WanderingSalsero

About girls and getting laid: I've had similar thoughts

I think it's well known that the subject of dating, sex and marriage is pretty popular.  And there is a whole, huge culture and product niche built strictly around the subject of dating and, more specifically.....getting laid.

It's not hard to find websites that claim to have all sorts of the right answers to those types of questions.  One of them is called www.cliffslist.com .

I've been a member of Cliffs List for some time.  I don't read it most of the time but when I do I find it interesting.  Here this morning (the day after Christmas, I think) I got around to reading one of the regular emails from CliffsList that's been sitting in my inbox for several days now.  It was interesting.

It was interesting because it tells the story of a guy named Paul Janka.  Paul apparently is one of those guys who's become recognized as an expert in getting laid.  Not just anywhere mind you.  His forte is picking girls up in New York City. Etc., etc........

Apparently Paul is getting out of 'the game'.  He says he's had enough of the one-nighters (although he says he 'gets it' at all times and often multiple times of the day) . 

In this short bit of text I'm posting he explains why he's gotten tired of his old lifestyle and is settling into a more traditional monogamous relationship with the girl of his dreams.

I thought it was interesting because he has a lot of the same opinions that I do.  Of course, his opinion is based on a lot more 'experience' than I've got but.......that's OK.  It's still very interesting.  I'd be curious to know how the guys who read WanderingSalsero feel about his thoughts.

Dan Balda....one proud father for sure

My friend Dan Balda has a daughter, Jessica, who he's undoubtedly especially proud of now.  She's the pretty gal in this video:

Jessica Balda's Testimony from Alex Cvitanovic on Vimeo.

Dan and I go way, way back. 

I first met Dan back in the old A.L. Williams Company.  He (Dan) was actually much more successful in it than I was.  And we didn't actually hang out togather much.  But I knew who he was and, as I recall, he was then (as now) always a cheerful kind of guy.

Dan had a family at the time and he made some wrong choices and got into some personal trouble that cost him his marriage.  He then had some scrapes with the law that resulted in him spending some time in the Harris County 'clink'.

This was during the time I had my mobile windshield repair business there in Houston so I was in a position to help Dan out by giving him a job, even though it was commission only.  Something nobody else was willing to do at the time..And a place to stay.

So Dan stayed with me for a year or two.  During this time he sorta got a bit closer to The Lord (the kinds of experiences he had will do that to you). 

Then he eventually got his head more-or-less  back in order and started making his own connections and found a job in truck sales.

From there he went up to New York City where he spent 2 or 3 years.  That's the time period Jessica mentions in this video.

For the last couple of years or so Dan has been back in Houston.  Still in truck sales.

Far as I know he's doing OK.  Everybody that I know who ever knew Dan always thought he was a cool guy.  Sure, he had some personal problems in the past......but he was always essentially a nice person.

He usually send me jokes.  Many of them very funny.  This video was slightly different content but it's nice to see this kind of thing happening for Dan.  He's certainly paid his dues.

Which is the most 'bad-ass' spider.....black widow or brown recluse?

Eight legs and a bad disposition?

Well.....sorta.  Actually, according to this very informative article, neither the black widow or the brown recluse spider are aggresive.  But they can ruin your day.  Especially the brown recluse.

I've always heard about these two bad-girls but I didn't know much about them.  Until, that is, I read this interesting article.

My imagination in real form

I used to skateboard a lot when I was in highschool and I always wondered why nobody did it this way.  Finally I discover that it is being done.  Way cool!

Good service at Yongsan

If any of you loyal readers happen to ever need a cellphone in Seoul or the surrounding area, I'd recommend a small but very service minded company in Yongsan Electronics Center called "M-Code". 

I was here several weeks ago and got a good deal on a used cell phone.  They didn't speak much English but we managed to get it done.

OK........so.....

