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Essentially, I believe that there are 3 types of men in this world and 2 types of women (I’m strictly speaking about male-female relations here, because that is what I know. I believe to each their own and love who you love, but I cannot speak on male-male and female-female relationships. I don’t want to offend anyone who may be reading this, so I add this disclaimer.)

Type A Male: The Good Guy. The good guy is genuine, heart-felt, wears his heart on his sleeve and doesn’t try to be anyone else.

Type B Male: The Asshole. The asshole is exactly that. Doesn’t really respect women, is really just out for themselves and what makes them feel good. They use and abuse girls, lie, cheat and steal.

Type C Male: The Good Guy who puts on the Asshole act. This male has realized that being a good guy just sets them up to get hurt, so they put on a front and work a routine, eventually showing their true colors and who they really are. The act is presented simply because the Type C Male believes there’s no other option.

Type A Female: The Good Girl. Basically the same as the Type A Male; really sweet, honest and genuine, they often set themselves up to get hurt and sometimes don’t understand why it keeps happening.

Type B Female: The Bitch. This girl is your worst nightmare. They are often controlling, manipulative and selfish. They use guys to get what they want and throw them away when they’re done.

There are always exceptions, and this is a generalization in and of itself, but in many cases, these are the types of males and females that exist. Notice that there’s no Type C Female. My rationale for this is that I haven’t met a woman who put on a front of being a bitch while genuinely being a nice girl. Generally, a girl shows her true colors more outwardly than men do. I will explain this more as we proceed.

Now, here’s how it always seems to play out. The Type A Female ends up with the Type B Male and they get fucked over. Herein lies the problem. Women are fixers. This goes down from our parents and grandparents right to the women we are pursuing. It is in a Woman’s genetics to try to fix things. So the deep-rooted issue is that EVERY girl (or every naïve girl) wants to be the one who changed the asshole into a good guy. FACT. It’s a challenge for them and being fixers it’s what they want more than anything. Little do they realize that this method won’t work and eventually the asshole gets bored, cheats on them or just treats them like shit and moves on leaving our wonderful girl heartbroken and wondering what happened. Then the vicious cycle usually continues, because the sweet girl keeps getting more and more frustrated that she can’t spur on this extremely difficult transformation and keeps getting hurt trying to turn the bad boy into a gentleman. Its like clockwork guys, how many times have you heard the sad tale?

Next up is the type B female, with the B standing for mega-unleaded BITCH. Do these wretched women ever end up with an asshole to get what’s coming to them and form a true mash-up of misery? NO! Because the assholes are aware of the bullshit these women are pulling and stay far, far away preying on the helpless nice girls who give them whatever they want. This leaves your Bitches to end up with the Type A males; the nice guys who are going to accept the crazy and evil that is flung upon them because all the nice girls just want to put them in the friend-zone so they can bitch about how the asshole guy they’re dating is fucking them over. Then these poor guys also get cheated on and get hurt and Bitcharella moves on to the next guy who’s gonna buy all her shit and put her on a pedestal that she’s done nothing to earn and the good guy gets screwed over too. Vicious. Cycle.

This leads me to the Type C Males. These guys really and truly are good guys, but they’ve seen the cycle so many times that they put on a shield of asshole to prevent a ticket to the friend-zone and a punch to the gut. These men, boys and girls are the real winners through all this. Most nice guys are too honest to play this card and that’s why they keep setting themselves up for disappointment. The Type C poses that initial challenge to the girl. She wants to “fix” him. It can’t be done, but lo and behold this guy was really a good guy all along, so the girl gets what she wants, a perceived initial challenge leading to long-term happiness with their “transformed” good guy. As for why the Type C female (nice and sweet with a front of bitchy) doesn’t exist, well that’s simple. The good girls want an asshole guy to transform, but the good guys want a nice girl to treat right. So for a girl to put on that front would be a failure because no guy wants to deal with a controlling bitch, they just happen to be the only girls left for the good guys because of the entire previous scenario.

So this brings me to my to the thesis throughout all this. Good girls and good guys (who don’t pretend to be assholes) cannot end up together (at least at the stage of life that I’ve made it to, I’m sure it happens later when women get tired of the games and realize what they truly want is right there and always had been). Two of my closest friends and I spent a good 45 minutes one night over a year ago looking back at every couple we’ve known well. We went to the same high school so have a ton of mutual friends there, but went to 3 different colleges and all know each other’s groups of friends. Between the three of us we came up with exactly ONE couple in which a genuine good guy got a genuinely good girl without a front put on by the guy or any games. We reminisced on a lot of bitches with good guys and a lot of assholes with awesome girls and even quite a few good girls with Type C guys, but only ONE good girl-good guy couple. How scary is that?

