Sometimes you need a little break from work at work. We spend so much time with our colleagues that they become like the family we never wanted or asked for. I think annoying them like your younger brother or sister will help build the bond that creates a great office ora. If not, at least you'll get a laugh out of it.
10) Be constantly cheery every morning at 8am and as you say Good Morning to everyone at their desk, wait, smile and nod as you wait for a responding Good Morning! If they don't respond, just continue to repeat your greeting until they do.
9) Hand out one of your business cards to everyone on a weekly basis, just to make sure "they know how to contact you".
8) At the coffee machine, constantly ask if there is a flavor that is unavailable. "Is that Raspberry Mocha?" If they do get the flavor, respond with "Is that regular?"
7) Hide other people's office equipment at each other's desk. This works particularly well if people have their "favorite calculators".
6) Heat up Fish in the Employee Break Room, or better yet, burn popcorn.
5) Don't flush. Ever.
4) Every time you receive an email, state "I've Got Mail".
3) Text. Text A Lot! With your keypad volume on high.
2) EMAIL IN ALL CAPS
1) Always Reply To All
Happy Friday! Now go annoy someone!
Friday, October 29, 2010
Thursday, October 28, 2010
BE A GENIUS - Think About Nothing!
Today was my most productive day of the week, so far. Not because of obvious reasons like getting things done or even for producing the most results, but mainly for having some damn good ideas. Some of these ideas even surprised me. I thought, I need to write these down, and write them down immediately. I'm not sure if anything will ever come of them, or if it they are even possible, but I do know i need to write them down. How many times have you had a great idea and never written it down? only to find that you never even tried to think about it again and worse...you can't remember the idea, even if you wanted to.
When you're a writer, or at least trying to be, whether its a blog, a poem, a book, a column. They tell you to write a lot. Write when you don't have anything to write about. Write about NOTHING! Which brings me to my philosophy about ideas. Not everyday can be a glorious day for thinking. Most days people just think about what they have to to get through the day. Send this email, finish that report, make that phone call, then they look for entertainment when they don't want to "think" anymore. That is the reason the TV and Internet are so popular with everyone. If all great writers did was write about nothing, then I'm going to Think, think a lot, and Think about NOTHING. Not only am I going to do that, I'm going to write it all down, hence...me writing.
So now I have got a bunch of great ideas staring me in the face on a piece of paper. There's clearly nothing I was going to do about all of them that minute, but there they were. That is what happens to most ideas. They are there, right in your face, but nothing ever happens. Either we again, forget about them or we don't have the motivation to do anything about it because "It will come up again". Not to say that anyone should be writing ideas down and then calling all their contacts to make connections before thinking things through, but at least write it down. I had a client come to me with an opportunity a few weeks ago. It was a great IDEA, but there was nothing I could do for them at that moment because I wasn't sure where or how I could use the opportunity. I actually thought to myself that there probably was no way I could take advantage of it. But low and behold, today something came across my desk and the ideas were flowing. Weeks later after the idea came about....and not written down, but that is because it happened to be one idea I did not forget. Although...it wasn't my idea, I could have been that client's piece of paper, they may have forgotten, but i did not. The ideas are to go back to, to cross out, to laugh at, to remember, to inspire more ideas. That's why they have the blank notebooks in Stationary stores with the word "Thoughts" on them.
Once I realized how productive my actual day was i tried to think about what may have triggered it. Mainly...other ideas, which is why I'm going to start writing them all down, most of them, okay...a few. If I can help myself trigger a brainstorming session on a regular basis, I will have a collection of a lot of great ideas. I guess one would then say, well who gives a shit, then you have a pile of a lot of ideas....so what? The so what is exactly what you do with those ideas. It's your life...and your dreams...although...isn't your dream an idea?
You might want to write this down!
