Birth Control

OK, so the New York Times just came out with an article about the price increase of birth control. This made me think about the school I attend and the women roaming my campus. Because I go to a predominantly white school that is fairly middle/upper class, many of the women that attend can afford birth control. This is good because that means there isn't a whole bunch of pregnant women walking around. However, this means that these women no longer feel the need to use condoms. This in turn means that STD's are rampant on my campus! AWESOME. And of course this doesn't necessarily apply to those in monogamous realtionships, but rather those having meaningless sex and having mulitple parteners. Being single and having sex is fine, but for christ's sake, use a condom!! I find it so amusing to think about all of those sorority girls running around getting drunk and having sex with random men and getting all kinds of fun things. Boy, we are a smart bunch!

Libraries

I am once again at the University library, where I find myself most productive. But let me tell you something, libraries are one amusing place. Perhaps because I find libraries to amusing, they are actually not the best place for me to study, but whatever. You see EVERYTHING at the library. I think one of my favorite things to see at the library is sleeping people. My guess would be that at the library between the hours of 12pm and 6pm, there are probably at least 6 people taking a nap. Just passed out on their text books at some random table. My favorite is watch a person start to fall asleep because they are using every ounce of strength they have left to keep their eyes open, using their fingers, slapping their faces, drinking water but constantly nodding off. And all they are really doing to delaying the inevietable, you are about to fall asleep. Once they realize that fact, it's all over, and that person puts their head down on the table and suddenly that book feels like the softest pillow ever. After several minutes of napping, said person will pick their head up, look around, be embarrassed, and hope that no one actually saw them sleeping in a public place. But who are we kidding, libraries are nice places to sleep, they're quiet, temperature controlled, and no one is going to kick you out (unless you are trying to live there).
Another awesome thing about libraries is the people watching. Literally every type of person comes through the library because we all have one thing in common, homework. Sorority girls, jocks, preppy guys, goths, nerds, weirdos, basically any other stereotype that you can think of.
Libraries are AWESOME.

Trustfund University

So my always fabulous sister and myself took a trip to Nordstrom today, for our always favorite retail therapy. While we were browsing the handbags, we stumbled upon a shocking accessory. It was a small case from Juicy Couture that had "Trustfund University" on the side. Let me give you a second to recover from the shock. That's right, trustfund university. So this basically means that if you buy Juicy Couture, it must be purchased with daddy's money. So I don't really know when high fashion was given permission to be unbelievably trashy, but apparently that's the case. I am now utterly disgusted and opposed to Juicy Couture.

Online Dating

I've been thinking a lot about the internet dating revolution. Suddenly, online dating isn't for creeps and ugly people. It's for EVERYONE. My generation included. And this is just amazing, because now anyone can sign on, and find their perfect match. Its brilliant. Online dating takes the grunt work out of dating. Instead of meeting someone, doing the awkward getting to know each other phase, exchanging phone numbers, waiting for the phone call, going on an the first date, deciding whether or not this person is worth your time, and then finding out whether or not the feelings are mutual. With online dating, you can decide whether or not you like a person before you even contact them. And obviously you both are looking for a relationship, and you know right away if someone is single. It's so simple! I was on craigslist.com looking at the personal ads, and seriously everyone from 19 years old to 65 is looking for companionship. I know successful, attractive women who have found a relationship on the internet. So this makes me think, when will real dating become obsolete? If dating online is so simple, and usually successful, will we really need to worry about meeting people at a bar or some other social event?

