Thinking Straight

Wednesday's post was clearly written by a man delirious with exhaustion.  Yesterday, I came home after work, ate a small dinner, and then laid on the bed just to relax a bit.  Later that night at 1:00 AM, I awoke realizing my nap had turned into a full 6 hour rest.  Still feeling tired, I decided to get ready for bed and finish off the night with another 3 hours which turned into 6 more.  That being said, I am now fully rested.  Cleaning a closet isn't my ideal Friday night activity, but I think I'll work a little on it tonight and then save the rest for tomorrow morning.

I'm always searching to find out which computer knowledge is most important to companies these days.  I can spend months becoming a master of C++ only to find that nobody needs C++ developers unless you move to California.  I was looking on Craigslist the other day and I noticed the desire for someone very familiar with Drupal.  I like Drupal.  I do not know how to use Drupal.  I think I should learn Drupal.  Also, I was visiting the blog of a very talented artist I follow, Francesca Buchko, and I noticed her page was done in the heavily advertised SquareSpace.  I'm thinking that it might not be a bad idea to become familiar with what could be a rapidly growing SquareSpace development environment.  I'm not sure which to start on, but I'm leaning towards SquareSpace since it's newer.  Maybe I'll get to know both before I dive too deeply into either one.

I just hit on a girl in a bar a while ago.  I was shut down immediately, but that wasn't the point.  I'm not really the hit-on-a-girl-in-a-bar type.  I was sitting there just enjoying a beer and I noticed her walk in all by herself and head straight to the bar.  She was pretty and I was alone, so I thought, "Ask to buy her a drink, what can you lose?"  I hate feeling cowardly and so I continued to waste my time asking.  Other guys will tell me all the time that I ought to be out every night trying to hit on college girls in the Vista.  Chasing tail.  Getting laid.  Well, this experience said something to me.  You see, after I decided to "go for it" every moment felt wrong.  It wasn't like me to hit on random girls.  I was relieved when she said 'no' because it was the answer I was expecting.  I think we often feel pressured to fit into certain social stereotypes because we feel abnormal otherwise.  I'm not abnormal for not wolfing it up all the time.  I've always felt that I should focus on making myself better: stronger, more attractive, more wealthy, and more spiritual.  Then I'll find the girl that really works for me.

I think one day I'm going to write a book.  "The Bachelor's Survival Guide"  I should probably check to make sure that name's not already taken (which it probably is), but the point of the book would be to give advice on living alone, making your own success, and of course, helping find nice girls.  Basically, learning from all my mistakes.  I better wait til I get it right before I start writing though.