When you're a writer, or at least trying to be, whether its a blog, a poem, a book, a column. They tell you to write a lot. Write when you don't have anything to write about. Write about NOTHING! Which brings me to my philosophy about ideas. Not everyday can be a glorious day for thinking. Most days people just think about what they have to to get through the day. Send this email, finish that report, make that phone call, then they look for entertainment when they don't want to "think" anymore. That is the reason the TV and Internet are so popular with everyone. If all great writers did was write about nothing, then I'm going to Think, think a lot, and Think about NOTHING. Not only am I going to do that, I'm going to write it all down, hence...me writing.
So now I have got a bunch of great ideas staring me in the face on a piece of paper. There's clearly nothing I was going to do about all of them that minute, but there they were. That is what happens to most ideas. They are there, right in your face, but nothing ever happens. Either we again, forget about them or we don't have the motivation to do anything about it because "It will come up again". Not to say that anyone should be writing ideas down and then calling all their contacts to make connections before thinking things through, but at least write it down. I had a client come to me with an opportunity a few weeks ago. It was a great IDEA, but there was nothing I could do for them at that moment because I wasn't sure where or how I could use the opportunity. I actually thought to myself that there probably was no way I could take advantage of it. But low and behold, today something came across my desk and the ideas were flowing. Weeks later after the idea came about....and not written down, but that is because it happened to be one idea I did not forget. Although...it wasn't my idea, I could have been that client's piece of paper, they may have forgotten, but i did not. The ideas are to go back to, to cross out, to laugh at, to remember, to inspire more ideas. That's why they have the blank notebooks in Stationary stores with the word "Thoughts" on them.
Once I realized how productive my actual day was i tried to think about what may have triggered it. Mainly...other ideas, which is why I'm going to start writing them all down, most of them, okay...a few. If I can help myself trigger a brainstorming session on a regular basis, I will have a collection of a lot of great ideas. I guess one would then say, well who gives a shit, then you have a pile of a lot of ideas....so what? The so what is exactly what you do with those ideas. It's your life...and your dreams...although...isn't your dream an idea?
You might want to write this down!
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Ace of Cake...POPS
Hmmm...maybe there's more to that. It's not something new to hear women bitch that their husbands, boyfriends, etc don't want to participate in any of their, what they call, "fun" activities. Well maybe it's the way we as women approach it. Exhibit A: I'll go with the appropriate seasonal approach and choose the simple task of Pumpkin Carving. Some men love to do this, while other could care less. If you're one of the care less man owners then listen up! Some men just don't think doing some of that shit is manly, they've never done it, or they don't quite know that it can be fun. Lead the dear to water. Get the pumpkins, set them up, pull out the tools, make it easy (this is all if you want him to do these things with you). Make it fun! After all if he was going to ask you to help him fix the car or clean and organize the garage, he better damn well pray that there is something in it for you. Now if he still doesn't want to after that make the delicious pumpkin seeds and don't share any with him. No Ticky, No Laundry! Now....Let's ogle at my wonderful pops!
Monday, October 25, 2010
4 Pumpkins and a Mess
I need to get this recipe down straight. I tried to make cupcake pops once again and I ended up with these 4 pumpkins you see below. yes while they are cute, there were 20 others that didn't quite make it. Luckily i was smart enough NOT to cut out off the faces and save that until i realized there were only a few survivors. My entire kitchen was left orange, with chocolate everywhere. I'm now sick to my stomach and WIRED!!!!
What continues to happen is they stick and i put them in the fridge to harden a little, but once that chocolate hits them, it's too heavy and it warms the dough so the stick pushes on through to the other side and the cupeycake goes slidin on down the pole like a fireman. Sooooo depressing!
I'm going to try again tomorrow...not sure what I'm going to do differently, but where there's a will there's a way! Hopefully someone at work will enjoy these assholes tomorrow! The to the far right looks like he is mocking me!
What continues to happen is they stick and i put them in the fridge to harden a little, but once that chocolate hits them, it's too heavy and it warms the dough so the stick pushes on through to the other side and the cupeycake goes slidin on down the pole like a fireman. Sooooo depressing!
Monday, October 18, 2010
WHAT IS NEW?
