The fates were with me, apparently

This is surely the moment you've all been waiting for! (No, not the fact that you're getting two -count 'em, TWO- posts in one day, though I'd wager that's pretty awesome, too.) This is the unveiling of my second-ever Craiglist ad*.

Since it's been a while, I'd like to take a little bit of time to remind you of the context:

In my first ad, I followed all the rules I'd laid out for myself. I wrote an ad that I thought captured my essence fairly well. But despite the fact that I had some responses, I learned some things. Namely, it was too long. Way too long. Most CL ads are short. Really short. As in, so short that they don't actually say anything.

Personally, I think that's ludicrous.

But,

I figured that if I was going to really do this experiment correctly, I should be like all the other people posting ads on CL and not actually saying anything about myself.

So I did.

Remember, the rules state that I MUST be truthful. (I was.) They also say that I must write the ad as if I would if I wanted to actually attract someone. (I bent that rule, but trusted that you'd all understand.) If I sound like I'm stalling, I am. I find this ad pretty embarrassing. It's really not me. And I still have a hard time believing that a) I posted it, and b) it got me a 7 month relationship. Sigh.

But, without further ado:

I'm not much for fortune-telling, but...

...A friend gave me four chocolate covered fortune cookies last week. I've been eating them slowly, savoring both the chocolate and the fortunes. I ate the last one today, and its message was the same as the first:
"The current year will bring you much happiness."
The second said, "Luck is coming your way."

Are you that luck? Will you be bringing me much happiness?
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You could be if you're like me in that you ...
+ enjoy learning new things, hearing a story, or solving a problem,
+ try not to take yourself too seriously (but sometimes you have to try REALLY, REALLY hard to succeed at that), and
+ recognize that beauty and intelligence come in many different forms.
(For those who wonder, the other fortune was "You will soon vacation in a place of cool climate" ... and given the heat of the last several days, maybe that's not such a bad thing.)

*Nope, not in Panama, either.