"Shyness can stop you from doing all the things in life you'd like to"
It's tricky to find similarly minded folks in a town where people with the same mindset can't congregate. As much as it is great to meet new and interesting people...I hate hanging out in bars. The music is typically despicable and the people very sleazy or not into anything worthwhile. Call me a prude, if you wish. I'm also not willing to go sling it out in the big city. As much as being isolated and thought insane for your interests ISN'T PEACHY...being POOR and STRUGGLING is much worse. Lonely can be cured with a well timed addiction to just about ANYTHING including music and green tea. You can't fix BROKE. Especially without some master's degree and some experience other than lancing bog monsters in East Toledo.
Here's how it breaks down:
"Hello, My name is Dusty, how are you?"
"Sup, Names Sandy. My friends say you're cool or something."
"Well, I must thank them for the praise. So, Have you picked up the new Jobriath re-issue? It's strange but I never knew John Paul Jones had worked on his records."
"Nah, I don't know anything 'bout no Jeremiah. I like pretty much all music except for rap, old country, classical, jazz, and whatever's gay or whatever. Tool's pretty badass, though. We smoked so much weed there. It was fuckin' wicked."
"Yes, Tool is a pretty decent outfit, I must say. And it sounds like you had a great time."
"Yeah, me and the girls tear it out when we get rollin'. I try to get shitfaced when I can, y'know?"
"Sure, it's understandable."
That's a fairly good dramatization of what goes on with me on a date. All I know how to be is myself. I'm not one of those guys who has this suave alter-ego that he baits in the dames with. If they're not into me on the "regular" then they just aren't into me. "Regular" just doesn't cut it though. I'd say I've been batting 0.000 with that method since junior high. Either that or I get relegated into the "good friend" mode.
"Man, I wish all guys were like you, WFP."
"I would love to go out with you, but I would hate to ruin our friendship"
Everyone know that those phrases are complete rubbish. They are actually code for something more sinister. The women who deliver those precious lines are typically interested in what you have to OFFER them. This could be a variety of things but those phrases are generally a sign of a woman who wants THE GENEROSITY without any of the PAYBACK. If she could only have the moderately handsome yet overweight gent as a source of entertainment, kind words, and information and then have the Richard Greico-type as the bedmate...then said women is going to have an awesome existence.
Make sure you maintain the lies that you tell to people. You wouldn't want to hurt their feelings and/or discontinue that generosity machine. I do believe that most women know how to maintain those lies. Unfortunately, I have to run into one of the few who can't. So I asked the big question, "Would you like to go out with me". This took every ounce of courage in my body to do. The answer was an understandable one, for sure. "No, I was just over a long relationship and I'm not really over my last one yet". Good Form. Good Form. I'll hand it to her, it's one of the best ways to get out of that jam. Not only do you still get sympathy and friendship from a nice, yet unfuckable guy...you also DO NOT hurt this unfortunate souls feelings. A masterstroke!!! Ah, but the facade was blown weeks later!!! One of my more attractive friends came around. Naturally, this young lady forgot her previous story and asked me "Is your friend seeing anyone right now? He's gorgeous." She went ahead and ruined a perfectly good lie.
Is it wrong to not want anything to do with this woman? Do women prefer men who are not kind and who act like assholes all of the time? Do women prefer men without jobs and drinking problems even if they are more handsome? Is really the only secret to getting women looking good and lying well? She keeps asking me to go out and "do stuff" with her when all I really want is to never see her face again. That isn't wrong, is it? To not want to see the people who cause you agony? Why do women put decent men-folk into the friend zone and leave them there? How do you get out of the friend zone?
I'm two more panic attacks from hopping on a plain for Ireland. I'm going to hang out in the Irish country-side and help raise dogs, sheep, cattle, and such. Maybe read and write a great deal. Polish them chops and what have you. Squeeze in some Jamiesons benders in between all of that hard work. Hell, I can get used to soccer and shitty food.
SOUNDTRACK OF THE DAY
AMERICA, FUCK YEAH
Tindersticks "Can Our Love?"
Issac Hayes "By The Time I Get To Phoenix"
solo Mike Nesmith...forgot the title
Tom Waits "Real Gone"
Ronettes "Why Can't The Let Us Fall In Love?"
Albert Ayler "Love Call"
Ornette Coleman "New York Is Now"
US Maple "Acre Thrills"
Television "Marquee Moon"
The Smiths "I Know it's over"/"I've Never Had No One Ever"
Sonny Sharrock "Ask The Ages"
Syl Johnson "Is It Because I'm Black?"
Sun Ra "Solar Myth Approach Vol 2"
Jobriath "I'm A Man"
The Association "Six Man Band"
Left Banke "Walk Away, Renee" (yes, more repeats I know. When that song is done being wonderfull, I'll stop listening.)
TODAY'S LESSON IS TO MAINTAIN YOUR LIES...IF YOU HAVE ANY.
