Short and Sweet

No, i'm not describing myself in the title, just describing the post. Here's my question of the week: Why is the inernet so appealing? Seriously, let's take a BIG look on an example. The Facebook. Do people have an addiction? All sources point to YES.

UW-Platteville has recently got their hands on a website media called The Facebook. What is it? A way to stalk each other in a more subtle way. How you ask? This online directory allows one to look up anything about a person that person is willing to admit. Let's use an example. If i were to look up a girl name kimberly, here's what we get. A page with about 3 choices of Kimberlys would pop up. Which one to choose, lets go with the one with a question mark for a picture (just for fun). We come up to a screen that has information on Kimberly. things like where she's from, what she's majoring in, what kind of musi she listens to, her political views. This particualr girl is a liberal that likes to party and has no specific music taste.

You may be asking, what's the matter with that? Well, first of all, the first thing you judge that person on is how they look. If they are cute or just plan ugly. if they are ugly, no need to waste your time. Next, if you are added as a friend, does that mean your a friend for life? Or just to get as many people on your list as you can (which is apparently called "whoring out")? Next, you judge things souly on the fact that they like pink floyd or like country, or they put God as their interest, or they are an art major.

My biggest problem with this is, what ever happened to good old fashioned questions? You meet someone in your class, you start talking, you ask what they are majoring in, perhaps you escalate to the level of where are you from. This is the old fashioned way of meeting people! what ever happened to that? Then the question is raised, is this God's way of introducing people? Or is it something satan contribed so that we become even lasier than we already are?

I'll admit, i'm on the facebook. I could have rebelled and not gone on it, not written anything in my profile, or not put a picture up. so i succame to all the pressure of the technology. I'm ashamed to say that i'm meeting people through it too. I think the difference is, i think its dumb, and funny that people have started to use it as a crutch. I laugh at the stupidity of southwest wisconsinites. i mean seriously, the facebook is so two years ago.

When Harry met Bri...

"Had my dream again where I'm making love, and the Olympic judges are watching. I'd nailed the compulsories, so this is it, the finals. I got a 9.8 from the Canadians, a perfect 10 from the Americans, and my mother, disguised as an East German judge, gave me a 5.6. Must have been the dismount." Oh Billy Crystal, you zainy character, you. This is a quote from the beloved movie When Harry Met Sally. Most men would descirbe this as a mojor chick flick. Which, i'd have to agree is. But in the movie, Harry proposes an interesting theory. Men and women can't be friends. Is this true? Are men and women destined to be frenemies for the rest of their existence?

Now, i would never base anything on something that Billy Crystal said, but his thinking is that sex gets in the way. Not necessarily the act of sex, but the thought of sex, the lust, the idea of something more than plutonic. So before i formed a decision about this, i had to ask myself, have i had any relationships where i have been completely friend oriented? I haven't found an answer to that yet. Does this include the men that i don't find attractive? Because even in that situation, you think about the sex factor and decide whether or not you can be friends. Most times in this situation, you can be friends, and that's what you end up doing.

Then we have to think about, even if WE are not thinking about lust and sex, the other half could be thinking about it. the Kinsey Institute has done a study on men and women. They found that 54% of men think about sex everyday or several times a day, 43% a few times per month or a few times per week, and 4% less than once a month. And similarly, 19% of women think about sex everyday or several times a day, 67% a few times per month or a few times per week, and 14% less than once a month. So even if you aren't thinking about it, the other person might be and ultimately ruins the relationship.

What does all this boil down to? It seems that our society is a sexual society, and God made us sexual beings. Does this mean that inter-gender relationships are doomed? Not necessarily. My thinking is, yes, you can think about your guy friend for a second about whether or not you find him attractive. If you don't, and still want to be friends, well then, you've done it. However, if you do think your leading male friend is attractive then the friendship may perhaps be ruined. I think in my book, the jury might still be out, i'm not sure if this theory is true, but i do know, that I have guy friends...So that's good news.

Here's the plan:

So I've decided that I'm going to write this blog as a weekly column. I enjoy reading my brother's column in the fabulous Jordan Independant, so I've decided to take matters into my own hands and create a weekly column. I'll start out this week with a mind-boggling, question-raising topic.

There are approximately 147.8 females in the United States. 54% of these women are labeled as unmarried and single. What does this mean? The majority of those 54% have a set core of friends that they regularly spend time with, as to create some sort of company. The real question is, what percent of these women have female friends?

In my 20 some odd years of existence, I have battled my way through the lines to get to a decent female friend. I lucked out in the search because I have my sister as one of my best friends, and also, my best friend Jaime and my best friend Meredith. However, at this stage in my life I feel that to my chagrin, I am at a loss of women friends. Those near and dear are far from reach for the time being. So I'm on the prowl, back in the front line with guns a-blazzin'!

It has been brought to my attention that I am the type of girl that others hate. I can relate well to guys, I can talk with ease to the opposite gender. To me, its like riding a bike - nothing new to the concept of guys, just a different frame. Why is it easier to get along with guys than girls? Who knows, and frankly, I don't want to find out. But the reason for the topic is, that I would like to have a network of girl friends. I want to be "one of the girls." I want to wear nail polish and mascara with ease and not have a second thought about it.

how do we achieve that state? I was told to just do it, dive into the girlish abyss of skirts and pink shirts. This thought has been beating in my brain for the last few days at the idea of a "girls night." One such specimen came up to me and asked, "what do you think we should to at our girls night? Maybe we should just get all dolled up and go out to eat then come back and have girl time. Or maybe we should get some facial supplies and do each others make-up." Frankly it made me want to throw-up.

Maybe I'm not ready for this big of a commitment. I think for the time being I'll stick to my old ways of being punk and wearing grey. It matches everything and if it gets dirty, who will ever know? Is that a guy thing to say? Ah well, I like this side, its a clear view of both, and I know right where I am.

Ride 'Em Cowboy!

So, i rode a mechanical bull yesterday. it was pretty sweet. And i must say, if i were ever a cowboy, i'd rock your face off. Cause i'm the illest cowgirl there ever was.