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Wait... Men! A question!

Ok, so popular girl advice for reeling a man in is to introduce yourself in some way, engage in flirtatious behavior and then ignore the man until he cannot possibly stand the thought of being without you.

My questions to you, men, are:

(1) Does this work?
(2) How does this translate to "she likes me, I should make a move!"?
(3) How could manthought be so different from womanthought? (For example, if some guy ignored me, I'd assume he hates my guts or that I did something that disgusted him. This is the thought that would plague me, "Why does he hate me?" I would not think, "What can I do to make him mine.")

I base this on a mention in Cloudy J's post about girly advice. I also base this question on the fact that every man who's ignored me has done so to show disinterest or to get me to NOT like them.
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Book #6 The Book with an Ugly Cover

I didn't thoroughly enjoy it. It was kind of strange and I had to concentrate so hard on following who was saying what. The inner dialogue between the two people sharing the body was a bit long and arduous at times.

It was an interesting concept though. A old man has his brain transplanted into a young woman's body. The young woman's "soul" or something still lives in the body though... So both of them have to share it.

However, a lot of it seemed like a man's fantasy world where people just have sex with anyone and all of that sex talk got boring. I mean, sex is good and interesting... but good god, there was just so much talk of it.

If I had to give it a score on a 1-5 scale, 5 being awesome, 3 being so-so and 1 being terrible... I gues I'd give it a 2.75.

It was slightly better than my experience with Pride and Prejudice.
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Listen & repeat after me: That which we do not know is not necessarily evil.

Someone on my Facebook wall posted this:

Haiti - "A Call To Fasting & Prayer"

Ok, so the message they were apparently trying to convey is "Yay! Christianity!"
And that's ok with me. I was raised Christian... I'm probably still relatively Christian, but most people identify "Christian" with "nut job." (Most times, it seems, it's rightly so.)

Here's the thing. The basic rule behind Christianity (and most other world religions) is making the world a better place. Putting faith in something bigger and higher and better than yourself. I like that. Even if I don't worship the stereotypical man in the sky, I can appreciate trying to improve the world.

Most logical people would think that improving the world would include things like:

• Being less judgemental
• Being more forgiving and understanding
• Helping those in need
• Providing for those around you
• Giving your time and energy to caring for others

And yes, a LOT of people do this. But there is a vocal group of people (belonging to all religions) that like to ruin it for us all.

As I watched the video, my first thought was, "Three days of fasting? Wait, aren't they all trying to not starve right now? Is not eating really a good idea?" Then I thought, "Well, if their Faith is helping them rise up and try to be better and rebuilt, all the power to them. That's quite nice, actually."

THEN... they started to talk about conversions. That's when I knew it was going to go downhill... very quickly.
You see, I am of the belief that many faiths lead to the same basic deity/belief set. For example, nearly every world religion emphasizes charitable giving and prayer/reflection/meditation, declaration of faith, etc.

This includes Voodoo.

Voodoo (actually, Vodun) is derived from a variety of sources, one of the main ones originating in Africa over 6,000 years ago (before Christianity). It was brought to Haiti by slaves. Of course, most of Haiti's inhabitants were forced to convert to Christianity, so what many practice now is a sort of hybrid religion.

You can find a really nice summary of the religion here, actually.

There are, of course, evil spirits and possible misuses of power, just as there are in nearly every other world religion (because what would faith be without demon possession?) and evil "sorcery." But then again, the religion itself does not teach followers to do wrong. Wrong is done because people are sometimes weak and manipulative.

It just drives me nuts that people will demonize anything they do not understand.

In my humble opinion, ignorance is one sin that cannot be forgiven.

Kitty!

She really likes the box.
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Ack! Totally forgot it's Tuesday!

Ok. Loathes first:

I'm alone in my bed. (No cuddles for me.)
It's cold. And dark.
All the children in my life have Swine flu.
Some customers are just no fun at all.
Eric Cantor. He looks like a smug asshole. Maybe he isn't always that way, but every time they stick him on a TV screen, I want to spit on him. (That's how I really feel.)

Loves to end with:

It's fall and I will adjust to the cold and dark thing.
The shed's almost done, so I'll be painting soon. (This will probably become a loathe in a little bit, haha.)
I got some of my Christmas presents in the mail (I might have mentioned this already) and they are SUUUUPER cute. (Any etsy fans? Check out Down & Out Chic.)
I'm getting ready to curl up with Time Traveler's Wife. (I was going to start a few minutes ago...)

Things to look forward to:

Creating a packaging technique for the cute Christmas gifts I've received, since they all came in one box. (Time to get festive and creative... a bit early, I know.)
The weekend. I have off again on Saturday and I think I'm going to block off my morning for breakfast. I want baked oatmeal because it's delicious.

A quick midday update.

Since I'm not hitting the gym today (slacking and it's ok because I have laundry to do and supper to cook), I decided Burger King was the only logical lunch choice. I got a kids meal because they have Cloudy with a Chance of Meatball toys.

I need to send a text to Kyle at some point to try and figure a time I can help him. He's really left with Friday (after 4) and Saturday (after noon) as choices. Not much room for compromise there. I still don't know what next week's schedule looks like and I don't really like that, but what can I do. I guess if I want time off for my birthday, I should put in for it now.

I'm already out of time and need to head back to work. Damn cops are out again too. Lame.
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ToT: The "Oh my god, I remembered" Version.

Loathing:

- Stupid thoughts that have bubbled up in my head again. I thought I had banished them to the farthest reaches of my soul. I should I have known they'd be back. Stupid. Stupid. Stupid.

- Wanting to be much smoother and more confident than I am... or maybe just less creepy feeling.

- Forgetting until JUST NOW that I need to paint one of my fingernails before work.

- Working until 6.

- Just seeing Miley Cyrus "pole dance" on the news.

- Not feeling like going to Zumba, even though I NEED to get to the gym this week.

- Living like a brokeass person for the next two weeks.

Loving:

- Sleeping until 7 today.

- All my bills, for the time being, are paid. The only one that's left can wait until next pay.

- Having the weekend off. (And getting out of work at 3:30 on a Friday. That won't happen until next time I have a Saturday off. Either two weeks from now or three.)

Self preservation is the name of my [current] game.

The news is a mad house lately. No one is having a grown-up, logical, respectful debate about anything. It's ridiculous and infuriating because nothing good will ever come of this.

I'm too tired to make sense right now thoguh, so maybe I'll share my thoughts tomorrow.

Right now? It's bedtime. So I wish you all a good night and a good weekend. :)
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Poli-ads

Political ads are increasingly stupid.

In a semi-local ad from the city, they have kids saying things like "There are other kids who need attention, I'll just wait until next year to get help" or "I hope the ceiling keeps leaking" with a smile on their face. Then the adult voice comes on and says something like "Kids say the darndest things" and goes on to explain that the state/city wants to cut education funding.

Yeah, stupid. 'Cause kids would really say things like that.

Now, I just saw an ad that claims clean energy has a new enemy, Sarah Palin. They have sound bites and... not a single one of them is related to clean energy.

If you're trying to say she's an enemy to clean energy, you should probably quote her saying something bad about clean energy... rather than "... that bridge to nowhere" or things about Russia. You're making no point at all by quoting unrelated topics.

Ugh. Sometimes I think we get closer to idiocracy every day.

I woke up to something beautiful.

There's a 30% off Gap, Banana Republic, & Old Navy coupon sitting in my inbox.

And here I was, craving a shopping trip! I'm glad I held out (other than my $7 heels I bought Saturday at Target).

:)
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