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QUOTE (pettie4sox @ Aug 27, 2013 -> 03:36 PM) LMAO. You feel a tad bit salty now, don't you. Of course. Which is why I'm glad I posted about it on a message board.

QUOTE (pettie4sox @ Aug 27, 2013 -> 03:32 PM) Did you send another text or did she reply late from the Sunday one? Replied to the one from Sunday.

So the update I'm sure you were all really waiting for is that she just texted me back saying she would love to hang out this weekend.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Aug 27, 2013 -> 02:57 PM) my tip is always remember there is something to do. Dont sit there and be still and act like this girl or that girl is your whole life, because they arent. Get off your ass and go do something for you. Then when you arent looking, a girl will come hunting for you. I actually agree with you here. Despite my complaints about this girl I've actually already gotten into touch with another girl I know has interest and am in the process of setting up a date with her and if the girl I have sort of been seeing does surface then great.

QUOTE (Iwritecode @ Aug 27, 2013 -> 01:51 PM) I was talking about the fear of rejection when you actually had to work up the courage to physically walk up to her and say "Hi, my name is..." Many people could never get past that. Talking via the internet or text makes it much easier. I would have never met my wife had she not approached me first. I'm better now than I was when I was younger but I'm still very introverted. Got it. Yeah, I'm not great at the initial ice breaker but that is more an issue of lack of game then fearing rejection.

QUOTE (Iwritecode @ Aug 27, 2013 -> 01:21 PM) I have to imagine it's a lot easier today than it was back then. Before we were limited to the people within our physical location. School, hometown, local hang-outs, etc... Now you have the chance to interact with basically anyone that has an internet connection. It also lessens the fear of rejection since your initial contact isn't face-to-face with the other person. The funny thing to me is that in my case I don't really fear the rejection. I would much prefer a girl just tell me she isn't interested then just start ignoring texts out of the blue after responding to everything almost immediately for a week and a half and apologizing to me in the one instance when she didn't respond to a text immediately. I just hate playing games and uncertainty.

QUOTE (Iwritecode @ Aug 27, 2013 -> 11:47 AM) Pick up the phone and give her a call? Or do people not do that anymore? I've been out of the dating game since before cell phones were even popular much less texting. See my post above.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Aug 27, 2013 -> 11:43 AM) Why don't you actually call her? Lol. I've spoken to her on the phone a number of times. We happened to be texting on Sunday so I just asked her then and we had set up dates both via text and phone previously. I'll probably give her a call tonight and if she ignores that just end my pursuit.

QUOTE (Reddy @ Aug 27, 2013 -> 11:37 AM) i know it sucks, but if she were into you she'd have texted back immediately or at least she would've by now. :/ this is why I hate texting, because it gives away all your power. In a phone conversation you HAVE to answer and you HAVE to see the conversation out to the end, but in facebook and text world, you put your happiness and your control entirely in their hands. It's fuggin' stupid. Agreed. The weird thing was that she responded pretty much immediately to every text I sent for two weeks, let me know that she had no plans for this weekend and then only once I asked about hanging out did she go silent. I really don't get that at all. Luckily I have another girl I can move on to but I liked this one more than the one I'll be setting up a date with shortly.

QUOTE (pettie4sox @ Aug 27, 2013 -> 11:19 AM) Be cool. How long has it been since you sent the text? I sent the text on Sunday afternoon.

The games girls play at times are just so f***ing annoying. I've been out with this one girl 4 times now and all of our dates went really well. She went on vacation about two weeks ago and we texted back and forth quite a few times while she was on vacation (with both of us initiating the contact at various times). She got back Saturday so I texted her on Sunday asking how her vacation was and she told me all about it. I then asked if she had plans for this upcoming weekend and she said no so I asked if she wanted to hang out and proposed a restaurant to go to. I still haven't received a response to that text even though I know she read it because she has read receipts on her iPhone so it tells me exactly when she has read my text. Either you like me enough to hang out again or you don't so tell me that. I have always hated this aspect of dating.

QUOTE (Brian @ Aug 25, 2013 -> 08:55 PM) Nolan >>>>>Snyder Ledger was also a better actor than Affleck.

I absolutely loved The World's End.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Aug 22, 2013 -> 10:44 AM) Was going to ask if any of you guys had any information on him. Not much to get excited about than? No. He had no business ever being offered a scholarship to Illinois and his skill level is very very low. I think he will probably be able to contribute a bit on the glass and defensively for SIU but that is about it.

I can't wait to see The World's End this weekend. I love Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz and based on reviews this appears to be on par with those.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Aug 20, 2013 -> 12:51 PM) This is such a stretch. The raccoon with a gun might turn off the non-geek public. Or it'll crush because If the movie is good I actually think the raccoon could end up being the star. The cast for this is really impressive and every Marvel movie has been at least solid so I have no reason to believe this wont be a good movie.

QUOTE (TheBigHurtIsBack @ Aug 20, 2013 -> 11:48 PM) Amen. Does anyone really give a f*** about what he did? Did he cheat at the game? Did he take PEDs? Unless something he did unfairly impacted what he did as a player, it shouldn't matter. Period. Pete Rose should be in the HoF, no question. As far as greg goes, why does anyone even bother trying to reason with him anymore? Lost cause if there ever was one. Betting on games you are involved in puts the integrity of the game far more into question than a player taking PEDs.

QUOTE (sin city sox fan @ Aug 18, 2013 -> 09:43 PM) I'm not sure what took so long for a player to do this. I really lost a lot of respect for Robin Ventura when we had none of our pitchers take this action during ARods return series. Just bean the bum with a 95+ mph fastball at least once per game and he'll disappear from the sport soon enough. Players in the "golden era" of the sport had a way of self police-ing each other and the game has seemed to lose that over the years. I'd be more persuaded by this if the Red Sox didn't have cheaters on their team when they won their WS championships and PED users weren't incredibly prevalent.

For the SIU fans, Ibby Djimde is transferring from Illinois to SIU. I don't think he is even a valley level player but I'll be interested to see how he does there.

QUOTE (oldsox @ Aug 16, 2013 -> 07:01 AM) Not easier to watch yet, especially when they continue to bring Troncoso in with the game on the line. Don't get it. I would love it if Troncoso pitched in every close game the rest of the season.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Aug 12, 2013 -> 04:45 PM) Jake Peavy won a Cy Young in his prime, so that is not correct. And Mark Buehrle was no maestro himself, teams like the A's, Blue Jays, Twins, used to rough him up pretty good. You definitely didn't pick the right teams. Buehrle has a 2.48 career ERA vs. Toronto and is in the mid 3s vs. the A's and Twins. The Yankees absolutely have owned him and he has really struggled against Cleveland, Boston, Tampa and the Angels in his career.

Cliff Alexander's most recent tweet is just cruel if he doesn't pick Illinois. https://twitter.com/humblekid11/status/3670...1135360/photo/1

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Aug 7, 2013 -> 03:01 PM) I don't think Jerry Meyer.is a random internet person. He also hadn't been touting Illinois as the leader for Black until yesterday and he said his change of opinion was based on new information so I'm thinking he heard something very positive for Illinois. Recruiting is fluid but I feel pretty good about landing Black right now.

Greg Oden signs with the Heat for the minimum so the Heat still have their mini mid level left. Ridiculous.