Just what kind of single woman would attempt to meet a man online? Take it from my personal ad - it's not who you might think.

"I'm a 28-year-old, gainfully employed brunette living in San Diego. My passions include my friends, traveling, eating great food and laughing. I am smart, witty and very liberal. Howard Stern is the first thing I listen to on my drive to work, and NPR is the last thing I listen to on my drive home. I'm Italian, and, yes, I do speak passionately with my hands. I dig various bands - and can't get enough of the train wreck that is reality television. Attractive? Who online isn't? While I am far from perfect, I can confidently say that I am quite a catch. Yet, I am still single. This could be your lucky day."

I started this voyage of online dating after I had mourned my last relationship for over a year. I figured I needed to get back "out there" into the dating world. Meeting single men? Not easy when the majority of your friends are with their long-term boyfriends or girlfriends OR when you work in a female-dominated industry, where the only men around want nothing to do with me: Or any woman for that matter. I decided that in addition to bars and clubs, I had to give cyber-love a chance.