Ladies...men are useful because they will do the things that we hate doing if we smile and say please.
Granted, if he won't, he's probably not worth the trouble :)
Friday, May 13, 2011
Men are Useful...
Well, I have to say hauling up groceries, taking apart beds, and carrying pieces of furniture up the stairs are things I would not miss doing. Along with taking the trash out and generally having other support, I could use one today.
Ladies...men are useful because they will do the things that we hate doing if we smile and say please.
Granted, if he won't, he's probably not worth the trouble :)
Ladies...men are useful because they will do the things that we hate doing if we smile and say please.
Granted, if he won't, he's probably not worth the trouble :)
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
The "No" Phenomenon
Okay, so I've heard all of the jokes, "but sometimes no means yes,' and all of that crap, but it's starting to seem to me that some people actually believe it's true that a lot of times no means yes.
In my case, I'd like to shed light on this. If I have said no, I mean it. I do not want you to sit next to me, I do not want to talk to you, I do not want to go to dinner or a movie or on a walk with you, I do not want you to pursue me any further, and if you press the matter, I will become angry and act accordingly.
Obviously this is a rant in regard to a recent situation. There is a guy who goes to a venue that I do for concerts that I tried going out to dinner once with that is a pig. I would say no I don't want to go out again and his response was a tacky "oh baby, you know you want to".
NEWSFLASH No. If I have said No I don't want to, there is no other context there. I am not interested.
I think men (and maybe women...I'm sure this happens to guys too) have their wires crossed sometimes. It is not sexy to try to tell another person that they want to be with you. being contrary and stuck up like your shit doesn't stink is far less than unattractive.
Maybe I'm weird, the macho hey baby you want me act makes me sick. I prefer the sweet guy that watches me, finally has the courage to talk to me, and eventually takes the risk and asks me if I would like to do something sometime. I haven't found the right one yet, but I really hope women don't like "the jerk". Unless you're in a situation where it's established that yes could mean no (and I mean directly, not this second-guessing bizarre type), I'm thinking that no means no means no.
In my case, I'd like to shed light on this. If I have said no, I mean it. I do not want you to sit next to me, I do not want to talk to you, I do not want to go to dinner or a movie or on a walk with you, I do not want you to pursue me any further, and if you press the matter, I will become angry and act accordingly.
Obviously this is a rant in regard to a recent situation. There is a guy who goes to a venue that I do for concerts that I tried going out to dinner once with that is a pig. I would say no I don't want to go out again and his response was a tacky "oh baby, you know you want to".
NEWSFLASH No. If I have said No I don't want to, there is no other context there. I am not interested.
I think men (and maybe women...I'm sure this happens to guys too) have their wires crossed sometimes. It is not sexy to try to tell another person that they want to be with you. being contrary and stuck up like your shit doesn't stink is far less than unattractive.
Maybe I'm weird, the macho hey baby you want me act makes me sick. I prefer the sweet guy that watches me, finally has the courage to talk to me, and eventually takes the risk and asks me if I would like to do something sometime. I haven't found the right one yet, but I really hope women don't like "the jerk". Unless you're in a situation where it's established that yes could mean no (and I mean directly, not this second-guessing bizarre type), I'm thinking that no means no means no.
Monday, May 2, 2011
Stop the Distractions and Keep Moving Forward
It's sensational, isn't it? Osama Bin Laden. He's dead, we killed him, freaking congratulations.
The media, the people, all teetering and twittering, fighting with one another.
Yay America, serves the bastard right.
A solemn day, a human being dead.
How can you celebrate?
Hell Yeah!
It's all back and forth...focused on the anger, the retribution, the hurt, but is it really as important as what our neighbors are facing?
Here's the news we've forgotten due to one man's death and another man's birth certificate:
Last week, in an outbreak of a weekly count of 312 tornadoes, a record 226 tornadoes ravaged the southern United States in a period of 24 hours.
