Naked

Everyone likes to be a little bit naked a little bit of the time correct? Well. One of the funniest things i have decided is when people think you are naked and you really aren't, and you are walking around like you don't notice and or care.

Pretty sure that I get told on a weekly basis to just join a nudist colony and then i can be with people like me. You come into this world naked, why not leave it that way right? Freakin social construction. Sometimes i just wanna say eff you clothes, but i realize that it is not the clothes fault! They weren't like, 'oh i think I'm going to make things uncomfortable for the entire human race for the rest of the worlds' life Ba hahaha.' It's crazy people who decided naked was bad. Who decided that?!? I want to go wap them upside the head. The body is a beautiful thing. It is capable of so much!

Ok so when i get done swimming i take my straps off my shoulders and tuck them just right under my armpits, then i put on a towel. This gives the illusion that i am going sans clothes and man i get some of the funniest looks. I don't do it for this purpose, but it does make it more fun! Just for clarification, i do it because of my lovely man-shoulders. My straps dig into my shoulders and it kills so when I'm finitio i just pull them down.

OK ok so nude underwear. What is the purpose of that? To make it look like you aren't wearing underwear and that you are just going without? So it blends with your skin? This makes no sense. That worries people man. I will tell you a funny story though. So this person i know, probably me, was working one night as a waitress and was running around the restaurant. She was helping about 4 tables and one table came to give her the check. Turned out the dad of all people came up to her to let her know that her zipper was down. Now it wasn't like down and subtle it was down and KA BLAM! It looked like I was advertising my crotch. Very awkward. That is a day i will remember as one of three times ever being embarrassed in my entire life. It was only so bad because my underwear, while not being nude, they were a light peachy color..close enough. It legit looked like i had no underwear, or morals.

My question of course is why did no one bother to mention this to me earlier? One of the other girls said oh yeah my table (which was on the other side of the restaurant) wanted me to tell you that. I said 'why didn't you?!' and she said it had slipped her mind. How long ago was said table i wondered. Oh about 45 minutes ago.

Dang. People. Do someone else a favor and tell them when they 1. have their zipper down 2. have something in their teeth 3. Have something on their face 4. have a stain on their shirt. It isn't that difficult, and just think of all the trouble you are saving them!

So being naked, or nearly naked is neat, but mostly when you know you are :)

It's gonna be a bright and sun shining day :)

Reggae is NOT dead. It may not be prevalent, but it is not dead. living on a coast, or an island one will be much more exposed than us lovelies inland and over 500 miles away from the nearest coastline. But. Look at the way people around those areas live... They are happy people! Sun is shining, the weather is sweet.. (name that artist). So i am beginning to think that music has very much to do with your state of mind. It's like the yellow lines in the road. They show you were to go and guide you, but they can't keep you from going over the lines. And they don't get pissed if you cross over the lines. Music is much less evasive though. It allows you to go wherever you would like. But it won't get pissed if you don't want to live in the lines of the genre. People will judge you based on your musical stylings, but not music, no no. That's what i like about it.

On an average day i can honestly say i listen to about 8 hours of music a day. That includes some as background music, driving, when I'm at work..etc. I have tried to limit it and 'be still' if you know what i mean, but it is increasingly difficult. It weirds me out. Music keeps me functional! If i don't start my day with a little music, or hear anything, I'm off for the entire day.

Some would insist that reggae would put me in a weird coma 'whatever dude' kind of state of mind, but it is clarity people, clarity. It clears things up for me. And also puts things back into perspective for me. Like I have fore mentioned, music affects mood and it calms me down. Lyrics are critical at this point. They remind you that 'every little thing is gonna be alright.' That there is 'so much trouble in the world' but that it is possible to remove yourself from it to keep from spreading it. Material things, hmm. If you have good company, maybe a little ganja (maybe not) it is easy to just let go and enjoy people. Which is what it is all about, is it not? It does not deny that it rains sometimes, and that things aren't always going to run smoothly and without kinks, jerks and difficulties in the road, but it's all about the journey, and 'seeing clearly now the rain is gone'.

