Artemis
At the moment, I am far away from the state I call “home”. I like this very much. Sure I miss my cat and my apartment, but nothing beats a random vacation for no reason at all. Oh and work… I miss work too. The night before I left, I watched a girl named “Artemis” audition at our club. She was tall, a little thicker, and was lacking any rhythm whatsoever. It was kind of hard to watch. My manager, who is supposed to give the final yay or nay, was hardly even watching her as she danced, more engrossed in the baseball game on the big screen than the half naked girl underneath the neon lights. As she maneuvered around the stage, a dancer I was sitting with, who goes by the name Gina, stated aloud what we all were thinking. That girl can not dance. Gina then began to nitpick at every little thing, like how Artemis was moving too fast or doing really odd floor work. It began to annoy me how mean she was being. The courage and confidence required to get up on that stage and put yourself out there is tremendous. How could a dancer possibly be so judgmental towards another dancer when they face the same demons? I didn’t participate in the conversation and I kept my opinion to myself. Not everyone is meant for the stage. To my surprise, Artemis returned to the floor after she audition and sat among us. Apparently her dancing was good enough. Then, one of the bouncers approached me and asked me to do something I have not done in a long time. He wanted to know if I could train her. Back in the old days when I worked in a popular clothing store, I was always the one asked to get the new people accustomed to the sales floor. I demonstrated how to up-sell. I showed them how to put outfits together. I taught them different lines to use to get people to open up credit cards. And the weird thing was, I had an absolute blast doing it. It was the most satisfying feeling to see my “students” succeed and go on to become great sales people. So you can imagine I was more than happy to sacrifice some money (there were already customers seated) and show this girl how to kick ass. We took a tour of the lap dance area, talked about different ways to get guys to buy dances, and practiced on one of the poles for a little bit. She eventually told me it was her first time in a club EVER and the information I gave her was incredibly helpful. All I could think of was that I wish I had someone to teach me when I first started out. But then again, I took to stripping the way normal people take to sports or music. I was a natural. Artemis ended up doing well that night. No VIP time but lots of dances. As for Gina, she has this move where she lays on the floor, props up her ass with her hands, and flails her legs from side to side. It looks completely ridiculous. As usual, I kept my opinion to myself but that evening, I watched a customer almost fall out of his chair laughing when she did it. Artemis had never been on a pole before. What’s your excuse, Gina?
May 1st, 2010 at 3:06 am
Damn it! Now I see why Butch said he wanted to be a dancer. Spur of the moment vacations, shopping, work when you feel like it. I’m jello green with envy. I would chuck the corporate crap in a second if I didn’t need the paycheck. Maybe I’ll just quit and live like Tara does.
Maybe Tara could adopt me
I’d walk the cat and clean the apartment. And maybe Tara would give me a weekly allowance….yeah, and maybe I’ll flap my arms and fly to the moon in the same dream.
Dan
May 1st, 2010 at 4:44 pm
UGH, who invented alcohol…See who could hate a lifestyle where traveling to cool places is involved.
The keyboard is hurting my heart so I will have to report on bachelor party later after some alka selter and pepto-bismol..!
May 1st, 2010 at 7:56 pm
I am what I am. Corporate money’s a dream come true. I’ll look up in the sky for you Dan. Stay fly.
May 2nd, 2010 at 2:44 am
Hi Popeye –
“Corporate money’s a dream come true.”
Can be if you can tolerate the tedium.
“Stay fly.”
I’m pretty fly for a white guy – can you name that tune?
Dan
May 2nd, 2010 at 8:41 am
Wasn’t that nice of The Phoenix to take some of her valuable earning time to show a new girl the ropes. It does take alot of courage to get naked and strut your stuff for strangers and there should be a mentoring program for dancers just like in most other businesses.
Karma will reward Hurricane Phoenix for being so nice to someone who could potentially take away some dances.
May 2nd, 2010 at 3:41 pm
Haha….I think I’m alone now. There doesn’t seem to be anyone around (paraphrased lyric quote). Nobody seems to be using the alphabet right now, so…..
It’s the time of the week when I try to guess what you’re all doing. But a chance occurrence along with Tara’s blog title made me think to tell you all what I did today. So here is a not so typical Sunday in the life of Dan.
Early morning, drinking coffee while he’s returning emails, surfing and checking his favorite blog, Dan sits in his underwear. A shower, a shave and a couple of Pop-Tarts later, he heads to the grocery store. Going early, Dan is surprised to see a lot of eye candy (pretty women). Dan always eats before shopping cause shopping on an empty stomach makes him bring home junk food. Today’s haul includes a box of Hostess Devil Dogs – he couldn’t resist. He comes home and puts the groceries away.
