One thing about this summer-- it has been very cool. This weekend has been rather warm, but generally it has been breezy and around 75 in the sunshine state. I haven't really done anything for myself. I had tentative plans to hang out with a couple friends I went to high school with, but those plans didn't pan out. It would have been nice to since both of the friends I had plans with are beyond gorgeous, but no worries. I have had lunch or dinner with Dad and Judy a couple times at various places- Martha's 22 St. Grill on the Strand, Redondo Beach Brewing Company (no, I didn't have a drink), Good Stuff, and The Blue Butterfly in El Segundo.
Anneli did a show. I saw it four times. It is called "The Drowsy Chaperone." And it is SO FUNNY, just as long as you don't get offended easily." Music, Mayhem and a gay wedding!" "Four couples getting married at once? Yep, that's how they do it in Utah!" "I have something to say about that scene, and yes I HAVE BEEN DRINKING. HICKUP!" Just some of the best lines. A SMALL snippet of what the show has to offer. And if you do get offended easily, well, lighten up and go see it.
BOOM!
Oh, don't worry I just wanted to make sound effects
Sunday, August 22, 2010
Thursday, June 24, 2010
Sociological impact on BYU-Idaho Dating
My apologies, I am getting all of the angst and disgust filled posts out of the way before I move on to more important other subjects. My roommates and I are planning a day trip to Jackson Hole Wyoming and one of my roommates suggested that we all invite someone to come with us. So I asked someone if they wanted to go and she said it sounded like a lot of fun, but that she was going out of town this weekend. That of course is all fine and dandy. She can do whatever she feels like doing. Today as I was walking home from my class I was her walking holding some guys hand. Now let me make this very clear- the fact that she has a boyfriend is not a problem either. That's great. But saying, "Oh I'm sorry, I'd really like to but I'm going to be out of town." makes it sound like I have a chance to ask her out later. If she has a boyfriend obviously I can't, so just say that you are taken and move on. I won't die i promise!
But of course after she said she was; "leaving town" I asked a few other people, not in person and of course not at the same time, and they have completely ignored me. I have a new word for you. It is a short English word that is used when you don't want to do something: NO. Two letters. One syllable. But girls at BYU-Idaho seem to be afraid to use this simplest of English words so they don't offend anyone. I realize that this is not entirely their fault. The socialization of Mormon girls requires that if they are asked on a date they should say yes unless they are in fear of their lives or chastity. Good moral idea. But if they just plain don't want to go for their own reasons they feel that they have to make up an excuse or not respond otherwise they may make it sound like they are afraid I'd jack them up or something. I'm not going to so they have to get creative on excuses. I think the socialization of BYU-Idaho females has messed them up in terms of complete honesty. I don't think this is entirely their fault, and am willing to give them the benefit of the doubt, but really if I ask you out and you don't want to go just say no and we can still be friends instead of ignoring me and then I always wonder when you're going to do it again.
But of course after she said she was; "leaving town" I asked a few other people, not in person and of course not at the same time, and they have completely ignored me. I have a new word for you. It is a short English word that is used when you don't want to do something: NO. Two letters. One syllable. But girls at BYU-Idaho seem to be afraid to use this simplest of English words so they don't offend anyone. I realize that this is not entirely their fault. The socialization of Mormon girls requires that if they are asked on a date they should say yes unless they are in fear of their lives or chastity. Good moral idea. But if they just plain don't want to go for their own reasons they feel that they have to make up an excuse or not respond otherwise they may make it sound like they are afraid I'd jack them up or something. I'm not going to so they have to get creative on excuses. I think the socialization of BYU-Idaho females has messed them up in terms of complete honesty. I don't think this is entirely their fault, and am willing to give them the benefit of the doubt, but really if I ask you out and you don't want to go just say no and we can still be friends instead of ignoring me and then I always wonder when you're going to do it again.
Monday, June 21, 2010
The Beginning of my Blogosphere
Blogosphere- That makes me think of the former Governor of Illinois. I can't spell his name, but you know the one- apparently he was obsessed with his hair, and he tried to sell Barack Obama's Senate seat after Obama was elected as President.
Do people usually start these things by talking about themselves? Well I am. Not because I'm vain (I hope not anyway) but because I kind of feel like it, this is MY blog, and I don't know what else to write about. So: Boom! Cue the cannons and the band. Here is my BLOG.
What do you want to know? Random facts? Sure why not.
I am always open to invites to eat food. Ok, that is probably pretty boring. hmm, oh I used the word "pretty" in that sentence. I usually have a thing for short blondes. I guess that would describe about 90% of the girls I've "liked." But not all of them. There have been a few exceptions. Come on I can't be totally predictable. I don't "like" anyone right now, which I consider a major blessing because I do not do well with the whole dating thing. I think it has to do at least partly with being such an introvert, a trait I alternately get annoyed with and enjoy. I mean, I see all the loud social people getting noticed and everyone acts like they are great, but some of the extreme extroverts I have known that were absolutely obnoxious are not who I would want to be like. So I guess I'll just have to be who I am and see what happens. Yippee. Ok, enough about that for now.
Do people usually start these things by talking about themselves? Well I am. Not because I'm vain (I hope not anyway) but because I kind of feel like it, this is MY blog, and I don't know what else to write about. So: Boom! Cue the cannons and the band. Here is my BLOG.
What do you want to know? Random facts? Sure why not.
I am always open to invites to eat food. Ok, that is probably pretty boring. hmm, oh I used the word "pretty" in that sentence. I usually have a thing for short blondes. I guess that would describe about 90% of the girls I've "liked." But not all of them. There have been a few exceptions. Come on I can't be totally predictable. I don't "like" anyone right now, which I consider a major blessing because I do not do well with the whole dating thing. I think it has to do at least partly with being such an introvert, a trait I alternately get annoyed with and enjoy. I mean, I see all the loud social people getting noticed and everyone acts like they are great, but some of the extreme extroverts I have known that were absolutely obnoxious are not who I would want to be like. So I guess I'll just have to be who I am and see what happens. Yippee. Ok, enough about that for now.
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