The New York Times – The Man Date

man dating… hahaha… this is some funny stuff. though kind of true i suppose. though i’ve got to say that guys going to movies with other guys i dont think necessarily qualifies as a man date (though i suppose it depends on the movie).

“”But the opportunities to get close to another man, to share and talk about their feelings, are not available after a certain age.””

hmm, i dont know many guys of any age that are very comfortable talking and sharing feelings (without the aid of alcohol… oh the mandatory drunk “i love you man,” always happens, without fail)…

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Playlist anxiety?

so apparently itunes playlists are a big deal at work as well as college campuses, coffeeshops with wifi. and apparently ppl are worried about what others will think of them bc of their playlist. i dont have any playlists for my pod except for full albums (for burning cds) and on-the-go’s that i didnt delete, one that is for things i’ve added in the past month, and one for highly rated but not played. though even when connected at work, or school, (never at coffeeshops, i dont do that sort of thing) i never see anyone else’s playlist. in fact i dont know if i have my playlists available to share. would i care if they did see my playlist? not really. so i like a wide variety of music. haha, perhaps i should make a playlist of all my fluff pop top 40 etc music. so i seem less interesting than i (think i) am. though i did read all those articles a few months back about ppl “flirting” using the playlists.

the only good thing about sharing playlists is being able to, ahem, copy songs from other ppl’s lists. though i’ve not done that in a long time, you know, not ever seeing other ppl’s music.

i should make some playlists, too much music, need a better way to organize it. my bigger itunes anxiety comes from having SO much music mistagged or not really tagged at all.

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CNN.com story about finding love at walmart

so walmart in germany, and soon other places, has like a singles night. you can read all details in the article itself, but what happened to the old (current) days where you went to the store and, you know, had to try to catch someone’s attention or just give it a shot with some crazy “umm, do you know how to tell if canteloupe is ripe?” type ridiculous question? ppl are lazy. now we need help to start flirting with other ppl. like i said, brilliant or sad.

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