Being set up and my conditions for such treason

If you’ve been single at any point in your life for a considerable amount of time, then chances are you’ve been set up. There are two types of set ups, if you can think of a third one let me know. You have the agreed upon set up where your friends tell you they want to set you up and you go into it best foot forward. The other one I like to call the ambush set up. You agree to meet your friends somewhere and when you get there the set up is already there and you’re like what the heck is going on or they show up after you and your friends try to play like it’s a coincidence. I hate this because it catches you off guard and you’re not in control of the first impression. I was recently the victim of an ambush set up with disastrous results. A friend called and asked to hang out and when I get there I know right away this is a set up just by his stupid shit eating grin he had. This girl could not have been more wrong for me, the only thing we had in common was being single. Turns out this girl is like the permanent third wheel to him and his girlfriend and he wanted me to isolate her. Why couldn’t he just tell me that from the start? I’ll jump on the grenade for a friend if I need to.

With that being said friends, if you feel the need to do a set up for me please consider the following:

Let me know and tell me why you think we should be set up and if I say no respect that.

If you’re going to ambush me please do your due diligence when “mating” us together.

Things I want in a “partner” include being 2^nd amendment friendly, not a tree hugging liberal, has values and class but isn’t so uptight she can’t cut loose every once in a while, no substance abuse problems except maybe coffee, loves music and going to concerts, not a couch potato since I like to hike, mtn bike and camp, has no problem with kids and no problem with possibly never having kids of her own. If you think this person would make me a better person I am game but if you don’t have that confidence don’t bother.

Even the slightest bit of negativity can have great consequences

Tonight was my works Christmas party. The festivities were being held in a banquet room at the Utah Jazz basketball game. I’ll admit I had a pretty negative attitude about the whole thing and wasn’t even sure if I was going all day. Last minute I decided I was going. I go to the Trax station by my house, purchase my round trip ticket for $4 and wait for the train. I get on it and two stops later the Transit police get on and check for tickets. Somewhere between the kiosk and the train I lost my ticket. The officer is standing there while I am checking all my pockets and says to me I’ll be back so you can have some time to find it. He goes and checks the car and comes back to me and no ticket. I empty my pockets out on the seat and he sees the one dollar coin the kiosks gives as change. He pretty much says I can tell you bought a ticket cause you have that dollar piece and says to avoid any issues get a one way on my way home. I get to the arena and guess what else I lost, my ticket to the game. So I had to wait for 10 minutes to get that mess cleared up but I made it in to the party. Just goes to show having a negative attitude about anything can really alter your day in a hurry. I had a good time at the party left and chanced it and didn’t get a ticket for the ride home and was left alone and made it home no problems. Just a friendly reminder to keep the PMA all day.

The past month

November was blogfest month. A small group of people banded together to blog everyday for the month. I was surprised to learn new things about friends who I thought I knew a lot about. I also learned a great deal about myself. I have the bar set too high for myself. I fully expect everything I do to be amazing and settling for good is the hardest thing for me to do. I kind of gave up on blogfest after 23 days. It was wrecking me mentally not being able to be as awesome as I wanted to be. For those who know me, can agree I am probably the most stubborn ass on the planet. This generally leads to me rarely giving up on anything. But I felt the pressure was just too much for me. Sometimes you just need to know when to give something up. I am going to try to blog at least 3 times a week from here on out. I expect you to keep me honest in this.