And also the reason people probably don't believe I actually have decent taste in music.
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Thursday, August 19, 2010
Because awkwardness knows no bounds
Remember the other day when I confessed my childhood love of Star Trek and Capt. Janeway (Voyager)? Well, I stumbled upon this gem on Awkward Family Photos, and while it's TNG-inspired, it still warmed my heart a little.
I'm wondering how 10-year-old Lauren reconciled her Star Trek love with her Star Wars love? That shit's like Romeo and Juliet.
I'm wondering how 10-year-old Lauren reconciled her Star Trek love with her Star Wars love? That shit's like Romeo and Juliet.
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Come on gravity, you just keep bringing me down
If J-WOWW (from Jersey Shore)'s tits defy gravity, I just saw a pair that very much have embraced it (gravity).
Nobody appreciates orangu-tits.
Nobody appreciates orangu-tits.
Dreamcatchers work, if your dream is to be gay
I think that when you get dressed in the morning, sometimes you're really making a decision about your behavior for the day. Like if you put on flipflops, you're saying: 'Hope I don't get chased today.' 'Be nice to people in sneakers.'
Demetri Martin, comedian
Demetri Martin, comedian
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Enjoyable typos/typing too quickly
Degrassi's Tuesday night episode: Jenna is determined to try out for a realty show.
Inappropriate online behaviour
Or
How to ensure that I stop following you on Facebook and Twitter
Or
How insecure can you be?
KM (this whole abbreviating names things get tough when you know 3+ KMs) asked a question via Twitter today and I had SO MANY OPINIONS I couldn't really fit it into 140 characters. The question was: TWITTER: help me. what is an appropriate amount of online PDA? i.e. lovey public wall posts, relationship statuses, nonstop @replies.... are picture albums of a couple socially appropriate? statuses that relate to couples? what traits do ppl who do that have?
My response was this: Seems to me that people who over-do online PDA are the ones who are least secure and comfortable in their relationship.
Now I'd like to expand on it.
We've all seen it in our newsfeed. At least, those of us who aren't very picky about who we add (not anymore though!). There's always that couple who can't seem to write on each other's walls enough, can't post enough pictures of themselves together, can't seem to ever get enough. As I said to KM, I think it's all about insecurity. The need to show everyone (and I mean everyone, because these people also tend to add everyone they've ever come into contact with) that they are a)in a relationship and b)happy happy and in love (or luv, as they probably type it).
The absolute worst part of this online PDA pandemic, in my opinion, is the 'couple albums' on Facebook. They are just brimming with photos of the couple looking at each other, kissing, walking, sitting, breathing... it goes on. Those are personal photos. I mean, I don't understand why you'd want them in the first place. I guess you could tack them to your wall and stare at them when you aren't staring deeply into your partner's eyes. Or you could, you know, be happy when you're with the other person, and not a complete stalker when you're not.
The other thing is these people treating their boyfriend/girlfriend's wall/Twitter page like an email account. I don't need to sign into my profile and have 20 of your personal love messages pop up. If I need to press the "hide button", I don't. I go right for the "remove friend" (/unfollow) button.
I guess what my final answer is is this: What is an appropriate amount? A little. What is a necessary amount? None. What traits do these people share? Insecurity (!) and more insecurity.
For Pete's sake people - go live your life (and relationship) irl.
How to ensure that I stop following you on Facebook and Twitter
Or
How insecure can you be?
KM (this whole abbreviating names things get tough when you know 3+ KMs) asked a question via Twitter today and I had SO MANY OPINIONS I couldn't really fit it into 140 characters. The question was: TWITTER: help me. what is an appropriate amount of online PDA? i.e. lovey public wall posts, relationship statuses, nonstop @replies.... are picture albums of a couple socially appropriate? statuses that relate to couples? what traits do ppl who do that have?
My response was this: Seems to me that people who over-do online PDA are the ones who are least secure and comfortable in their relationship.
