So I've been watching For The Love of Ray J and getting a kick out of every minute of it.  I can't believe that before he invites a girl to stay, he actually asks them.."are you here for the love of Ray J?"  As cheesy as it sounds, it is a uniform way for Ray J to accept people, but his rejections are all over the map.  Is there one good way to reject someone?  Every since the adoption of caller ID, it has become easier to reject people discretely, but how do you do it directly without coming off as mean? It's damn near impossible.  Some of the meanest rejections I've heard are as follows:

"Awww...you college boys are so cute, but you're broke."

"Do you play for the Broncos too?  Oh...No? (girl walks away)." - she didn't know that I played for the Chargers

"You're really nice, handsome, and charming, but I don't date Americans."

Having been rejected in many different ways I feel totally in the clear for what I'm about to tell you.  I am guilty of giving out a fake phone number.  Not just any fake phone number... THE REJECTION HOTLINE phone number.  I actually have the phone number memorized for times when someone is really just not reading the non-verbal NOs that I'm giving them (I've only had to use it twice back in 2004).  So there are two girls in San Francisco that are pretty much allowed to punch me if they see me again.  Check for your area number below cause you might need to use for the overbearing suitor (give one a call to hear the message).

To tie this to music, there are plenty of musical references to rejection that I've been researching for this posting.  I hope you enjoy the compilation that I put together for these five situations:

Track 1. Ladies - Someone had you, messed up and they're trying to get you back

Track 2. Fellas - You're out and your co-worker happens to be there and won't leave you alone

Track 3. Ladies - You're out and dude keeps trying to push up

Track 4. Both - You gave your number out and he/she sends text after text and leaves vmail after vmail

Track 5. Fellas - The lights came on in the club and you got a really good look at her... and it's not so good

I'm Not Feeling You Mix

Blogging has been keeping me out of the club so I don't have to be on the giving or receiving end of any more rejections.  :-)

I can't say that I'm looking forward to having surgery on my knee, but being laid up will give me an opportunity to have some self-reflection, read some books, and watch some really bad TV. When I was in college we used to skip class to watch Jerry Springer (yes and I still made it out), but my new 2009 vice has to be "FOR THE LOVE OF RAY J" on VH1.

Ray J is famous for being the younger brother of R&B singer Brandy and for his infamous video with Ms. Kim Kardashian. He's also a singer/actor and after doing a little research, I found that this guy is really big overseas (it must be all of those UPN shows that run in syndication overseas).

If you haven't seen this show yet, it's like "Flavor of Love" with way better looking people (shouts out to Caviar, Cocktail, Danger, & Cashmere). So this is my apology to everyone that I made fun of for watching "Flavor of Love" and "I Love NY" season after season.

So when did Ray J get so damn famous and desireable? I mean... he doesn't even have a picture on his wikipedia entry. That has to be some sort of indicator of fame, or lack thereof. I guess I should have known when a random girl in Vegas looked me up and down and said, "OMG... you look just like Ray J!" [I'm sure you all have the correct picture of this girl in your head.] I can't hate on Ray J. I guess he's grown up from being Brandy's little brother and found his place in the limelight.

"I've been in this game a long time... I've been with a lot of women but I'm ready to get out. I want to do this show to find a ride or die chick, a chick that makes me want to get out of the game." - Ray J

In honor of Ray J's new show that will keep me entertained for years to come (of course he won't stay with the girl he picks after the first season) I came up with a Best of Ray J quick mix. It had to be a quick mix because I couldn't find that many songs that I actually thought were worthy of my hard drive space. Take a good listen. This is the last time you'll hear this many of his songs at once, unless you get invited to his birthday party.

Ray J Quick-Mix