Internet Awesome #1

So I stumbled upon this while at work (of course) and HAD to share.

All from Amazon.com

As a preface:: these are customer reviews that are just... ridiculous and hilarious :)

Three Wolf Moon T-Shirt, Available in Various Sizes

Visit the link to see the T-Shirt design...

#1 Comment :: 8,244 of 8,313 people found the following review helpful...

This item has wolves on it which makes it intrinsically sweet and worth 5 stars by itself, but once I tried it on, that's when the magic happened. After checking to ensure that the shirt would properly cover my girth, I walked from my trailer to Wal-mart with the shirt on and was immediately approached by women. The women knew from the wolves on my shirt that I, like a wolf, am a mysterious loner who knows how to 'howl at the moon' from time to time (if you catch my drift!). The women that approached me wanted to know if I would be their boyfriend and/or give them money for something they called mehth. I told them no, because they didn't have enough teeth, and frankly a man with a wolf-shirt shouldn't settle for the first thing that comes to him.

I arrived at Wal-mart, mounted my courtesy-scooter (walking is such a drag!) sitting side saddle so that my wolves would show. While I was browsing tube socks, I could hear aroused asthmatic breathing behind me. I turned around to see a slightly sweaty dream in sweatpants and flip-flops standing there. She told me she liked the wolves on my shirt, I told her I wanted to howl at her moon. She offered me a swig from her mountain dew, and I drove my scooter, with her shuffling along side out the door and into the rest of our lives. Thank you wolf shirt.

Pros: Fits my girthy frame, has wolves on it, attracts women
Cons: Only 3 wolves (could probably use a few more on the 'guns'), cannot see wolves when sitting with arms crossed, wolves would have been better if they glowed in the dark.

#2 Comment :: 1,529 of 1,556 people found the following review helpful...

Unfortunately I already had this exact picture tattooed on my chest, but this shirt is very useful in colder weather.

#3 Comment :: 990 of 1,025 people found the following review helpful...

So I'm looking for threads that say, "Hey baby...I'm real boss!" when I stumble upon this epic creation. The wolves spoke to me in a language all their own; it was like German, Mongol, and Bitchin all mixed together. I mean, one wolf howlin at the moon is major...but three???

I ordered next-day air (if only there was same day!), and, of course, a size smaller than usual to ensure the closeness of the wolves to my chest hair. When the package arrived, I tore it open, and I SWEAR angels sang. I think it was Freebird. I immediately removed my "No Fat Chicks" shirt, and replaced it with this finery. Lemme tell you: AW YEAH.

I'll spare the details of my conquests since I started wearing this shrit; suffice to say, I'm swimming in a sea of babes the likes of which are usually found on those K-Tel infomercials. I'm also more confident at work, and expect to be promoted to cashier soon. I owe everything to this shirt (I should say "shirts", since I now own 23 of them).

Sea Cows T-Shirt

Visit the link to see the T-Shirt design...

#1 Comment :: 74 of 75 people found the following review helpful...

It's not everyday that someone comes into possession of a shirt like this. I received it as a gift from my grandmother- something I was at first worried about- she's usually the lame grandma who gives ugly sweatshirts from American Eagle or disgusting pants from Hollister and makes you wear them every time she sees you (to think, some people haven't caught on to the trend of wearing chains on their pants!), but as soon as I opened this I knew it was different. There, on top of packing paper, sat the most magnificent Sea Cow I've ever seen- the solemn face held me captivated. As I looked upon the face of those Sea Cows, I knew that they knew- they knew my struggle in life, they knew (as I did) that I could be someone in this shirt.

Now, I'm not the type of person to dress fancy when I go out, but I had a last-second change of heart as I was getting into my mom's car to go to my weekly Yu-Gi-Oh tournament. I had a feeling that those two Sea Cows would give me luck, so I raced back inside to put it on; and as I arrived at the tournament, stepping out of my mom's 2001 Chrysler mini-van, I locked eyes with the most beautiful women I've ever seen. The sun shone behind her, illuminating the purple and pink stands of dyed hair, her ears- substantially gauged- nearly touched her shoulders, her eyes glinted, almost hidden by large bulbous pimples, gaudy eye shadow, and press-on eyelashes; it was at this moment that our eyes locked and I knew she would be the Arbiter to my Master Chief.

