The Beast

I always wondered if any of those website worked. Yahoo! personals looks decent but I never actually tried it. Hmm...is eHarmony.com legit or bull s***?

Probably either: Hoobastank - Crawling in the Dark Godsmack - Straight out of Line Slayer - Reign in Blood Metallica - Enter Sandman

QUOTE (iamshack @ Mar 6, 2010 -> 09:39 PM) What exactly are you suggesting, Ross? Would you rather the commentary you regret making be deleted? I would like some of this commentary to be deleted - what if an employer came on and saw this? That wouldn't look very good for me, now would it?

QUOTE (maggsmaggs @ Mar 6, 2010 -> 06:33 PM) This will kind of be off the topic of relationships, but good general advice overall. But first of all, it's ridiculous to want to know what you want to do for the rest of your life at 18 when picking school/majors, so don't fret over that. As for a job, you really have to do what you love and not worry about money. If you do something you like, you will work harder at it and be promoted and make a living. For example, with me I have always been worried way too much about money. Up until a month ago, I was dead set on going to U. of I for law school and making $100,000-plus as a 25-year-old. Then I realized (while working at a sports agency at a law firm right now) that no amount of money is worth not doing what you want to do. Law was going to kill my life. I was not going to be able to do the monotonous work of a lawyer and work the crazy hours. So now I am trying to get into sports marketing. You're at a time right now where maybe you should just hold off on worrying about women and just find what you want to do for a career and get a start there. Then you will be in the right mindset to find a girl. Gentlemen - I wanted to start out by saying that I regret some of the posts that I have made in this thread. Not only are they unprofessional and not developed thoughts but they also are distasteful. You may wonder why I'm saying this, but ultimately, I just had someone come talk to me in regards to what I've said. And I've taken that individual's insight to heart. That being said, most of the steps I have taken up to this point in changing majors, switching schools and stuff have been the right choice. While I will admit to not enjoying the life of being a sports journalist or broadcaster, that doesn't mean that the business side of sports doesn't interest me. I am fascinated by things related to sports management and marketing, which includes some aspects of working with an organization or for working behind the scenes in radio doing whatever they tell me to do at 670 the score or at their competitor in AM-1000. I think I might have a plan as to how to get the ball rolling on this but it will take some effort on my part. Most of all, I do believe working on yourself, expanding your fan base (friendships and network) could be the most valuable thing for me right now. I appreciate all of your insight and will continue to read this thread as well as this board. Now, may I suggest parts of this thread belong in another thread entitled, 'Young sports professionals?'

QUOTE (Brian @ Mar 6, 2010 -> 02:12 PM) Had to google her. Yowzas. Some nice pics show up of her. I've got good taste. She's going to replace Buehrle as my new computer wallpaper as soon as I get home.

Finding a job, hanging at home, taking the next step to graduate next May. Maybe playing drinking games. Who knows.

I wonder if this uncapped season is going to bring upon a trend of long-term deals and if this will negatively impact the Bears once this whole cap situation gets figured out. I have a feeling that the Bears are going to regret this in the long haul if they tie these three up.

Some guy on facebook claims it is a done deal and Kaplan said that the Bears will not be outpid for Peppers. I don't know why they would spend all of the money on the pass rusher when they are lacking at defensive back and safety.

It's safe to say that I can wake up tomorrow, nobody will be signed and McNeil and Spiegel will have something to talk about for 4 hours.

Per Kaplan's facebook: RT @vxmcclure23: Julius Peppers has agreed to visit Chicago Bears on Friday, according to agent Carl Carey. The Bears are the front-runner.

www.670thescore.com - those bastards aren't airing the game? What jack asses!

Danny Mac is even saying that the Sox are high off their ass to trade a guy like Gordon Beckham. I would certainly agree and don't see any value in trading Beckham for this guy from San Diego. Do we really need an upgrade?

QUOTE (knightni @ Feb 28, 2010 -> 04:05 PM) Beast got Wingman-ed. Evidently some people didn't read about last night. Go back a page, read my most current post about last night. Things were a lot better and I didn't get wingman-ed. I had a blast and have the opportunity to hang out again next week. Hell to the yes.

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Feb 28, 2010 -> 04:00 AM) Nail the friend. Get yourself laid. f*** it. I had a better night last night. I'd only nail that friend with a blind fold on.

I don't think that I was clear in my first post. The girl I was talking to was the girl I'm interested in's friend. Thus, I had to dance with and talk to this girl. And I wanted to get rid of her and get through the night because I felt a bad hookup coming. I have no attraction to her. However... Tonight was a bit different. Went to the bar first and had several good opportunities to screw up, but I held my own and eased into situations with her. Had a lot of time to talk and get to know her. Also bought her a few drinks which I doubt she was expecting and felt like she owed me something. Not at all, the night was great. Got to dance with her the whole night and had her and her friend (and the friend's hookup) over for a few more birthday shots (her friends birthday). It was a good night and she and I might hang out next weekend watching How I Met Your Mother and getting dinner.

