Sometimes things are just evil.

Ah hell, just got in after consuming too many cocktails and shots of tequila. *groan*

To date or not to date....

That is the question.

Ok, so last Monday was my birthday. A very happy occasion I might add. The preceeding evening I invited a few people to a local bar and had a few drinks to celebrate the successful completion of my 36th year on this here plane of existence. Kudos to me. Equally amazing is the day after my birthday I managed to enjoy a most pleasant dinner with my entire immediate family. Not once did I wipe a nervously cold bead of clammy sweat from my brow and think: "Who the f*ck are these people?" swiftly followed by "Where is the nearest exit?". Ok a bit of melodramatic licence, I actually do care about my family, but you get the point.

I digress. Again. All the talk of birthdays and age this week inevitably gave rise to discussions around the fact that I am currently sans girlfriend. Then a friend (actually friends) mentioned something about internet dating and so it's as good a topic as anything.

So here I am looking for an interesting quote. During the course of my 'research' - a trusty old Google search of course, I stumbled across a sponsored (no surprises there) link. Ignore the nausiating pink design and advertisement-ridden candyfloss content just long enough to read the article entitled Dispelling Internet Dating Myths. Despite the fact that it is clearly plugging the merits of internet dating, there are some valid points.

For me? I guess I'm an old fashioned type of guy. Most people I know that have tried it have said that they only really get a feel for the person once they have met in person. Duh! What this tells me is that most of us still trust our instincts best when there is physical interaction. Hell, if it aint broke, don't fix it. And so it should be. Right?

Look, I agree that today's fast paced lifetyles mean that its hard to find the time to 'make that initial connection'. This surely takes care of the introduction but then it's up to you and Mother Nature. My issue is that if people are replacing normal social behaviour in favour of the internet entirely, then we are surely heading for disaster. People should meet and get to know each other in person without the pressure of a relationship or even the promise of one. At the end of the day, it really comes down to the individual.

Just a thought. Any others?

Balancing act...

“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving”
Albert Einstein.

Ok, so I THOUGHT I was back.

I managed to take some time off work. In 2 days, despite many well-intentioned plans I basically did virtually nothing constructive with that time. You know you're nearing that mythical place known as 'rock bottom for lazy asses' when your only achievement for a day is managing to feverishly drag yourself from the bed to the sofa and summon your last reserves of energy to flick the remote on the television.

Even more alarming is that some variation of this activity (for want of a better word) has been the pattern for the last few weekends too.

Heroic stuff.

Of course it's not as bad as you may think folks. It's just that when we get tired from one activity (like excessive amounts of work) you really run out of energy for everything else. I guess my body was telling me something at the time. Things are naturally a little better now. What's the lesson to be learnt? No matter how busy or stressed you get, you must have the discipline to make time to create a work/life balance. Keep on making social plans, call your family, go for that run.

You get the picture.