"Are those Sea Cows?" she said, surveying the ocean scenery adorning my chest.

"Yup!" I responded, chains on my jet-black pants rattling in the light breeze.

"Can I touch them?"

She slowly extended an erect pointer finger with gnarled nails, chewed down short, and cuticles bleeding. As she rubbed her finger over the face of the largest Sea Cow, I shuddered slightly. Releasing the courage stored within those Sea Cows, I slowly grasped her hand, intertwined my fingers with hers.

"Want to be girlfriend and boyfriend?" I exclaimed. "We can leave this tournament and go to Denny's. I'm sure my mom can pick us up if your parents drive."

"No need. I brought my bike- you can ride on the handlebars." She whispered toward me, the smell of tuna and Funyuns emanating from her yellowed teeth.

It was from this day forth that I fell in love with Denise, and I owe it all to this Sea Cow shirt. We've been in love for 14 hours now, most of which we've spent beating the last level of Kingdom Hearts in my mom's basement, but we've also started planning our wedding. I'm thinking a Sea Cow and Howling Wolf theme...

#2 Comment ::

I love my Sea Cow shirt, even more than I love my ex-girlfriends!

How could I not love a shirt that gave me my life back? You see, several months ago, I purchased a Three Wolf Moon T-Shirt, Available in Various Sizes, and it changed my life! After 30 years I finally moved out of my parent's living room and got a place of my own in their basement! When I wore my Three Wolf Moon T-Shirt, Available in Various Sizes out in public, I would turn more than a few heads! Women began to notice me, and then even talk to me! After a while, I had several women following me, and asking to come back to my "den"... of course I let them.

My parents began to complain about the noise at night, they said that all the howling, panting and growling noises were keeping them up. They also began to complain about the smell. But since I was wearing my Three Wolf Moon T-Shirt, Available in Various Sizes, I had the chutzpah to tell my parents that "it's my territory, and I'll mark it anyway I want to!"

I thought I had it made! A place of my own... seven ladies who lived with me, and every night we would go on successful "hunts" and grab the raw pork chops and hamburger out of my parent's `fridge before they could come home from work to cook, and thus spoil, all that wonderful raw meat... ah what a daring soul I was while wearing my Three Wolf Moon T-Shirt, Available in Various Sizes!

Then one evening, as me and my ladies were "frolicking", my parents knocked on our door and said that it was ten pm, and we had been "at it" since five, and could we perhaps keep the noise level down, just for this one night?

Then it hit me... we started at 5, and now it was ten. We had been frolicking for five hours... which meant that I had had an erection which had lasted for 5 hours. Five hours! That's a whole hour more than four! In a panic I called 911 and told them I had had an erection that had lasted for more than four hours, and what should I do? I swear I heard laughter over the phone before they hung up on me. In a panic, I stripped off my Three Wolf Moon T-Shirt, Available in Various Sizes and went to the corner of the room where my pile of laundry was.

As I pawed through the mound of wrinkled shirts and old leisure suits, I pulled out my most recent acquisition, the Sea Cow shirt. The second my eyes fell on the image of those peaceful, bloated and majestic animals... my stiff member instantly became limp and flaccid, a perfect imitation of the Sea Cow's beautifully wrinkled and dangling trunk... I was saved!

In celebration of my survival, I suggested to my ladies that we eat out this evening, my treat! So, I went up and grabbed all the salad from my parent's `fridge and we sat by the pool and dined on the amazingly succulent leafy greens. My girlfriends soon tired of this however, and left me. And so now, my life is my own again! The bite marks are healing, and I moved back into my parent's living room, as the fleas in the basement were really irritating. And now, I spend my days languidly floating in the pool and noshing on a wonderfully selection of chef salads, or bean sprouts and kale. Now that I have "the good life" and no longer have to worry about satisfying the appetites of seven girlfriends, I have gained over 100 lbs, which is not easy to do on a diet of cabbage sprouts and kale let me tell you! And I owe it all to the amazing Sea Cow shirt!

