Confessions of A Naughty Girl

Eureka! It's Time For A Highly-Scientific Social Experiment.

If you've read the post below and thought I was done talking, then clearly you don't know me all that well.

Yes, my friends, I've thought long and hard about my dilemma with meeting good quality men.

Traditionally, I've had a lot of different eggs in a lot of different baskets. Almost to a fault, really. Certainly I have discouraged or driven at least a few people away because they think I am flighty, or dare I say - whorelike - when it comes to keeping my options open. More recently, I have either exhausted all of my options or blatantly dismissed them. And that's not good, because I've always been a math girl at heart. I believe the more you've got going, the better odds you have of finding something good.

With that in mind, I've devised a Highly-Scientific Social Experiment, and this one is so profound, so destined to be wildly successful, that my Wife Erica has jumped on board and volunteered herself to participate as well.

We are off to answer one of the modern single person's biggest questions. As a young single person in a city, what is the best way to meet new people?

The experiment will begin February 1st, and last for eight weeks. Yes! Eight weeks. That's two months for those of you who have a hard time converting units of measured time.

We, with our Highly Scientific methods, will spend two weeks each on four different methods of meeting people, and report our findings here, on this very blog. And you, dear readers, can live vicariously through us by visiting this site. For free. We won't even charge you! Lucky bastards.

Phase One: What About Your Friendsters?

This horribly cheesy moniker, adapted from the ridiculous TLC song in 1994, "What About Your Friends", will explore the fascinating world of Friendster (MySpace ruled out instantaneously for trash factor). My lab partner and I will Scientifically email second and third degree Friendsters who we do not already know in the hopes of striking up some conversation, and perhaps a love connection. A two-week chronicle of our successes, failures, and odd little anecdotes will be posted here for your viewing pleasure.

Phase Two: Bars, Bars, Bars

This horribly named phase of the experiment, named as a cheap knockoff of the most awesome Motley Crue song, "Girls Girls Girls", will take us to various bars in and around the Atlanta metropolitan area. As we go out at least 3-4 times/week, it is here where we will do our bests to maintain scientific integrity, not get too shitfaced, and keep our eyes on the Balls as we test out how well finding good loving can work at the bar scene.

Phase Three: Match Point

Much like the game of tennis, Match.com is like ping pong, but over the Internet. I don't know how this metaphor is relevant to anything other than that it sounds really smart, so I'm going with it. My lab partner and I will be joining Match.com for two weeks, in order to "browse" for someone who "clicks our mouse" so to speak. Midgets and hermaphrodites need not apply.

Phase Four: Activities of Shared Interest

In this last phase, we will be investigating events that surround what we call "activities of shared interest". This includes, but is not limited to, college alumni events (go Redhawks and Dawgs), professional sporting events, drinks at the High Museum, and concerts. It is here where we hope that mutual interests will lead to mutual satisfaction...in more ways than one.

I will be spending the next couple of weeks putting together an itinerary, establishing Scientific Rules, and making my hypothesis as to the most successful method.

And because this is an interactive site, please feel free to state and explain what you think the most successful Phase will be and why.

In the meantime, I'd highly recommend you throw out your Corn Flakes, because it's going to be one interesting ride.

posted by KA @ 9:33 PM