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April 11th, 2007
Real Women Pass Gas…We Need A Revolution!
I am so sick of guys and girls trying to attain to some kind of human perfection. What is up with the surge of “plastics” lately? Or the girls who get up at 6am to get ready for their 8am class and make the rest of us normal sleep-deprived girls feel inadequate? Or the ridiculously muscle bound guys who keep Creatine in their backpacks to make sure they don’t miss their daily dose of protein? Ahhh I can’t take it anymore!!!
Sometimes I’m bloated and I have three pimples right smack dab in my forehead. I don’t feel like working out and when I try to put makeup on my pimples they just end up sticking out more. I can’t wear any of my “cute clothes” because they are too formfitting for my retention blessed visit from Aunt Flo and my hair is a mess. I have to be in class in 5 minutes and I can’t find a tampon!!! Girls- does this sound familiar?
That’s why I say let’s start a new revolution. Let’s just all take it down a notch on the beauty scale. I’m not condoning “hippie showers”, dreads (no offense, but they are just dirty…bugs and Bob??), or leftover makeup from the night before. I’m just for a little “aesthetic relaxation”.
And one more thing…let’s get a tad bit of “aesthetic diversity” around here. I’m sick of seeing people wearing the same things day after day. No kind of personal expression or signature twist on their clothing, just the same Abercrombie & Fitch tee and jeans that say ridiculous things like “Save A Horse, Ride A Cowboy” or “Blondes Do It Better”. What are you trying to say here? If you’re going to have something written on your shirt please make it somewhat intelligent or at least funny. There are a lot of cool “funny” vintage-y types of t-shirts online at palmercash.com or noisebot.com where they have t-shirts that say things like, “Club Sandwiches Not Seals” and “Make Awkward Sexual Advances Not War.” Shirts like these are not only funny and interesting, they are good conversation starters…definitely better than “Jake’s Crab Shack…We Have All The Crabs You’ll Need” or something of the sort.
And it’s not just Abercrombie & Fitch, it’s all the skaters and goths too. Just because you are trying to be different by wearing all black and rimming our entire eyes with black eyeliner doesn’t mean you have to lose a sense of yourself, woops I meant style. Color is nice…try some color. Skaters rocking all Volcom/Etnies/DC/Emerica stuff-this does not make you “cool”…only that you spend a lot of money on sweatshirts and skate shoes. Everything you wear does not have to be a skater/snowboard label, I swear it doesn’t make you any less of a bada** rider.
So let’s break a rut CSU. It’s close to summer, let your hair down a little (without blowdrying it) and let’s bring back ORIGINALITY! And next time someone snidely comments about your clothing, tell them you are practicing “aesthetic relaxation and diversity”; They won’t know what they hell you are talking about and while they sit there and contemplate your answer you can walk away laughing to yourself about your new t-shirt that says, “Draft Beer Not People.”
April 3rd, 2007
The Definition of Beauty
The definition of beauty is described as this: “Beauty is a quality present in a thing or person that gives intense pleasure or deep satisfaction to the mind, whether arising from sensory manifestations (such as shape, color, sound, etc.), a meaningful design or pattern, or something else (such as personality).”
What I find most interesting about beauty and how people perceive it, is the fact that most people are not aware that science plays a vital role in how humans decide what is “beautiful” or “attractive”. It is proven that most people worldwide agree on certain physical aspects that make another person attractive.
This phenomenon is often called the “universal correlates of beauty”. It says: “Strong correlations between attractiveness and particular physical properties have been found across cultures. Despite significant variation, there nonetheless exists a tremendous degree of agreement among cultures as to what is perceived as attractive when it is associated with human health. Healthier looking skin is universally associated with attractiveness. Infants, who presumably have not yet been affected by culture, tend to prefer the same faces considered attractive by adults. Some experiments have been done in
Some Determinants of Male Physical Attractiveness:
- Small Waist
- Broad Shoulders
- Erect Posture
- Average Height (when woman are looking for long term relationships)
- Taller than Average Height (when woman are looking for short term relationships)
Some Determinants of Female Physical Attractiveness:
- Shorter Physical Stature Than Themselves (meaning men)
- Waist-Hip Ratio of 0.7 (which means your waist is 70% smaller than your hips)
- Proportionate Body
- Facial Symmetry
One last somewhat disturbing fact I found: “When a person is seen as attractive or unattractive, a whole set of assumptions are brought into play. Across cultures, what is beautiful is assumed to be good. Attractive people are assumed to be more extroverted, popular, and happy. There is truth in this — attractive people do tend to have these characteristics. However, this is probably due to self-fulfilling prophecy; from a young age, attractive people receive more attention that helps them develop positive characteristics.”
Any of you ugly people feeling sorry for yourselves yet? Well get over it, Mother Nature must have endowed you with some other advantageous trait so get off your ass and figure out what IT is, or accept your life as the under-privileged ugly duckling.
