Waiting for my dream girl

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Shit. Just found this out today. I thought things were going really well between us too...

From the New York Daily News:

A phony German “heiress” who lived as a Manhattan socialite by allegedly stealing from banks, credit card companies and her upper-crust friends threw a temper tantrum Friday because she didn’t want to wear jail clothes to court, her lawyer said.

Finally — at 11:30 a.m., two hours after the start of the regular session in Manhattan Supreme Court — Anna Sorokin appeared at the defense table, clad in black pants with a white button-down blouse, with the cuffs on both her blouse and pants rolled up.

Sorokin, 28, was also upset about the treatment she’s been getting on Rikers Island, her lawyer, Todd Spodek, said.

Sorokin’s issues held up the testimony of Ryan Salem, a City National Bank employee who — based on bogus financial information Sorokin allegedly provided — considered the young woman for a $22 million loan to open an event space on Park Ave. South.

Sorokin allegedly scored $275,000 from banks, credit card companies and other victims by playing the role of a wealthy socialite born into means.

Spodek, on cross-examination, grilled Salem about whether he was really ready to dispense that type of business loan on behalf of the then 25-year-old self-proclaimed trust-funder.

Sorokin is accused of reporting to the bank that she was worth as much as $60 million.

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I've long wanted to find a decent priced drum set that was made well enough so I wouldn't beat it to pieces. But I don't want to spend thousands on something that I will most likely suck at. Probably a large sized "Bonham/Led Zeppelin" kit with massive bass drum would be my best bet. Clear amber Vistalite just like his.

As I posted in the "Sing a Long" thread when I was 10 I talked my mom and dad into letting me get a drum set and start taking lessons after seeing "Wayne's World." That ended soon after as my mom finally tired of the noise coming from our basement.

Was on eBay this afternoon and this ad somehow caught my attention.

The drum featured is an old Ludwig tom tom from 1972 but I'm more interested in the girl featured in the ad. Is she the seller? She doesn't look 47. Maybe they're her grandfathers drums? I may just have to go down there and see what this is all about.

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Miley and Hayley both have numerous tattoos so I thought it would increase my chances with them if I got a few myself...

Somehow it didn't quite work out the way I'd hoped.

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I thought this was fake at first because it showed up in one of those CNN "ads" about "Youngest Female Billionaires." Of course I clicked on it...

But actually she's real! Her name is Marie Besnier Beauvalot a French Heiress worth over 5 billion dollars and my "future wife."

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I've expressed an interest in learning to play drums. But I had no idea it was so sexy...

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Last weekend we went to look at “Class A” RV’s. This summer my wife wants to drive around the United States and visit all my family which is largely scattered. We do not plan to stay with them or stay in hotels. Also we (I) decided that fucking around with a 30+ foot trailer was too much work and neither one of us has much experience. However, she said confidently that she once “pulled a U-Haul behind her car back in college.” God help us. Besides we’d still need something big enough so that means a Dodge Ram 3500, Silverado 3500, or Ford F-350 diesel “dually” with 5th wheel. Very expensive truck just by itself.

The issue is that basically a "Class A" is a “tour bus” and can run you $300,000 to $500,000 on up. So we thought a “used” one would be our best bet. And it just so happens I found the “perfect” one…

When I showed her and she saw who it was , she said “Sure, go ahead. You can park it at Wal-Mart. Maybe you’ll get lucky and she’ll come and visit you…” Anyway we are still looking. My experience driving is with cars and racing not “big rigs.” Although my dad did teach me to drive a semi (he had to learn as part of his job in sales and then showed me at a GM test track). That was hard. This has to be easier.

I was reading today about a retired couple who bought one and had “people crawling up their ass.” I don’t think that would be my problem. Quite the opposite. I’m sure I’d get pulled over for speeding. What I need is one to "practice" with. Get it to go over on two wheels taking a curve, throw it into a skid. You get the idea... I'm sure my "instincts" are totally wrong for this kind of vehicle. We used to travel to games in busses like this when I played football. Always down then center, always fast. People would honk and wave (or give us the “finger” and throw shit at us as we got close to the other university). Usually there was a police escort or security at the other stadium. No problem… Just wondering how fast one of these can go anyway?

(That’s the other two members of Paramore from a few years ago in the last picture. Jeremy Davis (bass) sitting at table, and Taylor York (guitars, keyboards, vocals) sitting with Hayley. )

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Never sure what to post on here… This relates to dating because??? Hayley, Miley, Taylor, Dove, my wife and myself are all millennial's? The "Gen Z" girl is cute? (Moderators: She's college age so she must be at least "18.") The “Younger Boomer” mom is hot?

Anyway, below is something we were instructed by my university to do with prospective students and their families. I’ve already discussed the “millennial” thing in an earlier post (Ronald McDonald’s Millennial Makeover) but I’m amazed at how the media and marketers constantly move everything around to suit their current whims. Especially when it comes to selling the latest crap to kids. “Hell, being a ‘millennial’ these days is cool let’s make them even younger… Those ‘old fuckers’ born before 1985 or 1987 don’t matter anymore—we’ve already taken their money. They have responsibilities now. Like families and jobs and houses. Shit they’re almost ready for retirement…”

But back to this exercise (Disclaimer: It wasn’t designed by me. Those aren’t even our students!) On the back are “characteristics” and “traits” that describe each generation. The prospective student and his/her family are supposed to select the description most closest to themselves. Hello? Admissions Department? I’ll make this easy. EVERYONE that is an incoming Freshman in 2019 was born in 2001 and is part of “Generation Z.” Simple. Got it?

The first time I tried this with a family the student picked the “Younger Boomer” (1964) card (because of the “strong work ethic” and “professional accomplishment.” Of course! Excellent choices! His dad turned out to be a “Gen X’er” which was accurate and he even admitted to going to see Nirvana back in the day. And even though I am actually a “millennial” in age, as are almost all my colleagues, I ended up choosing the “Gen Z” card because of “familiarity with and expectations for technology,” “social justice issues” and “meaningful career.” The student’s mom was the smartest of all of us and refused to play. Good for her.

I deal with this “millennial” stuff all the time in my “other career” (owner of a market research firm) this silly card game just served to illustrate how blurred the lines are and how meaningless much of this is. We ended up having a great conversation and I took them on a tour of campus which they loved. Our university has a lot of history in Indianapolis and much to show prospective students and their families. And we have THE best Starbucks around for miles. So despite the silly card game the story had a very good ending.