May 23, 2006

• Mucking About

  I have been so very lax in updating lately. Probably because it is the
  need to study that drives my most interesting updates. Well, that, and
  reader feedback. Now I am not pointing fingers or naming names, but
  since I have had diddly to study for the last couple months, and people
  dont comment on pic posts…well, there you are no updates

  But all that is in the past. I just returned to California last night
  after two solid days of driving cross country. No pics, because i
  didn’t take any and you dont care anyway I did however average
  100mph and/or 1000 miles a day, allowing me to make the trip in a mere
  2 days or 28 hours if it was done straight. As opposed to gay? How
  would one travel gay cross country? Hmm. Nevermind

  So since I am technically an M2 now, i decided it would be a good time to start studying for boards…

  5 minutes later, here I am updating xanga! you’re welcome. As i plan to
  try and actually get review done every day, you can look forward to
  perhaps some more of my older style posts returning, if you enjoyed
  those. Or you could leave comments to tell me what kind of things you
  would like to see.

  For the next month, i will just be posting whatever comes to mind, be it rants, photos, or wahtever.

  For example…I have learned that I have no game in Illinois. none.
  zip. zilch. zero ability to pick up women whatsoever. HOWEVER. A mere
  week back in LA when i came here for my bro’s graduation, and I managed
  to get a phone number of a girl hereafter referred to as “hawaiian
  hotness”

  Being incredibly bored driving thorugh nebraska (or iowa, or kansas,
  who gives a flying f*ck* really?) I decided, oh what the hey, i will
  give a call and if she still remembers who i am.

  Turned out i actually got a real phone number (always a pleasant surprise) and we are going out to lunch this weekend.

  This rapid ability to get a date when i am back in LA for less than a
  week (less than  a day actually) when i have been unable to get
  one for the entire past academic school year leads me to the conclusion
  that my problems in meeting women were not my fault, but Illinois’

  If anyone out there was wondering how I spit game (haha…i made me laugh) let me give you a few scrimmage tips:

  1)If you get a voicemail, hang up. Women who don’t know you dont call
  back. ever. even women who do know you dont really do this.

  2) Don’t waste more than a minute with idle chitchat. You and the girl
  both know this ain’t no social call. It’s like a military operation.
  Get in, accomplish your objective, get out. Plenty of time for talking
  and getting to know her if she says yes…if she doesn’t…well, then
  you haven’t wasted any time

  3) Women are for some reason threatened by the idea of dinner…lunch
  dates are more likely to get yes because lunch is a short meal and they
  can always go back to work or whatever after if they want to get away.
  It is the lowest level of commitment for a social outing anyone can
  make.

  4) Don’t actually offer the girl an opportunity to say no…this boils
  down to cockiness/confdidence. If you act like her agreeing to meet you
  is a foregone conclusion, she probably will too.

       ex: Hey this is JD, we met a few weeks ago. I was driving back cross country, so i   
        thought I would give you a call and see when you were free to grab lunch

  Note in the example that this entirely fictional JD character did not
  ask if the girl was free, but when. The assumption is that she couldn’t
  possibly say no…

  So yes…at the very least, i get another chance to try out a new
  restaurant and have some pleasant coversation. And if things don’t go
  quite as well, well I am off to China in a month anyway! w00t.

  And now that I have covered the big things, let’s play a New Game!

  It’s the small things in life like…

  …the last piece of sashimi at your favorite sushi place.

  …the dog jumping on your bed to wake you up

  …friendly sarcasm.

  …being lipid deficient.

  …taking a photo and realizing it came out better than expected.

  …running the table in billiards.

  …uncontrollable laughter.

  …receiving snail mail that isn’t bills or junk.

  …sitting in nice cars.

  …playing with new toys and gadgets for the first week, then letting them collect dust.

  …slight inebriation, but not drunk.

  …late night AIM conversations.

  …scratching mosquito bites and/or itches.

  …picking out the crunchberries in capn’ crunch

  ….rolling around on the grass

  …a cup full of ice cold boba

  …getting comments on a xanga entry (hint hint )

  What are some of the small things in life that bring you joy?

  -J

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