High Profile DJs

How come they make so much money? Now I'm not a real big hater of them or anything, but They're just taking other people's songs and mixing them. Yesterday I went with Kumar, his roommate who I'll call Jay, and some other friends to the Do Division festival. Well, actually we went to the German MaiFest first where people got too drunk to get to Do Division on time. No big deal. But the Saturday night headliner was the DJ Flosstradamus. When we got there, it was a giant dance party. Pretty sweet looking, with people on their rooftops and sitting out of their bedroom windows watching the show. For the 15 minutes left of his set that we saw, it was pretty fun. I understand that a lot of DJs produce their own music and then play it, like DJ Premier, but what about DJs who don't? Granted, the last few Girl Talk albums have been pretty fun to listen to, but there's absolutely no new material on them. His shows don't really cost much to see, so it's not like he's commanding ridiculous prices (Do Division was $5 donation, too), but I just think it's weird that DJ AM can charge a ridic amount for a private show. At least it's working for them, though.

In other news, there's absolutely nothing in the potential date realm for me. Though I saw a bunch of good looking girls at a party full of French girls on Friday and Saturday randomness, I didn't really talk to them and couldn't hold any interest. For as long as I can remember (well, probably since I was 13), I've been asking friends what I should do to get girls interested. I think the first thing I'm going to do (and follow through) is stop asking for suggestions. I've realized it makes me look desperate, which is not what I'm shooting for. I'm also torn between the idea of not really trying to meet girls and just saying "hi" as opposed to some type of smart comment.

Over the weekend, Jay was talking up a lot of girls, and most of them seemed to be pretty interested in him. He's a pretty good looking dude, but I'm sure he'd say that isn't his main draw. Sometimes I think that attraction has a lot to do with just compatibility. If that's true, then how is Jay so successful? Or does he just have the type of personality that's more compatible with others, as if that's some quantifiable feature?


PS. I've listened to the new Wilco album twice and it's still not really doing it for me. As much as I like the band, I'm afraid their creativity is slipping quite a bit. I'll give it another shot, though.

This is How Nerdy I Am

As a nerd, I enjoy general truths that I don't need to think twice about: Gravity, Evolution, The Empire Strikes Back was the best one, etc. So when I see one of these infallible statements challenged, it makes me think. What I'm referring to is my notion that girls don't want to be approached at the gym because they're all sweaty or they're just not interested in being approached while focused on something else. Now, there are two reasons why I use this rule:

1) It stops me from making an idiot of myself and trying to be witty while there is no oxygen in my brain.

2) It's way more common than a "girls want to be hit on all the time" rule.

Now keep in mind that all of my ideas like this should come with the Brad Pitt rule (If Brad Pitt hit on you (a straight female. Hey maybe even lesbian too. He could do that) you could care less if his timing was right. Unfortunately for me, I have zero common characteristics with him. Okay, maybe one: I'm what 5/7 of his kids will look like in 20 years.

So while I was at the gym today, I saw a pair of guys talk to two different really pretty girls. Lots of smiling, laughing, etc. It may be possible that each girl was a sibling of the guys, but I'm inclined to doubt that. Now, these guys were generally better looking than me, but nowhere near BP level. I don't really know what the best move is. So this situation has broken my logic, but I wouldn't know how to go forward with it.

One other issue that I have is that while I've grown up in a city with about 90% white people, I don't really think much of the whole "interracial relationship" idea. Given that Chicago is way less diverse than I originally thought (probably because I don't get south of the Loop too often/ever), I still don't know what most non-Asian girls think. Is it really not that big of a deal? Or is it a BP-type situation? Who's the Asian equivalent? Probably no one. Maybe the guy from Harold and Kumar? Jet Li? What do you think?

Paid Vacation Days!

So today's Memorial Day. As a youngster (high school/early college), this day was always just a day off, and that's it. I never really thought of Armed Services or anything like that. I think it was mainly because I was a little too liberal in the idea that "the army is stupid." Though I don't really do anything to honor troops, they're definitely in my thoughts. I think that mainly comes with having friends in the military/ROTC. So I guess this would a good time to both thank them for their service and a free day off.

Even though it's been a long weekend, I can't really say I've been up to too much. I stayed in both Friday and Sunday night to save cash. Saturday's drinking tour made up for it all, though. It wasn't anything really special. Just started with a friend's rooftop cookout and then carried on through bartime. Yet again, I drank too much to make any decisions concerning meeting girls. The one semi-funny I recall was going up to a girl, taking her hand and leading her to dance at a bar. After about two minutes or so, she just turned around and left. The whole time, I didn't say a single word. So that's got to be deserved then.

