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57 Girl Confessions

57 Girl Confessions...yeah, I'm pretty bored.

1.
Is it cute when guys kiss you on your forehead?
If I like the guy then yes.


2.
A big poofy dress or a short party dress?
short party dress

3.
What would you do if you received a long love letter?
It depends from who. Thus far I have only received such things from creepy stalkers or guys who mistook one date for an engagement.


4.
Group dates or single dates?
single...I flat out refuse to go on group dates

5.
Do you hate it when guys act different around their friends?
Yes and no...it let's you see who he really is. But hopefully he can just act like himself regardless of the company.


6.
Are diamonds a girl’s best friend?
Nah, I can think of some things that rank higher :)

7.
Is your hair up or down today?
down

8.
Do you straighten your hair?
sometimes

9.
Favorite mascara?
um...the kind that goes on your eyelashes?

10.
Do you get your nails done?
Pedicures yes. I do my own fingernails usually.



11.
Small or large purses?
Haha...you do NOT want to know how I first read that one!

12.
In your purse, what are your must haves?
wallet, keys, chapstick, mints, phone

13.
Jeans or sweats?
depends

14.
Do you wear clothes/shoes/jewelry that’s uncomfortable?
of course

15.
Do you text message a lot?
not too much usually

16.
What would you do if you got pregnant?
Wouldn't happen

17.
What’s your favorite color?
green

18.
Heels or flats?
heels, i don't wear flats unless they're flip flops or sneakers

19.
Did you ever cry during a romantic movie?
In Love & War

20.
Would you ever leave the house without make-up on?
I do all the time

21.
Walmart or Target?
Walmart. There is no Target near me.


22.
Do you wear collared shirts?
occasionally

23.
Do you like preppy boys?
I really don't. But do just one good preppy-ish boy and now I find myself attracted to them...but its just bc they spark some memory of him. They are not really my type.


24.
Do you think lip gloss is the best!?
um, its ok

25.
Do you own any big sunglasses?
yes

26.
How long does it take you to get ready in the morning?
20-40 minutes, it depends where I am going

27.
Do you like to wear band-aids?
only when i cut myself

28.
Do you like skater boys?
i used to worship them when I was like, 15. Now, not so much.


29.
Do you often wish there was something you could change?
sure, don't we all?

30.
Gold or silver?
silver

31.
Do you like to receive flowers?
I don't care

32.
Do you like surfer boys?
nah

33.
Do you dress up for the holidays?
sometimes

34.
Do you like to wear dresses?
I do

35.
On a scale of 1-10 how much do guys confuse you?
1 - for 99% of them which I think I understand quite well.

...and the remaining 1% that I don't, keeps me heterosexual :)

36.
In the last 48 hours have you hung out with a guy?
yup

37.
Would you date a guy shorter than you?
i married one once...then we divorced (bc of the height difference)
...just kidding

38.
Do you like to hold hands?
hmm...maybe if I really like the guy, sure

39.
What is the youngest you would date?
Those born in or before 1984/85.


40.
What is the oldest you would date?
Probably only 2-3 years older.


41.
What do you notice when you first meet a guy?
Confidence/Intelligence or lack there of.


42.
Is it hot when guys sweat?
ewe...no

43.
What is the best feature in a guy?
Depends on the guy.


44.
Do you like making eye contact?
With non-psycho people, sure.


46.
Would you kill for chocolate?
No...and not a huge chocolate fan either.


47.
Did you ever spend all day/night getting pretty for a guy?
No but I have spent like 2 hours.


48.
On a scale from 1-10 how fun is shopping?
Assuming 10 is most fun and 1 is least fun I say 2. I usually HATE shopping.


49.
Do you freak out if you miss your favorite show?
Huh? I don't even watch TV.


50.
Do you yell a lot?
i don't yell really ever

51.
Do you wear sweatpants/pajamas to school/work?
To school yes, frequently.


52.
Have you ever dressed unlike yourself to impress a guy?
No but I don't really have a "like myself". I'm pretty diversified.


53.
Do you write a lot of mushy love poems?
No but I did when I was younger.


54.
What makeup could you not live w/ out?
I think I could sustain life without makeup.


55.
Do you fall in love easily?
Definitely not.
But when I do fall, I fall HARD!

56.
Do you have cramps?
no

57.
Do you think you have the bestest friend ever?
No, but that is because "bestest" is NOT a word.

Another, "Now I've seen it all" moment.

Every now and then I come upon some situation so incredibly ridiculous and/or unbelievable that I have to write a blog about it. See A word about V-day.

One simple little pleasure that I allow myself is a monthly pedicure. Sure, I could do this at home. But for $25 it’s a relaxing experience and they do a much better job at the salon than I would do myself. Today, a good female friend and I set out to do just that.