I had three people today ask me What's New? I understand that this is normally a segway into a conversation that leads to catching up with someone, but it made me think when my answer was....Nothing is New! The person whom I converse with on a regular basis, I had about 5 things to tell. What I did over the weekend, plans for the upcoming weeks, etc. the other two people, I had nothing to report. That's sad!
Sure new shit has happened in 5 years, but nothing at the moment. I'm not engaged, married, pregnant...not a new homeowner, no new animals, no new boyfriend, no recent vacation. Thanks for making me feel like crap. What is one suppose to say in a circumstance like that. What we should really be talking about is something juicy like the reason we haven't talked in so long. You know there's always a reason...
This made me paranoid that now I always have to have something to say. If I wake up every morning and have something planned that I did not have previously then I will have something new. Who the hell has that much ambition in the morning? I would field suggestions at this point, but as you can see I have 3 followers right now on this blog that consist of my best friends and my sister...they could care less about who asks me because I voluntarily tell them what's up on a regular basis, so brainstorm session.....
The conclusion that I have come to and the challenge I will give myself for a month is to pick a word of the day, a new word I've never used and use it 10 times that day. That shit will be new, it will not only be new to me, but hopefully to that person as well.
Scenario:
What's New?
Harlequin
I'm sorry What?
Harlequin is new.
I'm not getting it
You're not getting Harlequin or you're not understanding that Harlequin is new?
What the hell is Harlequin?
So glad you asked, harlequin when used as an adjective is varied colors, when used as a noun it is like a clown.
From there we will form sentences...and therefore I will not feel as though my conversation is pointless. Also since I'm almost always lollygagging around with my coffee and taking my sweet as time in the morning...I have found the perfect website to help me with my new daily word. http://wordsmith.org/words/today.html
Follow along with me and you too can have something to share, or as in my last post when all else fails you can always say UR MOM.
Sure new shit has happened in 5 years, but nothing at the moment. I'm not engaged, married, pregnant...not a new homeowner, no new animals, no new boyfriend, no recent vacation. Thanks for making me feel like crap. What is one suppose to say in a circumstance like that. What we should really be talking about is something juicy like the reason we haven't talked in so long. You know there's always a reason...
This made me paranoid that now I always have to have something to say. If I wake up every morning and have something planned that I did not have previously then I will have something new. Who the hell has that much ambition in the morning? I would field suggestions at this point, but as you can see I have 3 followers right now on this blog that consist of my best friends and my sister...they could care less about who asks me because I voluntarily tell them what's up on a regular basis, so brainstorm session.....
The conclusion that I have come to and the challenge I will give myself for a month is to pick a word of the day, a new word I've never used and use it 10 times that day. That shit will be new, it will not only be new to me, but hopefully to that person as well.
Scenario:
What's New?
Harlequin
I'm sorry What?
Harlequin is new.
I'm not getting it
You're not getting Harlequin or you're not understanding that Harlequin is new?
What the hell is Harlequin?
So glad you asked, harlequin when used as an adjective is varied colors, when used as a noun it is like a clown.
From there we will form sentences...and therefore I will not feel as though my conversation is pointless. Also since I'm almost always lollygagging around with my coffee and taking my sweet as time in the morning...I have found the perfect website to help me with my new daily word. http://wordsmith.org/words/today.html
Follow along with me and you too can have something to share, or as in my last post when all else fails you can always say UR MOM.