It only gets BETTER....... But to save space I'll just post the link to... scroll down to the comments

Breakthrough Wolf T-Shirt - Available in Various Sizes (Follows up above posts)

Oh and this deserves a look...

Tuscan Whole Milk, 1 Gallon, 128 fl oz

For the nerdy of us...

The Story about Ping (Reading Railroad Books) (Paperback)

#1 Comment :: 9,179 of 9,486 people found the following review helpful...

PING! The magic duck!

Using deft allegory, the authors have provided an insightful and intuitive explanation of one of Unix's most venerable networking utilities. Even more stunning is that they were clearly working with a very early beta of the program, as their book first appeared in 1933, years (decades!) before the operating system and network infrastructure were finalized.

The book describes networking in terms even a child could understand, choosing to anthropomorphize the underlying packet structure. The ping packet is described as a duck, who, with other packets (more ducks), spends a certain period of time on the host machine (the wise-eyed boat). At the same time each day (I suspect this is scheduled under cron), the little packets (ducks) exit the host (boat) by way of a bridge (a bridge). From the bridge, the packets travel onto the internet (here embodied by the Yangtze River).

The title character -- er, packet, is called Ping. Ping meanders around the river before being received by another host (another boat). He spends a brief time on the other boat, but eventually returns to his original host machine (the wise-eyed boat) somewhat the worse for wear.

If you need a good, high-level overview of the ping utility, this is the book. I can't recommend it for most managers, as the technical aspects may be too overwhelming and the basic concepts too daunting.

Problems With This Book

As good as it is, The Story About Ping is not without its faults. There is no index, and though the ping(8) man pages cover the command line options well enough, some review of them seems to be in order. Likewise, in a book solely about Ping, I would have expected a more detailed overview of the ICMP packet structure.

But even with these problems, The Story About Ping has earned a place on my bookshelf, right between Stevens' Advanced Programming in the Unix Environment, and my dog-eared copy of Dante's seminal work on MS Windows, Inferno. Who can read that passage on the Windows API ("Obscure, profound it was, and nebulous, So that by fixing on its depths my sight -- Nothing whatever I discerned therein."), without shaking their head with deep understanding. But I digress.

Man I love the internet!

Hope you enjoyed reading!

DYung

Relationship Mixer 4

Mind-Games :: Defined as :: psychological tricks (reverse psychology, etc..) used to gain an advantage on one's adversary.

At any point in a relationship there can be any sort of mind game going on. Granted i know a lot of people who hate such mind games as do i. In an engaged boyfriend/girlfriend relationship there are instances where each party tests the other on certain things. I would say that it goes for both sides of a relationship where the guy or girl will throw questions/tests at the significant other to see if they are "dedicated", "committed", or any of those major needs/wants in an ideal relationship. It usually sucks to be put in these kinds of situations, and you also can usually get that little clinch in your mind saying "Oh crap what's the right answer??". Obviously you will know the "right" answer, but your instinct answer may not be that "right" answer and you find yourself shunned for a bit. It sucks to put it plainly. And I don't know who gets the worse end of the spear, guys or girls, but as a guy who's experienced such "tests" it's never something to look forward to. So why do we do such things? As the definition of "mind-games" says :: "used to gain an advantage of one's "adversary"" Does putting a significant other into a situation where you want to hear a certain answer or they're being "insulting/mean/insensitive/etc" fair?? Since if they are wrong you then have an "advantage" over the situation and thus they are stuck in whatever direction you throw them in. Now you may say "that never happens to me!", but if you really think about it there is always a point where you are either the victim or the one playing the "mind-game" with the significant other. You may not realize right now since some people are really good with their words and can hide the intentions behind each question along with hiding their reaction to your answer. It can almost be like constant reverse psychology (in the extreme cases that is). Back to the question of whether it's fair or not, and obviously it isn't fair at all! Thankfully though not everyone does it to the extent of hindering a relationship, but there are those people who want to always have the upper hand in a relationship and will keep their significant other on a leash without them even realizing it! I've met people who LOVE mind-games and when 2 mind-game addicts come into play it's like a never ending cycle of messing with each other (i've witnessed this happen). On the other hand situations where there are constant mind-games usually never work out, it's all just fun and games until someone gets caught up in it too much and gets hurt. There are situations that call for mind-games, where a significant other needs to probe the other person's life to make sure things are alright, but these are sort of a normalized thing in relationships I'd say. The bad thing is when a small "test" is given and the tester over reacts to it, but that's going off-topic i think...

