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"if they would sign some "real" tal...

2010-02-16T17:31:52.369-05:00

"if they would sign some "real" talent with original creativity, maybe just maybe I might start purchasing music again"

My sentiments exactly! I barely buy music and when I am told something of quality is released I gladly part with my money. Even if the release wasn't what I was expecting I don't feel bad if I know the artists and producers put their blood, sweat, and tears into the product. I vote (i.e. purchase) so that they may campaign another day.

Agree with your assessment of the state of creativ...

2010-02-16T17:08:20.503-05:00

Agree with your assessment of the state of creativity in music today. Funny I thought the same thing the other day... just let me get an 'auto tune' and I can have a hit. Creativity is the main reason i rarely purchase CD's..or download for that matter. The music industry thinks downloading from the net is why the industry took a dive. True, that is a major factor...but if they would sign some "real" talent with original creativity, maybe just maybe I might start purchasing music again

You have NO idea. It's serious bidness over he...

2010-02-12T15:00:33.988-05:00

You have NO idea. It's serious bidness over here.

These parking wars are getting crazier and crazier...

2010-02-12T14:05:55.915-05:00

These parking wars are getting crazier and crazier.

I love it!! Great post.

2010-02-10T14:53:59.518-05:00

I love it!! Great post.

feel you. you got to do extra everyday.

2010-02-08T14:22:26.061-05:00

feel you. you got to do extra everyday.

It's all good that you were "slow" a...

2010-02-04T15:21:43.916-05:00

It's all good that you were "slow" as you put it. I'm just glad you see fit to keep checking back in.

I just realized I had your old blog saved and not ...

2010-02-03T15:53:23.850-05:00

I just realized I had your old blog saved and not your new one. Im slow!! Good luck.

So if a dude successfully seduced you maybe he ...

2010-01-28T13:10:21.339-05:00
So if a dude successfully seduced you maybe he tempted you into the bedroom earlier than you expected?

Yeah. Like if I was thinking "oh, we'll just hang out tonight." And we wind up doing more.

Meaning what do you think it would take for a guy to seduce you IF he could?

I honestly can't imagine it. lol Well, I guess it would involve him showing something about himself that I was previously unaware of. Something that I find really attractive and was not expecting him to have or be (this is beyond physical attraction, in case that's not clear). The reason why I say I can't see it is because even in that situation, that would be the point where I would just begin to be open to the idea of being intimate in any way. so to go from that to acting on it in one night would be pretty amazing. lol

Ok Eb, I get your drift. Analogy helped a lot. So ...

2010-01-28T08:09:35.316-05:00
Ok Eb, I get your drift. Analogy helped a lot. So if a dude successfully seduced you maybe he tempted you into the bedroom earlier than you expected?

Now, dropping the analogy, what would seduction look like to you? Meaning what do you think it would take for a guy to seduce you IF he could? You can give an example w/out telling the world what would work everytime...I know a girl has to have some secrets.

Also, have you ever seduced a man or have you found there was little need to do so?

I think coercion is not the right word, but is in ...

2010-01-28T07:55:34.364-05:00
I think coercion is not the right word, but is in the same bsllpark as seduction. Coercion implies some kind of underhanded manipulation and the the coerced party may have been deceived at some point. And seduction certainly can involve that, but also certainly doesn't necessitate it.

I think coercion is about temptation. Enticing someone to do something that maybe they would've been interested in otherwise, but they just didn't know (about) until you presented it in a certain way, gave a good sales pitch or somehow reframed the situation for them.

Here's a good way to differentiate them. Seduction is I'm walking down the block and a random car salesman stops me and is able to get me thinking about buying a Camry when I wasn't previously thinking about buying a car. Coercion is I'm walking down the block and a random car salesman gets me to leave my job at my non-profit and become a car saleswoman. Eventhough I wasn't thinking about buying the car in the first scenario, it's not out of reason that I would eventually get a car. So he just had a good pitch. But if someone gets me to change a fundamental aspect of who I am, then that's something else altogether. Now if buying the car is way out of my budget and I have absolutely zero use for the car, then we are treading into coercion territory. I think you get the idea though.

So basically what I was saying is I think guys have this elaborate "scheme"/plan on certain nights and they are thinking that they need to present themselves in some kind of way to me to get what they want. Meanwhile I'd literally thought "today he and I will kiss."

To be clear, I don't think this is too rare. I think most women at least have it in their mind that they will be intimate with whomever they are going to be intimate with before it happens. I was just thinking that I pretty much plan it out in advanced without the other person knowing. lol

My point was simply that

Oh yeah...the eliptical is great for that. I try t...

2010-01-27T13:06:03.987-05:00
Oh yeah...the eliptical is great for that. I try to think of everything else under the sun to take my mind off of how out of shape I am...sheesh...

I'm with Kimmi - treadmill or bathtub.