Friday, October 15, 2010
Golfing the Talk
I've come to the conclusion that sounding smart is not that difficult. There are a few (this is a loaded statement) different personalities in this world. I am currently going to rant about the ones that speak in public. I don't' necessarily mean actual public speakers, but say a sales person pitching to a client, a judge, a lawyer, and anyone who is trying to state an opinion or point of view to another person. I'm going to start off with that idiot wacko of an ex American Idol judge, Paula Abdul. Yes, we all loved Black Cat and Opposites Attract, but in a world of what have you done for me lately we know her as basically tits on a bowl that danced like a maniac on one too many seasons of AI. I will admit that sometimes I thought Paula was going to actually say something constructive and then I wound up so confused by the end of her statement that I felt as though i had missed half the critique. For examp, she would start with an analogy along the lines of: that really brought out the different colors in your voice (pause here). Now to someone like me who is watching this show for pure entertainment and knows nothing about critiquing a voice except for either chills on my arms or STFU, I think I am about to learn something about the colors of a voice. Maybe blue would be the equivalent of a low tone and then red as a segway into something (see I already have no idea what I'm talking about) however...no she then goes to babble about god knows what and does not even clarify what any of it means, and just trails off with ending something like...... so I love your pants. At that point the contestant is so confused, but heard love and knows Simon is next so nothing is heard, which makes her valueless.
Now to the "Opposite" of that (no reference intended), we have people who start off like Paula, they may lose you for a moment, but then make another analogy that you understand and either agree with, never thought of, or makes you think. We like being challenged, so this is a great start to labeling a smarty pants. At this moment, this person could now trail of and say blah blah blah, then end with a statement, tying their whole point together and leaving you with either a "I totally agree" or "Hmmm...Interesting". Go ahead and throw out an astonishing fact that blows people away, and well...now you're an expert.
I compare it to my golf game. I can drive the ball, people are normally impressed with my actions from right off the tee. It tends to go straight, far (for a chick) and sounds PGA-ish when my club hits the ball. I suck with my irons, it could ruin the game for me, but sometimes i will impress myself with hitting a perfect ball or two. Rarely, the entire hole is astonishing, but mostly it's just getting from point A to B by hitting a few yards up the fairway killing any moles and making divots the entire way. People tend to forgive this, blame it on me not concentrating, or state that everyone has a bad hole. This is because they are still remembering my drive. Now my putting, thanks to an awesome client of mine, is pretty damn good. This is where it counts. It's the last that people will remember how you did on this hole, it's your closing statement. The reason people tend to remember the drive and the putt is because they are involved in their own game and their own interferences during the middle game that they aren't really paying too much attention to what is going on in your world. Exactly like they would if they are still thinking about your "opening statements".
So although I'm no expert, my Anti-Paula advice so you don't sound like an asshole would be do not try to make a statement just to talk and sound smart. If you don't know something or have a question, definitely ask or say something like "I could be wrong, but is blah blah blah" - if someone knows they will correct you. People loooove sharing their knowledge of things. If you want to sound like an expert, you better know your shit (and not have one hit record and a dance with a cat). If not, it's okay to say "I don't know" or to not say anything (what a concept). Always have a point and back up your beliefs. And if all else fails, just say "UR MOM". It always wins battles!
Now to the "Opposite" of that (no reference intended), we have people who start off like Paula, they may lose you for a moment, but then make another analogy that you understand and either agree with, never thought of, or makes you think. We like being challenged, so this is a great start to labeling a smarty pants. At this moment, this person could now trail of and say blah blah blah, then end with a statement, tying their whole point together and leaving you with either a "I totally agree" or "Hmmm...Interesting". Go ahead and throw out an astonishing fact that blows people away, and well...now you're an expert.
I compare it to my golf game. I can drive the ball, people are normally impressed with my actions from right off the tee. It tends to go straight, far (for a chick) and sounds PGA-ish when my club hits the ball. I suck with my irons, it could ruin the game for me, but sometimes i will impress myself with hitting a perfect ball or two. Rarely, the entire hole is astonishing, but mostly it's just getting from point A to B by hitting a few yards up the fairway killing any moles and making divots the entire way. People tend to forgive this, blame it on me not concentrating, or state that everyone has a bad hole. This is because they are still remembering my drive. Now my putting, thanks to an awesome client of mine, is pretty damn good. This is where it counts. It's the last that people will remember how you did on this hole, it's your closing statement. The reason people tend to remember the drive and the putt is because they are involved in their own game and their own interferences during the middle game that they aren't really paying too much attention to what is going on in your world. Exactly like they would if they are still thinking about your "opening statements".
