Sunday, 20 July 2003
Personal
Unfanciable?
To see what all the fuss was about I took out a ten-day free trial at Christian Connection. Here's my profile:
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".
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.