Dan sits on the floor reading the newspaper. He never looks at ads but one catches his eye and he adds a trip to the local mall to his to-do list.
He changes and gets his stuff ready to meet his friend, Mr. Movie Star Looks (MSL) for a bike ride. Already past 80 degrees and humid, summer seems to have come with a finger snap. Mr. MSL weighs 50 lbs less than Dan which gives Mr. MSL a big advantage. But Mr. MSL hasn’t been riding a lot yet so his aerobic engine isn’t up to snuff. Dancing on the pedals, Dan sets a punishing pace. Mr. MSL struggles to hang onto Dan’s back wheel and stay in his draft. 25 miles in just under 81 minutes and Mr. MSL’s head is hanging like a dying tulip by the end. Take THAT, Mr. MSL!
Dan swings by Subway and gets two foot-long subs. Back home, he downs both subs, pounds a few Devil Dogs, takes shower #2 and a 30 minute coma follows.
Car maintenance is on the menu today. Dan does almost all the work on his car. Dan changes the oil & a few filters and rotates the tires. Back inside for shower #3.
Dan heads to the mall. Remembering the ad he saw, he hits Macys to score a few pair of his favorite brand of underwear – Banana Hammock.
On the way home, he stops at a spring festival near the mall to wander around and chow down on festival fare. There’s more eye candy! 94 degrees now according to the thermometer at the festival. He locks his Banana Hammock haul in the trunk to discourage thieves. While he’s waiting to get into one of the beer gardens at the festival (where the bands play), he sees a young teenager reading a book called “Artemis Fowl: The Eternity Code”. Dan thinks “I’ve gotta mention this on RFG”. Then the band playing did a few Led Zep songs – “Whole Lotta Love”, “What Is And What Should Never Be”, “Hey, Hey, What Can I Do” and “Stairway To Heaven”. Dan dances like Snoopy in front of the stage. He adds a little bit of the Electric Slide and the Moonwalk to his routine.
Even though it was pretty much a solo day, it’s been great so far. Life is good.
Exhausted and back home, banana in new hammock after shower #4, Dan thinks about what he’ll have for dinner. Tomorrow the rat race starts again but that seems like a year away. So he sits patiently waiting for Tara to moderate. Dan knows how the cat feels waiting for Tara to spoon slop into her feed bowl.
The evening has yet to be written. Will one of the beautiful ladies from the grocery store or festival knock on Dan’s door? Will Dan’s favorite lady knock on his door? Or, having sniffed out the remaining Devil Dogs, will that cupcake-scarfing skank Unknown come to his door? Good thing Dan has a peep-hole in the door. And a Glock.
—
Lyric quote. I’ve quoted this guy a lot recently but his work is really a gold mine of great lyrics:
“Up with the sun, gone with the wind,
they always said I was lazy.
Leaving my home, leaving my friends,
running when things got too crazy.”
Dan
PS: Don’t razz me for the long comment. I PROMISE to make up for it by keeping my comments short for the rest of the week, ok? I just thought it would be different than me guessing what you’re all doing.
May 2nd, 2010 at 6:34 pm
Whoa Whoa Phoenix, I think if anyone deserves some tips from the queen herself, it’s got to be me! hehe
I hope this girl knew just how lucky she was!!
Now, I noticed in my area there are very different “classes” of clubs. I personally went straight for the middle class club, which isn’t too classy but isn’t a complete dive, only because I was mainly interested in learning. I am COMPLETELY new, have never touched a pole before my first audition.
With that being said, I know you, Tara, are probablly at a more high class club as gathered from previous posts. I am so surprised that you deal with the scum you do in such clubs. I would assume there is a bit more respect for the ladies of the night, but then again what do I know, I’m still wet behind the ears in this industry. Now when do you suggest I switch up clubs? I wanted to go downtown where there is a beter clientele, but I think I should wait until after I get a breast augmentation I have been wanting.. what do you think?
Also, you mentioned a girl at a club getting veneers before.. oh man, I was so interested I went and got quoted and you would not BELIEVE how expensive it is to have just your front teeth done!! Tens of thousands of dollars!! Mine were close to over a grand per tooth!!
I think it is awesome that more girls are commenting in. I would love to get more of other dancer’s opinions on things.
Time for Desperate Housewives, gotta go!! <33
And Dan,
"i wish i didn't know now what I didn't know then, I wish I could start this whole thing over again.."
Toby Keith– one of my favorite songs!!
May 3rd, 2010 at 2:27 am
Athena –
Yeah, Toby Keith has some great songs. He borrowed the first part of that lyric from an old Bob Seger song. Still, he does it justice cause the song you mention is one of his best. Glad you’re still reading.
Dan
May 3rd, 2010 at 7:11 am
Happy Bithday Athena 4/27 and Dan 5/5.
