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As part of the ongoing preview on CrazySingleLife, we’re going to introduce some of the dating stars before the site launches. Each dater on CSL will have an alias derived from a color. They also have to write two posts before they start dating, an introduction post and a Mr./Mrs. Right post. The introduction post is meant as a description of themselves, but not like height, age, occupation. It’s more a window into their soul and the journey that their heart has been on. The second post is an open letter to the future Mr./Mrs. Right so that he or she will know to come calling on our daters.

The following except is from the introductory letter of Steel, one of the two male bloggers for CSL. On Monday, you met Tenne, yesterday you met Cerulean and tomorrow you’ll meet them all. Enjoy!

I didn’t go on my first date until late in high school. Until then, I had been your fairly standard loser, more interested in books than girls; yet I harbored the suspicion that somewhere within me lurked a great romantic. The date (or so I thought) was a success; it was she, and not I, who initiated my first kiss. Later that week, she broke up with me on the grounds that having a boyfriend would interfere with her violin lessons—and in spite of the words of cynical friends, I’ve always believed this was the truth. What motive is too silly to ascribe to the half-formed personalities of high schoolers?

I was crushed. But shortly thereafter, I read my first volume of Proust—In The Shadow of Young Girls In Flower. Proust, and not the girl, was my first love; I was smitten, intoxicated. His teenaged hero visits a seaside resort and indulges in the most absurd, fickle, short-lived “love affairs” that could not have reminded me more of myself; but somehow he transformed his humiliation into something that brought me joy to read. And when, five years later, I at last finished all seven volumes of In Search of Lost Time, I found this had been the pattern of his whole life. Proust died alone in a tiny musty room, having slaved away through so many absolutely lonely nights to transmute his life—that is, the years before he plunged himself into artistic hermitude—into perhaps the greatest work of literature of all time. He committed suicide for Art.

It was about then I realized that being a “great romantic” has little to do with being loved, and—more painfully—with being able to love.

This is only half of the letter. Read the rest when CrazySingleLife launches this week!


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phanxuanna12297 - 12/25/09 1:10 am

i kinda like that site xD

For singles! you must be single xD


i kinda like that site xD


oh gosh lol


^ ooh thats scary then if someone else discovers them D:


If they get exposed, they can’t write for it anymore!


^
Uh huh...so when can we see the identity of these daters.... grin


The page already looks interesting. The introductions to the characters are really well written smile


^ it is very very very colorful. I love the main layout/picture
it looks so summer-ish :D


Siralop7 - 12/11/09 11:08 pm
ludachris714 - 12/11/09 10:23 pm

Check out the site, its open for your viewing pleasure wink

It’s very colorful. I like it.

Sure is! lol

CrazySingleLife, who doesnt want to read about it ;D


ludachris714 - 12/11/09 10:23 pm

Check out the site, its open for your viewing pleasure wink

It’s very colorful. I like it.


Check out the site, its open for your viewing pleasure wink


This is getting good.


sh0kr0k - 12/11/09 1:10 am

@Steel, I don’t think being into books instead of girls makes you a loser.  In fact I think it’s quite charming grin Girls like smart guys, even if it doesn’t seem so at first.

Girls like smart guys, doesnt always happen ... :D


@Steel, I don’t think being into books instead of girls makes you a loser.  In fact I think it’s quite charming grin Girls like smart guys, even if it doesn’t seem so at first.


ludachris714 - 12/07/09 9:25 am

^
waiting for who? a guy to sweep you off your feet? raspberry lol

Oh… haha you’re hilarious. >_<


ludachris714 - 12/10/09 1:50 am

Whats this “Proust” that you speak of? wink

On the topic of “goals”, how was your goal for Thanksgiving Day? Was it accomplished? raspberry

In a nutshell, Proust is the name of an author that wrote this seriously epic book. Steel makes references to it.

Was my goal to wear sweatpants for Thanksgiving Day? If so, I didn’t accomplish my goal, haha. I didn’t want to offend my family.


Whats this “Proust” that you speak of? wink

On the topic of “goals”, how was your goal for Thanksgiving Day? Was it accomplished? raspberry


I am all of a sudden inspired to read Proust. I think that’ll be my literary goal of 2010.


loved the preview


Poor Tenne… x(
Cant’ wait to read the rest of the letter on launch day ^_^


sounds really fun! I think it;s not only intended for romantic dating, but also for connecting with new found friends here!


I am not one of the bloggers. There would be too many conflicts of interest. Besides, there are more interesting daters than me ;p


Hoc - 12/07/09 6:01 pm

The identities of the daters are super top secret! They’re not going to be anyone you know.

are you going to be part of the dating adventure? smile


The identities of the daters are super top secret! They’re not going to be anyone you know.


is urbanite a real word smile lol


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