Andrew Lee

Call it creepy, or maybe downright rude, some girls like it, or appreciate the attention; but we stare when a woman walks by, who we recognize, know, or perhaps would like to know better. I do it, and it’s obvious that when you walk by someone, and they turn around to verify, maybe I need a second look. Sure, at the very moment, you are an object of our lust, but embedded in that, is some level of love. Of course, some girls like it when a guy stares; there is no reason to deny it.

Girls love attention.

I travel quite a bit, as anyone knows me, they know that I show up randomly when I am in town, and when I so happen to change my schedule to accommodate someone. All the same, there are some attractive people out there. If I was a model scout, I would easily find my quota of what the society would consider, Hot. Just recently, I was in Chicago and training sales professionals on some the methods of presenting our phones, and lo and behold, I found myself talking to someone who isn’t intrinsically lovely, but was someone who, if she played her cards right, could get a guy.

Tall and I’m sure what people would call, has a dirty, sexy look. Of course, being that everyone thinks that I have a reputation with girls, I might as well, live up to that stupid misnomer. Before we continue, my customary disclaimer: I am not out to get girls, and this story, whilst true, isn’t me attempting to get with her.

So after you finally put your eyes back in your head, and you realize you have been gazing too long at the girl, you need to make contact, preferable positive contact.

What did I do? I walked over, and immediately, accessed the situation. She looked bored, literally staring longingly outside. Here comes me to relinquish her of that boredom. Here’s the first lesson, don’t be a pansy. If you want to talk to a hot girl, just say hi. If she doesn’t like you, just deal; not every person is going to like you.

So I said to her, “Are you bored?”

She replied, “Yeah, I am.”

“So is it normally this quiet” I replied, “I’m not from around here, actually I’m from Seattle; so I’m not sure what this area is like.”

“Oh really, yeah, this area is quiet. There isn’t much to do here. What’s it like in Seattle?” She said in a curious voice.

There you go, I started a conversation, by putting myself in a vulnerable position, with someone basically out of my league. I could have just stared at her and that would have been creepy; or just not have spoken to her, which would have been stupid. I was equally bored, and we made conversation. What’s the point of it? Well, not the reasons you might be thinking, but a true testimony of this, was when I left, a few hours later, and she warmly smiled; some people you can tell, were genuinely glad to meet you, and she was definitely one where that vibe was flowing from. A nice smile, keen eyes, and someone who was able to help her briefly escape the boredom.

I guess I should have asked her out for drinks. =P

For review and archive. 

—- 2007 —-
01/08 – San Francisco
05/12 – San Francisco
05/17 – Seattle
05/21 – New York
05/22 – Washington D.C.
05/24 – Chicago
05/25 – Seattle
05/30 – Salt Lake City
06/01 – Seattle
06/06 – Washington D.C.
06/09 – New York
06/10 – Minneapolis
06/12 – Chicago
06/15 – Seattle
06/16 – Orlando
09/17 – Irvine
09/21 – Seattle
09/24 – Houston
09/27 – Chicago
09/28 – New York
10/02 – Washington
10/13 – Fort Lauderdale
10/15 – San Francisco
10/20 – Seattle
10/29 – Minneapolis
11/03 – Omaha
11/04 – Seattle
11/08 – Boise
11/08 – Spokane
11/09 – Seattle
11/12 – New Orleans
11/13 – Des Moines
11/14 – Los Angeles
11/16 – Houston
11/20 – Dallas
11/22 – Seattle
11/27 – Denver
11/28 – Seattle
12/10 – San Francisco
12/11 – Phoenix
12/12 – Dallas
12/13 – Chicago
12/17 – Boston
12/18 – Washington, DC
12/19 – New York
12/20 – Minneapolis