All info found on the website; Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
March 22nd, 2007
The Grass is ALWAYS Greener
Girls, ever feel like no matter how good your guy is there is something better out there? Guys, do you have yourself a beautiful/nice/intelligent girlfriend but you still can’t keep your eyes from wandering, looking for the next best thing? It seems that no matter how good we have it when it comes to dating (or life in general, but I’m not going to try to tackle that quandary), we always think there’s something/someone better out there.
For example, my last boyfriend, let’s call him John*, was perfect with a capital P. John* brought me out all the time, paid for everything, remembered all my favorite things (without me ever reminding him), was fantastic in bed and didn’t exhibit any of the popular spousal grievances i.e. being overbearing, jealous or needy. I didn’t fall out of love with him, we didn’t “lose our spark”, neither of us cheated on one another and we hardly ever fought…so what exactly went wrong then?
The answer is NOTHING. NADA. ZIP. ZILCH. I went away to college and we decided to have a long distance relationship. It was great, we were both happy at first, but the distance began getting to me and my eyes started wandering. Every day I saw new guys-tall guys, short guys, black guys, white guys, skater guys, punks, jocks and nerds. Any kind of guy I could ever want was (and is) right here at my fingertips. Oh, the woes of college, too many potentials and so little time.
Well I started becoming interested in some guys I was hanging out with. I felt guilty but I wasn’t “doing anything” so I figured “crushing” wasn’t a crime. I met guys at parties and in class who I thought were cute but the more I got to know them the more I began to realize that none of them were going to even compare to John*.
That’s when I finally realized… I had been wasting all this time trying to find something better than my relationship, better than John*, and maybe even better than me, and it was all because I’ve always thought that: there is always something better than what I already have. I now know that that is not always the case, but it almost (and maybe has) cost me a wonderful boyfriend, and more importantly a great friend.
Every relationship is not going to be a bed of roses and I think we all know that by now, but next time you look at some seemingly “perfect couple” (you know the ones I’m talking about-Barbie and Ken, Angelina and Brad, or that blow-dried sorority girl and her cut-as-a-stone boyfriend) I want you to take a second and think about why you envy these couples. Do you think they don’t fight? That Barbie never brushes Ken off when he wants a little nookie? Or Angelina doesn’t get annoyed when she gets ignored for the Super Bowl? These are problems ALL couples have, every single one of them, and if someone tries to tell you otherwise they are full of shit. Anyways there’s nothing like some good head-banging, hair-pulling, I-want-to-burn-your-valuables angry, makeup sex to make everything better. It definitely beats the sappy, “I-think-I-want-to-marry-you” sex or the “I’m-still-watching-the-game-while-you’re-having-an-orgasm-sex”, or the dreadful “Are-we-done-yet?” sex. I bet Barbie and Ken have never had some good spicy makeup sex…well, I guess they probably have never had sex (anatomical incorrectness-damn you Mattel!), but if they were I’m sure it would be the “vanilla” kind of sex.
What it comes down to is that, so maybe your relationship isn’t everything you dreamt it to be. Maybe he farts in his sleep or she wears granny panties, but at the end of the day we’re all human (ok maybe not Barbie and Ken) and we all have our flaws. Realize that no one’s perfect and just because Flanders’ lawn looks perfectly green next to Homer’s, doesn’t mean it isn’t astro turf.
March 5th, 2007
Interracial Dating (Part 2)
Hey everyone! So, over the past week I passed out 100 surveys to random people (girls, guys, different ethnicities, social backgrounds, ages, etc.). I’m hoping since I took such a random sample from all over CSU that the results of my interracial dating survey are representative of everyone on campus.
The results were as follows:
1. Would you ever consider dating a person of another race?
70% Sure, that doesn’t even cross my mind.
22% Maybe, but I’ve never dated someone of another race.
0% No, I don’t find people of other races attractive.
8% Yeah if he/she was really hot.
0% NO WAY!
2. Have you ever dated someone of another race?
39% Yes
61% No
Out of the 39% that said yes…
86% claimed it wasn’t any different from dating someone of their own race.
14% claimed it was different from dating someone of their own race.
3. Is there any race you would definitely not date?
0% African-American
0% White
6% Middle Eastern
8% Asian
3% Spanish/Latina
83% None- I don’t base who I date on ethnicity at all.
4. Would your parents be against you dating someone from another race?
6% Yes
67% No
27% Not sure/Maybe
One participant wrote that his parents wouldn’t care if he dated someone of another race but would care if he married someone of another race.
I also asked people what stereotypes they had heard (regarding dating/sex). I got some interesting answers…
“Asians have small dicks”. “Blacks have big dicks.” “Mexican men only like blondes.” “Black guys want to date white girls.” “Spanish, Latinos and Europeans are sexy!”
