| Man of Today by Little Wonder
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Last weekend a few friends and I decided to go out for some drinks. We went to this place called the Movie pub. Usually it's so busy that you can barely go past the entrance, let alone sit at a table. But we were lucky and could actually see what the place looked like inside because it was virtually empty! Why, you ask yourselves, well it's Summer time and the living is easy. The easy living has moved to Novalja on the island of Pag. What amazes me most about this trend is that once there on the island you're surrounded by the same social group from Zagreb. So basically it's Zagreb re-visited just factor in the sun & sea! It's as if a huge space ship floats over Zagreb and makes off with the entire party of willing people and drops them off into the loving arms of the island ..where life continues just as before! However, back in Zagreb the eerie ghostlike city is left to sulk and prepare for the big comeback of its city slickers. Well anyway, we and the other unfortunate souls who couldn't for some reason go on vacation were sitting pleasantly, sipping drinks and enjoying the music. I started looking around to see if there were any interesting new faces around and... just a table away from ours I found an interesting specimen! So without being too obvious I started browsing a little, pretending not to look, you know the oldest story ever known in the history of man kind - Flirting (hey what did you think I was about to say). As it turned out, the guy had nothing better to do but look back at me. It felt like high-school again. The aim of the game was to look at one another while the other one wasn't looking,... Hmm, how amusing. After a while I got bored with the game and wanted to turn it up a notch as in create a form of communication. I decided to dance, what better form of communication than body language. So I swayed my hips rhythmically and just did my own thing. The guy was somewhere around and I could feel his gaze, but he didn't move an inch. Well no surprises on my part, considering that men today are in an almost godlike position. They sit pretty on their thrones and just wait for hoards of beautiful groomed and manicured women just throw themselves at them. Believe you me it's that easy for the man of today. In order to get yourself a man, you need to claw your way to the front row and act uninterested enough to get noticed. How sad is that! Forget about gallantry, men opening doors and looking at you admiringly, those days are long gone. Where are the Cary Grant's of today - they're either gay or in their 50's! And the men in between... Well they're trying to find themselves, because the tables have been turned. It's one big mess, like trying to find your way out of a labyrinth. There are no signs and no maps so you either find your way or die trying to! So in order to get over the weekend fiasco I decided to once again seek advice from the beloved Internet. Because let's face it, if I can't find my answers on-line, then I'm doomed! I typed in a few crucial words in the search engine and I was met with 3000 answers, but were they the answers I was looking for? As usual I opted for the first offered choice and eureka! These brilliant minds offered 8 tips that would save your life and make a safe transition from on line to real life dating, presented to you as if you had lived in the deep forests of the Amazon without having any human contact whatsoever! Dating Tips Evolve the conversation - The beauty of online dating is that you're never required to go in blind. Why, you ask yourselves... Well you can e-mail, call each other and talk on the phone. Take all photo opportunities - they strongly suggest a photo up front. Okey, I buy that. I mean you have to know what to expect - Count Dracula, Brad Pitt or George Costanza. Take it easy - Start short and sweet with lunch, dress casually. This is a good one!, because if in need of urgent exit you don't want to stumble over your evening gown and high heels. Be prepared - Make a mental list of things to talk about. Imagine if you just showed up for a date and didn't know what to talk about. Hmm, maybe they could have said read your date's favorite book 10 times in order to be able to philosophize about it in detail. Get some action - hiking, indoor rock climbing is what they suggest. So, in other words, avert your date into something where you won't have to really communicate. Yeah, way to go! Be nice - be friendly and cordial. Under no circumstances are you supposed to be rude. Okey, some people really need to be reminded of these things, but they forgot to add don't scratch your private parts! Don't forget previous conversations - I think this is my favorite one because it's based on the assumption that you are brain-dead! Enjoy the moment - Yeah, after trying to keep all these 8 tips in mind you are supposed to enjoy yourself! * So what have we learnt from these dating tips? We have learnt that under no circumstances should we seek guidance from on-line or paper magazines or bogus know-it-alls as in this example. We should just follow our instincts and if we fail miserably, there's always another shot waiting round the corner or should I put it this way, while clawing your way to the front line many will fall - and a window of opportunity will open right in front of you! And how am I going about this, well I'm this close to placing an ad in search of my Cary Grant-man of today, even if it means breaching age limits. What's a girl to do but cross borders for her man of today!
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