Rules

I have a lot of guidlines in my life. I think it is my attempt to exercise control in the face of the chaos that is human existance. These are not rules I neccessarily expect others to follow, but things I try to live by so I can look myself in the mirror everyday.

A brief sampling of my rules:

Do not willingly hurt people, and do your best to minimize the hurt when it is unavoidable.

Shoes match belt.

Be the friend you depend on others to be.

No wine without a cork.

Do not mess around with someone else's girl.

Don't date Actors (this is non-negotiable)

Seperate your laundry.

As I have been getting to know a number of new people over the past nine months, I have come to realize just how many rules I have. I am, as my mother says, "particular". What concerns me is that my rules may be closing me off from worthwhile experiences.

I have strongly resolved to not date within the entertainment industry. Most people I have spoken to about it agree, but I was discussing it with a colleague last night, and her response was "so what happens when you meet someone in the business who really interests you? Are you going to pass up what may be the greatest experience of your life just because you have this rule?"

I don't really have an answer for that. And I am plauged by the words of Kyle Smith in Love Monkey: "There is a fine line between picky and loser."