#NotUrLoverGirl: Magic 8 Ball Life!
#TalkNerdyToMeLover's @ShinaRae
Editor's Note: Shina Rae is a newbie nerdy artist to our great city of Los Angeles, and has agreed to come on board and document her search for love in this big city. True story ... Cause like this is all happening ... like now. Like right right now ... Hit it Shina!
Ok, it's random, to think, maybe even believe, that asking yes or no questions to a completely arbitrary object could prove to be a proper system fir answering life's questions, but the world seems like it's trying to make a very clear point to me.....that my decision making can at times be......well, sucky! So why take responsibility anymore? Why not just relinquish my control, and put it in the hands of something completely unbiased?? Seems perfectly logical if you think of it, a 50/50 shot at getting the right choice, is probably better odds than me choosing myself.
This idea started out as Magic 8 Ball Dating, and I will make sure to document that for you, b/c I'm sure it will be interesting......but has quickly developed into a way of life for me, in just the past few days.
There's a lot of decisions to be made in life as in the dating world.... so when I have a decision to make, from now on, I'm hittin' up the trusty ol' liquid filled dice agitator. Sometimes I'll ask it things, I've already made my mind up about, and damn, if this dynamic little oracle doesn't usually agree with me..... And when it doesn't?? Well that's the very theory I'm testing. So far, I think the 8 ball makes the better decision, which is pretty sad for my decision making skills, but I'm ready to learn. Magic 8 Ball teach me you magic!! And if you could find a way to tell me about cool stuff like this too somehow, that'd be extra Hot Duck Sauce!! But I'm not asking for miracles here.
Anywho, I've been testing it this week..... Here we go.
Magic 8 Ball........
Question
DAY 1
-does he love me
-should I tell him I love him
-should I tell him he's hurting me (by being distant)
-should I work with the creepy guy
-should I work with the director guy
DAY 2
-should I date this guy who asked me out and seems nice buuuuut.....
-should I call/txt the super good date guy
-should I call/txt the cute guy from Bardot
-is should I ask him out
-will I find a better job out here
DAY 3
-will I have a memorable birthday
-should I ditch my girls to go to this celeb parties I'm VIP'd for
-should I be friends with the friend after last night?
-should I continue to do fashion
-should I keep doing music
Answers
DAY 1
-better not tell you now
-cannot predict now
-all signs point to yes
-my sources say no
-yes!
DAY 2
-reply hazy - try again
-yes - definitely
-outlook good
-better not tell you now
-as I see it, yes
DAY 3
-my reply is no
- It is decidedly so
-outlook good
-yes!
-it is certain
Action
DAY 1
-asked again (over a few days) every time same noncommittal answer * guess I'm not ready for the truth anyway
-kept feelings to myself
-a clear & (as) concise (as I could make it) email describing my feelings
-tried it for a couple of days
-showed interest, and am waiting on music
DAY 2
-not going to push it b/c I'm not terribly interested *maybe M8B will change it's mind sometime?? but probably only if I do first. haha
-sent a friendly hello text to see if he's in the city
-text him to ask a question about something he's expert on
-I'll see him tmrw, and maybe ask again before I head to the partay
-keep looking for better work
DAY 3
-did my damnedest to make to make something amazing happen
-didn't ditch
1st party- brought friend with & feltlike she was uncomfortable and unhappy the whole time
2nd party- didn't go instead went to eat w/friends ex-boss and he was kind of a douche
-me eating feelings about the shitty birthday and not bringing it up (except in this very public blog which she reads, of course)
- Ima keep doin it!
- Ima keep doing this too!! You can't stop ME!!
Result
DAY 1
-bummed
-didn't get my heart extra broken b/c there was no reciprocation
-response that let me know I should move on. *Thanks for getting the above answer right too M8B!
-he was totes a creeper & was more interested in trying to kiss me. ICK!
-2 days later music came; it's AWESOME!!
DAY 2
-we're friends, and that seems right
-we have plans next week when he gets back - yay
-he told me about a badass party tmrw night... nice.
-I guess I'll find out tmrw - I'll keep you posted of course -the very next day got a job in the industry, that I love
DAY 3
-just another day for me, nothing special that is.....
-most awkward b-day ever &
- 1st party didn't get to enjoy the event the same way I would have if I was sans friend
2nd party kind of terrible way to spend your birthday having someone you don't know trying to instigate drama *hope to not remember it quickly
-we're homies of course 1 shitty day can't ruin that she's a pretty rad chic
*but she did have some things to say about me giving up my dreams for a real job, sooooo..... magic 8 ball
-2 upcoming fashion shows
-Results based on your comments to this vid
See the Magic 8 Ball knows it's shizznit. I really just need to let it decide everything. & I need to get better at listening, too. M8B might not give me the answer I want, OBV, but it's track records 100 right now.... so I just need to listen when I get the answer I don't want b/c it's probably the right answer anyway! So, I'm going to do my very best to abide by it, for these next few weeks, as I test this theory of mine that the 8 Ball makes better decisions than I do. I don't know what I'm trying to prove really. Maybe that I need therapy? Hahaha, or maybe that I need to learn what my gut is really telling me, or maaaaaaybe that I need to turn off some of my analyzing? Who knows, only trying the experiment will tell me the results. And hopefully will yield some good ones, it's already seems to be working tho....
Imagine how much time I would've saved having asked it 6 months ago about the dude who doesn't love me, or how much less time I would've wasted this last week in the office trying to avoid creeper boss dude? Or how much time I would spend thinking about a shitty birthday, instead of just dropping it an moving on. GAWD Magic 8 Ball you are my new GODESS!! I am already feeling better about life!!