See what he did there? This guy has it figured out. Well dressed, understated - yet he knows you know he thinks he's too good to be in the office and dealing with meetings and reports and the like. Then after work what does he do? He has straight functions to get to in dimly lit areas with people gathering and socializing and overall having a good time. Does he possibly pick up the bill for he and his? Yes. Does he know the DJ? Correct. Does he maintain a smirk the entire time? Absolutely. He leaves at what looks like the height of the night - leaving everyone wanting more. He hops in his nice ride and he's off. But that's where the commercial leaves off and I fill in...

He clearly lives somewhere downtown, and after putting back a few at the hip lounge he just left (he is buzzed, yet not drunk, mind you) and he pulls up to his brick-exposed loft. He lives either on the 17th/18th floors which offers him a spectacular view of the LA basin, yet is not high enough that the elevator would take an amount of time that would hinder his ability to lure attractive Erika Badu types up to his lair. But this is where I myself am not sure: does he have a wifey type waiting back home; ergo his confidence in leaving the lounge empty handed? I think this is likely - yet I respect differing opinions on this subject (just as some can't agree whether the third caliphate was correctly handed to Ali or not). The other option is that he has his go to lined up - which expedites his leaving at the height of the gathering. She's coming through to the crib with a nice bottle of bubbly after her stressful day at communications firm X (or non-profit Y, if she REALLY is an Erika Badu type.) Optimally she in neither and is involved in art in someway. She's a painter and has a studio in the Valley because of the cheaper rent, and her place is in echo park, but she feels much safer in the confines of the downtown loft with a guy she is struggling to get away from because he won't commit to her. It's as if her life has become Fifty Shades Of... 

In any case this guy has a myriad of characteristics that we all can learn from and incorporate in our day to day.

I would continue with this buy mi need'a bunks mi res.

I and I.

-R

YOLO

You literally only live once. Not three times or even twice. You want to eat that jack in the box tonight instead of the vegan salad? Do it. You don't feel like working out, but instead you'd rather chill on the net and watch Cheers re-runs? Do it. Thinking about spending 1.50 to get a second topping on that pizza? Do it. The lady at Panda tell you double meat is 2.00 more but you actually want double the orange chicken? Do it. etc. etc. etc. Super size it sir? Absolutely. Would you guys like any appetizers to start? Absolutely, and plan on bringing us dessert menus as well. 

As associates we need to call each other out on this as well. You see a friend say no to the side of chips although you know he wants them but decides to save 0.75? Call him out. You go to the movies and you friend says "allah akbar that popcorn smells good," better call him out on that. 

Two more issues I'd like to address (unrelated). The first is the following:

"All the people that were rooting me on to fail, at the end of the day they have to wake up tomorrow and have the same life they had before," James said following the Heat's loss.

My thoughts? Yup. 

Secondly is the patois phrase of the day:

"Is just pure almshouse a gwaan". 

Pure trickery going on

This might be used when your boss tells you to do something foolish. You just say:

What jah make me think dis be jus pure almshouse a gwaan.