Like I said, there’s always exceptions to every rule, but I challenge you to think on your own relationships and friendships and try to think of how many GOOD couples you've known (let’s say ones that happened between ages 17 and 26). I’m not here to preach to anyone, and I certainly, as I said in the Wing Theory, am no love guru, but I have been a nice guy all my life and I have gotten fucked over more times than I’d care to admit. If girls just took themselves out of their little box for one minute they’d realize that the guy they want is probably looking them right in the face and they don’t even realize it. Stop trying to find a guy to “fix” and go find a guy that’s gonna treat you right FROM THE START. We exist. We’ve just seen you look the other way so many times that we have to settle for girls who we know are gonna fuck us over. Good guys are easier to find than most women would ever believe, they’re just always looking in the wrong places, and guys don’t keep settling for girls you know are gonna use you. I’ve been down that road a million times and it’s never pretty. If everyone just stops settling and starts seeking what they actually WANT in a significant other then we can break this chain and leave the miserable people to wallow with each other and stop taking advantage. It’s on us. Anyway that’s all I got, comments and arguments are, as always, welcome and appreciated.

Sal

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At what point in life do you stop being who you are and become exactly what you've hated all along. If it's a means of gratification, both instant and long term, do you become something you're not to get it? If the only way to get a girl you care for, love even, is to treat her like shit and fuck with her head and be just like every other guy she's been with do you do it? At what point do you cross that line you swore you'd never cross? Step over that edge and through the crossroads? Forgive my bad analogies and cryptic speech, but I vent through writing and whoever decides to read this thank you for being a shoulder to lean on. Whatever this metaphorical line is, i think I'm ready to cross it.

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You told me big girls don’t cry
So I suck tears from fakes smiles and cruel designation

I am
Not
An
Alcoholic

I am
Fuzzy teeth waxing the stains of his digits embedded in the weary of what I could never call home
And a man I knew in the facade of a boy floating in Peter Pan complex
You know he never had a…

Daddy,
You think I drink too much
I only sip poison on the good days,
I chug arsine on the punctuation marks of hellos with no response
This liquor is gridlocked clarity of rage

I made him wear your cologne
so when he walked away he could smell the traces of your footsteps massaging the wind

I am
Zoloft
Prozac
Oxicontine
Smeared make up
Eyes lined in Patron

I am not a phucking ALCOHOLIC

I am
Your reflection reflecting on cracked mirrors of how much your glass house looks like mine
stone fisted words you threw in quieted discourse of your absence

He dawned your complexion in the darkness of the multiple lost numbers in my phone
I never drunk-dial
call the devil in the sobriety of needing to be held like your bottle of
“Good Times” spewed on bathroom stalls
Where you prayed to porcelain gods to save you wayward guidance
I called him because I wanted my…

Daddy,
I am not an alcoholic
I just sip poison on the good days
Guzzle away at gridlock anger for clarity
Because I never had a

Daddy,
It’s me; I just wanted to tell you that
I’m not an alcoholic, I just miss you
.....

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Never met her before
But I think I like her like a metaphor
It's hard to get in the car we sit
From the intro she rolled down her window just in case I was a skitzo
I compliment her on the common sense
I'm calm
A lil more confident
And then we lose consciousness
She says "that I've been waiting for you"
And I know you've been chasing me too since they kidnapped me from a castle
I been thinking of you
I told her "fire breathing dragon he bet not harm me" or he be sorry when he meets my one man army
And thou has come to rescue me
My knight in shining armor yes you be
Woken up by the horn of an SUV
I said "see, too beautiful to let you sleep

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So I've spent some time working on this theory that I had one day. I finally decided to put it in writing and share it with all my friends and anyone else who may stumble upon it or have it passed onto them. This work is 100% original and came from my crazy mind. I hope you enjoy it, and if you don't that's cool too, but everyone I've told it to thus far has gotten a kick out of it AND agreed with the principles contained within. Enjoy.

Ok guys, women are tough to figure out. First and foremost, you MUST understand this if you do not already. Now, I’ve pimped this theory up to some of my close friends, and they’ve all seemed to stand by it. It answers just about every hole you can try and poke through it. This theory will attempt to help us men realize if a girl we’re looking at a real relationship with is the one for us. Quickies and one-night stand chicks need not apply. So, without further ado, The Chicken Wing Theory:

*Note, this theory does NOT apply if the girl in question is a vegetarian/vegan. If this is the case, and you are a carnivore, then you’ve probably already drawn your conclusions about them.

The stipulations of this theory are important toward determining the outcome, so they should be followed, the first stipulation is the most important:

**YOU CANNOT HAVE HAD SEX WITH THIS PERSON**

As we know, even if we don’t care to admit it, in relationships, sex changes things. If it’s good it can blind you to some faults, if it’s bad it may make flaws seem EXAGGERATED. This theory is specifically to assist in determining if you want to pursue something MORE than sex. This rule is a biggie.

*Additionally, the night you perform this experiment should be fairly early in the dating cycle. If you’ve already been on 6 or 7 dates, first of all there’s a decent chance you have had sex, secondly, you’ve already gotten to know them and may have already formed your opinion on what you think of them. This stipulation is more flexible than the first, but ideally, The Wing theory should probably be tried on the third or fourth date.

Here’s how it goes. Ask the girl out for a couple of drinks at a bar (ideally at around 7 pm). One thing to know about women is that if they know they’re going out on a date, they’re either going to eat light, or not eat at all before meeting you. I don’t agree with what I’m about to say, but many women believe eating before meeting a guy will make them look bloated (again, since this is in the early stages, they still really want to impress us, just like we do, them). A woman could have the body of Beyonce and still think she looks fat. We cannot change this, even though we often think it’s crazy. The fact that they’re eating light, or not eating, means that they won’t be full and logically, will probably even be a little hungry when you link up.

