Jellodream

My sister let me have her dinky pair of computer speakers. The cord that comes with them is so short that I cannot place them on the top shelf of my desk. That shelf would have been and ideal place for them because the sound would be balanced and the speakers would be out of the way of some desk knicknacks. So I’ve had to put them in the upper right corner of my desk. One speaker is actually on the desk surface—the other balances on top of my answering machine. Not an ideal spot.

Since I’ve had these speakers, I keep on knocking them on to the floor quite often. It usually happens twice a week. Sometimes it’s every other day. Well finally I noticed that there was no sound, but when I moved the speakers to put them back sound came out. Over the course of time, I’ve noticed that sometimes sound comes out if the speakers and wires are in different positions. There is no rhyme or reason—some days I get sound when they are on my desk, other days on top of my mini-stereo speakers. They could be tilted left, tilted right, or upsidedown. Adjusting them takes me back to the old “aluminum foil on your television attenae” days.

When my sister came over to visit I said “Look! I can push the wires in and out of the speakers!”

She said “You dum dum—you broke them!”

Technically the speakers do work, but very poorly. Actually only one speaker works, so I can only get a mono effect. There is barely any bass. And the volume is always low.

I need to get new speakers. This is important to me so I can actually hear sound when I am watching movies and listen to music. Perhaps I should spend some time comparision shopping on line and in stores so I know how much a low to mid price model costs. Maybe I can convince my family to loan me money for them.

In late November I went back to Chinatown a few more times to try on and compare frames. In the end I got my frames from a store on Mott Street called Mao Chang.

When I first started visiting the stores in Chinatown, my instinct told me that Mao Chang would be a very good place to get glasses. They had a wide selection and good customer service. But I still wanted to look at the selections from other stores. Because I have classic Chinese complexion (golden beige), I learned that red, purple, and green were flattering colors for me. Blue and black frames weren’t.

Gut instinct always wins.

When I came back to Mao Chang, they didn’t have the pair of frames that I had originally seen—dark red with classic lines. But that didn’t bother me because they had a wide selection. I had to chose between a pair of red frames with modern lines or purple frames with classic lines. Spent a few minutes staring and comparing. In the end I decide to get the purple frames, because I felt I looked more approachable in them. The red ones gave me a harder intellectual look.

My mom was adamant about not getting Transitions lenses for me, so I went along with the program. After all, she helped with the expenses.

This is the only recent close-up photo of me. It’s not the most flattering and it contains my sister. Actually I’d like to delete it and have no photo for this entry, but I have no idea how to.

Well anyway, what do you think of my new glasses?

Well, I have an OkCupid account. My profile is up but I haven’t had a deluge of men contact me. That’s because I haven’t uploaded a photo of myself. I have new glasses and my hair is slightly shorter, so my appearance has changed. But I don’t photograph well. It’s time once again to find someone who can take excellent photos of me.

Every few days I’m on that site trying to rack up points. The main way to do this is by answering OkCupid’s vetting questions. The more questions answered the more accurate the match. My goal is to have potential matches shown up on my home page that rate over a 90% match with me.

So far the men who have gone beyond looking at my profile and actually contacting me have dubious qualities. None of them have matched me above 70%. Most are much lower. I’ve have had one date and a few chats. What annoys me is that despite my lack of a photo and a completed profile detailing my interests, they project ethnic sterotypes about me.

I’m thinking of signing up on astrology based dating sites. Synastry is more accurate than mainstream methods.

I feel a stronger urge to meet and befriend new men this year because I need to develop and alternative to my current situation. An old boyfriend has friended me, and we chat on Facebook a lot. He lives in the upper midwest and is living with his girlfriend. Not good.

One of the local NYC members is organizing a singles party on February 20. I’m going.