May 3rd, 2010 at 7:24 am
“Up with the sun, gone with the wind,
they always said I was lazy.
Leaving my home, leaving my friends,
running when things got too crazy.”
That would be Travelin Man by Bob Seger.
Dan dancing like snoopy would have been worth the price of admission. And it took me hours to read Dan’s elongated post. Man you must have been doing some speed. That’s alot to do on a Sunday, but glad you are not sitting around on your ass all day!
And last but not least did you talk to any of the eye candy? Did you ask for their opinion on buying some melons or something?
May 4th, 2010 at 8:44 am
ok if i hav to hear another “fello dancer” aka stripper refer to themselves with class im gonna throw up. u even said urself “athena” (pretty stupid stripper name, since its a greek name, and greeks would never disrespect themselves like u are doin) u said ur a lady of the night which means ur a PROSTITUTE!!! HOOKER!!! WHORE!! i wonder how many strippers never did a porno? how many never did somethin they are ashamed of for money?
man-would u fuck me for a million dollars?
‘dancer’ aka slut- well ya i would
man- would u fuck me for a dollar?
slut- hell no who dfo u think i am!?
man- well we know who u are, n every slut is negotiable
that joke is for all strippers. n u men who want to sit here and say this female is such a queen!!! does that make u feel better abt urselfs???
May 4th, 2010 at 8:50 am
i cant believe these other strippers who think they are classified as anythin relating to CLASS. there is no class of strip clubs they are all dirty nasty places with nothin but whores in them the men n women!! u even said urself that ur surprised this “queen” sees the scum she does, which PROVES MY POINT theyre all the same nasty places. u strippers/whores are such insecure lil girls who are lost in life. athena, which is a stupid name since its a greek name and greeks wud never disrespect or degrade themselves lik u are!! ur prolly a stupid american white trash blonde! all u talk abt is gettin this surgery done n that surgery done y cant u be happy wit urself!! y do u have to waste money on surgeries to satisfy MEN!!! ur goin to go thru all that pain n watch find out it is not worth it at all cuz ur tits r still gonna look like shit!
ur so stupid u refered to urself as a lady of the night, do u know what that is? well obviously u do becus U ARE ONE! a WHORE A HOOKER A SLUT! i dont kno a single stripper that did somethin their ashamed of for money. they waste their money all month n wen its the end of the month they get all scared cuz rent is due n shyt is needed to be paid so u do things u aint proud of. i know im right so dont deny it.
May 4th, 2010 at 5:09 pm
Hmmm…the plot sickens. Where is the Phoenix?
Maybe she decided to move to the place she visited. Maybe she’s busy packing. The tupperware bin will need special travel arrangements. The cat will have to be packed in bubble-wrap to protect her during the trip. The cat isn’t happy about the situation and gives Tara an earful. The cat doesn’t want to leave her cat friends in Tara’s building. Tara tells the cat, “it’s ok, you’ll make new cat friends where we’re going”.
I hope Tara remembers to pack the web site. What a shame to think this may end without us knowing what happened to her or to the snitch.
When a book (blog) is over, people always wonder what happened next – does she live happily ever after? Does she win or does she lose? Is she happy or is she unhappy? Who does she turn out to be?
What I see in Tara’s future is the turning of more of these pages and in those pages there will be small things, big things, screw-ups, celebrations, tragedies, broodings, accidents and close calls. My hope for Tara is that she feels this life as it occurs. Not as it might have occurred or could have occurred. I hope she feels it as it is – naked or clothed; barefoot or wearing shoes; hot, cold, complicated, simple, fearful, happy, contented, discontented, exhilarated, fruitful, selfish, sometimes giving and always feeling.
And I hope one day she looks back and remembers only the good things.That’s the most precious gift any of us can receive in this life.
Dan
May 4th, 2010 at 11:19 pm
Dan,
I’m baaacckk. Also… Happy Birthday!
TG
May 4th, 2010 at 11:46 pm
Athena,
Happy belated birthday!
I think you should switch clubs whenever you feel the need for change. I usually get antsy between 6 months to a year at a place and start researching new clubs. If you feel comfortable waiting until after your breast augmentation, that is perfectly fine. It sounds like you are doing really well at your club so you may want to ride it out a little longer. There always comes a point where regulars realize you are not going to date them and they move on as well. Be ready for this.
Yeah veneers are ridiculously expensive. People pay those prices however and the outcomes seems to be good. Atleast the ones I have seen. I think plastic surgery is fine as long as you are doing it for the right reasons. People tend to think it is only for the insecure, weak people but that is not true. Everyone on earth would change atleast one part of their body if money wasn’t an issue and that is because we are our own worst critic. I think this is human nature.