Mind-games aren't just in relationships. In the "dating" scene there's probably more and more of it. To take a template/example :: Guy and girl go out on a "date-ish", it's great and all, date ends and the "3 day rule" passes (for the guy to call or w/e). Girl over reacts and thinks the guy is a "jerk" for not calling her or talking to her after 3 days since clearly by tradition if the guy really likes her genuinely he would have. This is where mind-games are seen as the stupidest thing in the world. By the standards of the "3 day rule", which is a mind-game in itself for both guys and girls, the guy is labelled as a "jerk", that's unfair right? Then say 6 days pass and the guy wants to meet up again or "hang out". Here's where mind-games fail and ruin opportunities. For the guy he might be thinking, "I wanna take things slow and get to know her a little better before getting too involved..." Ok... and for the girl, "What the heck took him so long? He must not be interested..." and from there on in both the guy and the girl are completely confused to each other's intentions. Ok, i know that was a totally isolated example (since the roles could also be reversed and "thoughts" still applied to both sexes), but i hope you see what i'm getting to, which is that in this day and age we are almost "wired" to think there is a hidden intention behind certain actions done by the opposite sex. In a sense we think that any interaction between someone we "like" and us is some sort of mind-game where in reality it may not be at all! So now we're sorta stuck in the middle where we accept it as a mind-game and play along or just take things as they are and don't over think it. In my opinion :: I think it's always best not to complicate things and just go with whatever comes into our lives without over thinking things too much (keyword :: "too") Mind-games are easily avoided if you just go with what you want to do! So take for example, I like to get to know a potential significant other to a fair extent before i even consider take it to the next level per say. No mind-games on my end, but the problem with this is if the other person thinks there's a mind-game involved! Epic. Fail. So where does this leave us? With the fact that mind-games as inevitable as they are... just plain suck since everyone is different in their own "game" ( and i say this in the most relative definition being your ability to interact with the opposite sex ).

So i don't really know what a good conclusion statement would be. I guess I'd suggest to never assume things in your interactions with people especially with significant (or potential) others. Assuming is a big part of mind-games and is bad in general haha -enough said.

Life is life and we all live it.

Thanks for reading,

DYung

New post soon...

In the mean time...

http://ludomancy.com/games/today.html

April is just not my month...

Man it's freakin HOT in my office right now... anyways this past month has been very eventful... in many different ways however... In particular is what's happened with my car.

I've had my car in Boston since January. It's been a fairly easy experience and nothing's really gone wrong except i got one parking ticket for street cleaning cause i thought it was suppose to start in April... turns out main "arteries" of Boston are "cleaned" all year round... cept for the fact that i had been parking on Mass Ave for a good month when i got the ticket... makes no sense... /sigh. The next incident was when i got pulled over... in April for going through 2 yellow/red lights. I admit it was stupid of me since i literally SAW the cop at the first light... then he pulled up behind me... then i casually went through the 2nd light... but both were yellow to red!!! (though the first one i sorta tried to stop... but ended up in the middle of the road so i quickly accelerated forward [in front of the cop car] in order to avoid being a traffic hazard! legit right?) Anyways he pulled me over after the 2nd light and i ended up not getting a ticket (thank goodness!). He seemed more interested as to why my passengers were looking scared haha... I told him we were going to work etc etc. And he just gave me a warning to "take it slower next time"... which i wasn't even speeding to be honest... so now i'm conscious about it whenever i get to a green light, but i get the feeling in the back of my head that it's going to turn yellow and i'll get pulled over lol!!!... but i still run through yellow lights... oh well, everyone does it!.

