Revelations, part II

Almost like Usher's Confessions, but I didn't get anyone pregnant.

Friday night I was at Cain, which ended up being pretty much exactly what I thought it would be based on the models and bottles video (AJ wasn't there - he was replaced by a drag queen auctioning off people for dates on the central runway and a penthouse pet). The drinks were less than 10 each until 1, as my credit card unforunately found out. A friend at work tipped me off to the fact that there would be a pretty solid bridge and tunnel crowd (I didn't really know what that meant till about a month ago, honestly).

I'd like to sketch out another character archetype, the brunette long island girl who is average to slightly above average looking and who wears lots of makeup. These girls have serious bitch shields and have the attitude that a friend of mine constantly complains about, "For us it's all about how the girl looks, and she's not that good looking. These girls are a dime a dozen but each of them thinks she deserves Brad Pitt." I actually think that this attitude fades over time, since every time I go to a bar / lounge with an older crowd (like G2 for my co-worker's 30th birthday) the girls are a lot more friendly, maybe because they realize their prime time is fading. Reminds me of a slogan a friend who has a twin sister used for their 30th b-day party: "Joey's hitting his prime, Annie's running out of time."

Even with time on my side, I think the best way to go about things is to put yourself out there, meet new people, etc. Let's be honest, it's easy to stay at home and convince yourself that you're hot shit and if you actually felt like going out, you'd be the life of the party. It's a good way to preserve ego. But everyone needs reality checks (and not necessarily negative ones) to help them figure out what they're really made of. I'm not advocating validating your self-worth solely on the opinions / actions of others, but there's a difference between being confident in your own awesomeness and delusional / out of touch. And for anyone looking for long-term relationships, giving yourself perspective by dealing with lots of people is probably the most important thing you can do.

In other news, one of our co-workers is headed out in order to move from doing assistant type work to do hands-on finance at another company. I kind of saw it coming as she's ambitious like that, but it's going to be a lot quieter at the office and at events without our blonde fearless social playmaker. Finding a job in this market is clutch so congrats and godspeed.

I lost my digital camera that I bought around a month ago. I need to start spending around 50 - 60 bucks on these things. Or strap it to my forehead when I go out.