The Beast

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.

Here's a question for everyone in the thread - how did your first love break up with you? In my senior year, whilst on college visits, she decided it would be a great idea to break up with me, saying "I need space, I want to see my friends more, [i'm a hormonal woman]..." So my 19-year-old mind was devastated and convinced her that her and I should stay together. I successfully convinced her that we should stay together and that it would be good for us to stay together in college since we were going to school in the same area. (Dumbest idea ever and me today would want nothing more than to just beat the living s*** out me then.) I couldn't really pick out an area of study or the college for me because I was hung up on the relationship, my accounting class and being an editor for the sports section of the high school newspaper. If I went to COD state for a year, then I could have worked on the newspaper there at a cheaper cost, worked on math and went to NIU for a degree in journalism-PR and minored in business. Whatever, you don't need to have a degree in communications/journalism/English to work in PR. How hard is it to write a press release? The second time, my ex and I had been going back and forth between Champaign and Charles(waste)to(w)n to see each other. I came back from break in which she hinted at meeting some other schmuck at the U of I and she decided it would be a great idea to be a p**** and hide behind her computer screen to break up with me after all of that time. What is even more retarded is that she did so right before her birthday and Christmas. So I was out $150 after buying her a massage in Urbana and some other s*** for Christmas.

It's weird how this occurred so close to the February date of 2 years ago. Weird, I feel more spirit towards this school than I have for any school. Here's to hoping I go to grad school there.

Is there a website that could explain to me how the NBA free agency system works? Mid-level exception, max-offer free agents are not terms that I have in my repertoire. EDIT: http://www.usatoday.com/sports/basketball/...-analysis_x.htm Nvm.

David Schuster on 670 just echoed that this Damon to the Sox notion is likely and echoed that Damon's wife doesn't want to live in Detroit.

Me: Strike 3, you're out. Coach: Are you kidding me? Me: What? Coach: Donate your salary to the house of the blind! Me: You're outta here! I don't babysit 40-year-old men who are balding! That and the triple play that I had the fortune of witnessing.

One of the issues that I had with my old relationship is that it was always about her (not just sexually). Mostly what made me angry was that I always had to be around her family. Always. It was never balanced, she never came over to my place to hang with my family. I enjoyed her parents and at times, her siblings, but ultimately I felt that my ex never felt comfortable around my family. Which is rather surprising because my family is easy to get along with. And when she and I were with her friends, it didn't dawn on me till later that we just didn't gel together. I loved her, but when she was around other people should really be a b****. I think it's safe to say I'm going to take off the love blinders next time and see the woman I'm dating in a more critical manner next time.