2010-01-27T13:00:15.809-05:00
I'm with Kimmi - treadmill or bathtub.

You crack me up. (:-P I do my best thinking on the...

2010-01-27T12:43:05.497-05:00
You crack me up. (:-P
I do my best thinking on the treadmill, even with RUN DMC blasting in my ear. Go figure...

@Jara right you are about 1996 instead of 2006. Du...

2010-01-11T11:14:31.598-05:00
@Jara right you are about 1996 instead of 2006. Duh. and LOL @ the walking over the bridge cheesecake reference. Yeah um, that would not have happened. Plus...I never understood why Babs didn't have them all hop their asses on the subway. But I digress.

@md20737 Right you are and those are all very valid considerations. What I try to take from it is not so much what I (may have) missed out on although that is important, I try to take a lesson from the decision. The lesson for me was to try and find different avenues to persevere towards my goals. I'm sure that contestant's lesson was, he needs to pay more attention to "P" for Prince's studio's/company's name, Paisley Park.

All very important lessons indeed.

5 minutes ago, I hit "send" in a rush to...

2010-01-11T11:09:46.468-05:00
5 minutes ago, I hit "send" in a rush to move on. Then scanned my comment to make sure it posted and realized I misspelled "Director".

Lesson: Proofread your work!! LOL

Interesting post. I love learning lessons from oth...

2010-01-11T11:07:09.566-05:00
Interesting post. I love learning lessons from others' mistakes because that's less for me to learn the hard way!

Mr. A, I'm assuming you meant to write 1996 instead of 2006. Because in 2006, you had to walk miles over a bridge to grab Diddy some cheesecake in order to sign a bad Bad Boy contract, not get promoted or paid and then disbanded.

My story is also about a job opportunity that I didn't take. I was sales manager at a very prominent hotel. A month into the new gig, my manager - the Sales Dierctor - found out she was pregnant and began planning her four month maternity leave in which she was grooming me to be her replacement. Instead of welcoming the opportunity to shine for the Regional VP of Sales, I chose to move on after four months because I was nervous about the thought of working so closely with a notoriously hard to please General Manager.

But I always wonder "what if" about that situation...

Lesson: Don't let fear dictate your moves. If a situation won't kill you, it's always better to find out and be disappointed with the outcome rather than wonder "what if?"

It hurts my head to think of what I could have don...

2010-01-11T11:03:15.823-05:00
It hurts my head to think of what I could have done or been. So I take it that it means that I am not supposed to do that. So now what I do is focus on making the best of what I have. Once I realize how to work with what im given I will be able to better handle what I am going to get.

So many coulda shoulda woulda's but im going to ignore all those. I am happy with right now!! I have some things right now that I would crumble if they were taken away.

What if you worked @ bad boy and advanced and had to ride with Biggie that night he got shot. You may have caught a slug or two. What if you were assigned to work with a person who was one way in the streets but another at the office and was pulled into some street nonsense. What if you Rose to the top of your department and than got notice via the internet you wouldnt have a job. What if, What if, What if?

I believe that different paths can lead to the same place. Dont worry about that. The future may hold something better for you.

While hindsight is 20/20 and there's no use in...

2010-01-11T08:06:51.559-05:00
While hindsight is 20/20 and there's no use in doing the woulda, shoulda, coulda, there are lessons to learn from these forks. To get things started, I'll start with something simple like Bad Boy.

The Scenario: 14 years ago I interned at Epic records in the Black Music dept. It was there that I met some pretty important people. It was a great experience, one that could have been better if I wasn't still in my shy, non-talkative phase. Anyway, I commuted to Manhattan using monies from unemployment which was ending right around the time my internship was ending. On my last day my boss, the exec VP, advised me to go see Kirk Burroughs at Bad Boy to see about a job.

Word? Fine, so I did. Kirk offered me another internship, not a job. Commuting is expensive so I declined and took a job in retail (WTF?!).

The Possibilities of the other choice: If I accepted the internship it would have been June 2006. This was the during the height of Bad Boy's popularity and influence in the music industry. Not a bad internship to have. Even then though, I didn't want to work for Diddy (who I may or may not have met anyway, and it certainly would not have been a bad thing if I had). What really stings is, less than a year later, B.I.G. was killed. I'm not saying I would have definitely met the man but the opportunity would have been there. The opportunity to participate in the Think B.I.G. campaign was there. Infinite Possibilities. Instead I chose a job that paid little and had no future or opportunity.

The Lesson: Think of the big picture (no pun) and stay on your grind and hustle. If I wanted it bad enough, I should have found a way to make it work. Intern all day, work 2nd or 3rd shift at night. Whatever. Hustle! Hindsight is 20/20 but it can hurt like staring into the sun.

SUPERB analogy!! This makes perfect sense to me. ...

2010-01-07T18:38:59.976-05:00
SUPERB analogy!! This makes perfect sense to me. Look forward to more of your posts.