Single??? Anyone Single???

Look, I get not everyone loves sports as much as me. That's cool, I got news for you all, I can write about ANYTHING, so if you were thinking I'd run out of things to chomp about, this is me laughing maniacally in your face, then stopping cold and just staring at you. Creepy, I know. So, every now and then I plan on running something different, but before I get to that, I wanted to comment on the NBA schedule release....

Yawn.

I have a love/hate relationship with the NBA. I love watching basketball and cheering for the Jazz. I hate the NBA superstar treatment and just generally the way some things are handled. Like releasing the schedule. Too many variables exist right now to try and analyze how many games this team or that team can win, what win-loss records everyone will have, etc. Just release the schedule, and let it ESPN promote their Wednesday night games ad nauseum til I bang my head against the wall so much that I knock myself asleep or stupid. Feel the bitterness yet?

Anyway, back to the beat. I'm not sure how many of you know this, but I am single. I have been single, meaning not married to a woman(weird I have to add that last part now), my entire life. Don't get me wrong, there have been times when a nice looking mare or two has stopped by for a while to graze with me, but day in, day out I've been the stud on this property. I like it. I enjoy the freedom to it. There are times when it gets lonely, and I'm not going to say that love is overrated, because in all honesty, I'm single because I'm looking for the highest possible form I can find, the one where I'm sitting on the couch, girl nuzzled against me, and as we're clicking through the channels, she looks up at me and says, with those doe-like eyes, and says, "Can't we just watch football?" This may be asking too much, but I feel that love, like sports and seafood, is better when it's the best you've ever had. So, here is my little survival guide to being single. The entire guide won't come today, but when I feel the need, I'll drop some knowledge for you all up here.

-Tip #1: Be Prepared.- If you are planning on being single, don't think that the single party patrol is going to march on your door every day and lead you away on a Candyland adventure every day. No one really cares that your couch is comfy. Plan things to do to make people WANT to come sit on the couch with you. Being single is about either recruiting people to do what you want, or finding a group of people that like to do stuff. Otherwise you'll just cry every night in the dark watching Reba or USA network. What??? It's good television!!!

Tip #2: Do whatever you want, whenever you want, however you want to do it.-This is the one time of your life to be somewhat selfish with how you divide your time. I'd suggest finding a passion and splitting time between doing that, and working so that you have money to do it. Or be like me, an only child who coasts off of his parents. Either works until you reach 26 and get cut off.

Tip #3: Don't burn bridges.-As a young buck in the singles' game, I unwittingly stumbled across a secret. Girls are typically friends with girls. They also seem to rotate through friends often. When it comes to being hit on, girls also are like Fort Knox these days, so you have to have either a really tight six pack, a million dollars, or off-the-planet, Brazilian-soccer type game to get the dimes out there. Or just have lots of girls you keep in contact with. If you do it right from the start, kind of like planting the seed to an apple tree, your hard work will grow into more fruit than you can cover. Heh, heh.

So there are three little tips to get you going. If you have any that you feel would fit into a future column, hit me up in our email chaseyt.brownbear@gmail.com or just leave a comment. I usually read them. Also, I'm looking for some suggestions for a cool sign-off, seeing as how Chasey T went with the ever cool, "Stay Good", I need something more electric. Help me, readers of my blog, you're my only hope........until next time, Brown Bear, OUT.