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Unfanciable?

To see what all the fuss was about I took out a ten-day free trial at Christian Connection. Here's my profile:

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paul204

Age: 31-35
From: Suffolk
Gender: male
Christian Tradition: Just "Christian"

I'm a bundle of contradictions: a privately greagarious, technophobic technophile. Music is my radar, but I'm not musical.

I'm interested in people with a soul, a life, a passion.

To use Douglas Coupland's phrases, I'm an Obscurist but turned off by Emptional Ketchup Bursters

What are your interests and priorities? Where have you lived or where would you like to live?

Art is everything. I love consuming and participating; music, film, sculpture, architecture, nature.

I'm a southerner through and through, but would move to New York given half the chance.

What work do you do now, have done in the past, or would like to do in the future?

I work with computers, mainly trying to persuade people that hi-tech solutions are not the answer, much to the annoyance of my employer.

I want a job that doesn't involve typing; I plan to change the world but I haven't figured out how yet.

Please name some of your favourite books, characters or websites:

Books... Coupland and Capek fascinate me, as does anything that makes me think.

Websites... vurch.com, greenbelt.org.uk as well as the obligatory Google and Amazon

Say something about the nature of your Christian faith. What activities have you done or would like to do as a result of your commitment? Describe the Church you attend and why you go there:

Always grown up surrounded by Christians, but only now is everything making sense. Greenbelt saved me, and I continue to go every year.

I'm not attending church right now, 'cause the churches in my town seem to be for young families only. I consequently 'do church' remotely with my friends around the UK.

Which Scripture verses are important to you? List any Christian writers, books or publications that have helped you:

Too many, but still too few. I'll mention C.S.Lewis but I'm sure you can forgive me.

Is there anything else you would like to say, which you haven't had the chance to mention up to now?

I meant what I said about changing the world. "Life should be fragrant, rooftop to the basement".

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During the ten days no-one contacted me. (Should I be surprised? I didn't contact anyone either, not even the beautiful woman who described herself as "sexy, boozy (possibly) and spontaneous".)

Was I too conceited? Too liberal? And more importantly, should I be relieved or offended?

It was a fun ten days, and I learnt a new sport: see how many of your friends you can find that haven't told you they're online.