—- 2008 —-
02/05 – Dallas
02/10 – Seattle
02/13 – Irvine
02/15 – Seattle
03/26 – Irvine
03/27 – Seattle
04/07 – Chicago
04/11 – Seattle
04/18 – Friday Harbor
04/20 – Seattle
04/21 – Portland
04/25 – Seattle
04/28 – Boston
04/29 – Phoenix
04/30 – Seattle
05/05 – Dallas
05/08 – Houston
05/09 – Ft. Myers
05/10 – Seattle
05/11 – Jacksonville
05/13 – Orlando
05/14 – Tampa
05/17 – Seattle
05/18 – Detroit
05/21 – Boston
05/23 – Seattle
05/27 – Minneapolis
05/29 – Seattle
06/01 – Washington D.C.
06/04 – Atlanta
06/06 – Seattle
06/09 – Orlando
06/12 – Fort Lauderdale
06/13 – Seattle
06/14 – New York (Family Trip)
06/22 – Seattle
08/01 – Miami
08/03 – Seattle
08/08 – Tampa
08/10 – Seattle
08/15 – McAllen
08/17 – Seattle
08/18 – New York
08/21 – Boston
08/23 – Seattle
08/25 – Baltimore
08/26 – Washington D.C.
08/27 – Norfolk
08/28 – Seattle
09/07 – Minneapolis
09/09 – Las Vegas
09/13 – Seattle
09/15 – Irvine
09/19 – San Jose
09/20 – Seattle
10/13 – Miami
10/16 – Seattle
10/21 – Irvine
10/24 – Seattle
11/08 – Denver
11/10 – Seattle

Hum.. with over 14500 miles booked for this month, I’ve already flown 2400 this week.  Keeping things in perspective, it’s about 2300 miles to fly across the country once.  Last year, I broke a combined total of 110,000 miles, and truthfully, as much as I am exhausted at the end of the week, I truly love traveling, and meeting new people.  No marketing professional should be void of this experience.

I’ve been to some of the most remote places, from cities that I had never imagined going to, driving through townships with a single street light, trying the local foods, to the big cities, absorbing the glitz and glamour.  What a great job, I host workshops, training sessions, and get to demonstrate the newest technologies.  There isn’t a better marketing job that lets you interact directly with customers and sales people, I dare say, there isn’t a better career for those who love technology.

Sit behind a desk, fine.

Sit in front of a computer, fine.

Traveling across the country, priceless.

I have the reverse addiction, I don’t buy things, I want to spend money, but sadly, after going to the mall, Best Buy, and even the Amazon, I managed to spend 30 dollars.  I don’t see anything attractive, I barely have any desire to go shopping anymore. 

I guess this happens when I have all my needs fulfilled, I have never been one to go after wants, no need to go there.  When I was younger, I was always told that I needed to justify my purchases, nothing was without reason.  Perhaps that is why I choose economics as a major, because it was easy, I loved learning about the tools to help diagnose.

So here I am, what did I want for Christmas? Can’t really say, but then again, I think I finally understand what I want to do…

I dislike the snow, rather, I like the snow when it doesn’t hinder my progress, and productivity, but alas, this last week, as been nothing but pure uselessness.

Sure, I have been working, putting in well over the eight required of me, but more over, the fact that my car is stuck, in the snow the last two days, and the foot of snow…how could this happen in Seattle?

Seriously, the streets are just becoming clear, but all the same, I would give the City of Seattle a nice hearty “C” for the execution, “A” for effort, you can’t blame the nice folks that spent all their days and nights, cleaning up the mess. 

I have flights to book, it’s good times… going to upstate New York, for two weeks, yup, then flying to more cities afterwards.  Hum… looks like LA is in the books soon, and San Francisco too.  If I play the cards right, NYC also… we’ll see how this goes.

Would you? I dare you to deeply consider the ramifications of whether you would actually do so.

You ask my opinion?  I say no.

But Andrew, why wouldn’t you want to turn back time?  Everyone has made mistakes, and going back in time, would be cool, I can fix things I messed up on.  I don’t think I would want to relive those mistakes, even if I know how to fix them. It would be the same as finding the fountain of life, jumping in, and climbing out, and never living again.  If I knew I would forever here, on this realm, I wouldn’t feel the need to try, because I would have an eternity to resolve it.

We all have petty mistakes, which I think we have learned from.  It’s a learning moment, and if we don’t learn from them, we just continuing doing it.

Go back in time or live forever.. which would you decide?