Here are some conclusions I got from reading the results of this survey.
- Most people are not against interracial dating.
- On the contrary, most people have not dated someone from another race.
- Also, people who have dated someone from another race usually find that it is not different from dating someone of their own race.
- Most people don’t base who they date on race.
- Most people don’t have a specific race that they will not date.
- But, there are still people who are adamantly against dating someone just because of their race.
- The majority of people’s parents wouldn’t care if they dated someone from another race.
- But a small amount of people’s parents would care if they married someone from another race.
I am not saying these are all true for all people. But from talking to all different types of people and reading the results from the survey, I feel my conclusions have pretty solid evidence to support them.
So I’ve always pondered why it is that many people haven’t dated outside their race. Is it because of stereotypes? Just who people feel more comfortable with? Or is it simply personal preference? So I had this conversation with some friends, and we came to the conclusion(s) that we believe most people date within their own race for personal preference. For example, personally I am not attracted to the vast majority of Asian men. It’s not that I write them off immediately it’s just the fact that I don’t find them attractive. A lot of my girlfriends agreed with that (regarding Asian men) I’m not exactly sure why, but I’m pretty sure it just has to do with the basic “look” most Asian men have. Weirdly enough though, most of my guy and girl friends thought Asian women were gorgeous and exotic looking.
My whole life I have dated white men because where I grew up I was one of the two or three black people in my high school and my mom is white. Everyone I have been around my whole life, all my friends, relatives and family (my dad and his family are estranged) are white. I find I am just more comfortable with white guys. And as much as people will try to say dating different races isn’t different, I disagree for the most part. Different cultures breed different people period. And that’s not a bad thing, but I think it’s kind of scary and intimidating to be around a lot of people from different cultures when you have grown up in very sheltered small town (which I know a lot of us have). So all in all, I think we’ve come a long way when it comes to interracial dating, but let’s take the next step. Let’s go out of our comfort zone, try to ignore the stereotypes imbedded in us and take a chance on something/someone new and interesting. Who knows maybe the stereotype, “Once you go black you never go back.” is true…I dare you to find out.
February 27th, 2007
Interracial Dating
Recently, with Black History Month and the Holocaust Remembrance site on the CSU campus (it is located near Clark C in the green-composed of different colored flags) the subject of racism, racial stereotypes, and social race divides has been brought to the forefront of my mind. Where I’m from, the East Coast, specifically
Anyways, all of this racial mumbo-jumbo that has been floating around in my brain, made me think of the subject of interracial dating. For those of you that don’t know, interracial dating is when two people from different races, such as a black man and a white woman date. Pretty self-explanatory right? From personal experience, being as I am biracial myself (half Kenyan, half French, Dutch, German) I have encountered some not-so-blatant bigotry while dating a person of another race (primarily white men). At some restaurants I have gotten weird stares, but nothing big; No one has ever said anything to me about it.
On the contrary, recently at a Pepper Concert in Denver (which was awesome by the way) my white guy friend (who shall remain nameless) overheard some fellow concert goers (guys of course) commenting on the fact that he was with a black girl (moi)-they thought we were “together”. I’m not going to pretend I heard the whole conversation, my guy friend wouldn’t tell me the details because he didn’t want to make me upset, but I got the jist of what they were saying by the level of irritation in his voice (he was livid, by the way). I’m really glad he didn’t tell me that night, I was pretty intoxicated and I probably would have started crying or worse started talking shit and maybe consequently throwing some punches. I am not a violent person, and I have never gotten into a fight, but racism is definitely my breaking point; I hate it and I won’t stand for it, especially in this day and age.
Another semi-recent experience I had (this was in Steamboat Springs-where I currently reside when not on campus), was this summer when a known bigot and criminal by the name of “Big Al” said some extremely racist things to my brother and me. He called my brother the n-word and his friends n**ger lovers. He even called my ex-boyfriend one night and asked him, “Why are you dating a n**ger chick anyway?” That wasn’t even the half of it, but that’s not the point. The funny part was that “Big Al” listened to gangster rap, wore baggy clothes (made by companies owned by black execs-FUBU, Rocawear, etc.), and talked like he was from the
Something truly amusing I’ve found when I’m meeting guys at parties, we’ll be talking and sometimes I’ll get that he’s not interested because I’m black; but, the minute they see my green eyes and find out I’m half white it’s like voila! A totally different impression is made and now they’re all about me. What is that!?? This is what I imagine going on in their heads: “Hey, look at her, she’s pretty cute, but I’m not really into black girls.” Time goes by, conversation happens. “Wow, she has green eyes, I wonder what ethnicity she is.” More time goes by. “Cool, she’s half white and has green eyes; that’s hot because she’s all exotic looking like those hot Brazilian Victoria’s Secret models.” Personally I find it funny, but inside it still hurts me a little. Knowing that someone doesn’t like me because of the color of my skin, not my character or personality or even what I am wearing, but because of a color on my skin that I can’t change (not that I would ever want to) is like a slap in the face.
