Take a deep breath. Remember: it’s now 2006, and I actually *like* me now.

As I recently wrote, I’ve been on a dating hiatus. I’m easing up on that a bit (already?), and taking up my father’s offer for six months on eHarmony. So far, I’m finding that eH has a (much) broader audience now than it did in the early days, when it was almost exclusively conservative Christian. That’s a start. The format works well for avoiding time-suckage, since you don’t “shop” for matches, but rather, they provide them for you. Only time will tell.

The problem is this: once I finished what I was “working on” (heh) on eHarmony, I found myself drawn back over to match. I’ll just to look around a little. Oh, and I’ll update my profile…just in case I decide to make it visible again. Oooh, after updating, they give me a list of my current “good matches.” Browse, browse, browse…WTF?

Dude, I just stumbled upon the profile of a guy who lived down the hall from me in college — a California boy who’s now somehow landed in Denver. He’s hot as ever, but seems more interesting than I remember. That said, he’s still way. out. of. my. league. I shot him a note anyway, just to see if he remembered the annoyingly goody-goody girl who lived down the hall and scored a 98 on the Rice Purity Test as an incoming freshman. Okay, I admit it. I lied about the masturbation questions, but even then, I probably was still in the mid 90s.

Anyhoo, it could be fun to meet up with someone from so long ago. If I keep an open mind, I might actually create a friendship. First, though, I think I’d need to get past this sudden flashback to who I was then: trying too hard, overly earnest, so-smart-yet-so-dumb…yipe, yipe, yipe!

Update: 26% D’oh. Of course, I AM nearly 35, have lived with someone, and have a child. I’ve also regained a few points over the past few months/years.