a small town with little business as my profile location. A surprising number of people who contact me are going to be in my town on business and want to meet up. This is a pretty good indication that something organized is going on, or that they're catfishing.
As I expected, all of the reasons that I left ALT are still here, and more brazen than ever.
These past two weeks I've had some lovely contacts with people genuinely interested in non-transactional relationships at face value. That's wonderful! I'll stay a while, and listen.
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