Six things not to do on a first date

I stole this from cnn.com - if it's on CNN, it's worthy of a blog post!

Six things not to do on a first date

Story Highlights:
-First dates with your hot crush can make a woman very nervous
-But don't drink a lot and try to walk around on sky-high heels
-Don't talk non-stop, but also bad to clam up or make up things
-Picking at a salad is not attractive-- especially if you're drooling over his plate


By Judy McGuire
(The Frisky) -- The unthinkable has happened. He asked you out. The only guys who renders you speechless. The guy so smart, handsome and unbelievably hot you can do little more than blush and stutter in his presence. And now you're going out with him. Tomorrow. Hooray?

Your friends think it's cute that you're in such a panic, but you can't see any humor in the situation. Not only do you have to lose ten pounds, grow an extra cup size and somehow talk your mousey mop into looking like Jennifer Aniston's -- you have to do it all by tomorrow.

Oh, and you should probably also think about regaining your powers of speech. What to wear? What to smell like? What to do?

OK, I can't really help you with that, but here are a few things you definitely shouldn't do:

1. Introduce unfamiliar grooming regimens into your routine. Never had a Brazilian wax? Today's not the day to try it. Ditto to shelling out for that new, expensive, zit-zapping, wrinkle-eradicating, sun-damage-reversing miracle cleanser you read about in Allure. Sure, both of these things might work out well, but there's also the possibility you'll be left with festering scabs, ingrown hairs, or worse.

2. Wear those six-inch heels you bought on eBay, thinking they were Louboutins, but actually turned out to be regulation stripper footwear. Unless you're actually a stripper (or "Sex and the City's" Carrie Bradshaw), and know how to walk in sky-high heels, opt for a cute pair of more down-to-earth shoes that won't trip you up or give you blisters.

3. Get liquored up first. I know you're tense, but guzzling three martinis before you meet him is not a good idea. You probably haven't eaten all day and the combination of stress, hunger and booze is not a good one. Because I'm not completely heartless, you can have up to one glass of wine. But no more. Promise me -- no more!

4. Not eat if you're on a dinner date. Women always think they look dainty picking at a small green salad with just a lemon wedge while their date plows through the surf & turf. Wrong. They just look sad, hungry and possibly eating disordered. Even if you're spazzing on the inside, skip the bunny food and order a normal human-sized meal.

5. Talk too much/clam up completely. Have you ever been seated next to a couple who you could immediately tell were on their first date? Painful, right? Either the conversation is peppered with long, awkward silences, or one of them is nattering on like a crazy person. You can't help it if he turns out to be one of those types, but you sure can keep yourself in check.

6. Play make-believe. When you drop lies designed to impress -- like claiming to be a Foucault scholar or are actually Johnny Cash's second cousin -- it's pretty much a given that you're going to get busted. Either your date will turn out to be some kind of philosophically minded smarty-pants and want to debate you, or he'll be Johnny Cash's third cousin, wondering why you weren't at the last family reunion.

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Nine days and counting...

...until my darling gal pals and I head up North to a cozy cabin for a little cooler weather (it's STILL too flippin' hot in the valley of the scorching sun!), some wine, some girl talk, and some unwinding.

We'll talk about men and how crazy they make us. We'll drink wine because of that.

We'll discuss our crazy careers and work schedules and how it's so nice to get away from it all, but we will no doubt be checking our CrackBerries the whole time. We'll drink wine because of that.

We'll go over all the fun - and not so fun - aspects of our friends upcoming wedding. She will drink LOTS of wine because of that.

The countdown begins!

Confessions

http://www.trueofficeconfessions.com/

Some of the posts make me realize how blessed I am to have such an awesome gig! Thank You Big Man Upstairs! :)

Out of the woodwork

Why do men fall off the face of the earth and then resurface months later, send a 'hey there' text and think everything is fine?!

Oh, and the best part - he has a girlfriend!

To quote a line from one of my favorite movies, The Thomas Crown Affair, 'men make women messy'.

A guy a long time ago said that men don't give 'mixed signals'. They just give signals, but it's us women who mix them up and complicate matters.

Ha! I beg to differ! What am I to make of this recent little incident?!


Dear The One I Liked More Than You'll Ever Know,

I'm so very happy for you and your new girlfriend of only 3 months. Really. I am. But why did you choose now - right as I was getting over the fact that you fell off the face of the earth and wrote me off - to get back in touch with me? Why?

Signed,
Confused

Rethinking the crack

CrackBerry, that is. As in the BlackBerry.

I purchased one recently. Why? To be tied to my e-mail at all times of the day, of course. I thought it was a great idea, and it does come in handy at times. My days are always erratic so I'm not always in the office and it's nice to be able to troubleshoot something while en route to wherever I'm going. Needless to say, I've become addicted to it.

However, most of the time, I could do without my CEO's 11:52pm emails or my VP's 2:40am emails. I myself have been known to write an email or two at around 2:30 in the morning. Just last Wednesday night, as a matter of fact. A client issue actually woke me up in the middle of the night and I wrote a co-worker an email, at 2:31 in the morning.

Am I the only one that thinks there might be something wrong with that?!

Anyhooo, I don't mind the random emails so much as I mind that damn flashing red light that I wake up to EVERY morning. So, after I hit snooze several times, I finally roll over, unplug the crack (it really is like crack, if i knew what crack is like, but I've heard it's addicting), and scroll through all my emails to see what I'm in for that day. Are clients pissed? Is my CEO pissed? Do I have a laundry list of things I need to do right after I get into the office? Or, before I get into the office?

Let me just say that my CEO is an AWESOME boss. Hands down, the best boss I've ever had. But this man sometimes finds one time (usually later in the evening) to go through all his emails from the day and respond. So, many times I'll have at least four email replies from either the day prior or even week prior waiting for me in my inbox.

Usually, whatever is in my email inbox dictates how I'll feel as I'm getting ready for work and how big of a grouch I'll be.

I've tried to just not pay attention to the flashing red light in the morning. But, like crack, it's addicting and I have to eventually give in to the urge.

I'm weak. I know this.

How To...

So, I'm not all hip and cool like all the other kids around who know how to embed shit onto their blog.

Fine.

But click on this link, it's funny stuff: http://www.videojug.com/film/how-to-be-the-perfect-girlfriend

Here Without You

Everytime I hear that song by Three Doors Down, it reminds me of him.

He used he used to sing that song to me. Late night, on the phone, him and his cute voice.

*sigh*

So much for closure.

Don't drink and drive!

...EVER!

My friend, as we speak, is in Tent City doing time (10 days to be exact). She went in last Friday. Poor thing. Good girl, bad decision.

Moral of the story: don't drink and drive!

Another reason to love Red Bull...

...now with Cola! :D

It's been a while...

...since I've blogged. Almost an entire year! So, I figured maybe I'd start this up again.

So...here's what's been going on since the last time I blogged:

-I bought a house in January in an area I adore and that's close to everything! Love it love it love it!

-Mom's been back and forth to Europe once since January. She's back now and living with me. She tends to drive me crazy sometimes, but luckily her job takes her out of town sometimes and has her working weekends, which means that I can have a life and the girls over for wine again!

-My hard work has FINALLY paid off and I got that fabulous raise I've had my eyes on for quite some time!

-Love life is still non-existant. There was a guy in the picture that I adored, but the feelings were not reciprocated. Story of my life! *sigh*

I think that's all...for now.