Because this comment received a really negative, pointless reply, I am just going to say that there are scum people everywhere. No matter what kind of job you do, you will come into contact with someone who sucks sooner or later. Whether you are a dancer, a doctor, a salesperson… scum is not strictly reserved for the strip club world. Disagreeing is fine. Being a complete jack ass is not fine.
TG
May 5th, 2010 at 3:24 am
There is some unpleasantness to deal with this morning. I didn’t see that when I made my previous comment. I will address that in another comment so as not to ruin this one.
Tara & Terranova – thank you both for the birthday wishes. I’m flattered and appreciate that you both remembered. I’m taking the day off today for my birthday. I’d planned a fairly relaxing day – some biking riding, some yard work and catching up on trade journels. But now it seems I’ve got to ask Tara for a certain IP address as we have an ebonics spouting baboon to track down.
Capt – no, wasn’t on anything more than caffeine and adrenaline. Yeah, it turned out to be a busy day and I was exhausted by the end. Great to hear the Led Zep tribute songs but it’s hard to dance to them. And yes, I did get to talk to one of the ladies. I was in line to get in the beer garden and she and her friends were standing off to the side. Didn’t have enough time for it to go anywhere cause her friends pulled her off in a different direction. The grocery store is a great place to meet someone. When a woman isn’t wearing a ring, I always look in their carts. Sometimes you can tell she’s shopping for a family. Doesn’t mean she’s not available but it does give me pause. The one lady wasn’t wearing a ring but she wasn’t wearing any jewelry or makeup. And her cart was filled with family stuff so I figured she came to the store without putting on her face/jewelry first. Maybe I shouldn’t be so quick to judge.
Dan
May 5th, 2010 at 5:29 am
Ok “oh brother” –
Are you that much of a loser in life that anonymously attacking others makes you feel better about yourself? It’s ok. We’re happy to help the disadvantaged (you). We can even start right now. Here’s what you should do.
1) Lose weight. Your fat fingers get in the way when you type. You may not be as illiterate or stupid as you seem. It may just be those fat fingers aren’t hitting the right keys. It’s sad. It must suck to be you. Can’t find clothes that fit. Having to punch a hole in a tent so you can wear something that covers your whole body. You must cry when you look in a mirror.
2) Stop talking fucking ebonics and learn English. Basic grammer and proper spelling go a long way to gathering respect when your words are all you have when presenting yourself.
3) You say (and I can’t really be sure cause you can’t spell and you certainly don’t know English) that if you have to hear one more dancer refer to themselves as having class, you’re gonna throw up. Well, let me ask you – why would you come here to read stuff that would make you throw up? Maybe you’re closer to losing weight than I think. Throwing up after your food binges is probably the right idea since you can’t seem to put down the food you have in each hand. How do you type with food in each hand?
‘oh brother’, you remind me of others who’ve posted rudely. The last piece of shit that posted rudely called herself Sunny Bunny. I may be wrong but I don’t think you’re the same person and that’s fortunate for you both. We were able to track Sunny Bunny’s post to a place not far from Victoria Park in Schaumburg, IL. And I’m pretty sure I know Sunny Bunny’s real email address even though she probably used a fake one when she posted. If I were convinced you were the same person, I’d post that email address for all to see.
And guess what? Now that you’ve posted, I’m going to ask Tara for your IP address so I can find you too. You haven’t been reading very closely or maybe you don’t understand all the words you see here but understand this – the internet is not as anonymous as you think.
So if you want to post again, feel free. Different opinions are always welcome. Rude posts are not. If you post rudely again, don’t be surprised if I reveal some of your personal info to the readers. Who knows? Maybe a couple of club going guys won’t feel like hitting the club. Maybe they’ll feel like swinging by your place for a bit of pig-poking. You can and will be found if you continue to be rude. Do you really need more enemies?
Ugly, fat and stupid is no way to go through life, you bitch. So let us help.
“n u men who want to sit here and say this female is such a queen!!! does that make u feel better abt urselfs???”
I don’t do ebonics very well but to answer what I think you’re asking – real men don’t mistreat women. So yeah, upholding that standard is something I’m proud of. You may be female but you’re certainly no lady. How do the guys in your life treat you? What’s that? There aren’t any guys in your life? Gee, why am I not surprised. Hit the treadmill or get plastic surgery, you monkey. Do something to improve your life instead of making cowardly posts.
Happy Birthday to me. My present this year is gonna be finding ‘oh brother’ for a little pig-poke. And since Terranova remembered my birthday, I’m gonna make sure ‘oh brother’ gets some tugging/grinding action in his honor.
Dan
May 5th, 2010 at 5:40 am
So much for my promise to keep comments short for the rest of the week. I plead extenuating circumstances. Rude comments wouldn’t bother me as much if they were directed at me.
