An acrobat being acrobatic
As I am sitting outside having my first cigarette of the day, my blurry eyes cast about seeing the bright blue sky and the very slow breeze rustling the leaves.
Sure, my quiet is disturbed by dogs barking, but they’re my dogs so I just shoo them inside and begin again my semi-meditative state as I decide what my day has in store for me.
For your day I have no idea but I want you to consider this: will your day bring adventure or boredom?
I suggest you accept the adventure option and go, immediately, to your online profile and make a few positive edits, such as describing the awesome weekend you just had (fluff it up a bit if needed), then post this as your new headline:
“I have seen an acrobat being acrobatic.”
Have a great day!
August 24th, 2010 by Robert | 1 Comment »I stopped counting at 150. Your names. So many of you wanting a hand in this beautiful book.
Instead of downloading the XML form I just counted by hand with my cursor, arrowing down. One. Two. Three. Up to 20 and then 50. So, 50 on one page and there are three more, at least – oh boy.
And that was a few days ago.
The days seem like hours lately.
I could, technically speaking, work around the clock for weeks and still have more left to do. I realized this with a kind of excited and terrifying horror a few weeks ago. Busy is good, it means business is good, which means I am sleeping really well. I also love what I do immensely so that adds this huge element of fun. But – wow.
This Manifesto project will be a great break from the online. I am craving the tangible. I found a box of old letters when I started packing for the new house. I read every one. Savoring the hand-writing, the thoughts – written without the delete key or cut and paste. What happened to letters anyway?So, back to the counting. After my 150+ revelation I did the math. The writing + shipping + busy single moms passing manifestos to each other math and realized that even if we each turned the book around in 2 days with 2 days allowance for shipping it could be going around for two years.
I don’t know about all of you, but two years is a bit too tangible for my liking. Instead, I bought three books. And they’re skinny, perfect to cut down on shipping cost. Perhaps, we’ll make an international book. And the international readers are all with the understanding that they’ll be shipping to each other. Let me know what you think in the comments. Also, I like the idea of several books because if one is lost or intercepted by a tyrannous troll (eh-hem, you know who you are Troll people) – then the others will live on. I also have a few other securities brewing to protect against the malicious.
And, what if we had one book that just keep going? Like a message in a bottle. Hmmm…
Any other ideas you can contribute toward the Single Mom Manifesto are very welcome. I’ll be writing the guidelines and assembling the mailing lists in the next few weeks. In the meantime, start your first drafts because you’ll need to move the Manifesto right along when you receive it. I’ve also closed the sign-up form so if you’re in – you’re in. Everyone else will have to wait until round two.
August 21st, 2010 by mssinglemama | 3 Comments »A great video, actually a short movie, on the upswing at YouTube.
“How to be lonely” had a deep resonance with people the world over.
Who hasn’t been, and maybe still isn’t, alone?
This movie short may help you be less alone when you’re alone. The world is full of connections, but respect the silence…
The weekend is here! Hooray!
You’re going to have some great conversations this weekend and by reading the following most interesting news stories of this past week you’ll be very prepared for any conversation.
Let’s get started:
- Michael Jackson $300 million lawsuit gone through dismissal. All Good loses and MJ’s estate can take a breather. He’d be happy if he was with us, I’m sure.
- The undersea oil plume that is 22 miles long, 3000 feet under the surface and possibly killing any/everything in it’s path. Not a good time to be plankton.
- “You’re ugly and you can’t count to 10.” saying this in a grocery store express line (ten items or less) costs a man $429.00 fine.
- “I just got the Dislike button, so now I can dislike all of your dumb posts lol!!” Fake dislike button on Facebook is now being used by scammers to run updates on your Facebook profile to spread virally to your friends and contacts.
- How to mess with someone in a bathroom. OK, I’m not generally the type for bathroom humor but it s the weekend after all. Go ahead, laugh yourself silly, I give you permission.
And you don’t want to miss:
- the do’s and don’ts of asking someone out online
- Post a Job on Yahoo! HotJobs
Very few people want to be alone, so why are you?
Perhaps you are perfectly happy being single but if you are reading this post then it might be a hint to yourself that you are ready to date again.
If you have reached the ‘I’ll never meet anyone’ stage or you seem un-dateable, you have to figure out why before you should start looking for a date.
There are various elements that involve how to successfully get a date. Let’s explore a few of these options in more detail below.
Take a good deep look at yourself. Not just physically, but emotionally and mentally as well. Are you ready to date again? You may have gone through a divorce or a really harsh break up, so you may not be ready to move on emotionally and invest that many feelings into one person again. Are you afraid of relationships or love? Physically, you may have given up on your appearances because you feel like you are un-dateable. If you are looking to get over your ex, doing physical activity will not just make you feel better about yourself but it will also help you to meet new people. By meeting new friends you will start letting go of your emotional problems and stress, this will start gearing your attention towards dating and finding someone new in your life.
After you decide you are ready to date again and begin feeling confident people will begin to notice, because self confidence is always an attractive quality. When people begin to notice you and pay you attention how are you responding? Does your body language say “Hey, come on over” or is it saying “Not interested in the slightest”? When someone shows a slight interest in you, your body language must be able to respond. Without a flash of a smile or a playful nod of the head, people will be afraid to approach you. The best way to overcome this is by testing out the waters. Start smiling, laughing and inviting people into your life, even if it’s just as new friends. This will help you to practice in order to snag yourself a date.
Men and women communicate differently. If you are talking to a man, do not pretend he is your best girl friend. You may talk his ear off so much that he forgets to even ask you out. If you are talking to a woman, you have to remember that she likes it if you take an interest in her. If you seem uninterested in what she has to say, there is little reason for her to take this conversation to the next level. Communication is key, so remember who you are talking to and how you should speak to them in order to get a first or second date.
Your will to date will answer whether or not you want to date. You may say you want to but in reality you are not even putting yourself out there to date. You must make yourself available in order for people to realize that you are on the market. Start going out with friends, take up a new course or start a new physical activity to start getting yourself out there. Online dating will help you tremendously to get a date when you do not have the time to start joining new activities but don’t get stuck in the rut of hiding behind your keyborad, online dating is only a spring board to a real date and is not in itself a relationship.
When you are flirting with someone that you would like to go out with, remember to be yourself and be honest. Within a few minutes you will realize that your Friday night movie at your house just became a dinner date for two!
Allison Schleck is a featured writer for the Senior Dating site. Allison is a well-accomplished bilingual writer for magazines, websites and newspapers who teaches Karate Do on her down time.
August 17th, 2010 by Sally | 2 Comments »3 year old catches parents having sex, continues conversation with daddy
Where are you headed?
I have to ask you “How many potential mates-for-life have you let get away?”
We have all had that someone special, early in our lives, that every now and again we find ourselves wondering what could have been.
It’s all about experience, life and love, isn’t it?
You never know what you had until it’s gone, be it a rare video game that would now be worth thousands, or a girlfriend that, at the time, was a real pain but after maturing (and not being with you) now has become a great lady.
I have no regrets on my life, as a matter of fact it’s quite amazing, but I do wonder about my old friends that I’m reconnecting with and hearing their stories.
Life is life, always a step forward and often in a totally unexpected direction.
Today I want you to express the “What if” potential that exists in every step our lives take us and use this unknown path as a great personal ad headline, so I suggest you post this:
“Am I your ‘Road not taken’?”
Have a great day!
August 16th, 2010 by Robert | No Comments »
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