So although I'm no expert, my Anti-Paula advice so you don't sound like an asshole would be do not try to make a statement just to talk and sound smart. If you don't know something or have a question, definitely ask or say something like "I could be wrong, but is blah blah blah" - if someone knows they will correct you. People loooove sharing their knowledge of things. If you want to sound like an expert, you better know your shit (and not have one hit record and a dance with a cat). If not, it's okay to say "I don't know" or to not say anything (what a concept). Always have a point and back up your beliefs. And if all else fails, just say "UR MOM". It always wins battles!
Top 10 Friday - Reasons to Have A Boyfriend into the Fall
I love fall! The air is crisp, the foliage is pretty and mostly it marks the time of the year that I can start wearing colors other than black so i won't have pit stains. There is a ton to do in the fall though and once that chill sets in it seems like laziness does as well. I figure if you get a boyfriend...this is probably the best time of year to have one. Some may agree and also say Winter, but that leaves having to buy them Christmas gifts and if you're nice buy their family gifts as well. Driving around visiting my family is enough of a chore, never mind throwing in all his family's destinations as well. I use to always make the suggestion of just doing holidays separate, but men and are needy and they figure since they don't' want to be with their family, then you need to suffer with them. So alas...my top ten for why ditching slutty for fall could be a wise decision.
10. According to studies I have read (somewhere) December is the biggest month for the general population to be smooshing one another. This means that more babies are born in Aug/Sep/Oct than any other month. So happy birthday to you with a big fat present. Normally the new boyfriends like to impress with a big ole juicy expensive one too. I'll take it!
9. Who the hell else is going to help me rake leaves and actually think its fun?
8. Need to get the car ready for the cold weather and I am lucky that I remember to bring my car in for an oil change on time, let alone what or where to check for winter maintenance. Men seem to be born with that passed along knowledge.
7. They can build fires and kill spiders, two things I have no interest in, but enjoy enjoying
6. I can't take out and or carry my a/c units up the stairs to stow in the basement.
5. The garage needs some cleaning so i can park my ass in there when the snow comes. I'm not very good at organizing tools and shit that i don't really care about. Men seem to know useless things like emptying the gas out of a lawnmower to store for the winter, but find it difficult to roll up the bag of doritos and put a chip clip on it so that it doesn't go stale.
4. I like to lose some weight before the holidays that way i don't have to feel bad when i gain a pound or two from those delicious pillsbury crescent rolls that my step mom always has for holiday dinners. People who have sex on a regular basis (again somewhere I read) are 30% more apt to lose weight. Yay for penetration!
3. An obvious would be that it creates more heat when two people are snuggled up. I typically do not love snuggling because my arm ends up either falling asleep or in some weird position called the WTF do I do with my arm snuggle and it's just awkward, but when its cold...snuggle time it is. I'd prefer not to depend on my dog for this because he is selfish and the snuggle is all about him and his need to be constantly pet.
2. It's hot when your man gets all fired about Football as if he makes a difference in the team. It means Football Sundays, also known as Sunday Funday, are in full effect.
1. For the shear reason that after causing trouble the entire summer, one should take a break from singledom and reflect on the good that they still have left to offer a one day husband. But don't get too comfy.
So....any takers?
10. According to studies I have read (somewhere) December is the biggest month for the general population to be smooshing one another. This means that more babies are born in Aug/Sep/Oct than any other month. So happy birthday to you with a big fat present. Normally the new boyfriends like to impress with a big ole juicy expensive one too. I'll take it!
9. Who the hell else is going to help me rake leaves and actually think its fun?
8. Need to get the car ready for the cold weather and I am lucky that I remember to bring my car in for an oil change on time, let alone what or where to check for winter maintenance. Men seem to be born with that passed along knowledge.
