Not Very Mysterious

Once there was a dork who couldn't get a woman. So he studied, as dorks are wont to do. He made up a new persona, dubbed himself Mystery and started scoring by the dozens. Other men were shocked and pleaded to be taught his ways. And then VH1 gave him a show because that is what they do.

Pick-Up Artist is fundamentally a good show (my definition of a good show). It has lots of train wrecks etc... But there is also something so desperately sad about it. And not just with the dorky guys all jockeying to hang out with a white man who wears a furry top hat. The dorky guys are all sort of sweet and bemused, except for the creepy forty-five year old. The dorks do what dorks do, bumbling through their tasks. Most of them are young enough that they probably would get a girl eventually.

But see then they would have to have a dorky girl. You know, someone who operated on their level. Now my sweetie is a geek to nth degree, but Nox embraces this about himself and sticks to geeks. And that boy can pull some ass. Geek girls fall into his lap. I'm not even jealous anymore because he can't seem to help it.

Anyway, these guys want to go to CLUBS and score. These are not guys who should be at clubs. They're probably pretty funny and sweet in a smaller enviorment, but we here in the U.S.A. think everyone should be An Extrovert! We! Love! People! YAY!

Mystery essentially teaches these guys how to devolp a fake persona that will last long enough to meet new people, get a girl to home with you and make with the naked time. Has no one heard of liqour? I'm pretty sure that's worked for uglier, less personable men.

How long does the persona last you? Several of these guys are under employed or unemployed. They aren't exactly natural romeos either. I'm not saying money is the key, but unemployment is unattractive. Sorry, it is. I don't need you to be a lawyer, but you shouldn't watch more day time television then your mother.

The thing that bothers me the most, is that as a woman, I feel demeaned. There is a lot of talk on the show about 'respecting' women or 'looking for a deep realtionship'. But the facade is thing and eventually Mystery will slip and say things like 'the target has to earn your attention'. Target? Are they shooting things now?

The type of woman that goes with guys that consider them targets are not the type of girls that date geeks. Just saying.

Catch you on the flipside,
CGL