Thirty Day LA

I won't lie: life has treated me well. Life has given me a lot of things: a close-knit family, good friends, financial independence, and priceless memories. I can't really ask more out of life, and that's that.

Then I was presented with the 30 Date LA project, and it got me thinking...

...maybe instead of asking things out of life, I should be making things out of my life. After all, life really is the longest form of art, and masterpieces are made, not given.

So why does 30 Date LA tie into all of this? It's because a date encompasses both aspects. You first ask (in one form or another) someone out on a date, and then you make something of it. What better way to transition into a life of asking into a life of making?

I was talking to my best friend Agent about this upcoming 30 Date LA project. The conversation went like this:

Agent: So you're just going to randomly talk to people and make something of it?
Mixtape: Yeah, I guess you could put it like that. Maybe not completely random, but yeah, that's the idea.
Agent: Well, how come you didn't do that before?
Mixtape: You mean make something of it? Hmmm. I really don't know...I guess that's what I'm out to find out.

But in order to find out, I need to change things about myself. Things that may have been barriers. I gotta change my perspective. I gotta change my priorities. I gotta change my ideals. It's possible that some of these changes may not be for me, but I'm also open to the possibility that these changes may be what I've always meant myself to be. I won't really know until I mix things up.

And the mixing begins now. Keep listening -- the tracks are in the making and the playlist will be posted soon.

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Starting now, 30 Day LA is going to cover some new territory: dating.

Say what, you say?

While Kwongdzu figures out the logistics in tackling 30 Day LA between battling polar bears, piloting a helicopter ambulance, and holding down a day job, we are moving on and plunging into the scary abyss of dating in LA.

Now we all know that LA is full of gorgeous women. In fact, you could probably take an average looking girl by LA standards, transport her to a non-beach town somewhere in the US, and she'd be lining up the guys and knocking them over like dominoes. While LA may be a great singles scene for those guys who are famous, rich, or ridiculously good looking, it's a different story for normal guys. These normal guys know there's no way the beautifully flighty LA girls would give them a chance, and they can't seem to find any normal girls they could enjoy being boring and unattractive with and not have to go broke trying to keep her around. For normal guys in LA, dating is a difficult proposition, one that seems as faint as a Hollywood dream.

So here's the idea:
3 normal single guys living in LA.
10 dates each, over the span of 3 months.
30 Date LA.

Over the next few months, three new contributors will be telling their stories of navigating the dating scene in LA. Their ultimate goal: to have at least one successful date that will (hopefully) lead to many more. Sounds easy right? That's what we're here to see.

For those seasoned dating professionals out there, feel free to offer some advice to our new contributors. I'm sure they will appreciate the help. And no, reading the book "The Game" does not make you a seasoned professional, so stop talking about it.

First up on deck is Mixtape. He has a reputation as a hound, as he's constantly surrounded by an ever-changing contingent of women. However, as far as dating experience goes, he falls under the category of normal guy. He hopes that undertaking this project will force him to take advantage of the numerous dating opportunities that present themselves to him. Mixtape, take it away.

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