Going along with my last blog, I suppose this one is kind of about hypocrisy. In actuality, I think it is a case of lying. Not purposeful, mean spirited lying. Subconscious, "kidding yourself" kind of lying.

Let me start with the men. Men spend their lives ogling models in magazines. They are turned on by the rail thin ladies in print ads and movies. And yet, anytime their out on a date, they bitch about how the girl only orders a salad. Talk about unrealistic standards. They want us to be super skinny AND eat heartily like them. When girls mention Weight Watchers, Adkins, or any other diet, men grimace and act like they are being ridiculous. But when we can't fit into that size -1 jeans, we know they are glancing at that skinny girl across the room.

But guys are not the only ones with conflicting standards. Oh yes, we women do it, too. I did some research online as to the top traits women said they looked for in a man. the 3 that were most popular were intelligence, sense of humor, and sensitivity. Perhaps this is a case of social desirability bias. I mean, honestly, is this really what women are looking for or is it just what they this they are supposed to say?

It goes back to the saying "nice guys finish last." Girls say they want nice, sweet, sensitive men, but yet they always go for bad boys. Look at Hollywood movies; it often works out that way.

Han Solo: You like me because I'm a scoundrel. There aren't enough scoundrels in your life.
Princess Leia: I happen to like nice men.
Han Solo: I'm a nice man.

We all know Princess Leia fell for Han Solo because he was hansom, charismatic, and a cocky bad boy. Ok, so yeah, I just pulled out a Star Wars reference to prove my point, so what. You know it's true.

Men like thin girls; women like assholes. Can't we just admit this to the world and stop with all the bull shit. I mean who doesn't want a Han Solo or a Gisele Bundchen in their lives. I know I want both! But then again, this is not a personal ad.

Food for thought.

Hypocrisy, Democracy

So the title of this blog could work for a million and one topics; sorry to be so general. But who here DOESN'T hate hypocrisy? As far as I'm aware, hypocrisy annoys everyone. Apparently, democracy annoys everyone too because everyone seems to be fighting about it. So after the election I was elated. The US had progressed to having a African American president , and that is very exciting to me. Monumental, in fact. When Obama was announced, I was flooded with texts, e-mails, and Facebook communications. People all over the Internet, uniting in this memorable day in US History. I thought, wow, young people of the country are finally getting together and this is GREAT. But the next two days I found myself to be very mistaken. Everyone was fighting on the quad, in class, and even in choir. The McCain supporters said Obama supporters were sore winners, rubbing it in people's faces. The Obama supporters said McCain supporters were sore losers, threatening to go to move out of the country and all. I was devastated. Sure my candidate won, but all I really wanted was some unity. I don't remember it being this bad last time even with the multiple Bush fiasco. But maybe I was just too young.

Of course, none of this has to do hypocrisy, so I should hurry and get to my point before I digress further. I was looking through Facebook and found an old/ex friend, Peter*, had a joined a group called R.I.P. America. This is kid is known for his right-wing values, guns, racist/homophobic tendencies, and an overall love for "America." So, how does someone like that, join a group talking about how America is dead. Isn't THAT anti-American? I'm sure most Kerry/Gore supporters remember getting told they were anti-American for saying they hated Bush and what he did to this country. But yet, this McCain supporting group states:

"The US has died, because of Barack Obama. Our new president went to a white hating church for a decade! GREAT!! We just have to wait 4 years for a republican."

If that isn't anti-American, I don't know what is. So how can people like Peter spend their whole lives boasting about being such a great supporter of America, and yet as soon as things don't go their way they turn their backs. Typical.

I hope everyone understands that I don't think EVERY McCain or Obama supporter is acting this way. In fact, most are not and that's GREAT! It just saddens me that some people are still fighting, acting ignorant, or overall being close minded.

We are at a pivotal point in our Country's future. Why don't we get together and make the best of it. Honestly, like the band War said: "The color of your skin don't matter to me, As long as we can live in harmony. Why can't we be friends, why can't we be friends..."

Okay, this is going to be a quick one (or a "quiche" one if you're George W. *joke*) but since it's Election Day I thought I'd say a few words. The voting process is a complex mix of standing in line, hanging chads, and, in the past 2 elections, disappointments. This country prides itself on the democratic process that gives every man (and later women) the right to vote. We get up early, search to find our polling center, go through a game of 20 questions to prove our identity, and then go behind a black curtain to cast our anonymous ballot. Okay, so the key word there was anonymous. What happened to the anonymity of the voting system? I log onto my Facebook (starting yesterday) and all I see is tons of Facebook statuses shouting at me that John Doe "is the 1,428,251st person to donate their status to get out the vote for [insert your candidate here] today. Donate yours: http://causes.com/election/" Now I'm not saying that it's wrong to tell your friends who you're voting for but I find it a little odd that you have NO opinion on the matter in everyday conversation but now you are pimping out your status on Facebook to promote your (new?) political beliefes. Seriously? Maybe I don't want to know what all my friends on Facebook are voting. Is anyone else worried this might unfairly affect other peoples decisions.?
I mean, it's one thing to make your status "I just voted, you should too" or even "Go Obama/McCain/Nader." But no, that wouldn't be pushy enough. Instead, everyone is signing up for a FB app that automatically updates their status 20 zillion times a day to remind the rest of us who you voted for. So now, when I pull up my news feed, I miss the important status of "Janie just had her baby girl!"* because everyone else has clogged the feed up with their nonsense.
Now I think ecounragement to vote is great, but does anyone here believe that Alice is going to turn on her FB and see that you voted for McCain and say "Oh my, I should do that too. I never thought of that. I must go right now."
Trust me I'm really, truely, honestly excited that so many young people are going out to vote. I just wish people wouldn't blast it all over my wall. You're making me feel bad for voting for..........oh you are not getting it out of me that easy. LOL

Happy Election Day everyone!

*Janie did not acctually have a baby. In fact I don't even know anyone named Janie, it was just a ficticous example to get my point across.