7. They can build fires and kill spiders, two things I have no interest in, but enjoy enjoying
6. I can't take out and or carry my a/c units up the stairs to stow in the basement.
5. The garage needs some cleaning so i can park my ass in there when the snow comes. I'm not very good at organizing tools and shit that i don't really care about. Men seem to know useless things like emptying the gas out of a lawnmower to store for the winter, but find it difficult to roll up the bag of doritos and put a chip clip on it so that it doesn't go stale.
4. I like to lose some weight before the holidays that way i don't have to feel bad when i gain a pound or two from those delicious pillsbury crescent rolls that my step mom always has for holiday dinners. People who have sex on a regular basis (again somewhere I read) are 30% more apt to lose weight. Yay for penetration!
3. An obvious would be that it creates more heat when two people are snuggled up. I typically do not love snuggling because my arm ends up either falling asleep or in some weird position called the WTF do I do with my arm snuggle and it's just awkward, but when its cold...snuggle time it is. I'd prefer not to depend on my dog for this because he is selfish and the snuggle is all about him and his need to be constantly pet.
2. It's hot when your man gets all fired about Football as if he makes a difference in the team. It means Football Sundays, also known as Sunday Funday, are in full effect.
1. For the shear reason that after causing trouble the entire summer, one should take a break from singledom and reflect on the good that they still have left to offer a one day husband. But don't get too comfy.
So....any takers?
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
SHAKING THE LEAF
Just when I thought i knew what I wanted: Changed my mind! Doesn't every chick want a nice guy? Someone who loves all things you love, someone who asks you how your day was everyday and cares? Someone who wants to talk about your future, and babies and all things happy and compliment you 24/7 and thinks you can do no wrong? Not this chick!
In a short of the long version I will sum this up for you how a seemingly happy beginning turned into a weekend of me literally looking for assholes to converse with or just be around for that matter. Girl meets Boy...they take interest in each other and phone numbers and such are exchanged. At first I think, he's hot, has a house, a nice car, good job, I think he said a few funny things the night I met him at a party??? There's a first date where everything seems great, but then again anyone who knows me knows I can carry on a conversation with just about anything that breathes. After a few more dates which consisted of me cooking, the gym or nice walks we still had not done anything but a short make out sesh here and there and I realized I didn't really want to do more than that. Again, those who know me...Sorry guy! Took a break which shortly there after led to a date in which i wanted to hurl myself out of the car while he was driving. I should not have let it get to the point where I could not stand to be around him so much so that when he ever asked me if he could come in an watch tv with me after the date i wanted to gouge my own eyes out.
Clingy McClingster just wasn't getting it. I spent that entire weekend dodging texts that asked me "what are you up to dooodddy?" and the only reason i even answered one was because he found my set of everyday keys that i had been missing for two weeks that i lost one night at a wedding we went to (not as dates, the bride and groom were the introducers of this fine budding relationship). Coincidentally I had told everyone i thought he had my keys when i could not find them anywhere and that he would miraculously find them as the hero one day. Well...this was his day. He received a response, but it was solely based on the fact that I wanted my keys so i could stop using all my spares. The next morning of course, without fail i received a text and by that night I had to say something. I realized fully that besides the fact that everything at this point that came out of his mouth was like nails on a chalkboard to me, that this guy doesn't have his own opinion and if he does, he's shoving it aside to say something - anything that he thinks will make me like him more. He can't spend time alone, which is annoying for an independent chick like me. He WAS NOT funny, and I need funny, it's the third requirement after attractive and good in bed. He was beyond in like with me, yet did nothing to schmooze, which kills it, shows me you have no creativity whatsoever. Also i was beginning to learn that this guy was dense and well kind of a pussy, but of course would never think any of these things of himself. The fact that I had to answer to him already about where i was all weekend and i could not shake him from the tree was stressing me out! WE ARE NOT IN A RELATIONSHIP AND HAVE KNOWN EACH OTHER FOR THREE WEEKS!!!!! Not really to my surprise after being very direct with a "This isn't working out...you require too much attention and are too much for me at this point in my life" his reply was..."...are we still on for Friday?"
