November 19, 2009
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Barracuda Sucks!
My work got a Barracuda Filter three weeks ago and life sucks now. All that stuff that passes the time got banned. TMZ, fantasy sports, Gchat. Okay, I can deal. Then yesterday they shut off email. We can’t check Gmail, Hotmail, or Yahoo Mail. That is the lamest sh*t ever! The world is modernizing and going faster and it feels like my office is going backwards. It’s penalizing the people that come into work. People that work remote at home half the week, I’m sure they don’t get their cable internet banned. They can even watch TV while doing case work. I don’t get it.
The work was boring enough as it is and I always get my work done, so I don’t see how this helps. It’s just more control, you restrict people to becoming dumber instead of smarter (lack of news), and it’s actually counter productive. Since the new filter has been installed, I’ve seen all the twenty and thirty somethings on their cell phones, checking stuff. It seems like a good plan at first, but I think companies don’t realize the repercussions. The net is like the phone was 20 years ago. You wouldn’t want your employees talking to friends for an hour, but you still need to let them answer calls from family and friends.
So… good thing I got my Droid. Yeah, Verizon 3G still gets bogged down sometimes, but for the most part it’s blazing fast. I just haven’t figure out how to cut and past text yet. I used to be able to write a Xanga entry, then paste it onto Xanga. Now I can’t even paste it to my personal email and save it as a draft. Are they afraid of people cutting the text out of a work email and pasting it to their personal email? And guess which site hasn’t been shutdown yet? Facebook. Like that makes any sense.
Well, I still have my iPod. Most people think I’m listening to music all day, but really, I’m getting educated. I listen to podcasts all day… on sports, art, world news, ABC Nightline, a million NPR shows, you name it. Xangawise, what this means you won’t be getting many wannabe thought provoking articles by me, not that I wrote that many this year.
When A Girl Offers To Pay Her Half…
… that’s class. When you’re out on a first date, whether she likes you or not, that’s a class move. That means she was raised right. I don’t know what the exact effect is, but the short term bump is 10% in my book. It might mean she doesn’t like you and she just wants to make that clear that she doesn’t want you to feel she owes you anything, but I rarely assume that. Even if I know after that hour or two I’m not that into her (trust me, there have been days where I wanted to ask the girl to pay for her dinner and for my gas money), I’ll still always pay. Because for a guy, that’s class.
It’s important for the guy to pay because you don’t want to be dating someone cheap. It’s important for the girl to offer because it shows she’s not selfish with her money. Sounds shallow, but really it isn’t.
A guy paying may have you thinking that he’s not cheap, but watch the tip. If he tips 10%, he’s cheap. If he tips 15%… he’s probably practical. And if he tips 15%-20% or more, then he’s probably generous. Now… if the girl tells you you’re tipping too much (I’ve had this happen), then watchout, because she’s a tight one with the purse strigns. Why should a girl care if you want to tip a little more?
That would be funny if I wrote off a girls on the first date because they didn’t offer to pay. I know, I’m a bastard.
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I think that for a female on a first date, being gracious and thanking the guy for the date is sufficient. I would say at this point that her level of interest could be gauged by taking initiative and setting up another date. I can’t say that I’ve contributed to too many first dates, but I can say that I have paid for the second one or at least another outing.
Personally, if a guy tipped more than me, I’d be slightly concerned simply because I tend to tip on the more generous side when I go out to eat. I’ve made a point to not date guys who tip low because our spending habits would not mesh well.
wow no email is on the harsh side.
i’d take it if a girl offered to pay her half on the first date that’d mean you’re in the friends only zone. I don’t think it’s that important as long as they pay for something in the near future.
If I offer to split the first date and the guy accepts, there will be no second date.
And I very rarely offer on the first date anyway.
@toefu6000 - haha, i wouldn’t really cut anyone off if they didn’t offer to pay, it’s nice if they do the weak slow grab to their wallet and offer, it means, i can pay, but if you want a second date, you should refuse it. if you treated on one of the 3rd – 5th dates, then that’s ideal.
@fangstar - i’ve had a girls offer that didn’t put me in the friends zone. now if they are almost at the point of insisting, then yeah, you lose.
@miss_prettyinpink - haha, the guy should never accept. now if you don’t offer on the first, does that mean you’re giving him a second? or could that mean you’re just playing nice, but might not want a second?
@djcaptainzowie - Haha it means nothing when I let him pay for the first date. He’s paying because he should! It doesn’t say anything about his chances later.
man pays if they like you, but if I don’t like the date, I just pay the whole thing and say good bye…dont like to leave any debts but if I like him i let him pay ..lol~
You working in China now or what… no Internet!
Who should pay on the first date, well.. I say Dine and Dash! Woman love adventure. =)
@miss_prettyinpink - haha, that’s what i thought. just wanted to hear you say it! =)
lol at the Barracuda Network. makes the day go by so much slower. if your computer can detect wireless networks, you can have it connect to your phones internet and then you are good to go.
lol at facebook… they say it’s part of “marketing” the company with facebook pages,etc. but yea, you can just write yourself a message in facebook with your xanga entry and then copy and paste when you get home.