Next incident was middle of April where my car got broken into because i forgot to clean my windshield of the mark a GPS (which wasn't in the car...) makes when it's attached to your window... so my fault /sigh... i had gotten into the parking space around 430 AM from a long night out... then passed out and woke up at 2pm where i soon found out after (around 4 PM) that my car was MISSING from where i parked it... epic fail... through the whole hassle it had gotten towed by a company in BRIGHTON, which makes no sense as well since there's a towing lot 1 mile away from my apt... paid a 120$ towing fee, then 100$ for the repair job on the window. Nothing was stolen except a few dollars i had in the car and alot of stuff was shuffled around... that's a good thing... There were some complications with it being fixed but in the end i got it fixed the monday after it happened... so like 2 days with the car without a passenger window (cept the plastic over it, which is still a hassle/annoying). To top that incident off, the next day after i got it fixed i got a parking ticket near my apartment for being in a "resident parking only zone", which is BS since i've parked there SOO many times and haven't gotten a ticket... so now i'm even more careful as to where i park... such a hassle to search around though...

Fast forward to TODAY... i woke up LATE (645 vs 610) and rushed to get ready... no shower... just changed and left... on my way to work i was driving and some lady pulls in front of me from my left and then proceeds to make a right turn... but does it O-SO-VERY slowly... i end up trying to go around her left, but she like almost makes a complete freakin STOP before turning... freaking RIDIC... i end up hitting her in the back with my front right corner of my car... pull over the side a little and she says she won't report anything since her car is barely touched... and what happened to my car?? well it's really not that bad, but there's a small dent in my fender... plus the cover for my blinker light is gone, but the light still works... I guess it coulda been worse?? but i also could have avoided having it happen... if i only was patient enough and possibly more awake... ughh MAJOR SIGH!!! one of the things i told myself not to do in boston with my car was to get into an "Accident" and even though nothing major happened, just like a little love tap that broke my signal cover and a little dent... it still frustrates me... I'm glad she was a nice lady though... i still exchanged information even though i'm the one at fault and she said it wasn't really necessary... hopefully she doesn't turn it around on me and report it! (but she was really nice) she even offered to let me call her to go get a good repair place she knew of that serviced volvos, which she also had. Anyways... hopefully things don't get worse in these next 2 months i have the car in Boston...


Sooo total costs for having my car in Boston??

+40$ parking ticket
+120$ Towing
+100$ repair job
+15$ stolen from car
+40$ resident parking ticket
+25$ front signal covering
+time spent dealing with car ordeals 0$
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-4 months of "private" parking - around 400$ -> 600$ total when july comes around
-time convenience for having my car close to my apartment (relative to where i park on the street) AND travelling around Boston to wherever - 0$ but hey time is money!

kinda even on both sides... but that's sorta bad haha...

/end rant

Thanks for reading,

DYung

Relationship Mixer 3 + Mouse hunt

Closure - Defined as :: To attempt to 'move on' following the termination of a relationship with another individual.

Translation :: To tie up loose ends in a relationship that may not have been cleared up, hence "Closure".

Closure can be a rare thing in our lives. It is only necessary when WE are cut off in a relationship. Where WE encounter the unexpected and things just end. It's complicated to realize and usually people don't know they need closure until later in their "recovery". It isn't always needed to get over someone in your past however, but it will most likely leave you wondering those "what ifs" of your interactions with the other person. It's all relative on how the relationship ended actually, some relationships end in a way where there isn't a NEED for closure, but it's one of those "nice" things to have before ending that chapter in your life.