Dan
May 5th, 2010 at 6:42 pm
Dan, first HAPPY BIRTHDAY! I briefly read the dope called oh brother this am and figured I’d wait until you read it the riot act. It was hard to comprehend and what does being a greek have to do with anything? All I know about greeks is “don’t drop the soap in the shower”!
Oh Brother had to write two similar posts and repeated those pathetic words twice to make sure we know it is double stupid. I say let’s line up the bag party and begin to have some fun….
May 5th, 2010 at 6:56 pm
Athena, keep posting and doing your thing. I am sure you will run into many “oh brothers” in your life. Life is chocked full of dim witted assholes who are afraid to even use a name. Have at good laugh at their expense and move past them leaving them to wallow in their own shit and piss…Dan hopefully you got your combat boots on….
All the “females” who are actually real on this site are fucking Queens. Remember that Phoenix is the Queen of all the Phoenix’s!!
May 5th, 2010 at 8:42 pm
Unreal. I have so much to say, but i’ll sit this one out. I can’t believe people have the nerve to come on here and, for lack of better terms, “talk shit.” If you are going to be a douchebag, at least learn to spell correctly. I can understand a few typos here and there, or even “IM” language, but the above posts are just from a completely illiterate asshole.
Don’t even waste comments responding to that peice of shit.
I’m laughing all the way to the bank. =D
May 6th, 2010 at 3:16 am
Butch –
“Dan, first HAPPY BIRTHDAY”
Thanks Butch. I appreciate it. The next birthday on our list is the Capt’s, then yours unless we get more people to play.
“what does being a greek have to do with anything”
Athena is the name of a Greek Goddess. How someone with a room temperature IQ would know that is beyond me.
“All the “females” who are actually real on this site are fucking Queens”
Every woman is a queen. Only the ones who act like ladies deserve to be treated that way. When they act like “oh brother”, they deserve disrespect at the very least.
“I’m laughing all the way to the bank. =D”
You go girl – stay above the bullshit jealousy and hatred. “Oh brother” is really pathetic. I guess that’s what you get when someone is both stupid and ugly. People like her hate their lives and they think that gives them the right to spread the misery. Sorry she stepped in just when you felt like commenting again.
What puzzles me is that the rude posts seem to be coming from one particular area in one particular state. Must be a gaggle of uglies working together. The thing is, friendly posts come from that area also. Whatever. We’ll flush the uglies out and then have a pig parade as a prelude to the bag party.
Dan
May 6th, 2010 at 9:44 am
Athena keep positive, Athena is a beautiful name
O Brother, Athena is correct it is a waste of time responding to you
99% of the Females working in Strip Club’s are more educated then you
or it might even be 100%.
May 7th, 2010 at 8:27 pm
Thanks for the support guys!
And man, what am I thinking? Why am I stripping when I could be a prostitute and make even more money? I mean, I am degrading myself so much at this point, what would it hurt going the extra mile and actually having sexual relations with the men for a few more bucks? This poor economy has obviously cut into my economical mindset.
…. hopefully you all sense my extreme sarcasm.
And the funniest part is…
http://www.myspace.com/510566930
that is the link to my myspace account. Wow, some white trash BLONDE i am!
May 8th, 2010 at 1:35 pm
Athena –
Don’t let idiots like “oh brother” get to you. They’ll attack anyone who’s making things happen cause they have nothing happening in their lives.
Somehow, I thought you were a blonde also, Maybe I misread a prior post.
Checked out your myspace link. You are a beautiful lady and in my opinion, you don’t need a boob job. Spend the money on something fun instead.
Dan
May 8th, 2010 at 6:37 pm
Hey , I hate to be a copycat but what a great idea, Icant resist
http://www.myspace.com/509477832 -
Dan set up an account and then friend request me and we can see who each other is
May 8th, 2010 at 7:22 pm
Tara maybe you can delete the previous post
I dont know if should be letting anonymous readers just link to my myspace account
May 9th, 2010 at 3:40 am
Terranova –
I’ve thought about setting up on one of those sites but never did anything about it. A lot of my friends are on Plaxo (not sure if that’s the right name/spelling). Some are on facebook and some on myspace. I do use one of the professional on-line networking sites but it’s focus is career related networking. I don’t have a pic posted.
Haha….I guess Tara is gonna let your link stand. For some reason, that’s making me laugh.
Dan
May 9th, 2010 at 3:31 pm
Well, it’s Sunday passed 6 PM. Kind of a slow time here on RFG. Maybe Tara hasn’t moderated yet.
Been going through some of the old blogs and comments.
I seem to be having writers block so no guessing about what you’re all doing. My day was filled with boring busy work – house and yard stuff for the most part. Temps cooler than normal. I can’t wait for summer proper to arrive. We get one week cool, the next hot and then back to cool.