Parties

So I don't really understand what happened to college students, but apparently the concept of holidays no longer exists. I don't know about the rest of the general population, but any legitimate excuse to party and get dressed up seems like the perfect reason to go out and drink. But apparently no one else agrees with me, except my roommates. It's Halloween, so naturally my friends and I got all dressed up, and proceeded to go............nowhere. How did that happen? Did no one feel like it would be any fun to party in a ridiculous outfit? Same goes for game days, no matter what anyone says, no one will throw a party AFTER the game. People are either too wasted or ready to pass out. The best parties are always when it's just the weekend and people are just getting drunk because its the weekend. That makes a little sense, but then when it comes time to really bring out the big guns, never happens. I decided that I just need a big empty house to throw mega parties in whenever no one else is willing.
Basically, I'm a little bitter about looking cute with nowhere to go last night. HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Meeting New People

It is interesting that the two best places to meet people in Boulder are 1) the library and 2) Whole Foods. At first I thought to myself “oh yeah sure, that makes sense,” but while I’m sitting here at the library, after being here for a solid two hours, I’m beginning to think “how do I meet people in the library? I haven’t met anyone in the library.” This first problem that comes to mind is that you can’t talk in the library. Maybe I missed the memo about “how to get a date with your eyes” because I don’t really see how you can meet people without introducing yourself. The second problem I thought of was that people that are in the library are typically doing homework, studying for a test, etc. These people are not typically in a good mood. They are in the “I hate school” mood. And, no one looks the way they really want when they are at the library, those clothes are saved for nights out. I imagine being in a social setting, like a party perhaps the best place for meeting people.
As for the grocery store, this also boggles my mind. I suppose you could be ordering the same type of lunch meet at the deli counter, or reaching for the same 2% milk, at least that way you both know you have something in common. You also know that this other person enjoys eating, as do you, that means that your first date could involve eating. But beyond that, I must’ve missed the other memo on “how to get a date while choosing the ripest avocados,” because I also have never met men while shopping at Whole Foods. But I am optimistic about this because I have found in my experience that a good majority of people that work at Whole Foods are in fact quite good looking. So I guess if nothing else grocery shopping is at least an entertaining chore.

The Rules of Dating

NOTE: This was written several months ago, but found it so interesting that I had to post it.

I’ve recently come to the conclusion that the rules of dating will never change. I reached this conclusion by having a completely random conversation with a man who shared a table with me at Starbucks. Let me preface by saying this man must’ve been in his fifties, maybe late forties. He striked up the conversation by telling me about the dialogue he was replaying in his head. And decided to tell me all about it.
He had a female friend that he would attend social events with, parties, dinners, etc., because they were both single and was appropriate to go to said events with one another. He then goes on to tell me that after a year or so of the friendship, he enlists his other male friend on advice because he has developed romantic feelings for the woman. The friend tells him to tell his female friend exactly how he feels, so he does. He tells his female friend that he finds her very attractive and wants to be lovers with her. She replies that she just wants to be friends. Fine.
A few weeks later, the man continues, he calls his friend up to go out to dinner, telling her that he’s just going dinner, telling her that he’s just going with or without her but to let her know she’s invited. She’s proud of him for going even without her and declines. Well, he says, I’m not really going alone; I just wanted your company. So he asks me, why is it that just because we’re not lovers doesn’t mean I can’t enjoy you and what you’re all about? Because women are scared of the fact that he is romantically interested.
He continues on about a book he read on body language. That right there alters, or more accurately, shatters all of my pre-conceived notions about men, they actually buy books on the subject of women. He tells about some of the things he learned from the book, and can remember the name the author. The things he tells me seems accurate, and some of the things he tells me about shocks him, and confuses him even more about how to approach the opposite sex. An example he uses is the art of staring. Men aren’t supposed to stare at other men unless they are gay, or want to fight. But women use staring to catch a mans attention, and if the man doesn’t act on that stare soon enough, all is lost.
Then he goes on to tell me about the three-date rule. Inevitably, you will after three dates with a person, move “forward” in the relationship, or just remain friends. Then there is the rule that when you have a really great with someone that you can’t just tell that person that you really like them and you had a really great time, but instead you have to wait to weeks to call that person because you don’t want to seem desperate. And this whole time, I’m thinking to myself, that the rules of dating are almost identical to my generation, and that in my lifetime they will never change. And I was even more shocked that this man felt so inclined to tell me about his love life. So where were me and this man at the end of this conversation? Chuckling, and even more confused than when we began.