Personally in my last (major) relationship my "recovery" process was delayed by the fact that i had no closure what-so-ever and, given that i don't think i even got any to this day, it merely prolonged my struggle with dealing with a "big break up". There were alot of "special" circumstances surrounding the relationship. One of those major circumstances being it being a Long-distance relationship (LDR). When serious LDR's come to an end i feel it's very hard to do anything about! (This also applies to non LDRs!!!) You can't really confront the issue face-to-face since you can't see the other person physically (you don't see your ex too often if it's a LDR, unless you're in high school or something i guess?). So instead you spend a lot of the time dancing around the issue and attempting to get your mind off of it by taking up other hobbies etc, but when it comes down to it you end up thinking about your ex here and there. Granted it's different with EVERYONE i'm sure. In our society there are people who go through boyfriend's and girlfriend's like water and then there are those who are quite the opposite. With that in mind even those who have a lot of "significant others" run into relationships where they need closure. Ultimately most people do not actually follow through with having a "closing talk" with their ex. Either because it's unneeded or they're not given the opportunity. The problem in this all is that one person feels that there is no need for closure and they sort of *look the other way* if the other person in the relationship needed some sort of closure and in the end nothing happens.

Sure we can all toughen up through it all and just "move on", but i believe, as a instinct, we all sit down and want to know those 'what if' moments in our lives.


Random :: So this past week the discovery of a mouse in my apartment came to my attention. How? I left a couple Lindor Truffles on my desk and let's just say Carlton (named mouse) got to them overnight. Very scary too considering it was literally RIGHT next to my head when i was sleep!!! O= So my initial solution was to clean my room and hide all my food in a sturdy box. This initially didn't work since i'm sure Carlton told his friends and they visited my room to see if there was any free food as delicious like previously served Lindor Truffles lying around. Next i researched all the "best" ways of getting rid of mice. Among the popular traps and poisons i came across a nice solution that is sort of like a win-win solution! What's this you think? Peppermint essence oil! Yes the pleasant smell of Christmas apparently deters mice from hanging around your place. Granted it has to be a peppermint oil that DOES NOT have sugar alcohol (duh) and is usually fairly strong. The type of peppermint oil i picked up recently to use has actually worked (i think) in keeping Carlton from coming back into my room. Even though i'm very wary at night when i'm falling asleep to the slightest noises to make sure Carlton isn't just trying to trick me. Nevertheless i don't see anymore mice poop (which they poop A LOT) thus i believe it has worked. Then on top of that there's a slight scent of peppermint in my apartment whenever i come in the front door (win!). I don't think i got a full strength peppermint oil and i'm going to find some more today (more concentrated)!!


Thanks for reading,

DYung

Relationship Mixer 2

Determination - Defined as :: simply not giving up. No matter how hard things get, or how badly you want to just give up, you keep on going. Sometimes you just want to let go, when it seems like what you're going for is just out of reach, sometimes you tell yourself if what you're trying to get is worth the great amount of effort that you put in it...

Motivation - Defined as :: That thing in the back of your mind that drives you, no matter what seems to be stacked against you.

These two terms go hand in hand really well. They encapsulate the two words that dance around a person's life when they have a goal set in life. In the case of this blog post we are talking about the goal of "working" on a relationship. Though it sorta sounds bad to be "working" on a (potential) relationship, but inevitably when everyone looks at it it is basically what we all do. Firstly we all require a good foundation of CONFIDENCE that gives us the motivation to start on the journey of starting a relationship. From there on in there needs to be lots and lots of determination because we all know that nothing ever goes our way. And if things do go your way it's not the way you saw it playing out... and if they are... well then you're just really lucky hahaha (very pessimistic there i know hehehe). Nevertheless the results of having great motivation and determination in making a relationship happen can be immensely rewarding in the sense that your work has paid off, as mentioned in the definition of determination. On the flip side motivation and determination can also be the beginning of someone's utter failure. The idea of determination blinds people to the "signs". What "signs"? Well i'm sure you have a general idea of what kind of signs there are. In the general interaction between males and females the guy's are more clueless than the girls. This is to say that it's easier for girls to tell if a guy likes her, where as it's harder for guys to find out if girls like them. This is for the reason (i believe) that girls are generally more "friendly" than guys. This extra friendliness comes off as a toss up between being JUST friendly or something a little more, but guys never really know. That is of course if it's obvious... and most guys know the signs that scream that she isn't interested. HOWEVER I've also heard that even if a girl doesn't come off as interested as he may infer from certain events/conversations, there is still a chance she may still like him and it is merely coincidence that those "signs" were mis interpretted. I know it's very wishy washy, but really what isn't these days?