It's tricky to find similarly minded folks in a town where people with the same mindset can't congregate. As much as it is great to meet new and interesting people...I hate hanging out in bars. The music is typically despicable and the people very sleazy or not into anything worthwhile. Call me a prude, if you wish. I'm also not willing to go sling it out in the big city. As much as being isolated and thought insane for your interests ISN'T PEACHY...being POOR and STRUGGLING is much worse. Lonely can be cured with a well timed addiction to just about ANYTHING including music and green tea. You can't fix BROKE. Especially without some master's degree and some experience other than lancing bog monsters in East Toledo.
Here's how it breaks down:
"Hello, My name is Dusty, how are you?"
"Sup, Names Sandy. My friends say you're cool or something."
"Well, I must thank them for the praise. So, Have you picked up the new Jobriath re-issue? It's strange but I never knew John Paul Jones had worked on his records."
"Nah, I don't know anything 'bout no Jeremiah. I like pretty much all music except for rap, old country, classical, jazz, and whatever's gay or whatever. Tool's pretty badass, though. We smoked so much weed there. It was fuckin' wicked."
"Yes, Tool is a pretty decent outfit, I must say. And it sounds like you had a great time."
"Yeah, me and the girls tear it out when we get rollin'. I try to get shitfaced when I can, y'know?"
"Sure, it's understandable."
That's a fairly good dramatization of what goes on with me on a date. All I know how to be is myself. I'm not one of those guys who has this suave alter-ego that he baits in the dames with. If they're not into me on the "regular" then they just aren't into me. "Regular" just doesn't cut it though. I'd say I've been batting 0.000 with that method since junior high. Either that or I get relegated into the "good friend" mode.
"Man, I wish all guys were like you, WFP."
"I would love to go out with you, but I would hate to ruin our friendship"
Everyone know that those phrases are complete rubbish. They are actually code for something more sinister. The women who deliver those precious lines are typically interested in what you have to OFFER them. This could be a variety of things but those phrases are generally a sign of a woman who wants THE GENEROSITY without any of the PAYBACK. If she could only have the moderately handsome yet overweight gent as a source of entertainment, kind words, and information and then have the Richard Greico-type as the bedmate...then said women is going to have an awesome existence.
Make sure you maintain the lies that you tell to people. You wouldn't want to hurt their feelings and/or discontinue that generosity machine. I do believe that most women know how to maintain those lies. Unfortunately, I have to run into one of the few who can't. So I asked the big question, "Would you like to go out with me". This took every ounce of courage in my body to do. The answer was an understandable one, for sure. "No, I was just over a long relationship and I'm not really over my last one yet". Good Form. Good Form. I'll hand it to her, it's one of the best ways to get out of that jam. Not only do you still get sympathy and friendship from a nice, yet unfuckable guy...you also DO NOT hurt this unfortunate souls feelings. A masterstroke!!! Ah, but the facade was blown weeks later!!! One of my more attractive friends came around. Naturally, this young lady forgot her previous story and asked me "Is your friend seeing anyone right now? He's gorgeous." She went ahead and ruined a perfectly good lie.
Is it wrong to not want anything to do with this woman? Do women prefer men who are not kind and who act like assholes all of the time? Do women prefer men without jobs and drinking problems even if they are more handsome? Is really the only secret to getting women looking good and lying well? She keeps asking me to go out and "do stuff" with her when all I really want is to never see her face again. That isn't wrong, is it? To not want to see the people who cause you agony? Why do women put decent men-folk into the friend zone and leave them there? How do you get out of the friend zone?
I'm two more panic attacks from hopping on a plain for Ireland. I'm going to hang out in the Irish country-side and help raise dogs, sheep, cattle, and such. Maybe read and write a great deal. Polish them chops and what have you. Squeeze in some Jamiesons benders in between all of that hard work. Hell, I can get used to soccer and shitty food.
SOUNDTRACK OF THE DAY
AMERICA, FUCK YEAH
Tindersticks "Can Our Love?"
Issac Hayes "By The Time I Get To Phoenix"
solo Mike Nesmith...forgot the title
Tom Waits "Real Gone"
Ronettes "Why Can't The Let Us Fall In Love?"
Albert Ayler "Love Call"
Ornette Coleman "New York Is Now"
US Maple "Acre Thrills"
Television "Marquee Moon"
The Smiths "I Know it's over"/"I've Never Had No One Ever"
Sonny Sharrock "Ask The Ages"
Syl Johnson "Is It Because I'm Black?"
Sun Ra "Solar Myth Approach Vol 2"
Jobriath "I'm A Man"
The Association "Six Man Band"
Left Banke "Walk Away, Renee" (yes, more repeats I know. When that song is done being wonderfull, I'll stop listening.)
TODAY'S LESSON IS TO MAINTAIN YOUR LIES...IF YOU HAVE ANY.
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I've had a number of spectacularly shitty relationships with people of different persuasions, genders, and flavours. What did many of them have in common? They were jerks. Yes, I had a thing about going for jerks I think said thing was related to a distinct lack of self-esteem.
Now, I've been with the bad boy, the nice guy and finally I think I've found a bad boy/nice guy. Well, he's so much more than that. He's wonderful.
What was the point of this ramble? I think I meant to say that people learn, and some people take longer than others to learn that pretty boy asshole is really not that rewarding in the longer scheme of things.