For a nightcap, my friend and I tried to go to Wiener's Circle, but it was packed. Instead we hit up a 24 hr diner and bought full meals. No quick appetizer, but a philly cheese steak w/ fries and a chocolate milkshake. Idiot.

As a plus, though, I did not ride my bike home that night. Probably the best decision of the weekend. It would've been instant death.

I just joined the 20Something Bloggers, which seems like a cool group. The only thing I'm unsure about is the site gives my full name. Luckily, I'm not extremely easy to Google, with my common name.

So Casey from the gym (who is actually an insanely sweet girl) doesn't really think that girls would want to be approached while working out, due to the sweatiness. So that kicks out work (too weird), bars (hard to get girls' attention), and the gym (see above). So what've I got next? Any suggestions?

So Many Origins

So I just saw Star Trek with a friend (a dude). Since I know basically nothing except for the few episodes I've ever seen, I think the movie was pretty entertaining. But I'd bet money that hardcore fans are pretty upset. It seems like over the last few years there have been a lot of movies about the origins of characters: Batman, Bond, Wolverine, Star Trek, etc. Has the industry run out of ideas? Or are they just sick of actual sequels? Either way, the results are mixed so at least there are still some good ones out there.


So this weekend was generally uneventful for me. Saturday was my mom's birthday, so I figured I'd surprise her and drive home. On the way, I stopped for a night of debauchery in Madison. Overall, it was a pretty good time. I caught up with some friends and drank for (relatively) cheap. There are still some friends who I used to work with at a bar in Madison, so I stopped by at the end of the night. Though I rarely think of her when I don't see her, I'm always blown away by the beauty of one former coworker. The downside is that I always do/say something stupid around her. The first time I saw her, I sent a Facebook message (yeah, I know) over my phone (even more pathetic) stating the hypothetical question that if she were single and in Chicago, would she go on a date with me. So sad. That's like asking "If I were dying, would you go on a date with me no strings attached?". This time, she mentioned our hypothetical date and I told her how I'd take her on a great one to McDonald's. My drunken self thought I was being funny; She was probably just laughing at my idiocy. Besides that, there's pretty much nothing happening on the girl front for me. I guess I need to try to meet some more.

Nothing special is really coming up this week so I guess I could just kick it.

So even though no one has been commmenting on these questions, I guess I'll still keep asking them: What's your go-to spot for a first date? Always dinner? Movie? Dogfight?

Drinking and Riding

So I'm definitely not the type of person who would drink and drive my car, but I find that I'm constantly drunkenly riding my bike home. At the face of it, it's probably 10 times more dangerous than a car. The clincher is that ridiculous cost savings over a cab, and I get home sooner. I'll have to keep working on that one.

For a while I was stressing out about the girl who I met in Milwaukee. I called a few times and got some feeble text message back. I was talking to Billabout it and he pretty much gave the attitude of "Even if she is interested, who cares? You're barely going to see her." That made sense to me and I'm not too concerned about it anymore. On to bigger and better things...

This past Saturday I went my favorite coffee shop to put a dent in 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. After ordering, I saw a pretty girl sitting at her laptop. She had all of the attractive hipster traits: Dark hair, nice face, leggings with those stirrup things, etc. I felt like I definitely needed to sit near her if I were to get the balls to say anything. We were seated about five feet from each other for at least a half hour. I couldn't help but constantly glance over to see if she'd notice me. She once leaned over to pick up the pen that she dropped and I tried to make contact. I'm not sure what she was thinking, but she looked at me (no smile) on her way up. Now if I were to ask someone what they thought of the situation, there's a chance they would say "well that was good because she dropped her pen on purpose to give an excuse to look over." A clumsy-ass like myself , though, just thinks she dropped it like a normal person.

A little while after the pen-dropping incident she packed up her things and left. I often tell myself things like "If I see her again, I'll totally say something the next time," but I'm really hoping I don't, so I don't have to risk the rejection. I'm always afraid she'll have a boyfriend or think I'm a tool (those have been the big winners for the past lifetime). I'll tell you what, blogworld, though it's very unlikely I will see this girl again, I'll definitely say something, no matter how awkward.

As I've mentioned before, my gym is stacked with beautiful girls. As of late a taller Asian girl has caught my attention. Now even though I would be totally interested in talking to/meeting her, I've yet to say anything and probably won't. But I've been trying to look for some indicator that I should say something. Today we walked right past each other with no one around. I tried to make eye contact (without some ridiculous stare) and got absolutely nothing. Was that just my answer right there? Or doesn't that mean anything?