Got to check out Athena’s and Terranova’ myspace pages. That was good. The verdicts?
1) Athena doesn’t need a boob job, she’s just fine the way she is.
2) T’Nova’s pics put him in babe magnet territory. I’d hang with him in a second (if that’s how he really looks). He draw ‘em over and put me in the game.
Or we could play a different game tonight. Everyone have a look at T’Nova’s pic. Cast your votes now. You get two choices: hunk or skunk.
We’ll tally up the votes over the next few days.
Dan
May 10th, 2010 at 9:23 am
I am at Starbucks, and literally just “LOL’d” at the above comments and got a number of dirty looks from the peeps around me.
Well, Dan, while I do not doubt those are T’Nova’s real pictures, I must throw him under the bus and say, he was 21-23 years old in the pictures. Isn’t that right Terranova?
Although I am still sure he is still a hunk some 20 years later.. as i’m sure he would would consider himself one as well. lol
Dan, I actually have social networking sites for my job seperate from that of my personal life. I was almost not going to put pictures of my face up on my “dancer” page (hence my main profile picture)but I found that I get a lot of customers through myspace, and think my face is one of my better features, so figured what the hell.
Also, thanks for the bOOby compliment! ( . )( . )
Although in that picture, I am wearing my amazing Victoria’s Secret push up bra (they work wonders lemme tell ya) as well as I used make up to draw cleavage. This consists brozer, one shade lighter and one shade darker than you’re regular skin color. Yes, I go to that extreme. Just goes to show how much of a problem they are to me.
Okay okay, false advertisement some may call it, but I call it thinking outside the box. hahaha
But yes, definitely not a blonde, I am 100% Puerto Rican, don’t know too many of us with Blonde hair. and never was. I wish I looked good as one though.. it just doesn’t fit me as well as Queen Phoenix.
Well, time to head out to my day job. I’ll keep in touch more often.
Perhaps we all should post a picture, whether showing our face partially or not, just to put a face behind the many curtains here on RFG?
May 10th, 2010 at 2:06 pm
Yes those are real Pic’s, but from I’ll admit 1993 – 1994
(The One I gave to Bianca and she showed all the Girls in the Locker Room)
(When I dated the Car Show Model),
… Now you know Why I talk about the Good old days
when I was like Pauly from the Jersey Shore
I’ve also dated 2 females , that I call female versions of myself
one was a swimsuite model , back in the day
and my ex wife could pass for my sister
I am so busy with work, my daughter, and financial affairs
I just too busy to “work” to get a girlfriend
Had lunch with my new Russian Friend, talked about going out with the kids
but she also siad im working at …. time and date….
I think that was a hint to go see her at work…. could the foreigners be learning from Tara
see him outside the Club so he spends more at the club
… I told her I was busy that night that I’ll call her over the weekend
… Left forgot to give her my cell # or home #, called her back she was busy did’nt have time to write it down ,, just call me anytime
the opposite of the other girls Ive met at the Stip Club – they want all of your #’s ASAP
to call you as a Customer
so mixed siginals
May 10th, 2010 at 2:12 pm
Dan the Second Photo is me a year and half ago / 2 years
I lost some weight so I now look closer to what I used too,
trying to lose another 5 -12 pounds.
May 10th, 2010 at 2:19 pm
Thanks for the Compliment Athena,
Thats what counts Dan Compliments from the Ladies,
not Ratings from Guys
Funny Thing is at the Gym, many times Guys have come up to me
with Various Compliments, Im thinking why cant some hot babe come up to me and Compliment me
My ex wife met a hot 29 Year Old Guy (Male Stripper) at several months ago at the Gym
(Same Gym I go Too) who she went out on a Couple Dates With
Im thinking after I dated Bianca, I think my ex wanted to prove to me (Make me Jealous)
that she could also date someone younger
Funny thing is , I meet the Guy one Day and he’s like oh Ive seen you at the Gym
he then goes on to tell my ex wife , your ex is a real good looking guy
again why cant it be a hot female telling that to my ex.
May 10th, 2010 at 4:18 pm
“say, he was 21-23 years old in the pictures.”
Holy shit, Athena. I think you’re right. I thought the devil was too handsome to be 40 something
“thanks for the bOOby compliment!”
You’re welcome but there’s nothing to thank me for. I spoke the truth. I don’t know why I thought you were a blonde. Maybe you have a split personality and your alter-ego was posting as a blonde?
“I actually have social networking sites for my job seperate from that of my personal life”
Yeah, a lot of people do. But you know what most employers do when they interview a candidate? They search for the candidates personal page. And a lot of times they reject a candidate because of what they find. Not saying you shouldn’t have a personal page. I’m just pointing out that some people use poor judgement when putting stuff on their personal pages. We interviewed a candidate not long ago and found his personal page. It didn’t reflect well on him to see his blog about the puke-fest party he’d been to a few weeks prior.