Now I'd like to expand on it.
We've all seen it in our newsfeed. At least, those of us who aren't very picky about who we add (not anymore though!). There's always that couple who can't seem to write on each other's walls enough, can't post enough pictures of themselves together, can't seem to ever get enough. As I said to KM, I think it's all about insecurity. The need to show everyone (and I mean everyone, because these people also tend to add everyone they've ever come into contact with) that they are a)in a relationship and b)happy happy and in love (or luv, as they probably type it).
The absolute worst part of this online PDA pandemic, in my opinion, is the 'couple albums' on Facebook. They are just brimming with photos of the couple looking at each other, kissing, walking, sitting, breathing... it goes on. Those are personal photos. I mean, I don't understand why you'd want them in the first place. I guess you could tack them to your wall and stare at them when you aren't staring deeply into your partner's eyes. Or you could, you know, be happy when you're with the other person, and not a complete stalker when you're not.
The other thing is these people treating their boyfriend/girlfriend's wall/Twitter page like an email account. I don't need to sign into my profile and have 20 of your personal love messages pop up. If I need to press the "hide button", I don't. I go right for the "remove friend" (/unfollow) button.
I guess what my final answer is is this: What is an appropriate amount? A little. What is a necessary amount? None. What traits do these people share? Insecurity (!) and more insecurity.
For Pete's sake people - go live your life (and relationship) irl.
Monday, August 16, 2010
The li(v)es we lead
Sometimes I hate making decisions. And when I say decisions, I don't mean the trivial ones like what I'm going to eat for lunch or which movie I want to see at the cinema. No, the decisions I am referring to are the "big" ones. What do I want to do for a career? Where do I want to go to school? Where do I want to live? And you know what? Sometimes I don't want to make a decision. Making a decision makes me accountable and maybe I don't want to be accountable. What if I make a bad decision? I guess some may say that making no decision is a decision in itself.
Regardless, I do make the tough decisions. My parents taught me that you can't go through life letting someone else decide things for you. In fact, I'm sure there are lots of quotes about that very thing. Jim Rohn comes to mind with, "If you don't make your own life plan, you'll fall into someone else's. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much." Or something like that. Point is, I make the decisions, albeit reluctantly.
What I had never thought to do was live like we're all going to be wiped from the earth. You've heard of the Mayans, yeah? How they predicted the end of the world for 2012? Well, I met someone when I was living in Halifax that was putting her life on hold until December 2012. She was going to spend the next 4 years (I met her in my third year of university) partying and spending money and getting high (on drugs and life and drugs).
I must say, I thought she was a complete idiot then, and I still think that now. But it's an interesting perspective. And man, if the world does end in 2012, she did her thang.
(Did I really just say thang?)
So, you can keep making the tough decisions and making your life plan, or you can get crazy, get wild, party all night.
If the world doesn't end, that kind of sucks for you though, right?
Regardless, I do make the tough decisions. My parents taught me that you can't go through life letting someone else decide things for you. In fact, I'm sure there are lots of quotes about that very thing. Jim Rohn comes to mind with, "If you don't make your own life plan, you'll fall into someone else's. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much." Or something like that. Point is, I make the decisions, albeit reluctantly.
What I had never thought to do was live like we're all going to be wiped from the earth. You've heard of the Mayans, yeah? How they predicted the end of the world for 2012? Well, I met someone when I was living in Halifax that was putting her life on hold until December 2012. She was going to spend the next 4 years (I met her in my third year of university) partying and spending money and getting high (on drugs and life and drugs).
I must say, I thought she was a complete idiot then, and I still think that now. But it's an interesting perspective. And man, if the world does end in 2012, she did her thang.
(Did I really just say thang?)
So, you can keep making the tough decisions and making your life plan, or you can get crazy, get wild, party all night.
If the world doesn't end, that kind of sucks for you though, right?
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