I made the mistake of experimenting with online dating a while back. My two greatest prospects both turned out to be members of two different cults. I'm deadly serious. The first was a Vietnamese woman who seemed very cool and down to earth at first and then she started to try to convert me into this Korean Christian Sect (doomsday cult) who's founder claimed to be the second coming of Christ, but who subsequently died and thus signifying the end of the world, which my very cool and down-to-earth Vietnamese friend was currently preparing for. A real shame, because we actually were having some good chats, and had quite a bit in common, but then we got on the subject of religion and that was it, that was all she wanted to talk about.

The second was a woman, slightly older than me - a music teacher and a talented musician - very cool - VERY LIBERAL and progressive and then up comes the self-help CULT SHIT again - and she's heavy into it. I make the mistake of asking her some questions about it and then that's all she want's to talk about - oh and of course wanting to recruit me.

Why is this happening? Maybe I should just roll with it. Fuck it. Join a cult. Get married, have a bunch of puppies and become the deacon of some weird ass doomsday/self-help/new age cult.

Or maybe I'll just start my own cult. A cult where people live responsibly and with high regard for the wellfare of others, a cult of empathy and kindness, a cult of non-violent, non-consumerism & non-imperialism that promotes sustainable living, ecological responsibility, gender, sexual, racial, socio-economic and cultural egalitarianism.