We entered the salon behind a group of two women and three young girls. One of the women signed in for a manicure and the other for a pedicure. But they also signed in all three little girls for manicures as well.

Now let’s review:

Manicures (or pedicures) cost $25 a piece.

These girls were young. The oldest could not have possibly been more than 6 or 7 years old. The middle aged girl I would peg at 4 or 5 and the youngest was in no way older than 3 years old. In fact her “baby talk” leads me to believe she was even younger.

This was beyond annoying to have to wait in line behind three toddlers. But honestly, who does this? The answer is women with WAY too much time and money on their hands. And here’s another thing ladies; if you are treating your 3 to 6 year old daughter to manicures in a salon, I hope you are ready to treat her to expensive sports cars when she is 16. Because spoiling a small child like this is going to be a lifetime activity with expectations compounded over time. Who does this?!?!?!

So the youngest girl (maybe 3) finishes with her manicure and is seated at the nail drying table when her mother comes up to her and asks, “Are you sure you don’t want your toes done too?” WHAT?!?!??!? My friend and I just looked at each other with blank stares of disbelief. I announced, “Oh this is a blog waiting to happen.” So here ya go.

Relationship Quiz

1) Single, Taken, or Crushing?
single

2) Are you happy with that?
most defineitly

3) Would you kiss your ex?
eh, define "ex" and it depends which one but most likely not.

4) Have you ever had your heart broken?
yep

5) Do you believe that there are certain circumstances where cheating is ok?
No, not in what is supposed to be an exclusive relationship. Dishonesty is never acceptable. Of course, I don't subscribe to the idea of serial monogamy. But I am always very honest and upfront about that.

6) Do you believe in love at first sight
not exactly, but love at first IM maybe (lol)

7) Have you talked about marriage with someone?
yep, been there done that, divorced

8)Do you want kids?
NO, no, no

9)How Many?
Zero

10) If someone liked you right now would you want them to tell you?
I don't care.

11) How do you feel about being with someone of the same sex?
not my thing but then again, "being with" anyone is kinda not my thing

12) Do you want someone you can't have?
I did very much for a long time. It still hurts. But I don't want him any more.

13) Have you fallen completely in love before?
Yeah, see #12

14) Do you believe in celebrating anniversaries?
acknowledging yes, celebrating I could go either way

15) Have you ever broken a heart before?
possibly

17) Does your ex still have feelings for you?
no but we are on friendly terms

18) Do you believe in long distance relationships?
yes, I need my space so these can actually work well for me

19) Do you think any one of your friends will repost this?
nah

Life is a Highway

Another job failed. School was failing or at least falling below what I needed. The two went hand in hand because there wasn’t really time for both. I always set my bar high so failure was nothing new to me. I often tried things that led others to think I was nuts. The hardest thing for me to do was to quit or give up. But I also had to be realistic about when I had clearly been defeated.

I drove around for an hour trying to find my way to this country diner that I had been to once before in the middle of nowhere. It was just the kind of place where I wanted to chill. I got terribly lost but I didn’t care. I was in the move to drive.

Finally I found my way to the right road and as I drove down that road I passed a number of excessively large, expensive homes. It was this one in particular that struck me. It seemed large enough to house an entire extended family. It was white with black trim and set back quite a ways from the road. What would it be like to live there I thought? What does one do with a house like that? And there was my epiphany. The answer was boredom, my arch enemy. And that’s when I realized that goals like that weren’t for me. My life wasn’t about destinations; I was all about the ride.

List of complaints dating back to 1985...

OK, so not really. That was just a play on an old joke made at my expense back in high school. Never the less, I thought this might be a fun way to blow off some steam as well as an entertaining piece for people to read. I often say, "Nothing pisses me off more than...," haha! So here we are; an ongoing list of pet peeves which will be continuously added to.

1) When a guy asks you out but then expects you to come up with the plan OR asks you out and then says he's down for anything. NO!!! This is the equivalent of saying, "I'm bored and I don't know what to do but I have chosen you to entertain me." Wow, what a great contest I have won!!! No thank you. If you ask me out, you should have a plan or at least a few ideas in mind.

2) Drew Barrymore. I don't know, there's something obnoxious about the way she talks or looks.

3) People who believe everything they see on TV or people who have no good support for their beliefs or values and defer to such excuses as, "that's just how I was raised," "that's just how it is," or ANY reference to the Bible. In conclusion, people who don't think for themselves.

4) Men who email me asking for naked pics. Really.

5) People who talk entirely in slang like, "Dat shit is phat," people who write entirely in caps and or without punctuation, oR pEoPle ThAt WrItE lIkE tHis.

