But first, did you know that the exact science of how a plane flies has not yet been discovered? There are many theories, but there is not a universally accepted law. It's interesting how we have developed all these incredible machines without know exactly how we got there. I guess what the Wright Brothers did is a true testament to trial and error, or the process of elimination.
My most notable days since my last blog include Thursday and Friday. Actually, not really Thursday. After work Anderson and I grabbed a twelver of this pale ale beer. We went to my house and cemented our plans for New Year's Eve. I think I am going to make a New Year's Eve resolution, not to be mistaken with a New Year's Resolution. My NYE resolution is to witness a 10 second countdown to the new year. 2 years ago, I passed out at Fabian's house around 11:15 and last year we were all kicked out of the bar and roaming the streets of San Francisco while the ball dropped. So this year, I plan to pregame lightly at Anderson's condo, your all invited! Then head to RiNo, a pseudo-acronym for River North, the area to the immediate north of the river that runs through the city, for an open bar from 9-1. After that, if we are having a good time, we will probably stick around and hopefully not spend too much money. In the morning, I want to meet up with any Michigan grads who might be in town and catch the Gator Bowl at Duffy's. After planning NYE, Anderson and I headed to his place to watch the new Office and the season finales of Always Sunny and the League.
On Friday, I did a lot of shopping for 2 things: Xmas gifts and my NYE outfit. I found a good gift for my sister's husband. My outfit should look decent, I got Stev's advice and hopefully I followed it well. That night, Anderson and I went out to get some Chi style pizza with my mom. Delicious. Afterwards, we stopped at the liquor store so I could get a very special beer called "Dog Fish Head: Midas' Touch" I only bought one bottle. Anderson had one at his house that he vowed to drink when he got a good job. He found out that he got that job earlier on Friday. We went back to my house to enjoy our celebratory beers. I invited Sean over, one of my old friend from high school. We started hanging out again when Steph came back into town. The 3 of us watched the Bulls beat the Lakers then walked to Front Street Cocina in downtown Wheaton. During the walk, I asked Sean if he remembered any more than I did about the night we went to Steph's and drank Joose. I guess he left pretty early, but he remembers me playing the piano, thinking of going home with him, deciding to stay and watch a movie, and just being pretty stupid. He also mentioned that Steph and I were being pretty flirty, which caught my attention. I think a lot of the night will go unremembered, unless Steph's brother witnessed anything....Oh dear...Back to Friday night, we had a few beers at front Street then made our way over to Muldoon's. Squires met up with us there and Sean invited 2 gal friends from U of I, and I cannot for the life of me remember both of their names. Anyways, we had some drink at Muldoon's then Squires drove Sean, Anderson and I around. We dropped Anderson off and headed to one of Sean's friend's houses. It was sweet, she has this guest house above her separate garage and her moms an artist. So the whole thing is just painted, floor to ceiling. We played some games, told some stories and had some drinks. We left around 2:30 I think.
I was thinking about something to write about today and I decided to talk about the manipulative nature of people our age. I think girls are way better at playing guys. I think its because guys are just easier to read than girls, therefore easier to predict. I don't know if I've ever been played by a girl. I guess my ex may have, but she admitted that she cheated on me right away, so I don't think her intentions were to "play" me. I do think that I am prone to being played though. Even though I'm not as emotionally driven as I was in high school and early college, I could still imagine becoming infatuated with a girl despite some sort of obvious evidence that she is playing me. I wonder how often girls do this to guys and what their motives are. Is it an ego boost or are they really just confused? I need some insight from maybe a psych major, or maybe a woman's studies major...Is there any solid studies conducted on things like this that I could reference?
Last thing, on the job front. The idea of going into business with Drabik gets more appetizing everyday but I would still take a good engineering job if offered one at this point.
Here's to Ron Santo,
Chin
Ok, so I read this in cosmo I think but it really makes sense...If they like you, you will know...if they don't like you, you will be "confused".
ReplyDeleteLike if the girl likes you then you will be able to tell...if you can't tell, she probably doesn't like you like that. I don't think girls intentionally play guys...and guys don't intentionally play girls for that matter. I think that it just happens when nice people don't want to be mean to someone else and actually end up crushing them anyways. Also, I think that you like to think about situations like this a lot and over-analyze sometimes. Just take it how it is...shit happens, and feelings change. It sucks most times...seeing as we are still single...but whatever...someday we will find people that care about us and when that happens we will be able to tell...or so my theory says.
So, I guess that wasn't really advice. And I don't think that you are anymore susceptible to being played than the next person. Or then again maybe you are just because you care more about people than the next guy does. Either way, just keep being you and the right person will come around one of these days.
Do you honestly not think you were played by Lizzie?
ReplyDeleteDo I think you are prone to being "played." To answer honestly I would say yes. But it's not a bad thing, nor is it something that is likely to affect you that much anymore. In the past, you either tended to be too into it, or not enough into it, so therefore you misread your situations with some girls or scared them off perhaps, either way that would be what you might consider getting "played." I agree with Cassie, either you know you are liked, or you aren't liked. In this day and age there aren't really many mysteries out there, especially for guys who like girls, I mean if we want to see them we will right? And I believe that goes both ways.
ReplyDeleteAgain I agree with Cass in the sense that you gotta stop over thinking things, sometimes just "making a move" in the case with that girl at the Chinese dinner, or even the night at Stephs, and go with whatever the outcome. If you think a girl is cute or nice, then go for it and see what happens. Like you've said before we are all victims of circumstance and timing, therefore its better that we know we tried than to let something pass us by.
Lastly, I disagree with Cass in one aspect because I know that some people do intentionally play others, but my guess is that you will never run into those types of girls, and we are not those types of guys.
Good Luck on your NYE Resolution.
I supppose Lizzie played me, when I look back. At the same time though, I don't think I ever wanted a relationship with her, seeing as Whitney was always in the picture. But, yes, I do remember a lot of frustration. I don't think I was ever crushed emotionally when things didn't work out though, but if I was a year younger I probably would have set myself up to get heartbroken. Does that make sense?
ReplyDeleteAnd the whole overthinking things, I'm really just doing it for conversation. The things I tend to overthink are, like Stev said, actually going over and talking to that girl across the bar or whatever, otherwise, its mostly to open conversation.