Once you arrive at the bar (either before her or with her gentlemen, don’t make them wait if you can avoid it), you will presumably have a seat at the bar itself or at a table, and order a round of drinks. Here’s where you have to be a little bit coy men, you have to find a way (somewhere between drinks 1 and 2) to order some wings. The best hope is that she goes to the bathroom to freshen up, but if not, perhaps walk up to the waiter/waitress/bartender under the ruse of ordering drink #2 and also add on the order of wings. Assuming you can pull this off; the stage is set.

Wings are without a doubt one of the messiest foods one can eat, but secretly, just about every woman in the world (again excluding vegetarians/vegans) genuinely loves wings. The wings will arrive at the bar/table, and your lovely date will now be presented with 3 options, which more than likely will determine what type of woman she is.

a. This girl will politely decline your offer of this fantastic snack. You may try as you might, but often times a woman’s 1st answer is the one she’s going to stick with. So if the first answer is a no, it’s not likely to change. This girl is likely saying no because she is self-conscience of being a little bit messy in front of you, or eating something other than a salad in front of you. She might say she’s full (not likely for the aforementioned fear of looking bloated) or she doesn’t like wings (also USUALLY untrue, it really is a tough food not to like) or some other excuse that probably isn’t true. Give the girl credit, she is strong-minded, and that’s sexy, but the issue here is you’ve already had a couple of dates to loosen up around each other. If by date 3 she’s still that closed off, who knows how long it’s going to take to get her to get comfortable being herself with you. Additionally, she may just be too proper for her own good. Why CAN’T a girl have a wing and eat it with her hands? It’s just a chicken wing, and ladies; you can have just one or two. Oh, and we LIKE it when you eat things other than salad!

SYNOPSIS: This girl is somewhat closed off. Even after spending some time with you, and obviously being interested enough to go on a third date she probably likes you, and the stubborn unwillingness to have a small portion of something that she probably enjoys with you is a little off-putting. Unless EVERYTHING else has been going well, you need to realize that she might not be the one for you because she’s having this much trouble having a finger-food with you. Be polite, be cordial, PAY THE CHECK YOURSELF and unless she’s been amazing in every other way, maybe reconsider what you want to pursue with this girl.

b. This girl will begrudgingly eat a wing or two (possibly after initially declining) WITH A FORK. This one is simple guys…

SYNOPSIS: You put down the money for what you’ve gotten so far and you GET THE FUCK OUT OF THERE. This is the type of girl who obviously didn’t want a wing but accepted just to please you then half-assed it, refusing to be a person or HAVE A SOUL. There aren’t many bigger turn-offs for a guy than eating wings with a fork. EVERY man I’ve asked about this agrees: Forks with wings are a no-no. Guys, you don’t want a girl who bends to your will but does it with a pissed off expression and an alternate means. If she doesn’t want a wing, that’s fine, we like strong women, but we don’t want half-assers, and fork wing-eaters are half-assers. These women are the devil. And if you’re reading this thinking “Hey, I eat my wings with a fork and I’m not the devil!” Then you need to look in the mirror and find your horns because you are a succubus. Google that shit.

c. The girl dives right in. Head first. No questions asked, she get’s down to it, with her hands maybe even getting some sauce on her cheeks!

SYNOPSIS: Gentlemen, we have a winner! This is obviously a cool chick, who isn’t afraid to be herself around you. Here she is, eating the messiest food around WITH HER HANDS, and having a great time with you. To me, even though this is something as little as eating a chicken wing, it’s a HUGE tell-tale toward what a future with her may be like. This is the grand prize sirs.

Look, I’m not gonna pretend to be some sort of love-guru, but I have spent some time ironing out the pieces to this theory, and I stand by it. It may not be perfect for you, but I know that it’s a pretty subtle, but efficient litmus test. It’s not going to tell you everything you need to know (that’s what the first two dates were for), but it may very well put the final stamp of approval on a girl you haven’t really figured out yet. Feel free to try and poke holes in my theory, but I’ve been able to answer all of them thus far. Best of luck in love and dining.

Sal

Miss iLL : My first question has to be, why is your name Otis Clapp?

Otis Clapp : I used to go by the name E-Biz. Along the way I picked up Otis Clapp, but I can’t tell you where I got it from, then I’d have to kill you. (Slight smile)

Miss. iLL : How did you get in to mc’ing?

Otis Clapp : Umm, Sophomore year in high school, many moons ago we had to keep a journal in my English class. I just felt like it was a diary, just felt like it was whatever. I started writing rhymes everyday. We had to write in the journal EVERYDAY. I just did, started writing lyrics, in the beginning it was mostly bullshit, then I started to like doing it. People in my school were catching on, back then hip- hop was HIP-HOP, you know, 97.

M.I : Do you still keep a journal? Just for you?

O.C : No, because I didn’t really keep a journal then. I was supposed too…

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