“Perhaps we all should post a picture, whether showing our face partially or not,”
Damn. I was actually going to do this but I found I can’t paste a picture in this post. I could post my college id pic since that’s probably what T’Nova did or I could post something more recent. Don’t have a lot of flattering pics. I’m not in T’Nova’s league but I like my college id pic.
I think there’s a way to post a pic in that little silhouette that’s across from our names. And Stephanie knows how to italicize words in her posts. I have to figure both of these things out.
Dan
May 10th, 2010 at 6:13 pm
Great game …hunk or skunk… I will check out the photos tonight..And if we all post any pics it should be a fairly recent one
May 11th, 2010 at 10:17 am
Hey guys…
What if you e-mailed your pics to me and I put them up in a post?
TG
May 11th, 2010 at 2:49 pm
I didn’t see T’Nova’s posts when I commented.
“I just too busy to “work” to get a girlfriend”
“so mixed siginals”
Yeah, I know how that goes. Going out later though so that’s good. The down side is that it’s a school night.
“Dan Compliments from the Ladies, not Ratings from Guys”
Terranova – take the compliments wherever you can get ‘em. I think Athena got it right though – you get docked a bit for posting an old pic. I’m not sure what you mean by the “second photo”. Was that the one you were wearing a suit in?
“What if you e-mailed your pics to me and I put them up in a post?”
Oh God…yesterday I was trying to paste a cute puppy picture into my comment but couldn’t do it. I don’t think I have a recent solo photo. Maybe I’ll see if I can edit a group photo to erase other faces. And maybe I’ll draw a bag over my head.
Ok Tara – one condition. You don’t post my pic unless you get pics from the Capt & Butch. I’ll need a couple of days. Not sure if I’ll get someone to take a new pic or maybe I’ll edit a recent pic to erase other faces. I’ll be wearing the Batman mask.
One more thing – post a pic of the snitch.
Guys – shouldn’t we be the ones asking for pics? How did the crafty women turn the tables on us?
Dan
May 11th, 2010 at 6:43 pm
Do you want my picture before I was in witness protection or my new one after? Why would be posting guys pictures and not the girls pictures?
May 11th, 2010 at 6:50 pm
Oh I just looked at the myspace pictures of Athena and T’Nova. If we play the picture game we have to have some type of age rules. That pic of T’Nova is when he was 21. Or we each post a younger picture and then one of current within a year.
Athena you are hot.
May 11th, 2010 at 8:31 pm
Dan the Colored One with Disney Pictures in the Back (Second to the Right)
May 12th, 2010 at 3:52 pm
Hey Dan, here’s a little 411,
To italicize words, you simply put type what you want italicized and close the code. Now the reason why those words are not italicized is because i put spaces between each character, so when you try and do it, you will have to take those out. To Bold text, just replace the “i” with a “b” and to underline text replace it with a “U” make sense?
You can also make font bigger. Some sites will restrict all codes, I am surprised wordpress allows those codes. Let’s see if this one works…
wHoOOo!
Now if the above words came out larger than the rest of the text, it worked, if not, screw you wordpress.
May 12th, 2010 at 3:53 pm
Okay so i just noticed it did not show my codes when i put one space between the characters, so let me put a couple of spaces to show you.
type words you want italicized
hopefully that shows, if not, i give up.
May 12th, 2010 at 4:40 pm
“If we play the picture game we have to have some type of age rules.”
The Capt mentioned that we’d have to post a recent pic. Yeah, some of T’Nova’s pics are older. I didn’t realize that until I read Athena’s comment.
“posting guys pictures and not the girls pictures?”
That’s funny. Someone once commented that she came to the site expecting to see a drug-fueled blog with comments from creepy guys asking for pictures. She was surprised to find what she saw. It’s funny though. I never thought to ask for a picture. I can tell you what I remember though.
I read for a while before I commented. I like Tara’s writing style. Then one of her blogs made me comment. I kept reading and began to wonder about the woman behind the words. Here was someone who took time to get a Masters degree and then decided she liked the thrill of dancing enough to do that for a while. It may sound strange but the first thing I wondered about more than once was what her real (personal and dancer) first names were. I thought Tara and Jenna were ficticious names she was using for the blog.
Then I became interested in the person (Tara). Her personality and emotions show through – more than she knows. She swings into different moods, probably more so than a lot of the women I’ve known. But then again, I never known a woman who danced. So reading about the life of Tara became intriguing.
This may sound weird but I don’t often wonder what she looks like (she’s probably beautiful) but lately I’ve been wondering what her voice sounds like. And I wonder what the cat’s name is.