Maybe I'm more sensitive to this news because of how close Windsor, CO is to my heart. I saw the destruction from one tornado and we only dealt with one death of one man. The scale of this is so much greater and yet we're satisfied to talk about a man that caused us destruction. During this time of crisis and mourning that which has been lost, I think we have our priorities completely out of place.
We need hope and compassion and volunteerism. We cannot focus on the dead, we must focus on rebuilding. People have lost everything and we need to stand up and offer our assistance instead of getting caught up in political bullshit. Talking doesn't help anyone.
When the tornado happened in Windsor, volunteers came out from everywhere--Colorado for a brief time was community. We could do anything because we did it together. The south is in shambles. Neighborhoods full of people are gone and the devastation is incredible. Who comes to their aid? There are places where there aren't communities to help communities because the entire areas are decimated. Maybe we should work on that problem instead of whining and arguing about the impact of one man. Do you really think this country is improved when we focus on the past and retribution?
It's true our lawmakers and policy creators fail us. We have hope and they spit in our faces with their petty arguing and big corporate backing, but it doesn't mean we have to be slaves to it. It means we have to make our decisions, actions, speeches, and arguments more deliberately. We may not change the world with one action, but we can change lives. So please, get off Twitter and actually do something productive. Don't let them distract us.
We the People are the United States of America and I believe we are much stronger and much more capable than we are given credit for.
The media, the people, all teetering and twittering, fighting with one another.
Yay America, serves the bastard right.
A solemn day, a human being dead.
How can you celebrate?
Hell Yeah!
It's all back and forth...focused on the anger, the retribution, the hurt, but is it really as important as what our neighbors are facing?
Here's the news we've forgotten due to one man's death and another man's birth certificate:
Last week, in an outbreak of a weekly count of 312 tornadoes, a record 226 tornadoes ravaged the southern United States in a period of 24 hours.
Maybe I'm more sensitive to this news because of how close Windsor, CO is to my heart. I saw the destruction from one tornado and we only dealt with one death of one man. The scale of this is so much greater and yet we're satisfied to talk about a man that caused us destruction. During this time of crisis and mourning that which has been lost, I think we have our priorities completely out of place.
We need hope and compassion and volunteerism. We cannot focus on the dead, we must focus on rebuilding. People have lost everything and we need to stand up and offer our assistance instead of getting caught up in political bullshit. Talking doesn't help anyone.
When the tornado happened in Windsor, volunteers came out from everywhere--Colorado for a brief time was community. We could do anything because we did it together. The south is in shambles. Neighborhoods full of people are gone and the devastation is incredible. Who comes to their aid? There are places where there aren't communities to help communities because the entire areas are decimated. Maybe we should work on that problem instead of whining and arguing about the impact of one man. Do you really think this country is improved when we focus on the past and retribution?
It's true our lawmakers and policy creators fail us. We have hope and they spit in our faces with their petty arguing and big corporate backing, but it doesn't mean we have to be slaves to it. It means we have to make our decisions, actions, speeches, and arguments more deliberately. We may not change the world with one action, but we can change lives. So please, get off Twitter and actually do something productive. Don't let them distract us.
We the People are the United States of America and I believe we are much stronger and much more capable than we are given credit for.
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Captain Jack Harkness...These Songs Remind Me of You EVERY Time I Hear Them
Britney Spears - Till the World Ends
Bon Jovi - Who Says You Can't Go Home
Katy Perry - E.T.
The Black Keys - Strange Times
Johnny Rivers - Secret Agent Man
Dr. Dre - I Need a Doctor
Big & Rich - Save a Horse, Ride a Cowboy
Britney Spears - Seal it with a Kiss
Chokebore - Speed of Sound
Roughhausen- I Know You
Voyeur - High
Placebo - Post Blue
Britney Spears - Hold It Against Me
Plasmacrash - Apocalypse Chime
Hinder - Lips of an Angel
Fountains of Wayne - Stacy's Mom
Hecuba - Humanize
Rihanna - S&M
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Let's Focus on Reality, Shall We?
