Beauty, Brains or Both

Oscar Wilde once said "It's better to be beautiful than good, but it's better to be good than ugly!"  There might still be some truth in that.

Pretty girls seem to get away with, and get their way a lot more than the less fortunate in the beauty department.  Good girls get sympathy, but is no contest for the pretty girls; they do however, have a hand up on the ugly ones.  And the same goes for guys.

Sadly I am not too good to admit that when I was younger, I always secretly wished for those pretty girls to fail miserably....when one ended up as a teen mom with a loser boyfriend, or another doubled in size and all of a sudden wasn't so pretty, or when one had been so busy being pretty, she almost failed high school and was not in any position to go to college, I would eagerly gossip about her with my friends. But that was a very short lived satisfaction.

Of course there was a time when I too wanted to be the prettiest girl at the party. Unfortunately  I don't think that ever happened, and as I get older (thirtyten by now), that seems so much less important. Oh, I still try, but I'll be happy with "there is nothing wrong with her" at this point. So what are we to do when age sets in and beauty fades? Maybe that is when we find our true selves. I say like me for who I am, my personality, my opinions, my outlook on life and how I treat others. Then we'll have something to talk about as time goes on.  Like me for my looks and we will have a very short lived relationship....there is only so much help in wrinkle creams and hair color.

It's human nature to want others to like us.  We all want to hear how great we are, but at this point, I don't want to hear about my looks.  I see myself in the mirror every day, so when I get the "oh you are so beautiful" line, obviously he's either lying, drunk or blind....and neither of those are very interesting.  But I'll take that lie over what I received last week. This guy had asked me out, but we hadn't found a time that worked for both yet. After his apparently wonderful weekend, he texted me and stated "so sorry you couldn't be there, I was horny as hell". I'm sorry? What part of me agreeing to go out dancing translated to "she wants me... all of me"? And made him think that I would find that flattering?  Needless to say, we're not going out after all.

Cheering up!

Sometimes when I really feel sorry for myself and everything seems to be going wrong, I find comfort in laughing at others! When I think my body and wardrobe is completely middle age, it is good to know that somebody else is worse off.

The funnest place to look is Walmart.

  How do people leave their house looking like this?  Wouldn't the breeze on your rear end prompt you to at least make an attempt to cover the crack?  But hey, at least  I can say I look better in my jeans than this one!

For more fun pictures, check their webiste People of Walmart.  After discovering this site, I will go to Macy's looking like a complete hag, but Walmart - not a chance!  There is no way in hell you will ever see me on this site!

Computer survival for Ladies‏

Dear Tech support,

Last year I upgraded from Boyfriend 5.0 to Husband 1.0 and noticed a distinct slow-down in overall system performance - particularly in the flower and jewelry applications, which operated flawlessly under Boyfriend 5.0.

In addition, installation of Husband 1.0 seems to have uninstalled many other valuable programs, such as Romance 9.5 and Personal Attention 6.5, and then installed such other undesirable programs as NFL 5.0, NBA 3.0 and Golf Clubs 4.1.  Conversation 8.0 no longer runs, and Housecleaning 2.6 simply crashes the system.  I've tried running Nagging 5.3 to fix these problems, but to no avail.  What can I do?

Sincerely,

Desperate



Dear Desperate:

First keep in mind that Boyfriend 5.0 is and Entertainment Package, while Husband 1.0 is an Operating System.

Please enter the command "http:I Thought You Loved Me.htm" and try to download Tears 6.2, and don't forget to install the Guilt 3.0 update.  If that application works as designed, Husband 1.0 should then automatically run the applications Jewelry 2.0 and Flowers 3.5.

But remember, overuse of the above application can cause Husband 1.0 to default to Grumpy Silence 2.5, Happy Hour 7.0, or Beer 6.1.  Beer 6.1 is a very bad program that will automatically download the Snoring Loudly Beta.

Whatever you do, DO NOT install Mother-in-law 1.0 (it runs a virus in the background which will eventually seize control of all your system resources).

Also, do not attempt to reinstall the Boyfriend 5.0 program.  This is an unsupported application and will crash Husband 1.0.

In summary, Husband 1.0 is a great program, but it does have limited memory and cannot learn new applications quickly.  You might consider buying additional software to improve memory and performance.  We recommend Hot Food 3.0 and Lingerie 7.7.

Good Luck,

Tech Support

Internet dating? No thank you!!

I know I mentioned this before, but this is why internet dating is not for me. Nobody tells the truth!!

Sick and Tired

I'm usually a pretty perky person.  I love life, and try to make the most of it.  Work is part of "making the most of it" for me.  If I didn't have to work, I would anyway, just not so much, and probably for a charity.  Unfortunately the lottery numbers keep coming up wrong, so as most of us, I am still in the category of having to work.

I have some great co-workers and customers, and most of the time, I enjoy my work.  But what I cannot stand, is to be talked down to and treated like a two-year old. The whole "let me prove to you who is the boss" attitude just irks me!!  I have no idea what management course they teach this in, but they need to eliminate it!!

It is just not at work I see this.  At the bank the other day, a man just went off on the teller when their computer system was slow.  Like it was her fault?  I finally got so irritated, I told him that maybe if he was a little nicer to people, there is a great chance he would get better service also. He got this puzzled look on his face like "What?  My attitude has anything to do with how I am treated?"  Idiot!!

It is no different than raising your children.  Can you imagine how much progress your child would make if you never praised him or her for anything they did right, but only pointed out what they did wrong?  Every day? That would be one insecure child!  Adults are no different. I don't care how good you are at what you do. If you are never given recognition for anything you do right, it is only a matter of time before you stop caring about what you do. To me this is the basics of human interaction.  The Golden Rule. Why are there still so many managers that can't figure this out?

Bottom line is, respect doesn't come with a title, it is earned. If you treat me and others like crap, guess what? We have no respect for you.  Go figure!

I'm no Cougar! Not a MILF either, I think; problem is more I can't tell age....

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Happy New Year!

New year, new opportunities!

This year I celebrated New Year's Eve with my girlfriends.  Girls' night out, and we had a blast!  It would have been even better if I had not decided to wear my new shoes...they were awfully sexy with heals so high that my ass was almost back in place, but an hour or two in to the night, my toes were killing me!!  Nothing a few drinks didn't help, so open bar was a good thing!

Anyway, we danced the night away, and started off the new year really feeling our age, but oh how much fun we had. Good thing it's a whole year till next time!  We must have impressed somebody though, because by the end of the first day of the New Year, I had three invites for dates, so 2011 is really looking up.

I have great expectations for this year; career wise, health wise, and yes, in the romance department. Pretty sure this is my year!

Guess we'll find out!

Wish you all a happy and eventful 2011!!