So in the end determination and motivation in one's mind should be taken lightly. Too much determination and you come off as a creeper, too little and you lose your self confidence... Motivation should be kept in check as well. Too much motivation will lead to hurting yourself too much, too little motivation leads to you doing nothing, being reserved in a sense and never knowing of "what if". I believe that if you at least try to go that little extra "step" a whole new world will be revealed to you, but it all comes down to if we're willing to go that extra step. I've seen both good and bad things come of going the extra step... i'd say 50%... so i'd say those are pretty good odds, don't you think? haha...

Life is life and we live it.

Thanks for reading,

DY

Relationships Mixer 1

Dating – Defined as :: Of a couple, to be in the early stages of a relationship where they go out on dates to find out what each other is like, as a prelude to actually being a fully fledged couple…

Dating is an interesting issue in life. It’s a simple concept, which makes it that much more complex. For example, a simple dinner/evening out with someone for some quality one-on-one interaction (of the opposite sex) can be either with the intentions of getting to know someone for a friendship or a potential relationship in the future. However, the problem with encounters like this is that each of the two person’s intentions is not defined beforehand and usually never is. That is if one person asks another out on a “date-date”, but in this day and age it’s hard to come by anyone who actually asks for a straight-up “date”. Though in the past I’m sure it was a very normal thing to do and I’m sure people still do it today, so I suppose this is merely one side of the issue. Nevertheless, looking at this concept with the mystery of knowing if something is a date or not it usually happens that one person sees it as a date and the other doesn’t until the very end or an after analysis of their night. Then they get the thought “omg that was a date…” There are of course obvious signs of a date that people usually point out. The main/most common sign is the “guy” pays for whatever the two people do, dinner, coffee, night out, etc etc. Though this can be simply seen as a friendly/nice gesture and can easily be overlooked since one person paying can also happen anytime with any one-on-one interaction!

Dates also come in all sort of sizes and qualities. There are coffee dates, to dinner dates, to play dates and so on and so forth. This adds more to the fray where two friends could be just having fun! There are many people who have a girl/guy “best friend” and more likely than not one of the two will crack and build up more than mutual emotions for the other. This leads to disaster most of the time (epic fail!). So with all this confusion why don’t people just confront and see where the relationship/friendship is going? Well for one, awkwardness. Who wants to ask their “friend” if they think the friendship is growing into something more? To put your friend in that position is almost unfair unless they flat out say no, which then could potentially lead to awkward thoughts about the other person since they know that they were possibly interested. Secondly, it could be obvious if you and the other person are dating by your interactions with each other. It’s hard to gauge since everyone is different, but you could usually go with your gut instinct and be right about where it’s going. But it’s always bad to assume! Thirdly, people may just like playing "The Game" and as much as playing the game is complicated it also brings out a feeling of desire and chase in another person (and seeing if they can potentially change the feelings in the other person towards them), something to work on instead of being just neutral in it all.

This is all hypothetical and probably not as complicated as i put it to be, but again it also may be just that at the same time. Everyday we're encountered by social/relational interactions that we ourselves can never know the true motivations behind whatever is said/done. So what can we really do? Some people like to interpret things a lot, and personally i believe everyone interprets things to a certain extent if it pertains to them on a semi-significant level... lol... sooo my advice? don't over think... it's the best for you and the other person, take things as they are and go with it.

Totally random, but ever have one of those moments where you see someone you haven't seen in awhile while passing by in a hall or something and there's that gibber jabber that's exchanged? Like "Whoa... hey!... you!... what's up!" 2nd person, "Oh hey!... what are you doing? ohhh ____? cool... we'll talk later!! I gotta go... people... goin... gah!" annnd they're gone or you've passed way beyond talking distance... yeah...

ANYWAYS... this post was bound for failure ever since i didn't finish it in 1 sitting... /sigh... hopefully appreciate some of my insight to.. whatever i really talked about here... seems like alot of my posts turn from formal to informal alot... how unorthodox lolz.

Life is life and we all live it.

Thanks for reading,

DYung