” the Colored One with Disney Pictures in the Back”
Terranova – you haven’t changed much. Some of the pics when you were younger made me think of a portfolio that a model has done to market around. My sister modeled for a while when she was younger – she modeled for “The Limited” (that’s a store chain). She got all the looks in the family. She could still model today. How she and I came from the same gene pool is beyond me.
Maybe I’m the mailman’s son.
Dan
May 13th, 2010 at 2:47 am
Athena –
I didn’t see your comment when I posted yesterday.
“you simply put type what you want italicized and close the code.”
“To Bold text, just replace the “i” with a “b” and to underline text replace it with a “U” make sense?”
Ok, I’m confused but I think you’re talking about html/xml. The escape codes don’t show up in your post but let me give it a try.
Test sentence: Athena is very smart .
Now if I did it right, the word “smart” should be underlined after I submit this comment.
Ok….now I’m sitting here wondering whether I should submit this. If I didn’t get it right, my test sentence will look like something the cat typed. Ah, what the hell. Life is short. Play hard.
Dan
May 13th, 2010 at 3:01 am
Crap.
In my prior post, the escape codes around the word “smart” in my test sentence didn’t show up (a good thing) but the word “smart” isn’t underlined like I hoped (a bad thing). Maybe I needed a capital letter U rather than a lower case letter u? Or maybe the underline will kick in when Tara moderates the comment?
Let me try to italicize. Test sentence again: Athena is very smart.
May 13th, 2010 at 3:11 am
YES!!! The italics worked but the underline didn’t. Maybe the underline will be covered in the advanced class.
Now I’ll stop polluting this post and return you to the regularly scheduled program.
Thank you Athena!
Dan
May 13th, 2010 at 5:27 pm
HAHAHA. too funny.
Looks like you for the hang of things Dan. I do know there are a lot of different codes, google is the best bet, but i think the code i use is the most simplest. Let me try this…
to italicize you insert a left arrow, then the letter “i” for italicize, the letter “u” for underline, and the letter “b” for bold, and then the right arrow, as a sort of closing. put that in front of the text and at the end of the text you do the same thing besides you enter a forward slash after the first arrow.
Anyway, thanks for the compliment, “Athena is very smart.” I am sure you meant.
May 14th, 2010 at 3:22 am
Athena –
Those codes are called XML tags. It took me a minute to realize this is what you were referring to in the ‘411′ post. I’d forgotten that XML is case sensitive which is why my underline didn’t work. You correctly gave the capital letter U for underlining but I used a lower case u. After I submitted the comment and didn’t see the underlined word, I stared at the screen for a minute feeling like a dork.
And yes, I think you’re a very bright lady.
—
I’ll be spending some VIP dollars this upcoming week. My favorite lady’s coming back to visit. Something strange/different has been going on with regards to that situation since the last time I posted about her. We talk but I’m getting vague info. I’ll get the real ‘411′ when I see her in person. Regardless of what her situation is, I’m still very fond of her. I can’t wait to whisper in her ear…..and lean in close to sneak a little sniff. She smells so very fine. I have to remember to wear the cologne she gave me.
Dan
May 14th, 2010 at 9:20 pm
Hope the cologne she gave you wasnt brut! Good luck…And would you both quit talking about computer nerd stuff! lol Stephanie never told me how she italicized that word…
May 15th, 2010 at 3:52 am
“Hope the cologne she gave you wasnt brut!”
No, it’s called Curve. I have 5 bottles of cologne on my dresser right now. I didn’t buy a single one. I only have to keep two of them straight. The one my favorite lady gave me and another a (female) friend gave me. The others were from women who passed through my life. I don’t wear those colognes anymore but I treasure them as rememberances. It’s funny but sometimes I’ll sniff one of those old ones and it brings back a flood of memories.
I don’t have the real story yet but I think my favorite lady went back to dancing. At one point, she quit and got a regular job. She’d talk about it sometimes. Then a couple of weeks ago, she stopped mentioning it. One time I asked about it and got a vague answer. And her hours are all screwy again. A couple of weeks ago, she left a message on my home machine at 11:00 in the morning. When I got home and heard the time stamp on the message, I thought “What the hell is she doing calling me from work?” Actually I don’t know where she called from but she would have been at her job at that time of day. That’s when I wondered if she wasn’t working regular business hours anymore.
Either way, it will be nice to see her. I bought her a gift. I was hoping that I could give it to her over a nice dinner but she’s here only a couple of days. Probably like last time, she’ll pinball around between her Mom, Dad and friends. Each transition is an hours drive. She doesn’t have a lot of free time and has lots of people to see.
And yes, we’ll put a lid on the nerd stuff. I couldn’t get the underline to work but I’m grateful to Athena for showing me how to italicize and bold text.
Dan