After asking all of my female facebook friends to help me in my quest to find information about dating, two of them replyed straight away saying that they thought that it was a really good, and quite amusing idea. Thanks ladies! Get writing!
I still need to pluck up the courage to actually join dating sites and so fourth to see what all the fuss is about, but where do I begin? There are far more than I originally thought!
Tuesday 20 September 2011
Wednesday 14 September 2011
So ... Dating. Where do I start?
Well, I'm about to embark on an investigation into the world of dating, all in the name of art. I am a MA Performance student currently studying at York St John University who is in the process of starting my final investigative project using material from the everyday, music, feminist theory (although I'm not ready to burn my bra just yet!), rhythm, language and speech (think Victoria Wood, Laurie Anderson and Bobbi Baker if you gave her a drum!). Earlier projects have seen myself explore my life in relation to childhood memories, being a twin, getting older (inparticular turning twenty-five and what that means to me as a woman and a 'grown up') and my mothers obsession with wanting Grandchildren.
Basically, I need to find out as much information about dating as I can: from the concepts of dating, to the use of dating websites, dating rules (if there are any), dating experiences, etc, etc. Now personally I haven't been on a date for a long, long time (I'm Bridget Jones incarnate without the affair with the boss or Mark Darcey), so this is going to be pretty daunting. I will have to surrender myself, my nice comfy sofa, my Gilmore Girls box sets and my takeaway meals for one and get out there on actual 'dates' to complete what I like to refer to as 'field research'. The first task within my field research is to join dating sites such as Plenty of Fish, Zoosk, Lovematch.com and so on to see what all the fuss is all about. I will then play it by ear and take it from there ...
Now ladies, I would apprieate it greatly if you would comment on the blog as it progresses. Please feel free to suggest ideas on research for the investigation and also please leave your dating stories, no matter how funny or lack-luster they may be. Everything gathered throughout this blog will be greatly apprieated and will form the basis of my eventual performance regarding the topic.
You can expose as much or as little detail as you want, although I only want details of the actual 'date' itself. Please leave off details of what happened after the date ie, when you went back to yours for coffee, as I will not be using this kind of information (and do not care to hear about it!!!!) out of my research and performance. If you want to change names or any of the details of the datees then thats fine, I just need the stories.
Well here goes, until my next blog.
Ciao for now
Basically, I need to find out as much information about dating as I can: from the concepts of dating, to the use of dating websites, dating rules (if there are any), dating experiences, etc, etc. Now personally I haven't been on a date for a long, long time (I'm Bridget Jones incarnate without the affair with the boss or Mark Darcey), so this is going to be pretty daunting. I will have to surrender myself, my nice comfy sofa, my Gilmore Girls box sets and my takeaway meals for one and get out there on actual 'dates' to complete what I like to refer to as 'field research'. The first task within my field research is to join dating sites such as Plenty of Fish, Zoosk, Lovematch.com and so on to see what all the fuss is all about. I will then play it by ear and take it from there ...
Now ladies, I would apprieate it greatly if you would comment on the blog as it progresses. Please feel free to suggest ideas on research for the investigation and also please leave your dating stories, no matter how funny or lack-luster they may be. Everything gathered throughout this blog will be greatly apprieated and will form the basis of my eventual performance regarding the topic.
You can expose as much or as little detail as you want, although I only want details of the actual 'date' itself. Please leave off details of what happened after the date ie, when you went back to yours for coffee, as I will not be using this kind of information (and do not care to hear about it!!!!) out of my research and performance. If you want to change names or any of the details of the datees then thats fine, I just need the stories.
Well here goes, until my next blog.
Ciao for now
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