Rules of Awesomeness

Rule 48 - This being the final post of 2009, I thought it would be fitting to discuss an annual event that is held on this very night…New Years Eve.  For many, tonight is an evening of sharing an intimate dinner with your partner and attending parties together.  Sure this is great for all the folks who have found that special someone…but what about all those single people out there?  Some of you may be tempted to just stay home…don’t.  New Years Eve is like the Super Bowl of going out for three primary reasons.

1. Overhyped - Is there a more overhyped night for going out on the town all year long?  I think not. Restaurants all over try to get you to eat there and bars try to entice you with drink specials and late night buffets, etc.  The week leading up to NYE is just as commercialized as the week leading up to the Super Bowl.

2. Overpriced - Nothing like going out to eat at a restaurant that is charging you three times what it would cost to eat there any other night of the year…not unlike Super Bowl tickets.

3. Game Clock - When you are single and out cruising the bars/parties think of it the same way you would any night except for one primary difference…there is a game clock.  Unlike most nights when you can casually take your time on talking with folks and narrowing down your choice of who to hit on, New Years Eve adds that new element of time…yep…the stroke of midnight.  This means you have to get there, take down a couple confidence drinks, and get right to work on moving that ball down the field to score that touchdown kiss at midnight.  Once you have that groundwork laid and get that all important kiss…then you can casually party with your new companion for a little while longer then retire to someplace a little more…quiet.

Sure all of this mess ads a little complexity to the evening, but embrace the Super Bowl…er…New Years Eve hype and rush out onto the field.  Even you single folks out there that are dreading getting suited up, don’t be all glum.  All of the other single people are in the exact same stadium and on the exact same field as you are right now.  Take comfort in that you are all in this together and whatever you do don’t sit at home tonight.  No matter how bad a time you wind up having trying to score that touchdown out somewhere…it will still be more fun than sitting at home alone.  And who knows, tonight could be the night you meet someone really great…which would really ad a level of awesomeness to the start of your new year. 

Happy New Year everyone and thanks for reading.  Stay awesome my friends.

Rule 47 - Guys, when you are out on a date…open all doors…yes, this means to buildings, cars, etc.  Now don’t go pushing her out of the way to do it or anything like that, but if you plan your steps correctly in advance you can casually beat her to the door without making it look obvious.  The key is here is looking natural…like this is second nature to you…cause you rock the awesome.  Even a quick “here let me” will alert to them to your door opening prowess.  Combine this action with Rule 39 on bringing flowers on your date and you will be seriously rocking the date awesomeness.  Even if you completely tard up the rest of the date, or there is simply no chemistry, she will still tell her friends how much of a door opening gentlemen you were…and who knows…you may get hooked up with a friend.   Stay awesome my friends. 

Rule 46 - Find a song that really defines you and gets you feeling confident and motivated.  This will be your jam or personal theme music as it were.  When you are faced with a situation where you need a mental confidence boost…sing or hum it to yourself.  Sometimes you may need more than one song for various types of situations and that is perfectly fine.  Just make sure whatever song you choose really reaches down into your soul and provides that uplift jolt you need to tackle whatever obstacle lies in front of you.

Rule 45 - Most of the time when people go grocery store shopping, they start at the first aisle and just work their way thru each aisle sequentially to the end before they checkout.  For single folks…this is not the most ideal way to maximize your grocery store shopping chance at meeting someone.  Think about it for a second…that form of movement prohibits you from coming across  anyone that enters the store after you and makes it tough to catch up to those that entered before you.  Fortunately, there is a simple navigational solution technique to help with this.  All you have to do is start with the first aisle then proceed to weave your way skipping every other aisle (ex. hitting all the odd numbered aisles).  Once you get to the end of the grocery store, proceed back to the beginning of by hitting all of the other aisles (ex. all the evens).  This way you speed yourself forward to catch persons before you and circle back seeing all the potentials who entered after you. 

Rule 44 - Recycle and respect the Earth and its natural resources on both land and sea. Encourage others as well. Failure to do so only hurts us all…doucher.

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