Reggae carries with it a sort of hope. Yeah I'm positive Bob didn't know me when he wrote his lyrics and sang his songs of Freedom. But he made them applicable to me. Songs of Freedom weren't necessarily written for just the Jamaican people trying to overcome the oppression of the government or the Apartheid in South Africa. But more widely freeing oneself of hate, of judgement, and materialism. Bob's purpose was to free oneself and to 'be true to yourself' in the words of his son Ziggy.

Reggae isn't just smoking pot and removing oneself from society and being a quiet rebel. It is about being true to yourself, recognizing reality and trying to make it everything you can. Yay for reggae i say. And if you are a hater, that is too bad. Maybe one day you can understand the underlying messages, many interpretations and strategic ambiguity as well of course as the beauty of reggae.

You were wearin Converse...

Ok. So if you had not guessed, by now you know that i have an intense thing with music. So anyway I was thinking about why certain people pick out certain elements of music to concentrate on, and what that is supposed to mean?! I know that if someone plays the guitar that's probably what they will notice first- same goes for the drums or rhythm or whatever. What if you take in the whole song? The composition if you will? What is it that makes you like a certain type of music or song or whatever? I'm going to revert back to nature vs. nurture... I think that music is more nurture.

But do you feel like certain types of music just connect better with you? Maybe the lead singer is singing your life story, or the rhythm goes right along to the beat of your heart. (holy corny) But you catch my drift. Music has the power to completely flip my attitude around, to make me feel better, or valid or whatever. It is just incredible.

Now. Are there certain songs or certain types of music that you can't quite wrap your head around why you are inclined to them, it's like an unspoken magnetism. Like your guilty pleasure song or whatever. For me it's certain random nonsensical rap songs. Songs that make absolutely no sense at all. 'Kiss me through the phone' and the lonely stoner song. 'Shake it like a salt shaker' is another keen example. Some of these songs make sense.. sort of.. on a superficial level, and others I don't even try to interpret them. I think it goes back to the fact of what i look for in music. While I find witty lyrics, beautiful metaphors and terrific analogies impressive and poetic, apparently i can overlook them if the song has an incredible beat or is composed uniquely or something. I also goes the other way too, I have found songs that i think the lyrics are mind blowing but the music or style or whatever is just mediocre. But it is much less magnetic to me.

So my point is, it is ok to like mediocre crap. If it sounds good on a dance floor, i mean lets face it, we aren't all listening intently to the lyrics. If you are loungin with people lyrics are more important, but not so much the other elements. Like what you want to like! That's the beauty of it all! Yay for music, don't you concur?

Oh spring Break

Are you in need of a little getaway? a SPRING BREAK perhaps?! Well me too! It's this week ps. I went to Zion yesterday, that was sweet. I went to St. George on Saturday, that was cool. I am going to Salt Lake tomorrow. That is also awesome. But if you are incapable of getting away, i have a proposition for you. You can have a mind vacay!

I know you think I'm off my rocker, and i am i know, but at least give your brain a little break. Its beautiful outside, for now haha. So i've got you some tropical images, aka weather porn, hahaha. You look at these beautiful places when you have not as awesome weather out and it puts you in a coma. Listen live at this site:

http://kccnfm100.com/

and viola you have a vacay! maybe hit the tanning bed too, just for good measure!
So you didn't have the time or money or whatever to go on spring break, its all good! Just take an hour to employ these tips for the haizter and you'll be feeling better in no time!

Men and Women.

I came across a particular email yesterday that had me in fits of giggles. It was entitled, "Rules men wish women knew". It was freakin awesome. Ready:

