Love This Girl

While DVR has made TV worthwhile, it is still limited by schedules. I basically only have access to about a 3 month time span.  Imagine that in the 100-odd years of video production, I can only watch 3 months! That is like .25% of the schedule!

The internet makes on-demand viable. I want access to it all–especially the obscure, no budget documentary or a tasteless artist flick. YouTube is certainly a viable option, though it seems to be cluttered with one-off clips of pets and teens. Enter Miro. Miro is a replacement for Windows Media Player that also offers thousands of “channels”.

Some of the channels are sexy, smart, a little geeky and all worth watching with my girlfriend:

• inTreatment (HBO)
• AOTS: In Your Pants View Show Page Attack of the Show Host, Olivia Munn, sits down with gal pal and sex columnist Anna David to answer your sexy questions.
• What Would Happen if? (National Geographic)
• Hidden Universe HD: NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope
• MixMaxTv - A video summary show of “yummy” stuff from the internet.
• HBO Films
• Adult Swim
• Independent Comedy Network
• The Digg Real

Here are some top ten lists from AskMen.com.  The magazine has a lot of stuff for guys that are playing the field, something I am not interested in.

Gifts 

• Top 10 Romantic Gifts
• Top 10: Valentine’s Day Gifts With A Twist

Romance and Sex

• Top 10: Romantic Things To Do When Living Together
• Top 10 Reasons Women Cheat
• Top 10 Halloween Sex Postions
• Top 10: Ways To Communicate Sexually

Communication, Living Together, Family

• Top 10 Things to Never Say to Your Girlfriend
• Top 10: Ways To Impress Her Father
• Top 10: Chick Flicks We Can Stomach
• Top 10: Domestic Habits That Annoy Women
• Top 10: Things Women Love To Hear

1. Grownups
2. Angluar Momentum
3. M.C. Hammer Slide
4. Baring My Heart
5. Quirky Girls
6. Science Fair - The Mathematics of Cunnilingus
7. Mario
8. Boombox
9. Movie Seating
10. Penises

If your relationship is anything like mine, you are the one fixing the computers. She might be into computers, but most guys I know are the tinkerers. Here are some great tips to use in protecting her identity.

1. Avoid public computers for shopping, checking email, or using any site that asks for your personal information. If you must, logout, clear cookies, delete cache and your browser history. Use After Work.
2. Use complicated passwords. Add a number, special character, or mixed case to your password.
3. Do not reveal personal information to strangers (e.g. people met in chat rooms, by email, etc.).
4. Do not use sites that offer rewards for personal information such as address, phone and gender.
5. Do not respond to spam.
6. Do not post your email address on web pages.
7. Do not send personal information through email (it is not secure!). This includes credit cards and other account numbers.

Some of this information was taken from privacy for the computer savvy and privacy top 12.

Katarmi - “sweet, but good you get any gayer?” - hah, watch that one!  The delicate balance between being caring and sounding gay. We know our girls like us sweet, but they also like us because we are rough and tough, kick some ass men.  OK, a little rough at least.

Today I got acupuncture for the first time.  It was at the recommendation of my girlfriend.  She is into a lot of alternative remedies, and even practices it herself. I’ve been suffering from a condition, and was willing to try anything despite my internal skeptic.

They stuck a needle under my balls!!!!

It was unexpected.  My cheeks were spread and before I could react, I had a sharp stinging pain right above the family jewels.  I survived that and a lot more needles all over my body.

I felt pretty good the rest of the day.  My girlfriend later told me that hitting that point is good for your sex drive, maybe that’s why.

Sergey Brin is co-found of Google. Anne Wojcicki is founder of 23andme. They got married back in May. They closely guarded the details of their wedding almost to the end.  Guests were asked to simply show-up for a ride on the Google jet.

These details about their relationship could be very interesting:

• Dinner conversation
• Pillow-talk - “Fred at the office really gets on my nerves”
• Arguments - what do they quibble over things?
• Money talk - do they even discuss this?
• Sex - do they even have time for it?

I find this interesting because their work is cool and they live ins such a different world then my girlfriend and me.

I think I’ll start doing little segments like this more often.  Next up, Lucy Southworth and Larry Page (the other Google royal family).

I just had my 10 year high school reunion. It has been 10 years since I have seen people that impacted me at such an important time.  I was curious and thrilled.

My girlfriend was not.

She could not attend with me.  She knew I would see a lot of old friends (and old flings). It was a point of discussion for some time. Why was she concerned?
If you remember from your single days, an ex-girlfriend is usually an easy target.  The physical and emotional connection was made long ago.  Provided there are no other hangups, there is not much standing in the way.  When I flipped the tables in my mind, I could see her point of view.

I saw this as an opportunity to build her trust in me.  I made a commitment to call her often and make sure she knew that she was the number one topic of conversation with everyone I saw.  This wasn’t hard for me.  Each an every time I showed her photo, I felt pride (and luck).

In the end, the reunion was fun, and reconnecting was a positive experience.  Seeing the old flings just made me appreciate my girl even more.

As I get this site rolling, the question, “why bother starting a new blog?” enters my mind. There are a million blogs out there. Most of them have no focus. The ones that do seem to exhaust the same topics - politics, technology, etc.

What will be different about this blog?

1. This is not a dating blog. I won’t talk about how to juggle 5 different women, or what to do on that first date. There is a ton of junk on that topic. In fact, all relationship advice for men revolves around dating. Which leads me to my next reason.
2. There is no advice for guys in relationships. What do you do once you find her? Its as if once you are committed, you’ve figured it out and everyone stops helping you do it better! Now is when you really need to turn it up and learn to do it right.
3. Most relationship advice is for women. Do you read Dr. Phil or Oprah? I sure as hell don’t (and would get laughed at by friends). I need an outlet for guys. I’m wired different. I want an approach that tackles relationships with “cojones” (or at least some chutzpah).
4. I have feelings (I just won’t share them with you). Guys are infamous for this. The only person I really tell how I feel is her. What if you have a disagreement with her? You can’t always go to her if she is the subject of that issue. This is an outlet.

Am I wrong on any of these? Are there a lot of sites that I’m missing? Do these topics interest you?