CAUTION: If You Don't Specify Otherwise... I WILL Blog About You!!

CHECK OUT THE FACEBOOK MESSAGE I GOT THE OTHER DAY (bold/italics/color has been added for dramatic effect):

June 12 at 2:46pm

Hey there-

So...I'm not quite sure what to say here since you have no clue who I am and whatever I say has a small chance of coming off sincere rather than creepy or [insert other predatory adjective here].

You seem incredibly cool and are stunningly beautiful and I had to say hi and strike up a conversation.

Hope you're having a good day-

Shawn

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So at this point I responded like a normal person....
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Alana Taylor

June 12 at 4:59pm

Hi Shawn!

How's it going? No worries about sayin' hi haha. I meet people online all the time (it's sort of what I do) and you aren't weird at all.

So what prompted you to add me?

Alana

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I asked him what prompted him to add me because I thought maybe he read my blog or followed me on Twitter and because, if you know anything about me by now... I like to be nice to everyone.
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June 12 at 5:09pm

I've met many people online too over the years- some incredible experiences and some....well...just experiences :)

Two things grabbed me right away: one, you saying you just broke a string on your guitar....since I am sitting here with a bandaid over my left middle fingertip due to a blood blister I got playing saturday morning after a long night of partying, lol. The sad thing is that although I pretended to be David Gilmour in that brief minute as blood and rosewood mixed into one deep burgundy color, I really can't play at all.....

....but a boy can dream, right? :)

So anyway, yeah- the fact you play guitar is incredibly sexy. The second thing was the picture of you with your hair cut off (or cut short).

You really are amazingly beautiful and so sexy. I also like your taste in movies.....

So I had to meet you. I was drawn to you and although there was probably no way my little fantasy would come true (the fantasy where a brief online encounter would lead to real life romance and the pursuit of happiness ever after), I had to give it a shot-

Hope you're having a good day Alana-

Shawn

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WHATT?? Can you come off as any more of a creep???

I have no idea who this guy is, but he is telling me in a Facebook message that his fantasy is to marry a girl he sees in a picture!?!?!

I just don't understand where these guys come from. Jeez. You'd think at 32 years old you would have some dignity.

So, I never responded to him and this is what he sent afterwards:

June 19 at 11:58am

lol, guess my first email was ok but then I fucked it up :)

Sorry for the over dose of caffeine- happens to the best of us-

cheers-

Shawn

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Yeah Shawn, you sure did fuck up. Not only for yourself but for the whole of the male species. You have just reaffirmed the notion that men will never be taken seriously by women online. Ever.

P.S. A word to the wise... I might blog about you if you happen to disrupt my life in any interesting, creepy, funny, enlightening, scary, or supernatural way. If you don't like it I suggest you specify it when you talk to me or you refrain from interaction with me altogether haha.