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The Way of the One Man Wolfpack

Posted by Blade On August - 24 - 2010

Many of my friends find it strange that I sometimes head out on a night alone. I usually declare that “I am a one man Wolfpack tonight” on my Facebook status. Lots people find it uncomfortable just…chillin’ by themselves. Being the lone wolf is not a new state of being for me. When I first moved to Cape Town I had very few friends. I found that I had to get out there to make connections. This strategy has since paid off. There are several advantages to being a One Man Wolfpack. Let’s talk about a few today.
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Never give a woman extra credit for her beauty

Posted by Blade On August - 12 - 2010

Last night was time for my first bi-annual visit to a strip club…obviously. Me and some of my friends from my stand-up comedy circuit decided to give Mavericks a visit.  It was rather cool…the club was relatively empty and the girls were bored.
One of my friends had these hipster spectacles. The ones that you wear not because you have an eye problem, you just wear them for the fuck of it…cause it looks good. He had a Clark Kent thing going. Any way cut to the incident. Read the rest of this entry »

My Purgatory

Posted by Blade On January - 23 - 2010

It’s my purgatory really, dinner drinks whatever

Never really all that interested but I find myself telling her how beautiful she is anyway,

cause its true,

All women are in one way or another

There is always something about every damn one of you

A smile, a curve….a secret.

You ladies really are the most amazing creatures

My life’s work.

But, then there is the morning after

The hangover,

The realization that I’m not quite as available as I thought I was the night before

Then she’s gone.

And I’m haunted by yet another road untaken.

2010 State Of Mind

Posted by Blade On January - 7 - 2010

Finally 2010 has rolled around. It has been a fascinating year. A year of many ups and downs…mostly ups I got to say. A smooth winter and an absolutely fantastic 2008/2009 summer season. If you don’t know what happened, I chronicled all the highlights in various posts from that time. Go back and take a read. I’m going into 2010 with a couple of lessons and a shift in mission.

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3 Days In A Suit

Posted by Blade On October - 30 - 2009

Yeap. Crazy weekend that.
I was busy with my Friday afternoon battery of phone calls. I get these calls every Friday evening after 7pm like clockwork. It’s usually my friends looking to find out where I’m at , where I’m going to be at, what’s going on at, who is going to be at, can they join me at….the list is endless. Needless to say it’s a rather busy time for me. Cleaning up, Suiting up, scenting up…

I was on one of these calls as I was on my way out the Boom Boom room (..That is the name my flatmate decided to christen our flat). Clearly distracted, I closed the door behind me and only realising that my keys were STILL INSIDE!

This was a problem because I don’t have a spare and my flatmate had gone off for the weekend with his girlfriend. DAMN!

Night 1 in my suit was great, but not out of the ordinary. Yeah, I did find a “couch” to crash in…she was more than happy to help me out.

The lesson here is simple. Make sure you bet yourself a comfortable suit, incase you are stuck in it for several days J.

Thanks to my friends and to my lady friend for allowing me to crash at their places. I would do the same for you of course.

Winter With Blade

Posted by Blade On October - 6 - 2009

Cape-town

Man, it’s been a while hasn’t it! Well I’m back. What happened to me? Life happened! Winter is seeing is last days in the Mother City. And a lot has happened this winter.

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New Reality TV Show About Men in Cape Town

Posted by Blade On August - 18 - 2009

Today I discovered something interesting on twitter. There is a new TV show about to hit South African televisions @ 21h30 on Friday, November 3. The show is called Man. The show is about the love lives of 4 Cape Townian guys Henri Slier, Kaizer Tsosane, Trevor Gow and Maurice Levin.

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How To Choose The Right Suit

Posted by Blade On August - 4 - 2009

I love suits. I don’t have very many but my collection is growing. I James Bond is currently my favourite suit guy second only to Barney Stinson who believes suiting up is a way of life. Following International Suit Up Day coming up on the 13th of August, I decided to do some research on the net about choosing a suit. Choosing a suit isn’t as straight forward as you might think. There are several things to take into consideration, body size/shape, fabric, suit style etc. Hope fully this post will give you a clearer idea on what to do when trying to get a suit.
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An Email to Mr Nice Guy From The Asshole

Posted by Blade On July - 20 - 2009

the-asshole

Hey Mr Nice guy

I know I’m the last person you expected to hear from.

Before you hit the delete button, read this.

You are neither my friend nor my enemy. I have no interest in your fortune or misfortune.
For some reason I felt compelled to write to you in the hope that it would open up your eyes to what’s before you.

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A Flaw in The Game

Posted by Blade On July - 20 - 2009

group

Yeap, there is a bug in the matrix, a kink in my game, a crack in wall of SolidGame. I’ve known there was something wrong for some time now but didn’t realise exactly what it was.

The flaw in my Game is Group Theory. Stay with me, stay with me. I’ll explain what this is. Group Theory comes into play when after several months of meeting people, meeting friends of friends and meeting your wingman’s friends and their friends of friends, you begin to travel in groups of 5 or more. Normally a beginner need not worry about this as they would only have to deal with 1 or 2 people. Every small gathering becomes a hive of activity. You often end up bouncing from one group to another but never really settling and having a long conversation with one particular person.

Group Theory Explained.

This can best be explained using levels sarging (actively meeting new people). The levels below are derivatives of Mystery’s theory on levels of sarging. Watch it here.

Level 1:

Approaching singles by yourself. I normally don’t do this unless it’s by chance or out of convenience. I prefer groups. This is just a personal preference.

Level 2:

Approaching couples or mixed sets by yourself. This is where I find my social kung fu works best. Get me a large group of people and I shall endeavour to have them eat out of my hand. It’s a great challenge and the main way I actually meet women.

Level 3:

Approaching groups with your own groups. I.E your out with friends, they are going to stay with your all night. You then go meet other groups of people and introduce them to your group of friends. This is called merging. Eventually at the end of the night you have this gigantic group of people getting to know each other. It’s much easier for you then to get to know anyone within the group because you are now one big tribe with you as the creator. You need great self-confidence to be able to do this.

You’ll you are here when you have groups of people calling you at random hours of the night asking where you are and what you are doing and who you are with. It’s pretty cool but in the beginning it will be a lot of pressure. Trust me on that.

If you actively meet people (people not just girls) for long enough you will most likely end up here.

The Problem:

Usually I’d invite a girl that I’m interested out as part of a group event. This way she gets to meet my friends and vice versa. This is normally after we have been out just by ourselves either earlier.

Sometimes the groups don’t gel very well with each other and so I spend so much time bouncing between the individuals in the group. I end up not spending enough time with the girl that I’m interested in. This often leads to her thinking in disinterested in her.

Also normally when you are the one that has organised the merge, you are, out of courtesy, stuck with the merged group. I don’t have as much freedom or flexibility to move on and do something else. Like a host leaving his own party.

The Solution:

I need to realise that I’m in the position where I get to meet new folk organically anyway. I don’t need to actively do the group merge.

I also need to organise smaller more manageable situations. The larger group merges are more effective when done rarely.

Get over myself! Who cares?! Who am I to think that these grown ass people need my presence to have a good time? ( don’t be afraid to put your own ego/pride in check )

We’ll see how this goes. I think I’ll have this fixed by summer.

“Are you listening to me boy? I’m giving you pearls here.”