In starting this blog, I have read through a few other blog postings and confirmed that my blog is woefully inadequate—I already suspected it, but after reading the kinds of things these other “bloggers” are posting, there can no longer be any doubt.

But what is a guy to do? The way I see it I have three choices:

1) Speed date, bar hop, break the law, drink (a lot) and throw out all of the social conventions that I have been raised to believe are the mortar holding society together.

2) Lie.

3) Be boring.

I read a post by a girl who has an alter-ego that comes out when she drinks and she has vague suspicions as to what the alter-ego does when she is blacked-out drunk, but she never knows for sure. To top it all off, her alter-ego covers her tracks before turning in for the night. In her latest entry, she was pretty sure her alter-ego had sent out pictures of her boobs with her cell phone (why would anyone have nude photos of themselves on their phone?). I can’t top that, I can’t even come close.

I read a different post by a different girl who, in a thousand words, put all her cards on the table and revealed all of her dysfunctions, messed-up relationships, STI history. Everything. I couldn’t believe it. She’s telling things to strangers that I wouldn’t have told anyone ever. Alright, I guess I can tell you guys my STI history: none. Sorry to disappoint.

And then there’s me. I went out drinking last night so I should have some interesting stories, right? Well…not really. I had some drinks. I watched the UFC. I watched a movie (Old School, but no one was paying attention). I walked home. I saw a skunk. The end.

While there were elements that could have lead to an interesting story (my friend’s sister was drinking with us; we had a 60oz bottle of rye; I could have had a run-in with that skunk) nothing actually interesting happened.

So right about now I am asking myself what is the point of this ‘blog entry’ and why would I post it? I don’t know about you, but I measure quality of life by improvement. So this is where the bar is set, and each week I will attempt to raise it. Any feedback and advice is welcome!