6) People whom consistently misuse homonyms such as their, there, and they're or to, two, and too.

7) Britney Spears. Can everyone just get over her already?!!?!?

8) OH...people that get annoyed with ME because I have never watched their favorite television show by which they vicariously live their lives or because I don't follow American Idol or any other "reality" TV shows.

9) Bill collectors that have a computer call your house only to ask you to sit on hold. I mean really, does anyone do that? I don't see how this is productive for them at all. I mean, they always say they have an important message for you. Sure, some dumb smuck might sit there thinking, "ooo, maybe I won a million dollars". But I'll bet that only works once.

10) People who sincerely believe that WWE is "real"...eh, or any soap opera for that matter.

11) People who waste my time. Wow! That should have been #1!

12) People under the age of 50 who in the 8th year of the 21st century STILL cannot manage simple computer tasks such as attaching a photo to an email or saving a file.

13) People working behind a counter that don't acknowledge your presence with something like, "I'll/someone will be right with you".

14) Sitting on hold for any more than two minutes.

15) Pretty much all ISPs (internet service providers) available in WNY.

16) People who say that they do not like cats because they are not friendly. No...it's just that the cat doesn't kiss your ass for approval like a dog would. These are always the same people that have a problem with me being as independent as I am.

17) People who arbitrary hate any animal.

18) The phrase, "Age is just a number". Sure...when you are a 54 year old man hitting on a 28 year old women. How about a better argument maybe like, "I have lots of money and I don't know how to spend it."

19) The phrase, "It's what's on the inside that counts." Shut up, really. Only an ugly or dishonest person would say that. And yes, "what's on the inside" certainly does count. But that is NOT going to override a completely grotesque or even strongly unattractive exterior. If you want to argue this with me don't; cuz you're a liar.

20) Ooo, LIARS, dishonest people, people who say they want honesty but do not practice it themselves OR people who ASK for an honest answer and then get upset with your response.

21) People who in anyway debate with me my decision to not have children. The most annoying is "you never know,". Yes because it's not like reproducing is a choice or anything. It's not like we have any control over that. And that's like saying, "you never know...something you do not want more than anything in the world could happen to you." That's nice! Second and third would be again, any appeal to the Bible or stating that, "You just have to!"

22) Marriage.

23) People who state the obvious and or insult my intelligence.

24) Pro-lifers...this kind of goes hand in hand with the extremely religious or #3.

25) Men that I don't know who email me with things like, "how are you," and or "what's up".

26) People who tell me I should be dating an older man. Um, no thank you. (a) Older men typically look to be my father's age and I do NOT have a daddy fetish. (b) Older men typically either have children or want to start making them tomorrow. (c) Older men hold strong to old-school stereotypes regarding male/female roles. (d) Older men ALWAYS talk down to me like I am a child. I was never a child. But they ALWAYS think they are smarter and more experienced in life just because they have been on the planet for a few years longer than I have. They constantly insult my intelligence. And (e) Older men tend to like younger women because they feel they are in a better position to control "their woman". NO THANKS!!!

27) Non-technical people that offer me "technical advice" which is 9 times out of 10 either wrong or blatantly obvious.

28 ) Any person that talks about or offers advice on any subject on which they are clearly not educated or qualified to advise.

29) Twenty-five feet of snow in 24 hours in MARCH!!!

30) Surveys which contain questions in which the choices are NOT mutually exclusive or the questions themselves are double-barreled.

31) Guys who upon your seeing their pic, ask things such as, "Do you like?," "What do you think?," "Am I hot enough for you?," "Are you attracted to me?," OR those guys that debate their attractiveness and put themselves down in a sad attempt to fish for compliments.

32) People who are oblivious to the fact that NY is a state and NYC is a city within the state of New York and that there is a whole lot of NY outside of NYC! This is 1st grade geography folks.

33) People who type "sorry" as "sowwy",
as if that is supposed to be cute!

34) When people make me talk about things or ask tons of questions when i really need to be left alone. I can be verbally vicious in this situation. If I am not talking it's probably a good thing.

35) TV shows where they allow viewers to call in and ask stupid questions or make dumb comments.

36) Actually, 95% of all that is on TV.

37) Unproductive meetings (which is in reality, redundant), meetings that are obvious excuses to avoid actual work. If you want to sit around a table and talk with your co-workers, go to lunch together.

38) Being forced to play games at meetings under the guise of it being an icebreaker or some team-building bullshit.

39) Coworkers that think I NEED company on my lunch break. NO!!! If we are not friends outside of work, chances are I don't want to talk to you unless I'm being paid to do so.

40) People who proudly boast that they do not read or whom respond to such a suggestion as if you were trying to sell them crack.