QUOTE (Flash Tizzle @ Feb 27, 2010 -> 07:42 PM) Beastly, if this girl liked you she wouldn't have pushed you off onto a friend. Additionally, as Kyle suggested, when you begin discussing priorities in life (even including, however innocent it may be, the phrase "wanted to have a family") it may be too much, too quick. I can understand the perception of bars as a terrible place to meet quality women, but as someone with vast experience in drinking (and creeping), it's all about location. Don't limit yourself to certain areas. People our age, that's what they do on weekends. It doesn't define them. She gets one more chance this evening. To be honest, I don't know what else I'd like to say to this girl. I try and see what she's interested in and I got no information that would lead to any sort of attraction whatsoever. I think that might be why I haven't enjoyed college...I have never found the kids who I gel well with, and its kind of sad. I feel sometimes like I had better relationships in high school and that the lifelong friends that I've had are those from high school, as sad as that may be. The whole family thing was just brought up as a reason of why I couldn't be a reporter. I would much rather hang with a small group of friends, people that I know, that I'm comfortable with, hanging out and enjoying a movie or something than just throw money at alcohol that I honestly don't like. I think this is why I felt the void when I had the breakup, all of what I enjoyed doing got thrown out the window. I know those days will come back again, but the question is when? I'll try another bar if that is what you mean by location. I never said it defines people. I just think I'll have more fun meeting people in something I'm interested in like exercise over a game that I might have to play on the weekends. P.S. Spoke to a fireman/paramedic today and I'm shadowing him as well as a high school guidance counselor over break to see what they do. Sounds bad ass.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Feb 27, 2010 -> 04:59 PM) Man, you are way too far ahead of yourself. "Plans" and "Priorities" shouldnt even be entering your mind during the first meet-up(not even a date!) with a girl. This was with her friend that I was trying to get rid of because I honestly wasn't having fun being left alone this this girl. She probably was into me and I'm totally not into her.

Another disaster. Went up to the bar/club again and met up with the girl and her friend. Apparently the guy that was driving the girl I'm semi-interested in has a little something going with this girl, or just rushed up to the occasion to dance with the girl. So, I got passed off to the friend and danced with the friend just to try and stay in with the other for the next night at the club, just in case things changed. Luckily, I was able to go get her a drink and sit down asking anything I possibly could to not have to dance with this friend. This girl and I got to talking about life after school. Evidently she doesn't have a plan and just wants to see what comes of her career in nursing and wants to travel. None of these girls that I have met seem to have plans like mine (moving back to the suburbs and working in the city before living on my own), so I'm willing to bet that I'll be back in the city upon graduation. She didn't seem to understand where I was coming from with "quitting" the media industry but I just said that I wanted to have a family (the job was wayyy too stressful for me) and that I didn't want to have to be in a remote area for a long while after graduation with the possibility of never achieving my goals. Anyway, back to the story, I was able to leave afterwards and started texting the girl I'm semi-interested in...the dialogue went something like this: What do you think of her? Well, she has her priorities in line, though I just met you and wanted to get to know you more. And hinted that I'd see her tomorrow night. And if this fails, then I'll just keep doing school clubs, dive into my schoolwork and follow my plan of going back to Chicago. Or just move on to the next girl, do yoga and all the alternatives to meeting women at bars/clubs. God I hate the bar scene. Too many creepy f***s there.

So last night I had the idea of going to the Ji Jitsu club on campus because it said no experience required. When we finished learning techniques for the evening, we did some freestyle and I had to sit out since that was my first session. Luckily, all of the girls that were there were sitting too so I sat and talked to them. Most were transfer students and one of them is close by to me. Started chatting her up, facebooked her and spoke to her later that night. Long story short before I left I asked what her plans were for the weekend and she and her friend are going to a bar/club nearby on Saturday. I had to get off the computer so I left her my number and she responded with hers, something that she hinted at wanting to do online. Turns out that we have a lot in common so rapport has already been established. So tomorrow I'm going to contact her and see what time she's going up there and when I get there with my wingman (for her friend who is celebrating her birthday a week late) I'm going to sit and buy her drinks and go dancing at the club. Should be a good time.

When asked if he used social media sites such as twitter, Piniella responded, "No I don't...I'm like a prime rib and baked potato."

I would gladly join.

Happy Birthday!

I couldn't be friends with my ex. She downgraded and chased the short fat guy with the pony tail at the "superior school" and decided that I wasn't worth it. I initially wanted to but I think that anyone in the initial panic post breakup stage wants to. At least I got out the unattractive image of her naked, there's clearly more attractive girls out there. OK - that might be a little too brutal.

And so I wonder what nights of watching movies and just chilling out with a woman feels like. Seriously, that was more fun than trying and failing.

Pick up attempt 1 - "Hi, I'm Ross. Tell me, what is the worst pickup line you've heard tonight...mine? Excellent. No seriously, what is it?" Lead to an uninteresting conversation about how this girl hates her landlord. Dance attempt 1 - Went up and danced with three girls, awaiting the other two of my friends. Didn't go so well. The verdict: I hate hip-hop culture. (I never want to be called homie or "brutha" again. And I hate the phrase "Oh s***, son.") And that it's probably better to just meet women in class or in clubs. I hate bars with a fiery passion. EDIT: Though, tonight was a confidence booster. I took more initiative than my other two friends that were there. It was nice to remember that I have some game and that I dance ridiculously. That is, I do random s*** as opposed to just grinding against some girl's ass for 1+ hours.