Actually....let's not. Reality kind of bites the big one right now...how about some entertaining things I'll likely never buy and never own but that I think are cool enough for a small space in this insignificant blog?
Dr. Who Time Traveling T-Shirts:
Nintendo Reversible Messenger Bag:
Dr. Who Sonic Screwdriver Pen:
Boldly Going Nowhere Pin:
Harry Potter Quidditch Goggles:
USB Mixtape:
New Retro NES Gaming System:
Nerdity T-shirt (wouldn't a babydoll or hoodie be cool?):
Hello Kitty Talk Nerdy to me Babydoll:
Dr. Who Time Traveling T-Shirts:
Nintendo Reversible Messenger Bag:
Dr. Who Sonic Screwdriver Pen:
Boldly Going Nowhere Pin:
Harry Potter Quidditch Goggles:
USB Mixtape:
New Retro NES Gaming System:
Nerdity T-shirt (wouldn't a babydoll or hoodie be cool?):
Hello Kitty Talk Nerdy to me Babydoll:
Some Encouraging Words I Hope I Can Use Today (from Genoa Coffee & Wine's Newsletter)
Have you ever wished you could go back to some 'restore' point in your life? Or wished you could reset it to 'factory settings' like you can with a phone or other electronic gadget that gets too full of faults or incompatible parameters that it just doesn't work like you want it to anymore? The thing is, you can. There is no connection to the past unless you make one ... every day, every moment is all there is in the 'now' of life. You can choose to do and be whatever you want, right now. Is that scary or uplifting and exciting? Again, you choose which ... but the possibilities are always there ... you decide how you want to live this new moment ... and the next ... and the next. That isn't some 'new age woo-woo' or anything other than the fact of the way it is ... You want to learn a new language? Start playing a musical instrument for the first time? Change your career? Change your hair, clothes, entire way of being? Go ahead ... be ... YOU!
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
As much as I hate crying...
It seems pretty necessary. I don't know if I'm the only person that does this (sincerely doubt it, with so many people on the planet I can't be weird enough to share each of my quirks with at least a few people, right?), but when I get angry and raise my voice, my stomach curls up and I eventually start coughing (sometimes resulting in upchucking). It feels awful. Lately, I've been trying to let the frustration not come out so much, but allow my sadness to come out so that I cry and it's hard to do. I think maybe I'm afraid to cry, even when there's no one else around.
I'm under what I'd consider an uncomfortable and damn unreasonable amount of stress right now. (Yes, I know that's the point, if stress was reasonable, it likely would not be stress.)
With the ages of the kids, work projects, the final processes of my divorce, juggling reporting and all kinds of financial silliness, making sure to have enough time spent with the kids, and finding things to do so that I don't completely lose touch with reality, the positives have been harder to focus on. I feel like the things that I do are never balanced and never enough.
I will say that my body is doing better, I've been slightly more responsible with sleep and eating patterns, and I'm slowly digging myself out of both self-created and life-imposed holes, but I really wish I could make the processes faster and stop hitting times I let myself feel overwhelmed.
I'm under what I'd consider an uncomfortable and damn unreasonable amount of stress right now. (Yes, I know that's the point, if stress was reasonable, it likely would not be stress.)
With the ages of the kids, work projects, the final processes of my divorce, juggling reporting and all kinds of financial silliness, making sure to have enough time spent with the kids, and finding things to do so that I don't completely lose touch with reality, the positives have been harder to focus on. I feel like the things that I do are never balanced and never enough.
I will say that my body is doing better, I've been slightly more responsible with sleep and eating patterns, and I'm slowly digging myself out of both self-created and life-imposed holes, but I really wish I could make the processes faster and stop hitting times I let myself feel overwhelmed.
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