1. Crying is blackmail. Use it if you must, but don't expect us to like it
2.Yes and No are perfectly acceptable answers
3. Your mom doesn't have to be our best friend
4. Those males with perfect bodies are all gay. Accept it.
5. Let us oogle. If we don't look at other women how can we know how pretty you are?
6. You can either ask us to do something or tell us how you want it done, not both.
7. Chistopher Columbus didn't need directions, neither do we.
8. If something we said can be interpreted two ways, and one of trhe ways makes you sad and angry, we meant the other one.
9. We are not telepathic. We can not read your mind, so don't blame us for not knowing something you expected us to know without telling us. Conversely you aren't telepathic either so don't get mad other something you think we thought cause your guess is probably wrong.
10. Consider golf a mini vacation form you. We need it just like you do.
11. Women wearing wonderbras and low cut blouses lose their right to complain about having their boobs stared at.
12. Anything we said 6 or 8 months ago is inadmissible in an argument. All comments become null and void after 7 days.
13. Foreign films are best left to foreigners.
14. No, he doesn't know what day it is. He never will mark anniversaries on a calendar.
15. Ask for what you want. Subtle hints don't work.
16. Your ex- boyfriend is an idiot.
17. You have too many shoes.
18. You have enough many clothes
19. Anything you wear is fine. Really
20. Sunday= sports. It's like the full moon or the changing of the tides. Let it be.
21. Dogs are better than ANY cats. Period
22. If yuou ask a question you don't want an answer to, expect an answer you don't want to hear.

ba hahahaha. Ok ready.
1. That is freakin hilarious. So true and i feel the same way!
4. I also agree. Sad story though
5. Ok that is what i like to call a cop out. Nice try though
6. Surprisingly that is fair enough!
8. I find that very sweet! They don't try to upset us, but they make mistakes
9 & 10. Ha ahahaha haha true story.
11. Ladies, this is correct, lets get with the program, what do you expect?!
12. That can be disputed. When they aren't nice things then yes throw them out. If they are promises... sorry guys gotta remember
14. Just write it on the calendar.
16. Also sweet. Idiot for not holding on to you, or for treating you that way.
17-19. Ha haha oh i love the differences between men and women.
21. Yeah!!
22. Once again, valid point men touche!

So just a lil dose of humor for the morning pretty great. I appreciate the differences between men and women i really do. I don't like however that they are polarized. We don't ALL think like this. You don't all think like that. It's a beautiful thing :)

It's your party so cry if you want to. geez.

So crying. We all cry sometimes, it's inevitable. What i am trying to fathom is why many do it so much. I think it is fascinating to observe the many ways in which individuals regard crying. Some HATE cry, or say they hate crying but do it a lot. Others claim to cry all the time. Some don't have a problem with crying. Other people just really try hard not to cry.

Well pretty sure i fit the try really hard not to cry group. I avoid it at all costs. Most of the time I can stop myself from crying. But the circumstances under which i cry boggle my mind. I cry when I'm mad. I mean raging. I'm not going to lie, that has to be the absolute worst time to cry. Seriously! If someone upsets you not by offending you to sadness, but by straight up pissing you off, you don't want to give them the satisfaction of crying!!! That is worse than a puppy rolling over on his belly with his tongue sticking out.

The other time of course would be at stupid country music videos. Eff. And movies. Even then i try to hide behind a pillow and swallow that softball that is pervading my throat. Two tears from one eye and one from another and I'm finitio. I guess that is something i am grateful for, that i don't cry for long. People say 'just let it out' and 3 tears is my quota. Kinda strange, not typical but it happens.

Ok but I have a problem when dudes cry. I feel like this magical role reversal just occurred and I'm the awkward boy trying to comfort the girl who is seemingly crying for no reason. I mean of course there are times to cry- absolutely! Big boys cry too. It is just insanely strange for me.

Now when you have the boys that cry all the time that just weirds me out. I pretty much run the other way. I just don't know how to handle it! The only thing i can think to say is 'suck it up man' with a clap on the back.

So my dilemma is, well being the dude. I haven't cried in front of a boy for.. almost two years now. Why do I know this? Because A. It was completely legit for me to cry B. I hate crying in front of people C. I REALLY hate crying in front of guys. Don't worry it only lasted like 3 minutes max, but my pride took a hit, I'm awfully prideful.. Yikes. But anyway moral of the story: Crying is necessary, even for dudes but limit it to semi-annually and it's good.

Dude. Seriously.

Ok short disclaimer: If you are a dude who is easily offended or will try to argue this point with me do not continue. I repeat, do not continue. What I have to say does not apply to the entire male population, just a lot of you. So don't argue with me there either.