And finally there are the guys who find it “adventurous” and “exciting” to date a person of another race. They imagine that guys and girls of different races can be better and crazier in bed
(For example: Latin lovers). Or they seriously believe the stereotypes of certain races, like all black men are “packing (wouldn’t that be nice girls?). Anyways, if it were true, don’t you think all black men would have girls chasing after them all the time and the rest of the male population would be left high and dry? Now THAT would be interesting.
For my next blog I will be conducting a little survey to test my theories out about the stereotypes that surround interracial dating (and also just to satisfy my burning curiosity). I’ll be passing out the surveys in the LSC and all around campus so please pick one up and give me your 2 cents! I would be happy to have your feedback.
Till next time….
Alex
February 26th, 2007
The Reviewing Process
Hey guys, its Alex. I thought before we get started with this blog thing, maybe you would like to know a little about me first. I like puppies and rainbows, starfish are pretty cool, anything pink…alright just kidding, had you going for a second there didn’t I? For real though, this is my first year at CSU, I am technically a freshman, but I took 2 years off to learn about the finer things in life (aka being a ski bum in
I’m almost 21 (yay for me!) and I like to go to concerts, party with friends, and most of all, analyze people like you (and me I guess if you want to get technical about it). So today’s topic is something that has been on my mind for awhile, I call it “The Reviewing Process”.
Today we will concentrate more on the “Friends Reviewing Process”, but don’t forget that there is also a “Father Reviewing Process”, “Mother Reviewing Process” and if you’re close with your family, an “Extended Family Reviewing Process” which could essentially be broken down into “The Cousin/Uncle/Aunt/Niece/Nephew Reviewing Process”, well you get the point.
By “reviewing process” I mean the process that starts when you’re dating a guy/girl and you know they like you, but you haven’t gotten the green light for girlfriend/boyfriend yet because their friends haven’t a.) met you b.) gotten to know you or c.) met you but aren’t sure about you yet. I know we’ve all gone through this process, (if you haven’t been a total hermit and have had at least one relationship), even if you weren’t aware of it. See that’s what I’m here for, to shed light on the many mysteries of dating, guys and whatever the hell they’re thinking, if they are even thinking at all.
So, moving along, the “Friends Reviewing Process” is a tricky one. What if you don’t fit in with his “crew”? What if they are just a bunch of assholes and you want nothing to do with them? (Which by the way, if his friends are all assholes, you may want to rethink this dating him thing because more than likely, he is an asshole too.) But, if you really want to date a guy and you’re about to start the “reviewing process” with his friends there are a few rules you should follow. Ok, I know having rules sounds stupid, but hey I’m just trying to help you, you’re the clueless one.
Rule #1 Don’t don’t don’t be needy! Nobody likes whiners, beggars, clingers, users, etc. He may want to buy everything for you and do everything for you, but don’t let him become your bitch-his friends will make fun of him and probably start to ostracize him, and you’re also probably going to lose a little bit of respect for him. Who wants a door mat?
Rule #2 Drink beer once in awhile, watch some football, kid around, just try not to be so intensely girly that even other chicks are confused by you. He needs to know that you can hang with the guys, and so do his friends. They want to know that they won’t have to drag him away from his ball and chain every time they want to see him, if you can come along (even better if you’re welcome to come) then it’s the best of both worlds.
Rule #3 Along those same lines…Don’t try to be TOO MUCH like one of the guys. He wants a chill chick by his side, but he has enough guy friends and he doesn’t need more. And his friends aren’t going to find you so sexy anymore if you can burp the alphabet better than they do.
Rule #4 Relax, relax, relax. You can only do so much, and you’re not trying to change yourself for him, so just be yourself. Your guy fell for you for a reason (hopefully its not just your boobs) and the more his friends get to know the real you, they will start to see the reason you’re so super cool-(don’t ever say that). If you are always so afraid of “messing up” then his friends, and probably him, are going to think you’re an uptight c-word.
You’re beautiful, you’re intelligent and whoever is with you should be damn proud. So in the end if you find yourself trying to be someone you’re not, to get his friends approval so you can finally move on with this god awful excuse for dating in college, then you need to kick him to the curb girl! You are special and pretty f-ing cool if you ask me and you shouldn’t change yourself for anybody (especially some stupid boy who doesn’t realize what a prize you are)! So next time you’re walking in to meet his friends for the first time, stand up straight, hold your head high, and strut your stuff (it probably wouldn’t hurt to bring a case of beer either- I recommend Bud, it’s cheap and still surprisingly refreshing).
Signing off,
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