My Name is Robbie and I'm a Coffee Racist

My name is Robbie ("Hello Robbie") I've never been to these kind of meetings before, but I guess the first step is to admit being racist; I'm a coffee racist ("That's good, keep telling us about it"). Well here is the story and how I realized it:

I went to bed at around midnight last night and know that I'd wake up needing some caffeine. So I woke up at 5:30am as usual for work, go ready and headed out the door at 6:10am. At 6:15am I made it to the Starbucks that's en route to my work. When I walked in, something nicely odd happened. The Starbucks coffee maker dude asked "Caramel Machiato, right?" I politely responded "Yea, for sure, thanks!"

It was at this moment that I realized 2 things. 1) I go there too often. 2) I'm not diverse in my drinking. And thus, I've been shown the light on my racism.. coffee racism that is. Thank you Starbucks coffee maker dude, without you my day would not be as great.

("Good job! Good job to every one today guy's. See you all next Monday")

How to get a date: the number's game.

To get a number, you have to play the number's game. "WTF Robbie! The title was how to get a date, not how to get a number." Cool it kid.

So you're average looking and you don't get many dates. Your ugly friend seems to get dates with pretty good looking women so what's wrong with you? Well, something is wrong because if nothing was wrong then you wouldn't have to be fishing; they'd just jump into (onto? lol) your boat.

Here's what's wrong:

1) You don't even talk to a girl

You need to play the numbers game to get a number. What's that mean? It means you need to actually talk to women, grow a pair and just go up and talk to her. If you talk to enough women, you're bound to get a number or two. If you want to increase your success percentage, do this:

2) Grow a pair and man up

I may be wrong but in my humble experience, girls want a guy who is, well, a guy. Take charge and go talk to her. Don't wimp out in the conversation either! You don't have to agree with EVERYTHING she is saying, just don't be rude or condescending to her. The girls that I've talked with like it when a guy is in charge... I'm not saying that in a sexist way, and don't act like you are better than her because you aren't. It's hard to explain without seeing it, but what I mean is just give direction to the conversation. Get used to going up to a woman and talking with her.. the nerves will never go away before you do it but it'll get easier to overcome those nerves.

3) She holds the key

Guess what? She makes the decision to say no. Get used to rejection because you'll get used to it and learn from it. There are more fish in the sea but please don't go fishing in the same pool all night. If a girl sees you just trying to talk with EVERY girl at the bar, she'll stay away from you. If you notice something about her that just bugs you and you aren't interested: BAIL! There's no reason to drag a conversation on with her if you don't want to.

So in summary: Walk, Talk, and Walk Away (quickly when necessary).

Who needs a title for awesomeness?

My fingers are tight, I'm slightly nervous, and I'm not too sure how I'll perform. Yup that's right it's been a while... since I've written on my blog. Sorry about that! Here's a brief recap of the last 4-6 weeks: hernia surgery, work, and school. Looks like you didn't miss much! haha

In reality though I've been really busy with a "project." This project will change the lives of everyone in the US: a new gift basket business haha. I'm actually starting up this website where you can buy pre-made gift baskets, customize those gift baskets if you want, or build a gift basket from scratch. I made the process simple, fun, and so you can make your gifts more personal. The website is KitsByDesign.com... don't go there yet though because it isn't even up and you'll just get a colorful "GoDaddy" page. Look for it to launch at the end of July or beginning of August.

I got a Swedish massage yesterday and it was an hour of warm, lotion-y goodness. The weird part was that it turned out that my masseuse used to work with my older brother at Petco.. so I did have the thoughts of what her hands used to touch in the pet shop with all of those animals running around. She was cool though and tried to get the knots out of my traps. I ended up getting a 12 month membership so now I'm going to get a massage every month. The girl at the front explained that I could use my "once a month massage" to get a facial instead because they'll be offering that soon. "Yeeaaa I'll stick with the massages," I said.

Next time I might explore different cultures and go for some other sort of massage. Or just stick with the Swedish because it was relaxing. I never quite understood those painful massages. Like, if I wanted to get beat up and get my pressure points pressed on, I would have joined mixed martial arts. No thank you.

This membership is part of my new push to bring good health to my mind and body. I've been working out 3 times a week for the past two weeks and will continue that, I'm eating way healthier, and I'm getting massages. Now if only I could start my business right now, I'd be set!

Aside from that, this summer I'm going to do a few things and I'll post a bucket list of things to-do.