What in the world is sooo hard about finding a dude who knows more than me about sports and follows them avidly? I have this insane interest in college football, not as much for pro football, and then some more for college basketball. I'm not even claiming to know a ton, just a sufficient amount! I find myself trying to talk sports with some guys i know and a common response i hear is 'I don't follow football, or basketball' whatever. I understand that we as college students are a little busy. We can't catch every single game, especially basketball. I get it i really do. Some people just play their sport religiously. And i can feel ya brothas. But it just seems that one would at LEAST know generally what was going on!

What i think may be our dilemma here is guys have the feeling that girls don't care for sports, and really wish that their boyfriends or prospects or whatever wouldn't watch and/or even listen to sports. Maybe guys feel perhaps their chances of getting a girl are slim if they fall into the category of a 'typical' guy. I am seriously finding more guys who can freakin tap and ballroom dance than those who follow sports. That seems incredibly strange to me. Growing up in a house where Saturdays and Sundays were Dad's as he usurped the remote for either basketball, football, rugby or cooking. Now. I know you guys are a little confused with me here, so just hold on. If you do happen to have some other random quality or skill along with following sports that is absolutely ok! Geez Louise if you can cook that is fabulous! If you dance, whatever! If you have a high interest in broadway musicals.. no comment.

I seriously never EVER thought it would be the case that I meet guys under this category! I know I'm not the average girl and you know what, I'm sure a lot of females appreciate your lack of interest in sports. And love the fact that you can dance until your toes fall off. So if that is your forte, nbd (that means no big deal ps). I just find it much more attractive if you make a good post or can set up a good pick, if you get really upset about the Cowboys loss, or that Duke is in the final 4... again. That shows me passion, and you being yourself.

Perhaps my issue stems really from a lack of genuity lately. I don't mind that you pay a little more attention to the game, just as long as you recognize it. If you like halo, cool! If you like shooting things, show me how! Just be who you are for heavens sake. Your luck with girls will go up. Or at least you weed out the stupid ones who will expect to change you.

Pants: Boo you Whore.

So Pants. Shorts. Skirts. Capris. We wear them. Some of us more out of necessity than anything else. Well geez. Pants are irritating. They don't even function completely properly anyway. How many cracks have you seen today? Be honest now, unless you're a little strange, you've seen more than you would have liked i'm sure.

They restrict movement, and freedom! Freakin pants. Shorts, not so bad, your calves thank you for letting them free, people who have to see them and bask in their whiteness may not concur. Skirts. Well. Skirts are actually not that bad. The big flowy ones at least. They are the best to take naps in. But prolly not the best for walking around on a windy day if ya know what i mean. Capris. What's so bad about capris?! I hear dudes comments like 'dude, capris are gay.' Well ya know what dude, you're gay. But if you are a dude wearing capris you probably are gay. And thats your thing.

I think we should just walk around without pants. Underwear, panties whatever you wanna call them, are actually fine by me. Because its just like wearing a swim suit! and i like swim suits. They keep eveything in with minimal restriction and don't use uneccesary fabric. Naw mean? Coming from a swimmer.. yeah it's the best.

Now. When you are getting ready tomorrow for whatever business transaction, i don't judge, think twice about putting on pants. Ok?

Hmm.

So. I figured i would try this out, i mean why not?! I've been thinking, about spring. You know when your body feels the change of season and leads the rest of you to believe that as well? Well, that's happening! My only beef, is if good ol mama nature changes her mind and it gets cold, or even freakin snows. I don't know if my fragile mind could handle that.

You know what else I find to be interesting? All of that mind over matter business. The mind is absolutely phenomenal and has so much power! Look at all of the processes we do daily. I can guarantee that each of us goes through a guilt-submission of guilt phase daily. We feel guilty for something and then convince ourselves that we were really right, by rationalizing. It just reminds me of some homework i was doing yesterday on this dude Kenneth Burke. He's a sociologist and has these ideas about guilt and social hierarchy. He talks about how it's all a social construction, and our interactions with other people are driven by this hierarchy that we place ourselves, but also the person we are interacting with. It sounds kinda mehh, but look it up if ya wanna, it's pretty interesting.