41) People who post photos of themselves that they took shooting into a mirror when all but very cheap cameras come with a self timer delay feature for use in this very situation.

42) When men say, "You're an attractive girl, how can you be single? OR, you should be able to get a man easy." (As if that is my life's ambition.) Yes, yes I could...if I wanted to. Maybe that's why I'm single...ever think of that? I mean, you would never look at an attractive male and say, "You're hot. How can you not have a girlfriend? OR, you should be able to get a girl easy."

43) White people that assume because I am also white* that I share their ignorant and racist views and/or want to listen to their bigotry.
(*I also hate the term white...as if I have NO color at all.)

44) People who are ignorant of other's poverty and say things like, "...it ONLY costs about $100" OR "if you visit Vegas, be sure to bring a few grand in spending money" OR in any way suggest that travel is easy and affordable OR things like, "you really should start saving for retirement". LMFAO! OK, suuure...right after I finish paying off that $70K in student loans with my $20K/year salary.

Survey 67

1. Do you have a dirty mind?
indeed I do

2. What would you do if you found out your ex is engaged?
I'd be a little surprised. It might sting a little but I'd be happy for him.

3. Have you ever done something you told yourself you wouldn't do?
yup

4. Have you ever really wanted something so bad and got it?
No. I have historically been very realistic with my "wants" and therefore obtained most of them. But the one and only thing that I have ever really wanted so bad?...no, I cannot have that. :(

5. What would you do if you saw a person fall down a flight of stairs?
um, try to help them

6. Are you aware of what happens around you?
for the most part

7. When is your next road trip?
who knows

8. Would you ever consider having a long distance relationship?
I prefer long distance relationships

9. Do you have any friends that you've known for 10 years or more?
yes, many of them

10. Do you need to know everything about some one's past?
NO i prefer not to know some things

12. Do you know how to drive a stick shift?
I learned how to drive on a stick but the last time I tried it, I kinda sucked at it

13. Anything hurt on your body right now?
yes, my neck and my shoulders...overdid my workout yesterday

14. Have you done anything bad recently?
uh not so much

16. Who is the last person to make you laugh? When?
idk

17. Have you ever been stalked?
yes i have and more than once

19. Do you have any strange or odd things in common with your best friend?
idk, I have a lot of friends with things both in common and very different

20. Have you eaten a lot today?
nothing so far, just woke up

21. Does your best friends know your family?
Only my old friends know my family; my newer friends do not

22. Do you think you will be married by the time you are 35?
Oh hell no

23. Is there something you're doing tonight?
not sure

24. Would you rather have someone be honest and hurt you or lie and save your feelings?
honest and hurt me...yep, I asked for it

25. Have you told anyone you love them this week?
possibly my cats

26. Last four things you drank?
coffee, coffee, Propel, and coffee

27. Next thing you will do?
go to school/work

29. Do you like to give roses?
nah

30. Would you date someone 10 years older than you?
absolutely not, that person would be closer to my parent's age
I am rarely attracted to men even my age or a few years older.

32. What is your favorite kind of hot drink?
Coffee

34. What was the last thing you procrastinated doing?
a report for work

36. What would you do if you got stuck in an elevator?
flip out...seriously!

37. Do you watch TV or listen to music more?
music def

38. Did you ever intentionally vomit?
i have when i was too drunk to sleep

39. Would you rather your mate have gorgeous eyes or a gorgeous smile?
I would rather we were both intensely sexually AND intellectually compatible. Beyond that everything else is just icing on the cake.

40. If someone cheated on you, what would you do?
it depends yet is rather irrelevant bc I don't see myself in a committed relationship anytime within the next decade.

41. What month is your birthday in?
September

42. What is your favorite kind of gum?
I dont' chew gum

43. Would you consider yourself a bad or good influence?
Depends...good for the most part.

44. who sits next to you in your first period?
haha

45. Do you like the show A Shot At Love With Tila Tequila?
don't watch tv...never heard of it

46. Would you rather have an apple or an orange?
apple

47. Do you enjoy watching other people trip?
um, no

48. Would you ever get a tattoo?
I have three. I should be done now.

50. What time is it?
11:32am

54. Do words hurt you?
they can

55. Do you like wearing leather?
No

56. Did you sleep at least 7 hours last night?
sorta...I was in bed for 7hrs...did I sleep that whole time?...prob not

57. Do spiders scare you?
Not at all. I think they are kinda cool.

58. Halloween or Christmas?
HALLOWEEN!!!

59. Would you rather wear glasses or have braces?
glasses def

60. Do you think that your name defines who you are?
nah

63. Would you rather it be sunny or rainy?
sunny

64. Who's your best friend(s)?
see the top row of my friends here

67. Do you find it hard to concentrate?
sometimes...lately a lot