Recently I've had some sort of technical problem.  I still don't know what it was but, I came by here today to let them try to help me with it.  But....I also had another problem....the frigging time on the phone (I buy phone cards with time on them) had run out. 

So there was one problem on top of the other.

Anyway....they could tell I was very frustrated and they made some phone calls to LG Telecom (apparently they've got something to do with my phone) and it looks like I'm going to get the problem solved.  Just one more trip.

Anyway....point is....they were really nice here at M-Code in Yongsan.  The email address here is lkh3657@korea.com .  And the phone number here, it's a Seoul number, is 715-3659.  Yeah....I know the numbers are sometimes 11 digists but....that's what their card says.

But be sure you've got somebody who speaks some Korean if you come by.  Other than that minor problem......they're good folks.

One surprisingly fun pet

Very few people realize what great pets white rats can be.  I got my first one back when I was going to Catholic school at St.Gregoryes Academy in Shawnee, OK.  The biology teacher had ordered a box (actually it was a round box) of white rats for our dissection class.  I hated, absolutely HATED that class. 

But the good part was that one of the rats had babies 'in transit' and there wasn't anything the teacher could do with the babies so a few of us got a free pet white rat orphan. 

I forget what eventually happened to mine but I remember that I kept it for a long time.

Today I was talking to one of my Korean teacher friends and I mentioned white rats.  He'd never heard of them, at least not in the context of being a pet, so I looked up 'pet white rats' on YouTube and found a bunch of really cute videos.  Here's a few:

WanderingSalsero is not a pharmacist

Just a note...

Does our blog here, WanderingSalsero, ever remind you of a pharmacy?  Or maybe some kind of Minor Emergency Clinic?

Reason I say that is because of that logo up on the right hand side of the page.  Reminds me of something medical. 

Reason I use this template is because it seems like I had display problems on some of the others that I liked. 

Is your blog monetized?

I know that some of my readers have blogs and this issue is relevant only to them although it might prompt the others of you who do not as of yet have blogs to get one.  It concerns a new way to monetize your blogs.

The term 'monetize' refers to the strategy you use to make money from your blog.

Generally speaking, it seems to me that the majority of salsa people are simply not concious of their option to monetize their blogs or of how to do it.  When you look at the average blog, at best all you'll see is maybe a link to someplace that sells dancing shoes or something very dance related like that.

I think that's missing the boat entirely.  I think it's doing an injustice to your readership.  If your readers trust you enough to read something you write, it's very doubtful that they would disregard any other type of product recommendations you might make.  So why not do it?

I think it's safe to say that the majority of salsa dancers are middle class people.  Some might even be upper middle class or beyond.  And those people are your 'average' consumers of today.  I've discussed affiliate marketing before and I won't delve into it here at least not in depth.....except to say that if you're putting out much good content on your blog at all there's tons of opportunity to inject advertising content which could make you some money but do it in such a way that looks nice and doesn't insult your readers. 

People are accustomed to seeing ads today.  They value good information about products and services.  In fact they even expect it. 

You should always be alert to ways to monetize your blog and www.inlinks.com is such a way to do it.  I don't know the intricate details because the program from Inlinks.com, just recently released to the  blogosphere, is only applicable to people who have WordPress, MovableType or Drupal(CMS) blogs.  It won't work on Typepad which is the blog platform I use.  But I wish it was.

Those of you who have blogs probably have either Blogger or WordPress.  Inlinks will not work of blogging platforms like Blogger or Typepad but it works fine for WordPress.  If your blog is a WordPress blog, I'd highly recommend you check out the program at www.inlinks.com and see what it could do for your traffic and your pocketbook.  I think you'd like the results.

Sounds like 'easy money' to me.

Gotta job for next year

Well, it was a long and convoluted series of events but nevertheless I now have a job for 09.  I'm going to be teaching at a middle school in Suwon.

Suwon is the capital city of Gyeonggi Province here in Korea.  And Gyeonggi Province is the province that surrounds Seoul.  It's also the same province I'm in for the remainder of my present contract.  They aren't as particular about age as Seoul.