Everyone has gotten the I need space talk, or I just have a lot going on in my life. Listen to this wise advice....If someone tells you they need space from you it is because YOU ARE ANNOYING THEM. There is no other explanation except the fact that they have other things and in some cases other people they would rather do then date you right now at this point in their lives and the best thing for you to do is to walk away and save your dignity. It does not mean there is something wrong with you. Love yourself first and you will figure that out. What it means is that you are not what they are looking for...I'm sorry if they are what you are looking for, but you may want to re-evaluate your options. Do not call them. Do not ask questions. Do not bother them. If they are finally saying this to you then they have been thinking about saying it before this, it's just not an easy thing to tell someone. Immediately find the first person you know that will tell you this in person and ask them to be honest. Take their advice! Go get a cocktail!
;)
In a short of the long version I will sum this up for you how a seemingly happy beginning turned into a weekend of me literally looking for assholes to converse with or just be around for that matter. Girl meets Boy...they take interest in each other and phone numbers and such are exchanged. At first I think, he's hot, has a house, a nice car, good job, I think he said a few funny things the night I met him at a party??? There's a first date where everything seems great, but then again anyone who knows me knows I can carry on a conversation with just about anything that breathes. After a few more dates which consisted of me cooking, the gym or nice walks we still had not done anything but a short make out sesh here and there and I realized I didn't really want to do more than that. Again, those who know me...Sorry guy! Took a break which shortly there after led to a date in which i wanted to hurl myself out of the car while he was driving. I should not have let it get to the point where I could not stand to be around him so much so that when he ever asked me if he could come in an watch tv with me after the date i wanted to gouge my own eyes out.
Clingy McClingster just wasn't getting it. I spent that entire weekend dodging texts that asked me "what are you up to dooodddy?" and the only reason i even answered one was because he found my set of everyday keys that i had been missing for two weeks that i lost one night at a wedding we went to (not as dates, the bride and groom were the introducers of this fine budding relationship). Coincidentally I had told everyone i thought he had my keys when i could not find them anywhere and that he would miraculously find them as the hero one day. Well...this was his day. He received a response, but it was solely based on the fact that I wanted my keys so i could stop using all my spares. The next morning of course, without fail i received a text and by that night I had to say something. I realized fully that besides the fact that everything at this point that came out of his mouth was like nails on a chalkboard to me, that this guy doesn't have his own opinion and if he does, he's shoving it aside to say something - anything that he thinks will make me like him more. He can't spend time alone, which is annoying for an independent chick like me. He WAS NOT funny, and I need funny, it's the third requirement after attractive and good in bed. He was beyond in like with me, yet did nothing to schmooze, which kills it, shows me you have no creativity whatsoever. Also i was beginning to learn that this guy was dense and well kind of a pussy, but of course would never think any of these things of himself. The fact that I had to answer to him already about where i was all weekend and i could not shake him from the tree was stressing me out! WE ARE NOT IN A RELATIONSHIP AND HAVE KNOWN EACH OTHER FOR THREE WEEKS!!!!! Not really to my surprise after being very direct with a "This isn't working out...you require too much attention and are too much for me at this point in my life" his reply was..."...are we still on for Friday?"
Everyone has gotten the I need space talk, or I just have a lot going on in my life. Listen to this wise advice....If someone tells you they need space from you it is because YOU ARE ANNOYING THEM. There is no other explanation except the fact that they have other things and in some cases other people they would rather do then date you right now at this point in their lives and the best thing for you to do is to walk away and save your dignity. It does not mean there is something wrong with you. Love yourself first and you will figure that out. What it means is that you are not what they are looking for...I'm sorry if they are what you are looking for, but you may want to re-evaluate your options. Do not call them. Do not ask questions. Do not bother them. If they are finally saying this to you then they have been thinking about saying it before this, it's just not an easy thing to tell someone. Immediately find the first person you know that will tell you this in person and ask them to be honest. Take their advice! Go get a cocktail!
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