Filler

For me to be happy with this blog, there needs to be posts in between the Red Flags of the Week.  Well, here it is Thursday and I haven’t written a darn thing since last week.  Truth be told, I traded palm trees for pine trees and headed on vacation with the family up to Hume Lake. 

While there, I observed 2 very distinct groups: the staff (some in their early 20’s) and young couples (late 20’s???).  I wondered to myself, which group do I belong in?  Who do I identify with?  Should I be out on the lake with a kayak or running around chasing toddlers? Should I have packed (and by packed, I mean gone out and bought) my Capri pants (where do you even buy them, and who told every mom to get them?) with a baggy of cheerios for the bundle of joy on my hip?  My friend Stine asked, “Well, who’s ipod would you rather listen to?” and then smartly realized neither, since I was at a Christian camp.

All this to say, sometimes I feel like I’m in the wrong stage of life…but I also don’t actually want to be in the other one. –Not for the sake of being there.  My hope is that when I meet my wave link companion, it will seem like a good idea to cross over to the other stage, and worth the loss of freedom.

Speaking of the search, I decided when I started this thing that it was a bad idea to write about anyone that I’m dating, or have dated in the past year.  A couple of my guy friends said it would make for better material, and suggested I give them nicknames.

Well…I’m going to keep thinking about it and  I’ll let you know if there is anything blog worthy after tonight. Yep, I said it tonight. Tonight is date #2 with…. let’s call him s.type and see how my conscience sits with that.  

She's nobody's girl 

Cj

Red Flag of the Week

                                     Gamers

You can imagine my delight when I sat down at work today to write my post about gamers and overheard the following conversation next to me:

             Justin: “Hey, do you PVP?”

             Austin, whom I call Hufflepuff: “I mix PVP and PVE”

             Me: “What the?”

             Hufflepuff: “Player vs. Player & Player vs. Environment, duh.”

             Me: “You better knock that off or you’ll never get a girlfriend.”

Listen, I get it: ALL guys play video games.  What you need to know is that there are 2 types…those that speak about it, and those that don’t.  Consider it a complete warning sign if they let you know this leisure activity takes place at all.  If they mention it as something they are interested in or tell a story that takes place at game stop, proceed with caution.

I’m going to go ahead and say that there is a direct correlation between the amount of video games guys play and the amount of girls they are not getting. It’s a classic case of when you are winning, you are loosing!  For my male readers: I don’t care if you are riding dragons around killing nubz with tier 8.5, if you can’t get through a conversation with a girl without talking about it, your real life toon (the doll they create to play with) is dead meat.  

Please enjoy the live footage from today!

                                                                  

Today was brought to us by Hufflepuff, but the song is dedicated to Chi in NYC!

I saw the sign, and it opened up my eyes,

cj

Red Flag of the Week

Flames

It is ironic, but true, that you can never be hot while wearing flames. Period.  I don't care if they are subtle or "so realistic", they are awful. You have just officially transported me to a Hot Topic in 1997 at the Riverside Galleria and that is not somewhere I want to go.  Plus, I will start to assume all sorts of things about you: a)you listen to Creed b)you want to hang out in a parking lot while drinking mtn. dew c)you would give anything to play high school football again... Trust me, it's not worth the risk.