The fact that I got the job is a testament to the power of networking.  I actually got it through a 'tip' from a Korean teacher friend of mine.  She was browsing the bulletin board from Gyeonggi Province and saw this particular ad.  She called them up, talked to the head English teacher, told her about me and was asked to have me call.

I called, talked to the lady there, who was very nice, and made a suggestion that I come out to look at the school.   That's what I did today, Saturday.

The school is very nice (but of course so was the other school I got an offer from theis week too).  The primary advantage of it is that they'll let me go right to work almost immediately after I get away from my present school.  That means I won't have any significant cash flow interuption.

So now I don't have to worry about that.  I had to kinda keep several plates in the air at the same time but, on the other hand, nobody that I talked to was ready to make a decision on the spot like these guys were and nobody had all the elements in the 'deal' that I wanted.

One thing I've learned in all this.......

Lots of these schools have a hard time finding good native English speakers.  It seems that lots of prospective teachers (i.e. native speakers) insist on being either in or very near Seoul.

I can understand wanting to be in Seoul but, geez, an hour or so away (like I am) isn't that bad.  And in the case of Suwon, it's a pretty large town.  And.....there's several Korean universities there too (meaning.....women!)

My friends at ASKnow.ca/teach helped me get one of the offers and they were so very helpful in doing that yet also being understanding when I told them that I might get this other job in Suwon.   I can't recommend them highly enough.

If you have any interest at all in coming over here and having the adventure of a lifetime, I can promise you you'll love it.  There's plenty of places to go either in or near or around Seoul.  And on your second contract, if you stay, you'll have even more bargining power because you'll have experience.  And don't forget that Englihs as A Second Language isn't a bad career pathe to be in.  As America gets more multi-cultural, there's a lot of demand for ESL teachers back in the states too (although the real opportunity for excitment is in teaching abroad).

Check out the excellent videos, podcasts and other information on our site,here.

Relationships........how hungry are we?

One of my most admired online marketing experts is a guy named Travis Sago, AKA: The Bum Marketer.  Travis lives in Arkansas (Russellville) and is both very successful and a very nice guy.  Travis has a product of his own called The Magic of Making Up (MMU).

He makes a lot of money with it.  I'm an affiliate although I haven't really tried to promote it (it's just an organizatonal problem of my own).  Point is, in observing him talk about the product and then taking that increased awareness (i.e. of the product niche) back into the internet media arena, I've become aware of what a big subject 'relationships' are.

One of the places where I noticed articles about relationships almost every day is on the home page of Yahoo.  It's amazing to me not only how often I see relationship articles but also how often I see articles talking problems that girls have finding nice guys.

It always seems to me that any girl who's even halfway attractive and with any personality at all can meet all the nice guys she wants.  What's the problem?

"Nice guys...."

Well, I guess that term could have a multitude of definitions but that's not my subject here.  What amazes me is that it apparently is such a problem that girls have trouble meeting guys.  I just find that hard to comprehend.

I've always been pretty good at meeting girls but I hardly ever seem to get too far beyond that phase.  It always seemed that really pretty, nice girls don't 'stick' to me emotionally.

Once in a while I meet girls who I'm not only attracted to physically but who also I find fun and who I can relax with.  But that's a very, very rare occasion.  It doesn't happen very often.  It always seemed to me that most girls (or should I say 'women'?) are so wrapped up in their lives and careers that they won't slow down long enough to develop any meaningful mind-to-mind relationship with me.  And most of the conversations girls seem to like....to me, they're sorta shallow or silly.

But back to the point of this post......it's just an observation really.  I'm amazed to see so much interest on the internet (based on the fact that people are writing articles about it) in girls meeting nice guys.  I can't believe it's that hard. 

I'm a nice guy!  I'd love to meet a reasonably attractive nice girl.  My email is right here!